《丑女贝蒂》精讲 08新任总编首次会议

Daniel: So I've got to confess…

我得承认……

I'm probably not going to remember everyone's names, and I'm really,

我可能不会记得每个人的名字我真的，

uh... Are you okay?

呃……你没事吧？

Betty: I'm okay. I'm fine. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.

我没事，没事。对不起。对……对不起。

Daniel: Anyway, uh, I wish I wasn't…

不管怎样，我希望我不是……

Uh, I wish I wasn't coming in as a new guy under such terrible circumstances¹.

我希望我不是在这么糟糕的情况下作为一个新人来这里的。

I realize I have some awful big...teeth…shoes to fill,

我知道今后……将会有很多困难。

but I can't tell you how excited I am to be working with such an amazingly talented and dedicated² staff³.

但是，即将与你们这些有才华的专业的职员共事，难以表达我的兴奋之情。

Now I'd like to take the moment to talk a little about some of the ideas…

现在我想花点时间说一点我的想法......

1 circumstances   

n.境况；境遇；（尤指）经济状况；命运；环境( circumstance的名词复数 )；事件；境遇；机遇

参考例句：

• The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances. 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
• There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence. 因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 staff   

n.全体人员，同事；棍棒，杆，拐杖，支柱，权杖；vt.为…配备人员

参考例句：

• We need more staff in the office.我们办公室需要更多的工作人员。
• The hotel staff were very friendly.这家旅馆的工作人员非常友好。