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职场口语：灵验了吗？

电话响起【灵验了吗?】

Zina: Hi, Dave. This is Zina.

吉娜：嗨，戴夫。我是吉娜。

Dave: Zina? Zina the Snake?

戴夫：吉娜?诈包吉娜?

Zina: I got your e-mail a couple of months back.

吉娜：几个月前我收到了你寄来的电子邮件。

Dave: Yeah? Which one was that?

戴夫：是吗?是哪一封?

Zina: The one that said, "You're a 1) creep. / From me you won't hear another 2) peep. / I hope you 3) wreck your jeep."

吉娜：上面写着：“你这讨厌鬼。/休想我会再理你。/望你吉普车会撞毁。”

Dave: Right. That one. 4) Did it work?

戴夫：那一封啊。灵验了吗?

语言详解

A: I told dad you wrecked the car!

我跟老爸说你撞坏车子了!

B: You're not going to get away with this. It was your fault, not mine.

你脱不了关系。都是你的错，不是我。

【Did it work? 灵验了吗?】

要注意work 并不专指“工作”，有时指“灵光、有效”。

A: My brain doesn't seem to work well today.

我脑袋今天好像不灵光。

B: You're better take a walk outside. But be back soon. We have a lot of work to do this afternoon.

你最好到外面走一走。但是要快快回来，我们下午有一大堆事要做。

A: I understand you had a bad cold yesterday.

我听说你昨天患了重感冒。

B: It's gone. My grandma's prescription really works.

已经痊愈了。我祖母的处方真的有效。

1) creep (n.) 令人讨厌的人

2) peep (n.) 小的声音。这里是指“消息”。

3) wreck (v.) 撞毁

4) Did it work? 有用吗?有效吗?

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