【正文】 from Vikam, the 2) venture 3) capitalists.文斯： 容我解釋。Zina: When you hired me, you knew you were going to be low on cash, didn39。B:Sounds reasonable.聽起來蠻合理的。A:Look, I39。【look聽著】很奇怪，怎么英文的look會翻譯成中文的“聽著”？其實這正說明文化的差異。Zina: You39。m going to make you rich.文斯： 我知道這說來尷尬，不過你以后會感謝我的。s 2) awkward, but you39。t just hear what I think I just heard.吉娜： 你說什么？我希望我不是真的聽到我以為我聽到的。可是我沒辦法。t.文斯： 吉娜。你說要見我？Vince: Zina. Look, I know when I 1) hired you, I told you I39。要注意的是，mind 的后面要接動名詞；而若提到是誰問的，則要用所有格。t mind my asking. 若你不介意我問起的話。你為什么不去？也可以當(dāng)做形容詞，寫做bigtime：A:She is a bigtime movie producer!她是個大牌的電影制片！B:Really? Why haven39。s a toilet over there. Why don39。s the address?太棒了。B: That39。語言詳解A: We39。我和我的個人電腦。我就住在這里。Zina: And in the meantime, how do you pay the rent?吉娜： 那這段期間你要怎么付房租？Dave: I don39。Dave: Not cash. But if our 2) launch goes well, my stock options will pay off, big time.戴夫： 不是現(xiàn)金。1) rake in 發(fā)財，大撈一筆2) stock option 股票選擇權(quán)，認股權(quán)3) startup (n.) 開始（創(chuàng)業(yè)，工作，動工等）4) fold (v.) 關(guān)店，倒閉5) zip (n.) 零，烏有6) freelance (a.) 無約、自由工作的7) buck美元0你是怎么算薪水的？Zina: How do you get paid? 1) If you don39。mean 也作“打算”解，須要注意的是后面只能接不定詞，不可接ing式，例如:Paul means to go to Taipei next week.保羅打算下星期到臺北去。t believe it! That was my favorite bookshop.不，我不敢相信！那是我最愛的書店。語言詳解A: Their business folded last week.他們的店上星期倒了。Dave: Now he only works 6) freelance. Hundred 7) bucks an hour.戴夫： 現(xiàn)在他只接個案做。他們的公司倒閉，他半毛也沒拿到。可是鮑伯不想再次玩那種游戲了。Dave: The boss wanted to pay Bob with 2) stock options. But Bob didn39。get to還有一個常見用法，意思是“得以，才能夠”：A:How did you get to be a politician? 你是如何才得以當(dāng)政治人物的？B:Many years of hard work. 多年的苦功。get to的另一個常見用法是“抵達”，這個短語在問路時很好用，相信大家也都不陌生：A:How can I get to the train station? 我要怎么才能到火車站？B:It39?！緂et to 影響，左右】get to在對話中是指“影響，左右”，多半是指負面的情況：A:The pressure has been really getting to me lately. 我最近真的被壓力壓得喘不過氣來。語言詳解A: Sitting in a cubicle all day. 整天坐在隔間里。他走得很匆忙嗎？Dave: The pressure got to him. Plus he wanted to get paid.戴夫： 壓力讓他崩潰了。Zina: Studly?吉娜： 壯男?Dave: You know. Big brain.戴夫： 你知道嘛，就是頭好壯壯。業(yè)務(wù)員。Zina: I39。我是戴夫。ve 1) inherited Bob39。職場社交英語口語SCENE① A 加州的資訊王達康辦公室0歡迎來到資訊王Dave: Wele to InfoKing. I39。m Dave. Looks like you39。s 2) cubicle.戴夫： 歡迎來到資訊王。看來你已經(jīng)接管了鮑伯的辦公室隔間。m Zina Romero. Sales. Who was Bob?吉娜： 我是吉娜蘿美洛。誰是鮑伯？Dave: Bob was a totally 3) studly 4) programmer.