《丑女贝蒂》精讲 01滑稽的面试

Betty:I like your poncho¹. My dad got me one in Guadalajara.

我喜欢你的南美斗篷。我爸在Guadalajara也给我买了一件。

Charmaine:Milan. Dolce & Gabbana. Fall.

米兰，D&G 秋季新品。

Marc:Betty Suarez?

Betty Suarez?

Betty:Hi. That's me. Um, I have a hard copy of my resume if you need it. Should I follow you?

嗨! 我就是。如果你需要的话，我还有一份简历打印件。我应该跟你走吗？

Marc:Actually... there's been a mistake.

事实上……出了点儿差错。

Betty:A mistake?

差错？

Marc:All the entry-level positions we were hiring for... they've been filled. I'm sorry.

我们要招聘的最低级别职位...都已经招满了。抱歉。

Betty:Um, sir? While you got me here, I thought I could tell you a little about myself.And I can't imagine a more amazing place to start my career than Meade Publications.I know most of your magazines inside out. I try to devour² as much as I can.

先生？既然让我来了，我想我还是该介绍一下自己。我从小就醉心于杂志。我想象不到还有什么更好的地方。比Meade出版社更适合我开展事业了。我对你们大部分杂志都了如指掌。能看的我都看过了。

Marc:Clearly.

知道了。

Betty:Also, I've learned so much through them. You know, stuff so beyond my world, like…like who the up-and-comers are on the London art scene, or…And I have tons of ideas. I'm always jotting³ stuff down on the subway. But I'm getting ahead of myself, sir. All I really want is a chance...

我通过他们学到了很多东西，和我的世界截然你不同的东西。比如谁是伦敦艺术展的新星。我也有不记其数的新点子。我总是在坐地铁的时候做笔记，我就要超越我自己了，先生。我只想要一个机会...

Marc:Good-bye!

再见!

Betty:In any position or publication…I can type 100 words a minute!

能得到出版社的一个职位我一分钟能打100个字!

1 poncho   

n.斗篷，雨衣

参考例句：

• He yawned and curled his body down farther beneath the poncho.他打了个呵欠，把身子再蜷拢点儿，往雨披里缩了缩。
• The poncho is made of nylon.这雨披是用尼龙制造的。

2 devour   

v.吞没；贪婪地注视或谛听，贪读；使着迷

参考例句：

• Larger fish devour the smaller ones.大鱼吃小鱼。
• Beauty is but a flower which wrinkle will devour.美只不过是一朵，终会被皱纹所吞噬。

3 jotting   

n.简短的笔记，略记v.匆忙记下( jot的现在分词 )；草草记下，匆匆记下

参考例句：

• All the time I was talking he was jotting down. 每次我在讲话时，他就会记录下来。 来自互联网
• The student considers jotting down the number of the businessman's American Express card. 这论理学生打算快迅速地记录下来下这位商贾的美国运通卡的金额。 来自互联网