美語(yǔ)會(huì)話 160 Fine by me我能夠接受

LL: So how long do you plan to live here?

Beth: We'd like to sign a year-long contract, if that's OK.

LL: Fine by me. Do you know how to read this kind of contract?

Beth: Yes. We've signed them before. We even brought our chops.

LL: Great. When in Rome, you guys know what to do.

Beth: We'll sign our signatures, too. And give you our passport numbers along with our ARC numbers.

LL: [After everyone has signed] That about does it. See you in a week.

year-long (a.)

為期一年的

I've just ended a year-long contract.

我剛結(jié)束一個(gè)一年的合約。

Fine by me.

我能夠接受。

A: I get the house and the car, you get the kids and the money.

我要房子跟車(chē)子，孩子跟錢(qián)歸你。

B: That's just fine by me.

我可以接受。

chop (n.)

印章

You'll need to get a chop made if you want to do business in China.

如果你要跟中國(guó)做生意的話，你需要先刻一個(gè)印章。

When in Rome

入境隨俗。因?yàn)闅W美人士沒(méi)有刻印章的習(xí)慣，所以房東引用這句諺語(yǔ)，稱贊貝絲跟吉爾已經(jīng)是道地臺(tái)灣人了。由于整句說(shuō)出來(lái)太麻煩，一般口語(yǔ)只會(huì)說(shuō)When in Rome.

I've started eating chicken feet and lotus root. As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

我已經(jīng)開(kāi)始吃雞腳跟蓮花根了。俗語(yǔ)說(shuō)入境隨俗嘛。

signature (n.)

簽名

A: So everything is taken care of?

都辦妥了嗎?

B: I just need your signature,and you can go.

我只要你的簽名,你就可以走了。

passport (n.)

護(hù)照。外國(guó)人在臺(tái)居留，必須持護(hù)照向外交部申請(qǐng)「外僑居留證」ARC = Alien Resident Certificate，上面的號(hào)碼就相當(dāng)于身分證字號(hào)

I've heard you can buy passports from less affluent countries like Belize and Tonga.

我聽(tīng)說(shuō)你有門(mén)路買(mǎi)到比較貧窮國(guó)家的護(hù)照，像是貝里斯跟東加。

That about does it.

大概就是這樣了。用在事情已完成一個(gè)段落，表示「差不多完成了?！?/p>

That about does it for the fish, it's ready to eat.

魚(yú)差不多好了，可以吃了。

房東：所以你們準(zhǔn)備在這住多久?

貝絲：如果可以的話，我們想簽一年的約。

房東：我沒(méi)問(wèn)題。你們看得懂這種合約嗎?

貝絲：看得懂。我們以前簽過(guò)。我們甚至連印章都帶來(lái)了。

房東：太好了。入境隨俗，你們都懂該怎么做嘛。

貝絲：我們還要簽名。然后把我們的護(hù)照號(hào)碼跟外僑居留證號(hào)碼一起給你。

房東：(大家都簽名后)大概就這樣啦。一星期之后見(jiàn)啰。