我来帮你搞定

SCENE② F  赫伯特回座  过一会，唐走地来

【我来帮你搞定】

 

Don:            It's not too late! She's still here. Get back over there.

唐：            现在还不迟！她还在那里。再回那边去吧。

 

Herbert:      I can't. Anyway, her ¹⁾ interests are completely^{1 2)} different from mine.

赫伯特：     我不行。反正，她的兴趣跟我完全不同。

 

Don:                   How do you know?

唐：            你怎么知道。

 

Herbert:      I talked about baseball and heavy metal. She was bored.

赫伯特：     我提到棒球跟重金属。她觉得无聊。

 

Don:                   What does she do?

唐：            她是做什么的？

 

Herbert:                   She's a piano teacher. Her name is Rose.

赫伯特：     她钢琴老师。她的名字是柔丝。

 

Don:           OK. Let me ³⁾ handle this.

唐：            好吧。我来帮你搞定。

 

Herbert:                   Don, what are you doing? Oh, no.

赫伯特：                   唐，你在干嘛？唉唷！不要啦！

 

 

语言详解

 

A: You should tell Matt that you cheated on him.

    你应该告诉麦特你背着他搞外遇。

 

B: It's a confession² that I don't think he can handle. 

  这样的告白我想他无法承受。

 

【Let me handle this. 让我来处理】

 

当别人束手无策，或是没办法完成一件事，而你想把整件事扛下来时，就可以说这句话。

 

A: The boss is coming! He's going to be angry!

   老板来了！他要发脾气了！

B: Let me handle this. I know the boss really well.

   让我来处理。我很了解老板。

 

还有另外一种情况是，别人说要把一件事揽下来，但你不确定这个人是不是真能办到，就可以问Could you handle it? 你能处理吗？

 

A: I'll watch the office while you're at lunch.

  你出去吃午饭时，我会看好办公室。

B: Sure. If you can handle it.

  假如你能处理的话当然好。

 

1) interest  (n.) 兴趣，喜好

2) different from... 与……不同

3) handle  (v.) 处理，掌控

1 completely   

adv.完全地，十分地，全然

参考例句：

• She never completely gave up hope.她从不完全放弃希望。
• I feel completely in the dark on this question.这件事使我感到茫然。

2 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。