《他没那么喜欢你》精讲 76 我很想请你吃顿晚饭

Gigi: Dino, thanks again for letting me pay over the phone. I assure¹ you this late-payment thing will never happen again. Yep, just trying to trim² some of the drama out of my life. Oh, that's my other line. Okay, bye. Hello?

Bill: Hi, Gigi? This is Bill.

Gigi: Bill?

Bill: Alex's friend. We were supposed to meet up but Alex told me the wrong day.

Gigi: Bill, so you do exist.

Bill: I do. And I'd love to buy you a dinner sometime if you're still in game.

Gigi: Yes. Sure, why not?

琪琪：蒂诺，再次感谢你让我通过电话付费，我向你保证这种延迟缴费的事儿再也不会有了。是，我正努力让我的生活少点儿戏剧性。噢，又一个来电。好的，再见。喂？

比尔：嗨，琪琪？我是比尔。

琪琪：比尔？

比尔：阿历克斯的朋友。我们本该见过面的，但是阿历克斯给我说错了日期。

琪琪：比尔，你还真存在啊。

比尔：我存在啊。你愿意的话，我很想请你吃顿晚饭。

琪琪：行啊。当然，为什么不？

1 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

2 trim   

vt.修剪；装饰；n.修剪；adj.修长的；整齐的

参考例句：

• We shall have to trim our spending down to fit our income.我们只得削减开支以使收支平衡。
• You must trim your costs if you want to make bigger profits.如果你想获得更大的利润，就必须削减开支。