影视剧中的职场美语 第73期:后悔不已

　　Chandler:Ah sure. What's in 'em?
钱德勒:那里面是什么?
Phoebe:Umm, cups.
菲比:杯子。
Chandler:Oh good, because uh we got Rachel 800 gallons of water.
钱德勒:那好，因为我们替瑞秋准备了800加仑的水。
Ross:Seriously that's a lot of cups.
罗斯:老实说，可以装很多杯。
Phoebe:Yeah well, that's 'cause Monica put me in charge of cups and ice, and Monica is gonna rue¹ the day that she put me in charge of cups and ice.
菲比:是莫妮卡叫我分管杯子和冰块，我要让她后悔莫及。
Chandler:Y'know I rued² the day once…didn't get a whole lot else done.
钱德勒:我曾因为她交代的事没做完而后悔莫及。
Phoebe:Okay, time to bring up the rest of the cups. Oh, hi Joey!
菲比:好，我去把剩余的杯子也拿来。
Joey:Hey Pheebs! Hey!
乔伊:嗨，菲比，嗨！
Ross:Hey!
罗斯:嗨！
Joey:Ross good, I'm uh glad you're here. I wanna talk to you about something.
乔伊:罗斯，很高兴你在这，我想跟你谈谈。
Ross:What's up?
罗斯:怎么了?
Joey:Well, I've been thinking about this whole commercial thing, y'know me going up against Ben, the two of us competing, and that can't lead to anything good.
乔伊:我一直在想逛逛的事我和本，我们两人竞争，谁赢了都不会开心。
So, I think I'm just gonna step aside. I'm gonna tell them that I won't audition³.
我想退出，我会告诉他们，我不去试镜了。
Ross:Wow, uh, Joey that's-that's great. Thanks man.
罗斯:哇，乔伊，那太好了，谢谢你，伙计。
Joey:That's it? You're-you're gonna let me do this?!
乔伊:什么？你竟…你竟忍心让我退出？
This-this is my career we're talking about here!
我们讨论的是可是我的事业！

1 rue   

n.懊悔，芸香，后悔；v.后悔，悲伤，懊悔

参考例句：

• You'll rue having failed in the examination.你会悔恨考试失败。
• You're going to rue this the longest day that you live.你要终身悔恨不尽呢。

2 rued   

v.对…感到后悔( rue的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He rued the day they had bought such a large house. 他懊悔他们买了这样大的一所房子。
• She rued the trip with him. 她后悔不该和他去旅行。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。