职场社交英语 Lesson 20:我得要有动力

SCENE③ B 吉娜去她老板的隔间看他

【我得要有动力】

Vince: Your 3.5 percent 1) share is going to be worth at least a million.

文斯： 你那百分之三·五的股权，将会值个百万以上。

Zina: I need to be 2) motivated, Vince. 3) Multi-motivated. As in multi-million.

吉娜： 我得要有动力，文斯。多重动力，多重百万的多重。

Vince: What if I said no?

文斯： 要是我说不呢？

Zina: Ever hear of WebTracker?

吉娜： 有听过“网路搜寻家”吗？

Vince: You wouldn't! If you leave, you'll make nothing.

文斯： 你不会那样吧！你若是离开，连半毛都赚不到。

Zina: I might make nothing even if I stay. For that kind of risk, I want to get rich.

吉娜： 我留下搞不好也赚不到半毛。 基于这种风险，我要发财。

Vince: OK. If you sign the Stars.com 4) account before WebTracker does, we'll talk next week.

文斯： 好吧。若是你早“网路搜寻家”一步签下Stars.com这个客户，我们就等下星期再谈。

语言详解

A: Don't you want to go and exercise?

你不想在运动吗？

B: Yes, but I can't seem to get motivated.

想，可是我没有动力。

【用 as in... 做补述】

as in这个短语是用来补述，好让意思能让人更明白，常用在解释拼字的时候：

A: My name is Meg.

我叫做梅格。

B: Is that M as in Mary, E as in elephant, and G as in girl?

那是Mary的m、elephant的e，girl的g吗？

as in可以用来进一步解释情况，犹如中文里的“像……那种”：

A: I just ate a Chinese buffet for only 2.99 dollars.

我刚只花了2.99美元吃了份中式自助餐。

B: As in the all-you-can-eat kind? That's so cheap!

是吃到饱的那种吗？还真便宜！

你也可以用as in来提问，以确定自己没有误会对方的意思:

A: I made a million last year.

我去年赚了一百万。

B: Is that as in dollars?

你说的一百万是美元吗？

1) share (n.) 股份

2) motivate (v.) 给予……动力

3) multi “多重的”字首

4) account (n.) 客户，尤指生意上往来的客