月度归档： 2022年9月

Joice: Next is a ballet performance, but who is the dancer?
Emily: I’d swear that’s Eddy from circulation.
Joice: Since when did Eddy start doing ballet?!
Emily: Not very long from the looks of it!
Joice: Look! He has a partner!

circulation (n.) 　
流通，发行量。这里是指「发行部」 circulation department

ballet (n.) 　
芭蕾
A: Brenda moves very gracefully. 布兰达的举止很优雅。
B: I know. She was a ballet dancer when she was younger. 我知道。她年轻的时候是芭蕾舞者。

乔伊丝：接下来是芭蕾舞表演，不过是谁在跳啊？
艾蜜莉：我看好象是发行部门的艾迪。
乔伊丝：艾迪打什么时候开始跳芭蕾的？！
艾蜜莉：看这德性就知道不会很久！
乔伊丝：看！有新舞伴加入了！

Emily: Oh. It looks like Jack is going to make his annual speech.
Joice: Couldn’t he wait until we’re finished eating?
Emily: Yeah. I’m still hungry, but I guess it’s kind of rude to keep eating while he’s talking, huh?
Joice: Can you even hear what he’s saying?
Emily: No. He’s so far away I can hardly see him! Let’s keep eating!
Joice: Can you turn the lazy Susan for me? I want some more chicken.
Emily: All that’s left is a leg. I gave the head to Tim!

annual (a.) 　
年度的，一年一次的
A: I met Sue at last year’s annual Christmas party. 我是在去年度的耶诞派对上认识苏的。
B: Then you’ve known her for a year now. 那你到现在已经认识她一年了。

lazy Susan 　
置于大桌上方便人取菜用的旋转餐台

rude (a.) 　
卤莽的
A: How rude! Stop talking with your mouth full! 真不礼貌！嘴里有东西别说话！
B: Then you stop slurping your soup so loudly! 那你喝汤也别那么大声！

艾蜜莉：噢。看来杰克要发表年度演说了。
乔伊丝：他就不能等我们吃完饭吗？
艾蜜莉：对啊。我肚子还很饿，可是他边说我们边吃，好象有点不礼貌吧？
乔伊丝：你听得到他在说什么吗？
艾蜜莉：听不到。离那么远，我都快看不到他了！我们就继续吃吧！
乔伊丝：你能帮我转一下旋转餐台吗？我还要吃鸡肉。
艾蜜莉：只剩一根鸡腿。我把鸡头夹给提姆了！

Joice: Look! They’re going to do the first drawing! It’s for a DVD player!
Tim: Hmm. That must be the DVD player that another one of my friends donated. He owns one of the largest electronics stores in Taipei!
Joice: They’re picking a name…It’s…Darryl from marketing! Rats!
Tim: Don’t worry! There are a lot more prizes! I know, because the prizes are all from companies that I work with!
Joice: Hmm…Darryl doesn’t look like the red underwear type…

DVD player 　
DVD是digital versatile disc 的缩写

marketing (n.) 　
市场行销，此指「行销部」marketing depatment

drawing (n.) 　
抽奖

electronics (n.) 　
电器用品

乔伊丝：看！他们要抽第一个奖了！奖品是一台DVD！
提　姆：呣。这台DVD一定是我另外一个朋友送的。他的电器商场是台北最大的！
乔伊丝：他们在抽名字了！得主是……行销部的戴洛！可恶！
提　姆：别担心！奖品还多的是！我很清楚，因为提供奖品的公司全都跟我有合作！
乔伊丝：呣……戴洛看来不像会穿红内裤那一型的啊……