Ⅳ.对话篇

Gordon: How is your new job coming along?

戈登：你的新工作进展如何？

Molly : It's not.

莫莉：没进展。

Gordon: What do you mean? What happened?

戈登：你这是什么意思？发生了什么事儿？

Molly : I got fired for being too casual.

莫莉：我因为太随便而被炒了鱿鱼。

Gordon: That's horrible. What are you going to do to do now?

戈登：太糟糕了。那么现在你要怎么做呢？

Molly : At my next job, I will be polite and as formal as possible.

莫莉：下一份工作我要力求做得正式、彬彬有礼。

Gordon: I am sure you will do well.

戈登：我肯定你下次会做得很好。

Molly : I appreciate your confidence.

莫莉：谢谢你对我的信心。

Gordon: Don't mention it, Molly, any gentleman would do the same. Don't you agree?

戈登：别这么说，莫莉。每一个绅士都会这么做的。不是吗？

Molly : Affirmative. Of course. You really facilitate a formal atmosphere. Do you have time to treat me to lunch?

莫莉：当然了，你真的营造出了一种正式氛围。你有时间请我吃午饭吗？

Gordon: Negative, I am far too busy. Normally I would be glad to, but I have a report that is due.

戈登：没有，我最近太忙了。通常我很高兴请你吃饭，但是我得赶快做一个报告。

Molly : No problem, get me next time.

莫莉：没问题，下次再请吧。