职场英文口语第262期:劝某人改变心意(1)（打印版）

Welcome back to the offices of Tip Top Trading where there's a bit of confusion. 欢迎回到Tip Top Trading的办公室，这里遇到了点小困惑。

Anna…Yes?I think Tom's got the wrong end of the stick. 安娜……什么事？我觉得汤姆误会你的意思了。

But I didn't give him a stick.No, no. I think there's been a misunderstanding. 但是我没有给他“棍子”。不，不，我认为这里有误会。

When you said your answer was 'yes' he thought you meant 'yes, I'll marry you'! 你回答“是”的时候，他以为你的意思是，“好，我要嫁给你！”

Oh no! I meant yes to the promotion.Gosh I've got to sort this out. 不！我的意思是同意升职。天啊，我得赶快解决这事。

Tom, Tom, hold on please.We can't hang about Anna. 汤姆，汤姆，先等等。安娜，我们不能再等了。

Let's fix a date, invite everyone – even Paul.No, no, we can't. 一起定个结婚日期吧，把每个人都请来，包括保罗。不，不，我们不行。

You're right, not Paul – he just talks about biscuits. 你说的对，不请保罗了，他总是在谈饼干。

No. I mean 'no', we can't get married. 不，我的意思是，不，我们不能结婚。

I meant yes to the promotion. I can't marry you. 我说“是”，同意的是升职这件事。我不能嫁给你。