打工姐妹花第二季 第17期:阿憨要改系统

 　　Wow, Han. You look you were hit by a mardi gras and a gay¹ pride float. 哎哟，小憨憨。你就像被一辆狂欢节花车撞完，然后又被一辆男同游行彩车撞到。

　　I have just returned from the exciting Manhattan restaurant trade show. 我刚从激动人心的曼哈顿餐馆贸易展览归来。

　　Look at all this free swag. And I've got stress balls. 快看这些免费的赠品。我还拿了很多减压球。

　　Well, just go in the back and take care of yourself. 那你去后面好好"自己玩"吧

　　Listen up, everybody. I have a big announcement. 各位听着。我有大事宣布。

　　Well, more like a 5'1 annoucement. 哪能多大，顶多一米六

　　I am changing the diner to state-of-the-art computer "Power touch" ordering system for food and checks. 我要把餐厅改造现代化的餐厅，点餐和结账采用电脑智慧触控式系统。

　　I am not learning² anything new. I work here because I have no skills. 我才不学什么新东西呢。老娘来这上班，就是因为没啥能力。

　　You don't have to learn it, Max. It's very smart machine. It will help you. 这系统不必学，麦克斯。它是台很智能的机器。它会帮你的。

　　That's how it started with machines in The Matrix. 《黑客帝国》里的机器一开始也是那样啊

　　Next thing you know, the human race was enslaved. 结果很快人类就变成了电脑的奴隶

　　Been there, done that. I'm with Max. 我亲身体验过了。我支持麦克斯。

　　We are doing it. It's important to move the business into the future. So get with it, you Luddites. 不行也得行。让生意与未来接轨是十分重要的。慢慢习惯吧，卢德分子们。

　　Girls, we got big trouble. 姑娘们，咱们有麻烦啦

　　If he starts using a new system, I won't be to use my old system, where I skim³ somethig of the top. 他要是搞了这个新系统，我就没办法用以前的系统，也就表示没办法捞油水了。

　　Earl, skimming⁴? I'm kind of shocked. 厄尔，捞油水吗？我真不敢相信你会这样。

　　I don't do it for me. 我又不是为了自己

　　You know how once a month you girls have a really good night in tips? You are welcome. 你们俩不是每个月都会有个小费满满的夜晚吗？大恩不言谢，记心里就行。

　　I have been lying awake at night trying to figure out how we made that 200 bucks⁵ with her skills. 我那晚整宿睡不着，就是想不明白，就她那样，我们怎么可能赚那么多小费。

1 gay   

adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者

参考例句：

• I don't know he was a gay person.我不知道他是同性恋者。
• Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.春回大地，万象更新。

2 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

3 skim   

vt.撇(去)；掠过；浏览，略读；vi.浏览

参考例句：

• It took me an hour to skim the book.我费了一个小时把这本书草草地读了一遍。
• He tried to skim off the best players from the local school teams.他试图从当地学校的球队中选拔出一批最好的球员。

4 skimming   

早期获利

参考例句：

• Bill pushed us off and we went skimming away from the shore. 比尔把我们的船撑开，我们就滑离了海岸。
• They heeled the sloop well over, skimming it along to windward. 他们使单桅小船倾斜适当，让它顶着风向前滑去。

5 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》