礼节美语 Business Etiquette 243-a-really-bad-day-1

 　　Harry¹在公司遇到同事Cindy.

　　Harry: Oh man...it's really not my day!

　　Cindy: Having a bad hair day?

　　H: You have no idea! I woke up late because I didn't hear my alarm...then I realized I'd forgotten to pick up my suit from the dry cleaners.

　　C: So you rushed out of the apartment to go grab your suit and ...?

　　H: I closed the door without taking my keys!

　　C: So you're locked out of your apartment?

　　H: Yep...but that was only the beginning of my troubles.

　　C: Tell me more.

　　Harry这天特别倒霉。It's not his day. 或者也可以说 He's having a bad hair day. 意思都是说这天真倒霉，干什么都不顺。早上闹钟没听见，起床晚了不说，急着出门去取干洗的西装，一着急，忘了带钥匙。He locked himself out of his apartment. 这里说的 dry cleaners 意思是干洗店。而这还只是个开头。我们接着听。

　　H: Well...I was still running late for work so I hailed a cab. I got here 45 minutes late and had no choice but to wear this T-shirt and jeans. The boss gave me a funny look when I came in...so who knows? Maybe I'll get fired today as well!

　　C: You poor thing! You really are having a bad day!

　　H: But it gets worse! As soon as I sat down at my desk, I noticed my wallet was missing!

　　C: No way!

　　H: Yep...it's gone.

　　C: Did you leave it in the taxi?

　　H: That's what I first assumed...but that doesn't make sense because I paid the cabby with money from my wallet.

　　Harry出门打车上班，打车可以用动词 hail. He hailed a cab. 结果穿着T恤衫和牛仔裤就跑来了，而且还迟到了45分钟。The boss game me a funny look. Harry不巧被老板撞到，老板用很奇怪的眼光看了看他，而这还不是最糟糕的。It gets worse. 更糟糕的还在后面呢！刚坐稳当，Harry就发现钱包不见了。Cindy问他是不是落在出租车上了。Harry说不可能，因为他下车付钱的时候钱包还在呢。那会丢在哪里了呢？

　　C: So you simply misplaced it?

　　H: Nope. Just as I was walking from the cab to the front door of our office building, a guy bumped into me.

　　C: Oh no! You got hit by a pickpocket²!

　　H: Yep. After I put two and two together I realized that was exactly what happened. He bumped up against me so I wouldn't notice he stole my wallet.

　　Cindy问Harry是不是把钱包随手放在什么地方，所以才找不到的，misplace is spelled m-i-s-p-l-a-c-e, misplace 是放错地方的意思。

　　Harry说，进公司的时候 A guy bumped into him.有个人撞在了他的身上。After I put two and two together 把丢钱包和被人撞这两件事情联系起来，Harry恍然大悟，钱包是被扒手pickpocket偷走了。Harry没带钥匙，又丢了钱包，这一天要怎么过呢？我们下次继续听。

1 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

2 pickpocket   

n.扒手；v.扒窃

参考例句：

• The pickpocket pinched her purse and ran away.扒手偷了她的皮夹子跑了。
• He had his purse stolen by a pickpocket.他的钱包被掏了。