影视剧中的职场美语 第75期:同甘共苦

　　Wilhelmina:Daniel doesn't have to know about this.
惠乐曼:丹尼尔不需要了解这些。
Secrets can stay between friends, right?
朋友之间应该能保守秘密, 对吗?
Betty:Friends?
贝蒂:朋友?
Wilhelmina:Well, at "Mode," I think of all of us as family... and family sticks together through the good times and the bad.
惠乐曼:嗯, 在《时尚》我认为我们是一个大家庭...一家人要一起同甘共苦。
Do you know Rodrigo in styles?
你认识设计部的罗德里格吗?
Betty:Sure. He has great taste.
贝蒂:认识, 他品味很不错。
Wilhelmina:Impeccable,
惠乐曼:好极了，
but you wouldn't know that if an anonymous¹ donor² hadn't paid his way through design school.
要不是有个匿名捐赠者替他付设计学校的学费的话，你就没机会认识他了。
Betty... strong people are the ones who ask for help.
贝蒂...聪明人是会寻求帮助的。
Betty:Um... my father, uh...
嗯...我父亲, 呃...
is going through some... some legal³ problems,
碰到了一些...一些法律问题，
and my family was told that for a good, supposedly great, lawyer,
我的家人得知要请一个好的, 有用的律师，
it would cost us $20,000.
要花20000美元。
Wilhelmina:Well, Betty, I have a daughter I would do anything for,
好吧, Betty, 我有个女儿，为了她我可以不惜一切。
just as you would do anything for your father,
就象你会为了你父亲不惜一切，
I'm sure.
我很肯定。
Betty:What do you want in return?
贝蒂:你想要什么作回报?
Wilhelmina:Is that something you ask family?
惠乐曼:你也会跟家人这么问吗?

1 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

2 donor   

n.捐献者；赠送人；(组织、器官等的)供体

参考例句：

• In these cases,the recipient usually takes care of the donor afterwards.在这类情况下，接受捐献者以后通常会照顾捐赠者。
• The Doctor transplanted the donor's heart to Mike's chest cavity.医生将捐赠者的心脏移植进麦克的胸腔。

3 legal   

adj.法律的，依照法律的，合法的，法定的，正当的

参考例句：

• He is my legal adviser.他是我的法律顾问。
• This is partly a political and partly a legal question.这个问题部分是政治问题，部分是法律问题。