她还真像个女超人

SCENE⑤ B  会议结束后 

【她还真像个女超人】

 

Dave:  Either we'll be millionaires, or we won't...  won't have a dime¹.

戴夫：         当不成百万富翁，就当……身无分文。

 

Elvin:  And it's all coming down to the next three weeks.

艾文：         接下来的三个星期就会见真相。

 

Dave:  The only person who seems confident the software will be done on time is Zina.

戴夫：         只有吉娜有信心，软件会准时完成。

 

Elvin:  Yeah, she is some kind of Superwoman, isn't she?

艾文：         对啊，她还真像个女超人，你说是不是？

 

Dave:          ¹⁾ Failure just isn't an ²⁾ option for her. I'm glad she's on our team.

戴夫：         失败这两个字不在她的字典里。我很高兴她跟我们是同一伙的。

 

语言详解

 

A: Do I have any other options?

    我有其他选择吗？

 

B: You have to pick them up at six A.M.

    你得在早上六点的时候来拿。

 

【It's all coming down to...成败攸关于……】

 

come down to是指情况到了最后成败的关头，短期内就要见真相：

 

A: It's all coming down to these last two days.

    成败就看这最后两天了。

B: We can do it!

    我们做得到的！

 

也可以指彼此的关系每况愈下，到达谷底：

 

A: I need more money. Give me some.

     我还要钱。给我一点。

B: Has our relationship just come down to this-money?

     我们的关系已走到了这样，钱钱钱？

 

你也可以说It came down to the point where...以表示情势的发展已至最后的临界点：

 

A: It came down to the point where I had to make a decision.

    事已至此，我得做出决定。

B: So you decided² to quit your job and come here?

    所以你决定辞职到这里来？

 

1) failure  (n.) 失败

2) option (n.) 选择

1 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。