【职场学英语】—小道消息

第四期 —— 小道消息

- Hi, honey.
- What's the dirt ?
- I was at breakfast this morning--
- Hey, Norm ! You winning ?
- Of course.
- I heard Miller¹'s shopping around, looking for a new agency.
- Miller Lite. I know. I'm all over it.
- Also, I heard Darcy McGuire left B.B.D. & O.
- Good morning, Angela.
- You're kidding. Left or was fired ?
- I don't know. Everyone there is thrilled to get rid of her.
- Well, so much for edgy² female vision.
- So, that girl we met last night at the club, nothing happened after you put her in the cab, right ?
- It did ? Something happened ? But she said she had to be in bed early.
- I had her in bed by 11:00. Or was it quarter to ?
- You - You're like a genius, you know that ?
- What can I tell you, buddy³ ? I'm blessed.
- And today is my lucky day.Not only is my ex-wife remarrying-- right now, as a matter of fact--but Wanamaker called me himself, wanted to see me first thing. Called twice to confirm.
- Call me when he makes it official.
- It's not gonna be as easy to suck up to ''creative director,'' you know.
- Not to worry. I'll make us a lunch at the Drake to celebrate.
- Don't count your chickens, huh ? 1:00 ?
- Pick you up.

重点句型和词组：

1. What's the dirt? 
    [俚]最近有什么新闻(指丑闻)？

2. You winning ?
    你赢了？

3. I'm all over it.
    我早就知道了。

4. You're kidding.
    表示你在跟我开玩笑,含有不可置信的意思。
    还可以说成：You are pulling my leg. 或是No kidding!

5. so much for
    ...不过如此

6. first thing
    一大早

7. count one's chickens ( before they are hatched )
    谚语，表示蛋尚未孵先算鸡，引申为过早乐观，打如意算盘。通常用否定。

1 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

2 edgy   

adj.不安的；易怒的

参考例句：

• She's been a bit edgy lately,waiting for the exam results.她正在等待考试结果，所以最近有些焦躁不安。
• He was nervous and edgy, still chain-smoking.他紧张不安，还在一根接一根地抽着烟。

3 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！