03 工作小摩擦
  03 工作小摩擦

  误解矛盾会有时

  dialogue

  after jane walks out of the present's ofi ce, sh begins to shout at sophie angrily.

  简从总裁办公室出来后,生气地对着苏菲大喊了起来。

  jane: don't pretend anymore. i know it was you who made trouble for me. have you heard that i'm losing my manager position?

  简:别装了,我知道是你捣的鬼。老板要免掉我的经理职务,你听说了吧?

  sophie: are you? i didn't hear that.

  苏菲:是吗?我还不知道。

  jane: if you weren't so devious, i would have held all the trump cards for this bidding,and i wouldn't be demoted.

  简:要不是你做了手脚,这次竞标我势在必得,也不会被撤职。

  sophie: what? you mean it's me that caused your failure? do you have any proof? if not, that is venomous slander.

  苏菲:什么?你的意思是是因为我你才竞标失败的?你有证据吗?如果没有,那就是恶毒的污蔑。

  jane: proof? look at these photos and tell me that's not you. you gave away ourpany's secrets to ourpetitor in order to defeat me.

  简:证据是吗?你看看这些照片上是不是你,你为了打败我,竟然向我们的竞争对手泄露消息。

  sophie: that's impossible. how did you get these pictures?

  苏菲:不可能,你怎么会有这些照片?

  jane: well, the day has eyes, the night has ears. i can't imagine what our boss will think if he sees these.

  简:哼,若要人不知,除非己莫为。真无法想象老板看了这些照片,会怎么想。

  notes

  1. devious ['di:vj?s] adj. 欺诈的;不坦率的;迂回的

  2. trump [tr?mp] n. 王牌,法宝;喇叭;v. 打出王牌;胜过;吹喇叭

  3. bidding ['bidi?] n. 出价;投标;命令

  4. demote [di'm?ut] v. 降级,降职

  5. venomous ['ven?m?s] adj. 恶意的,有毒的

  6. slander ['slɑ:nd?] n. / v. 中伤,诽谤

  7. give away 赠送;泄露

  小贴士

  my bad!

  表达歉意时,我们经常会用 "my fault! my mistake!"不过要是用my bad!(对不起)的