《丑女贝蒂》精讲 06有挑战的工作了

Justin: Are you feeling any better?

你感觉好受写了吗？

Betty: I'm fine.

我没事。

Justin: Hello? Some guy from Meat Publications¹.

喂？男的，什么肉类出版社的。

Betty: Meade? This is Betty Suarez.

Meade? 我是Betty Suarez。

Are you serious?

没开玩笑吧？

Yeah! I…yeah, of course I…I can start tomorrow.

行! 行，当然，我明天就可以开始。

Um, what magazine is this for? Mode²?

是做什么杂志？时尚?

Yeah, I'll be there first thing in the morning. Okay!

好, 我明天一早就过去好的!谢谢。

Thank you. Bye! Assistant to the editor in chief!

再见！总编助理！

Justin: I didn't know you wanted to work for "Mode."

我不知道你想到《时尚》工作。

Betty: Well, this wouldn't have been my first choice,

这本来不是我的首选，

but... if I do good here, I can go anywhere in the company.

但是……如果在这儿做得好，这公司的哪本刊物我都能做好了。

Justin:Well, just try and dress fashionably³. Do have anything?

那么，试着打扮得时尚点儿。你有准备吗？

Betty: Actually, I do.

事实上，我有。

1 publications   

n.发表( publication的名词复数 )；公布；出版；出版物

参考例句：

• The related publications are far too numerous to list individually. 相关出版物太多，没法一一列举。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request. 我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 mode   

n.方式，样式，模式，风格，时兴；[音乐]调式

参考例句：

• Wearing jeans is out of mode at present.现在穿牛仔裤过时了。
• His mode of doing business is offensive to me.他干事情的方式叫我很不喜欢。

3 fashionably   

adv.随着流行，赶时髦地

参考例句：

• She was fashionably turned out in cream trousers and a red sweater. 她穿着米色长裤和红套衫，打扮得很入时。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She's a very snazzy dresser, ie She always dresses fashionably. 她衣着总是很时髦。 来自辞典例句