戴夫： 鮑伯是個徹頭徹尾的壯男程序設(shè)計師。Zina: His stuff is still 5) tacked up on the walls. Did he leave in a hurry?吉娜： 他的東西還釘在墻上。加上他又想拿到薪水。B: What do you hate most about working in an office? 你最恨在辦公室工作的哪一點。B:Maybe you should take a vacation. 或許你該去度個假。s around the corner and to the left. 它就在轉(zhuǎn)角那邊靠左側(cè)。1) inherit (v.) 繼承 2) cubicle (n.) （辦公室）隔間 3) studly 健壯帥氣的，“猛男”是stud 4) programmer (n.) 程序設(shè)計師 5) tack (v.) （用大頭針）釘上0此話怎講？Zina: What do you mean? If he was a good programmer, he should have been 1) raking it in.吉娜： 此話怎講？若他是個好的程序設(shè)計師，他應(yīng)該早就發(fā)了。t want to play that game again.戴夫： 老板想用認股權(quán)當(dāng)作薪水付給鮑伯。Zina: Again?吉娜： 再次？Dave: At his last 3) startup, Bob worked for stock and no salary. They 4) folded and he made 5) zip.戴夫： 鮑伯上回參與的創(chuàng)業(yè)公司，他工作的酬勞是股票，不拿薪水。Zina: Ouch.吉娜： 真慘。時薪一百美元。B: No, I can39?！網(wǎng)hat do you mean?這話怎講？】這是談話時較隨便的講法，照說應(yīng)該是What do you mean by that? 另一個類似句型是What does the word mean?這個字作何解釋？mean 在這兩個句型的“意思、意表”解。A: What do you mean by sayingJudy is leaving the country.?你說茱迪要出國是什么意思？B: Well, she means to accept a job offer in Singapore.她打算要接受新加坡的一個工作機會。t mind my asking.吉娜： 你是怎么算薪水的？若你不介意我問的話。但要是我們上市的情況很好，我的股票期權(quán)可就值大錢了。t have to worry about rent. I live right here.戴夫： 我不用擔(dān)心房租。Zina: What? In your cubicle?吉娜： 什么？在你的隔間里？Dave: Right here. Me and my PC. Home sweet home.戴夫： 就在這。甜蜜的家庭。re launched a new website.我們推出了一個新網(wǎng)站。s great. What39。網(wǎng)址是什么？【big time 超級，非?！縝ig time是在口語中常?？梢月牭降亩陶Z，用來強調(diào)句中程度的高，意即“超級，非常”，可以當(dāng)做副詞用：A:I need to go to the bathroom, big time!我得要上廁所，超急的！B:There39。t you go?那里就有廁所。t I heard of her before then?真的？那怎么我以前從沒聽說過她？1) If you don39。這是客氣的詢問句。2) launch (n., v.) 事業(yè)登場，投入市場SCENE② A 隔周，吉娜到老板的隔間去看他0我會讓你發(fā)財Zina: Hi, boss. You wanted to see me?吉娜： 嗨，老板。d pay you a salary. But I just can39。聽著，我知道當(dāng)我雇用你之時，我說過會付你薪水。Zina: Excuse me? I hope I didn39。Vince: I know it39。re going to be thanking me later. I39。我會讓你發(fā)財。re going to make me rich by not paying me?吉娜： 你要用不給我薪水的方法讓我發(fā)財？語言詳解A: How many people did the pany hire this year?公司在今年雇用了多少人？B: Over two hundred.超過兩百個。在英、美社會里，要對方在意你即將說的話，最普遍的語詞是look，而我們在同樣情況下卻說“聽著”。ll give you ten dollars if you sweep the room for me.聽著，如果你幫我掃房間，我就給你十塊錢。1) hire (v.) 雇用2) awkward (a.) 令人尷尬的的，感到尷尬的0我要提供你認股權(quán)Vince: I want to 1) offer you more InfoKing stock option