Learn English for Business Use – And they’re happy with that?

【他们心悦诚服吗?】

 

Mary:  That’s right. And I’m going to be Vice President of Marketing.

玛莉:         没错。而我将会是行销部的副总裁。

 

Dave:          1) Way to go, Mary. A lot has happened during the last few months, hasn’t it?

戴夫:         有一套,玛莉。过去几个月还真发生了不少事,对吧?

 

Mary:          2) You can say that again!

玛莉:         我完全同意!

 

Dave:  What’s up with Vince and Elvin?

戴夫:         文斯跟艾文怎么样?

 

Mary:  They work for Zina now.

玛莉:         他们现在是吉娜的手下。

 

Dave:  And they’re happy with that?

戴夫:         那他们心悦诚服吗?

 

Mary:          3) They’re in awe of her. After they saw how she crushed WebTracker…but I guess you know all about that.

玛莉:         他们很敬畏她。在他们目睹她如何搞垮“网路搜寻家”之后……但我想那你全都知道。

 

语言详解

 

A: That’s a classy car!

那台车真棒!

 

B: Yeah, it belongs to the president.

是啊,那台车是总载的。

 

What’s up with…?……是怎么了?】

 

这个句型可以用来询问人的状况,通常是你发现对方有啥不对劲的时候。

 

A: What’s up with him?

他是怎么回事?

B: He and his girlfriend just split up.

他跟女朋友刚分手。

 

你也可以用这个句型来问事物。

 

A: What’s up with the new air conditioner?

这台新冷气机是怎么回事?

B: The other one broke, so I went and bought this one.

另一台坏掉了,所以我去买了这台新的。

 

1) Way to go. “有一套。”这句短语是用来称赞他人的表现。

2) You can say that again. 我再同意不过了。这句话是用来表达对他人说的话心有戚戚焉。

3) be in awe of…  对……心存敬畏

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