大忙人学社交口语 第38期:麻烦的情况

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so it's a potentially difficult situation.

所以这可能会是个麻烦的情况。

Hello, everyone.

大家好，各位。

Well, hi, Alice.

嗨，Alice.

Aren't you going to introduce me, Paul?

Paul，你不帮我介绍一下吗?

Oh, of course.

噢，当然要。

Jane, I'd like you to meet Alice. Alice has her own fashion design company here in town, and Jane works for T&D.

Jane，来见见Alice, Alice在这里开了一家时装设计公司，Jane则是在T&D工作。

T&D, huh? Nice work. It's a pleasure, Jane.

T&D吗?好工作。很高兴认识你，Jane.

Pleased to meet you too, Alice.

Alice，很高兴认识你。

We were just discussing the new business regulations, and Jane reckons they're going to impact small businesses worst.

我们刚才在讨论新的商业规定，Jane认为它们对小企业的影响最大。

I never talk business after ten o'clock, Paul, as you know…

我从来不在，0点过后谈生意的。Paul，你知道……

Conversation 2

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Well, I agree.

额，我同意。

Look, here's Gina-let's ask her about it. Hi, Gina.

你看，Gina来了，我们来问问她。悔，Gina。

Hello.

你好。

Gina, have you met Shirley?

Gina，见过了Shirley吗?

Shirley, meet Gina.

Shirley，来认识Gina。

Gina has her own IT company, and Shirley here is normally based in Beijing but is enjoying this fabulous¹ party!

Gina开了一家IT公司，而Shirley通常是在北京工作，但她现在正在享受这个很棒的宴会!

Hello, Gina. I'm Shirley.

你好，Gina，我是Shirley.

Hi, Shirley. Nice to meet you.

嗨，Shirley，很高兴认识你。

We were just talking about Judy and how she knows so many people.

我们刚才在谈Judy，以及她怎么会认识这么多人。

Oh, yeah. She knows just about everybody.

额，对啊，她几乎每个人都认识。

She's a great networker.

她的人面很广。

So how did you meet her, Gina?

你是怎么认识她的，Gina?

Well, I used to date her brother. Then her brother married someone.

哦，我和她哥哥交往过，后来她哥哥和别人结婚了……

1 fabulous   

adj.极好的；极为巨大的；寓言中的，传说中的

参考例句：

• We had a fabulous time at the party.我们在晚会上玩得很痛快。
• This is a fabulous sum of money.这是一笔巨款。