職場社交英語 Lesson 32:我太緊張了

　　SCENE② B 艾文與瑪莉在意式濃縮咖啡機前碰面

　　【我太緊張了】

　　Elvin: Wow. She can be really 1) nasty, can't she?

　　艾文： 哇。她討厭起來還真要命，不是嗎?

　　Mary: No. She was right. I was too nervous. I kept thinking, "What if we 2) blow it"?

　　瑪莉： 不。她說得對。我太緊張了。我滿腦子都在想“萬一我們搞砸了怎么辦?”

　　Elvin: Well, I guess Zina figured you couldn't blow it if you were in the hotel room.

　　艾文： 呃，我猜吉娜料想，若你待在旅館房間就不會壞事了。

　　Mary: She even stayed at a different hotel. She said I might be 3) contagious.

　　瑪莉： 她甚至還住在另一間旅館。她說我這壞心態或許會傳染。

　　Elvin: Well, at least we have Stars. That'll be great 4) publicity.

　　艾文： 呃，起碼我們有了Stars。那會是很好的宣傳。

　　語言詳解

　　A: You can be really nasty to your friends.

　　你有時候對朋友還真惡劣。

　　B: They deserve it.

　　他們活該。

　　【What if 萬一……怎么辦】

　　what if = what will we/you do if，是省略掉“你(或我)要怎么辦”字眼，達到簡潔的目的。

　　A: I agree with you. But what if Cindy comes in five minutes?

　　我同意你的想法。但是萬一辛蒂五分鐘后來了怎么辦?

　　B: Well, we have waited for her at least 45 minutes.

　　我們至少己經等她四十五分鐘啦。

　　A: Let's stay another ten minutes.

　　讓我們多停留十分鐘吧。

　　1) nasty (a.) 惹人厭的，低劣的

　　2) blow (v.) 搞砸，失敗

　　3) contagious (a.) 具傳染性的

　　4) publicity (n.) 宣傳，知名度