职场英文口语 第161期:商业提议(2)

 　　Come on Anna, we're not here to talk business.

　　拜托，安娜，我们来这里不是为了讨论公事的。

　　Tell me about you – the real Anna.

　　跟我说说你，真正的安娜是什么样。

　　Have you had many… err¹, many boyfriends before?

　　你之前有很多男朋友吗？

　　That's a bit personal.

　　这问题有点私人。

　　What do you think about plastic peas²?

　　你觉得塑料豌豆怎么样？

　　Can you not switch³ off from work for one minute?

　　您能不能有一会儿不谈工作呢？

　　Tom. I think you and me are very similar – we're a good team.

　　汤姆，我认为我们很像，我们是优秀的团队。

　　If we could come up with a great idea for Paul then who knows… we may get to travel the world selling it together?

　　如果我们给保罗想出好主意，那么谁知道呢……我们可能会一起去世界各地销售呢？

　　Oh, I see.

　　我懂了。

　　I hadn't thought of it like that. Right well…

　　我竟然没想到。好吧，那么……

　　Your pizzas… madam… sir.

　　你的披萨，女士，先生。

　　Thanks.

　　谢谢。

　　Tom, I think you'll need some help cutting that.

　　汤姆，我想你需要我帮你来切。

　　Thanks.

　　谢谢。

　　Mmm, you smell nice… or is that the pizza?

　　你闻起来好香，或者是披萨的味道？

　　I've got it!

　　我知道了！

　　What?

　　什么？

　　Plastic aubergines!

　　塑料茄子！

　　Plastic aubergines?

　　塑料茄子？

　　Yes. Plastic aubergines.

　　对，塑料茄子。

　　They would look great on this table – a sort of decoration.

　　它们摆在桌上很好看，是一种装饰。

1 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

2 peas   

豌豆

参考例句：

• My little sister picked up many green peas in the field. 小妹从田野里拾到许多豌豆。
• The twin brothers are as like as two peas. 那两个兄弟毫无二致。

3 switch   

n.开关，电闸，转换，软枝；vt.转变，切换，摆动，转换，使转轨；vi.转换，变换，摆动

参考例句：

• The switch on the wall was beyond the baby's reach.墙上的开关小孩子是够不到的。
• There's been a switch in our plans.我们的计划改变了。