职场口语一学就会：工作方法(3)

你亲口告诉他。

You tell him yourself.

(你亲口告诉他。)

I can't face him.

(我没脸见他。)

直译是“你直接和他说”。You放到前面是为了强调“你自己”， 也就是说这是一句加了You的祈使句。

He needs to hear it directly from you.

He should hear it directly from you.

You should be the one to tell him.

做这件事别三心二意的。

Don't do this half-assed.

(做这件事别三心二意的。)

I'll see that it gets done right.

(我会认真做的。)

ass指“屁股”、 “肛门”。Half-assed是俚语， 表示“不认真的”、 “不称职的”、 “乱七八糟的”。该词并不

文雅， 但是在美国常常可以听到。

Don't do this job in a half-serious way.

Do the job right.

(工作认真点。)

关于这个计划的事情不要再告诉任何人。

Do not tell anyone about the project again.

(关于这个计划的事情不要再告诉任何人。)

I won't make the same mistake twice.

(我不会再犯同样的错误。)

Do not tell anyone. “不要告诉任何人”。project “计划”、 “项目”。again and again意思是“反复地”，

但是如果是放在句子结尾， 只需说一个again， 就可以表示中文的“反复地”。

won't是will not的缩写。twice指“两次”、 “再次”、 “两倍”。

Be sure not to tell anyone about the project again.

be sure to ... “一定……”、 “绝对……”。

You'd better not tell anybody about the project again.

“You'd better ...”是“You had better ...”的缩写， 表示“……做为好”、 “应该……做”的意思。

Make sure you keep the project a secret.

(这个计划你一定要保密。)

make sure “确保”。secret “秘密”。

你一定不要出错。

You're entrusting me with writing the proposal?

(你委托我写建议书， 是吗?)

Make sure you don't make mistakes.

(你一定不要出错。)

entrust ... with ...“委托……做……”。proposal “建议”。

make sure “确认”。

Be careful not to make mistakes.

Take care that you don't make mistakes.

(注意不要犯错误。)

这里的“take care that ...”指“注意……”。

你犯了太多粗心大意的错误。

You make too many careless mistakes.

(你犯了太多粗心大意的错误。)

I'll be more careful in the future.

(今后我要再仔细些。)

make a mistake “犯错误”。这里的too指“太”、 “过分”。careless 指“粗心大意的”。

You make too many dumb mistakes.

dumb “愚蠢的”。

You make too many absentminded mistakes.

(你犯了太多心不在焉的错误。)

absentminded “心不在焉的”。

注意不要犯拼写错误。

Watch out for spelling errors.

(注意不要犯拼写错误。)

Don't worry. I'm a good speller.

(别担心。我拼写很好。)

Watch out for ... “注意……”。spelling “拼写”。error “错误”、 “过失”。

Don't misspell words.

Watch your spelling.