职场口语一学就会：激励(6)

这是一辈子难得的好机会。

Should we go for it?

(我们应该试试吗?)

Of course. This is the chance of a lifetime.

(当然。这是一辈子难得的好机会。)

go for it “努力做”、 “尽力做”。

lifetime “一生”、 “终生”。

This kind of chance only comes once in a lifetime.

Chances like this don't come often.

(这样的机会不是经常有的。)

often “常常”、 “屡次”。

事情会顺利的。

I hope it will be okay.

(我希望没问题。)

Things will work out.

(事情会顺利的。)

work out “顺利”。

Everything should work out just fine.

Don't worry about anything.

(不用为任何事担心。)

你的话听起来怎么老气横秋的。

I'm working too hard.

(我干得太累了。)

You sound like an old man.

(你的话听起来怎么老气横秋的。)

sound like ... “听起来好像……”、 “似乎……”。

You sound older than your years.

You're talking as if you were an old man.

(你说话就像老年人一样。)

as if ... “好像……”。

为什么你那么悲观呢?

I think we'll have to go out of business.

(我想我们公司只好破产。)

Why are you so pessimistic?

(为什么你那么悲观呢?)

go out of business “破产”。

pessimistic “悲观的”。

Why are you so negative?

negative “消极的”。

Why do you always see the glass half empty?

反意为：Why are you so optimistic?

(为什么你那么乐观呢?)

optimistic “乐观的”。

担心也没有用。

I don't know if I got the job or not.

(我不知道我是否得到了那份工作。)

There's no use worrying about it.

(担心也没有用。)

“There is no use ...ing.”指“即使……也没用”， 与“It is no use ...ing.” 意

思相同。worry about 指“为……而担心”。

It won't help to worry about it.

No sense worrying about it.

sense “ (做某事的)意义”、 “价值”。

每个人都很担心。

Everyone was concerned.

(每个人都很担心。)

I didn't mean to worry anyone.

(我并不想让任何人担心。)

be concerned “担心”。

Everyone was worried.

be worried “担心”。

They were all concerned.