《IT狂人》精讲 17

Hello? Is this the emergency services? Then which country am I speaking to?

你好？请问是紧急服务中心吗？我把电话打到哪国了？

Hello? Hello? I know! Yep. Subject:" Fire!" "Dear Sir", stroke, "Madam."

喂？喂？有了！主题："着火啦！""尊敬的先生"，斜杠，"女士".

"I'm writing to inform you of a fire which has broken out at the premises¹ of..." No. That's too formal.

"我至此函，意在告知您一场火情的发生，失火的发生地点位于..."不行，这太正式了。

"Dear Sir", stroke, "Madam." "Fire!", exclamation² mark. "Fire!", exclamation mark. "Help me!", exclamation mark.

"尊敬的先生"，斜杠，"女士"."着火啦"，感叹号。"着火啦"，感叹号。"救命啊"，感叹号。

"123, Carendon road." "Looking forward to hearing from you." "All the best, Maurice Moss³."

"卡伦敦路123号。期待您的回信。祝一切安好。莫里斯·莫斯。"

What are you wearing size 5 shoes for, woman? You're at least an 8!

你为什么要穿5码鞋呢，女士？你的脚起码有8码！

Eight? How dare you? !

8码？你竟敢这么说？！

That foot is completely mangled⁴. And the other one's even worse. You're not wearing these again.

那只脚已经彻底残了，另一只更糟。以后不许再穿这双鞋。

But I threw away my other shoes, what am I supposed to wear?

可我把其他鞋都扔了，我该穿什么啊？

Hello! Hello! Do you remember me? Can I have a go in your machine now?

你好！你好！还记得我吗？现在我能借你的机器试试吗？

Oh hello again! Oh hi!

又见面了！哦你好！

Please thank Yamamoto San for this fine ceremonial sword. It is a magnificent symbol of our new merger⁵.

请替我感谢山本君惠赠这把精致的军刀。这是我们双方公司最新合并的伟大标志。

I am sorry that my gift. A huge pair of Doc' Martins, is extremely thick and heavy sorts. It's so parltry in comparison.

很抱歉，我的礼物是一双巨型马丁靴，极厚极重型的。与您的相比真是寒酸不堪啊。

Please rest assured that my cultural advisor⁶ will be fired as soon as this meeting is over.

请放心，这次会议一结束我就把文化顾问炒了。

These are very heavy shoes. Yes.

这靴子确实很重。没错。

1 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。

2 exclamation   

n.感叹号，惊呼，惊叹词

参考例句：

• He could not restrain an exclamation of approval.他禁不住喝一声采。
• The author used three exclamation marks at the end of the last sentence to wake up the readers.作者在文章的最后一句连用了三个惊叹号，以引起读者的注意。

3 moss   

n.苔，藓，地衣

参考例句：

• Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
• He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。

4 mangled   

vt.乱砍（mangle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• His hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
• He was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班，因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

6 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。