打工姐妹花第二季 第22期:机器还是人类

 　　Okay, what if we just send Martha an E-mail, 这样吧，我们给她发封电邮如何

　　so we're not just standing¹ in her office, begging some receptionist²? 这样就不用去到她办公楼，求前台放我们进去了

　　That won't do anything. Yes, it will. 那样一点屁用都没有。有用的。

　　I craft³ amazing business E-mails. I went to Wharton. 我超会写商业电邮呢。我可是沃顿高材生呢。

　　Please don't, Max. That's all I have left. 求你嘴下留情，我就剩这点资本了

　　Max, Caroline, I found something at the restaurant trade show you might be interested in. 麦克斯，卡洛琳，我在餐馆贸易展览里发现了点你们会感兴趣的东西哦。

　　The only restaurant trade I'm interested in is if we can exchange you for anybody else. 我唯一有兴趣的餐馆贸易，就是看能不能把你以物易物走。

　　You won't be laughing in a minute. 看了你就不会笑我了

　　Look, it's a cupcake from the new state-of-the-art cupcake ATM machine. 你看，这是我从最新研发的自助小蛋糕机买来的小蛋糕。

　　Sprinkles⁴ cupcakes plans to be put them everywhere. 人家连锁小蛋糕店打算城里广设这机器

　　Soon, everyone will be able to just push a button. 很快，大家只需按下按钮

　　Day or night, and get the cupcake. 无论白天黑夜，随时都能吃到小蛋糕

　　So, I guess what I'm saying is, you might be screwed⁵. 所以我想说的是，你们俩可能完了。

　　Delicious... And no attitude. 美味可口。不用受气。

　　Well, more bad luck. I thought you were kidding, but the machines are taking over. 坏运气接踵而至。我原本以为你在开玩笑，但机器真的要取代人类了。

　　We can't compete with that. The business is done. Game over. 我们斗不过机器。我们的生意完蛋了，游戏结束。

　　Man, you are never gonna make it in the future. 天啊，你这种态度怎么在未来混啊

　　This is where the humans fight. 人类就应该在此时奋起反击

　　This is where we march down to Martha Stewart and demand a damn⁶ blurb⁷. 我们就应该在此时，向玛莎·斯图尔特示威，要求她帮我们大力宣传。

　　So we can compete with the machines... Just like in "Terminator 2: rise of the desserts." 这样我们才能跟机器斗，就像《终结者2:甜点的觉醒》。

　　Fine. Let's go see Martha. She's our only hope. 好吧，我们去找玛莎。她是我们唯一的希望了。

　　My lucky necklace is gone. We can no longer just wait for magic to happen. 我的幸运项链没了。我们不能再坐等奇迹发生。

　　Uh, thank you, by the way, for never telling me that our former plan was magic. 对了，谢谢你啊，从没告诉我，原本的计划是等天降鸿福。

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 receptionist   

n.接待，接待员

参考例句：

• The girl is a receptionist of the Beijing Hotel.这个女孩是北京饭店的前台接待员。
• Ask the receptionist to put your call through to my room.让接待员把你的电话接到我房间。

3 craft   

n.工艺，手艺；小船，飞机；行业；诡计

参考例句：

• The harbour was full of pleasure craft.港口满是游艇。
• He's a master of his craft.他有一手好手艺。

4 sprinkles   

n.少量，少数( sprinkle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A sprinkler sprinkles water on the roads to lay the dust. 洒水车将水洒在路上以不使尘土飞扬。 来自辞典例句
• She covered the cake with chocolate sprinkles. 她在蛋糕上撒了一层巧克力。 来自辞典例句

5 screwed   

adj.用螺丝拧紧的，螺丝状的，喝醉的v.用螺丝拧紧( screw的过去式和过去分词 )；拧上去；（和某人）性交；诈骗（钱财等）

参考例句：

• an extremely screwed-up kid 一个十分神经质的孩子
• He screwed up his face at the nasty smell. 闻到这令人作呕的气味，他皱眉蹙额。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。

7 blurb   

n.简介，短评

参考例句：

• This book fails to give what the blurb describes.这本书不像该书护封上所描绘的那样好。
• In the blurb I couldn't see anything about thinking at all.在这本书的简介中，我根本找不到任何有关思想的东西。