職場(chǎng)社交英語 Lesson 26:她還真像個(gè)女超人

SCENE⑤ B  會(huì)議結(jié)束后 

【她還真像個(gè)女超人】

Dave:  Either we'll be millionaires, or we won't...  won't have a dime.

戴夫：         當(dāng)不成百萬富翁，就當(dāng)……身無分文。

Elvin:  And it's all coming down to the next three weeks.

艾文：         接下來的三個(gè)星期就會(huì)見真相。
 

Dave:  The only person who seems confident the software will be done on time is Zina.

戴夫：         只有吉娜有信心，軟件會(huì)準(zhǔn)時(shí)完成。
 

Elvin:  Yeah, she is some kind of Superwoman, isn't she?

艾文：         對(duì)啊，她還真像個(gè)女超人，你說是不是？

Dave:          1) Failure just isn't an 2) option for her. I'm glad she's on our team.

戴夫：         失敗這兩個(gè)字不在她的字典里。我很高興她跟我們是同一伙的。

語言詳解

A: Do I have any other options?

    我有其他選擇嗎？
 

B: You have to pick them up at six A.M.

    你得在早上六點(diǎn)的時(shí)候來拿。
 

【It's all coming down to...成敗攸關(guān)于……】

come down to是指情況到了最后成敗的關(guān)頭，短期內(nèi)就要見真相：

A: It's all coming down to these last two days.

    成敗就看這最后兩天了。

B: We can do it!

    我們做得到的！

也可以指彼此的關(guān)系每況愈下，到達(dá)谷底：

A: I need more money. Give me some.

     我還要錢。給我一點(diǎn)。

B: Has our relationship just come down to this-money?

     我們的關(guān)系已走到了這樣，錢錢錢？

你也可以說It came down to the point where...以表示情勢(shì)的發(fā)展已至最后的臨界點(diǎn)：

A: It came down to the point where I had to make a decision.

    事已至此，我得做出決定。

B: So you decided to quit your job and come here?

    所以你決定辭職到這里來？

1) failure  (n.) 失敗

2) option (n.) 選擇