影视剧中的职场美语 第72期:互相帮助

　　Deb:Emma, there you are.
黛布:艾玛，你在这啊。
Emma:Oh, God, Deb. Hi.
艾玛:哦，上帝，黛布，嗨！
Deb:I know. Isn't it gorgeous? God, I feel so blessed to have this body.
黛布:我知道，很漂亮吧？上帝，有这样的身材我真是觉得幸运。
Emma:You know, I am so late...
艾玛:我要迟到了。
Deb:No, no, no. Listen. You gotta help me out here. You know the debate team?
黛布:不不不，听着，你得帮我的忙。你知道辩论队的事吧？
Emma:Yeah.
艾玛:知道。
Deb:I cannot go to the state finals. I mean, children talking about their little problems. Ugh! You gotta do it for me.
黛布:州决赛我去不了。那些孩子恶魔讨论他们那些小破事。呃！你得代我去。
Emma:Yeah, Deb, I'm already doing your late bus patrol and pep squad¹ and your after-school detention².
艾玛:黛布，我已经在帮你值晚班车的班，做拉拉队，还有留堂的工作了。
You're the debate team adviser³. I don't think that I should...
你才是辩论队的指导老师，我觉得不该由我…
Deb:I know. I do so much. I wish I could just do the bare minimum. I so admire you for that.
黛布:我知道，我做的事太多了。我真希望只用做最少的量就好了。真是羡慕你啊。
Emma:Thank you.
艾玛:谢谢。
Deb:Anyway, all right, look. Here's how we'll work it out. I'll do the debate team...
黛布:总之，听着，我们这样吧，辩论队我负责。
Emma:Okay, good.
艾玛:好，很好。
Deb:Uh-huh. If you take my Tuesday study halls for the rest of the year. Okay?
黛布:但是我负责周二学习时间，今年剩下的时间都由你来管，好么？
Emma:Yeah, that's...No.
艾玛:行，那…不。
Deb:All right. You owe me, girl.
黛布:好了，你欠我的，美女。

1 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。