《丑女贝蒂》精讲 51你要戴老花镜了

Wilhelmina:Hold the elevator. Hold it! That was close.

按一下电梯。等等！好险。

You get a chance to look over the book yet?

你抽空看过样刊了吧？

You know, we really can't proceed¹ until you sign off,

要知道，没有你的签名我们无法进行下一步。

and we do go to press by 6:00 tonight.

而且我们今晚六点要开新闻发布会。

Daniel:I was, uh, just getting my notes together.

我，呃，刚刚才整理好批注意见。

I'll be ready for our meeting at 10:00.

我会准备好10:00的会议的。

Wilhelmina:What did you think overall²?

那你觉得整体如何？

Daniel:Looks... pretty good...

看起来…很不错…

except for the unsettled photos of Natalie Whitman.

除了Natalie Whitman的那些没有处理过的照片。

Wilhelmina:Unsettled photos?

未处理的照片？

Daniel:Yes, somehow³ they made it into the mock-up.

是啊，不知怎么他们把它放进样刊里了。

Lucky I caught that, huh? Could have been a big one.

幸运的是我发现了，哈？不然该是大新闻了。

Actually surprised you missed it.

我很奇怪你怎么没发现。

Wilhelmina:Well, I—

恩，我——

Daniel:Don't sweat⁴ it.

别为此担心。

You're probably just reaching that age when you have to start worrying about glasses.

也许你是到了该考虑戴上老花镜的年龄了。

Happens to everyone.

每个人都会有这么一天。

1 proceed   

vi.着手，继续进行；前进，行进

参考例句：

• Wrong opinions often proceed from lack of information.错误的看法往往产生于不了解情况。
• Let's proceed with our work.我们接着干吧。

2 overall   

n.工作服，工装裤；全面的，全体的

参考例句：

• The shop assistant was wearing a white overall.那店员穿着白色的工作服。
• How much will it cost overall?一共多少钱？

3 somehow   

adv.以某种方式，不知怎么搞地

参考例句：

• Somehow,I never got the chance to learn.不知怎么的，我从来都没有学的机会。
• But somehow,he got out.He's alive.可不知怎么的，他还活着出来了。

4 sweat   

n.汗，汗水，水珠，焦急；vi.出汗，渗出，冒出水气，结水珠，烦恼，懊恼；vt.使出汗，流出，榨出，使汗流浃背

参考例句：

• She was all of a sweat.她一身大汗。
• She is always all of a sweat before the exam.她临考前总是急得不得了。