《丑女贝蒂》精讲 134不是硬币的背面给你这份工作

Wow, look how good these came out. Oh, here's Lexie pulling the pedicab.

哇 看看出来效果多好 这个是莱克西在蹬三轮车

The camera loves "Lexie, like sexy."

没错 照相机喜欢莱克西的性感

I have no idea what I was thinking hiring her as my assistant.

我不知道我当时在想什么要挑她做我的助理

I mean,come on.That was something old Daniel would do.

我是说 那可是过去的丹尼尔才会做的事

Come on.You made a mistake.You're only human.

行了吧 你不过犯了一个错 你也不过只是凡人

So why is it you'll cut me some slack¹, but you won't do the same for yourself?

你可以原谅我的疏忽 为什么不能也原谅自己呢

What do you mean?

你什么意思

I mean, this is your first piece for the magazine as editor. It's a great spread.

我是说你作为编辑为杂志写的第一篇文章很成功

You're not even the least bit excited.

但是你看起来一点也不兴奋

I'm excited. But, it's just... I've been fighting and fighting with marc,

我很兴奋 只是我一直和马克争

trying to prove to him that I deserve² to be the editor. And then he's the one who saved the day.

想向他证明编辑的位子是我应得的 但是是他最后力挽狂澜

Betty, this whole piece was your idea.

贝蒂 这个专题是你的主意

Why don't you know you're good at this? You're great at this.

为什么你看不出来你做得不错 你做得很棒呢

I don't know. Maybe because I was tails.

不知道 也许因为我是背面

Look, betty. Some people get the job because of the flip³ of a coin.

听着 贝蒂 有些人得到一份工作是因为抛硬币的结果

Some people get the job because their father owns the company.

有些人得到工作是因为他爸爸是公司老板

It doesn't matter how you get it. It matters what you do with it.

你如何得到并不重要 重要的是你做了什么

1 slack   

adj.松弛的，萧条的，懈怠的；vt.使松弛

参考例句：

• Slack off those ropes there,there's a storm coming!把那里的绳索放松，暴风雨就要来了！
• Some are hard at work and some are slack in work.有的勤奋工作，有的则消极怠工。

2 deserve   

vt.应受，值得；vi. 应受报答，值得受赏

参考例句：

• You really deserve a good beating,you naughty boy.你这个调皮孩子真该打。
• I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me.我不配得到这些赞扬。

3 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。