职场英语百科：各种闲聊的话题(2)

男人显出虚荣心时可真可爱。

Men are so cute when they show their vanity.

(男人显出虚荣心时可真可爱。)

I know what you mean.

(我明白你的意思。)

vanity “狂妄”、 “ 自大”、 “虚荣心”。cute “可爱的”、 “做作的”。

mean “意思是”。

Men are so cute when they are being vain.

vain “虚荣心强的”。

When men act vain I find them cute.

今天早上的报纸你看了吗?

What’s everybody talking about?

(人们都在议论什么?)

Did you see the morning paper?

(今天早上的报纸你看了吗?)

morning paper “早报”。paper 也指“报纸(newspaper)”。

Have you seen the paper this morning?

Did you look at today’s paper?

X公司可能会倒闭。

X Company might go under.

(X公司可能会倒闭。)

Where did you hear that?

(你从哪里听说的?)

go under “ (公司或计划等)破产”、 “倒闭”。

X Company may be going under.

X Company could be going out of business.

go out of business “破产”、 “倒闭”。

那家公司破产了。

That company’s gone under.

(那家公司破产了。)

I’m speechless.

(我都不知说什么好了。)

speechless “一时讲不出话的”、 “哑口无言”。

That company went bankrupt.

(那家公司破产了。)

go bankrupt “破产”、 “倒闭”。

That company failed.

fail “破产”。

我听说他们最终倒闭了。

I heard they finally folded.

(我听说他们最终倒闭了。)

Yes, they’re history.

(是， 他们已经成为历史了。)

fold “停止”、 “结束”。

history “历史”。

I heard they’re out of business.

I heard they finally gave up.

give up “停止”、 “放弃”。

他偷了我们公司的钱。

He stole some money from our company.

(他偷了我们公司的钱。)

I knew he couldn’t be trusted.

(我就知道他不可信。)

steal ... from ... “从……偷走……”。

He took money from our company.

He stole company funds.

fund “资金”。

我觉得他的成功很可疑。

Do you know how rich he is?

(你知道他有多富有吗?)

I’m suspicious of his success.

(我觉得他的成功很可疑。)

suspicious “奇怪的”、 “可疑的”、 “疑心的”。

The way he became successful is suspicious.

(他取得成功的方法令人怀疑。)

I can’t help being suspicious of his success.

(我不能不怀疑他的成功。)

There is something fishy about his success.

(他的成功有可疑之处。)

fishy “可疑的”、 “疑心的”。