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Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 7 / 15 章 · 2'04" · B2

上班學習被提醒又被約酒：I don't mean to pry

上班的地方，有人被問「你業餘總在學什麼」，轉頭就被提醒上班時間別耽誤正事。想說自己天生擅長，可以用 a natural flair for（天生擅長某領域）；想打聽私事又怕冒犯，會說 I don't mean to pry（不是有意打探）。職場裡被點名、又想探別人口風時，這兩句都用得上。

發生了什麼

上班的地方，一段閒聊從「你業餘時間總在學什麼」開始。回答的人說想在網上學室內設計，還說自己有 a natural flair for（天生擅長某領域）。話鋒一轉，對方先誇這很值得稱讚，又提醒上班時間學習不能妨礙 the business at hand（手頭要處理的正事）。隨後有人提出 Would you have a drink with me（願意跟我喝一杯嗎），回答是隻能很快一杯，因為約了男朋友吃晚飯。話題又轉到牙齒、外貌和感情狀況，還補一句 I don't mean to pry（不是有意打探）。職場裡談上進、劃界限、試探私人生活，幾種說法都在這裡。

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留意這幾個短語

a natural flair forthe business at handI'd love it if you couldkeep an eye on it

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本章短語

I don't mean to pry

不是有意打探I don't want to intrude

前面剛問過對方和男友認不認真，這句 I don't mean to pry（不是有意打探）才補上來；越界的問題已經出去，禮貌話追在後面。

I don't mean to pry, but is everything okay at home?我不是想打探，但家裡一切都好嗎？

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  • a natural flair for

    天生擅長某領域

  • the business at hand

    手頭要處理的正事

  • I'd love it if you could

    如果你能…我會很高興

  • keep an eye on it

    留意、盯著

  • straight-A student

    全A優等生

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32 句台詞裡標了 29 處

短語 · A2in one's spare time

在空閒時間

What are you always studying in your spare time?
發音What are you

What are you 快說時擠成一團，別逐詞剁開。

What are you always studying in your spare time?
短語 · A2learn to use something

學著使用某物

Well, I'm trying to learn to use a computer.
俚語 · A2wanna

想要（want to）——口語常用；正式寫作和麵試別寫。

I wanna study interior design online.
短語 · B2have a natural flair for something

天生擅長某領域

有人正解釋自己為什麼適合學室內設計，語氣篤定，用 a natural flair for（天生擅長某領域）把對空間和色彩的感覺說成天生的本事。

You know, I have a natural flair for space and color and an eye for choosing soft furnishings.
短語 · B2have an eye for something

對某物有眼力

You know, I have a natural flair for space and color and an eye for choosing soft furnishings.
短語 · B1on work time

在上班時間

It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.
短語 · B1interfere with something

妨礙、干擾某事

It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.
短語 · B2the business at hand

手頭要處理的正事

一句先誇後管的提醒，表面肯定對方上進，實際用 the business at hand（手頭要處理的正事）把話拉回眼前工作，提醒別讓學習耽誤手頭的事。

It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.
語法 · B2can't really have you studying

使役結構：can't have you doing 是“不能允許你一直做”，have 後接人加現在分詞。

It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.
發音can't really have you

can't 的 t 輕輕收住，have you 別使滿勁。

It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.
語法 · B2see that it doesn't

確保從句：see that + 從句表示“確保某事發生或不發生”，it 指上一句的事。

Please, see that it doesn't.
俚語 · A2gonna

打算（going to）——口語常用；正式場合改成 going to。

I was gonna ask you a question. Yes?
短語 · A2have a drink with someone

和某人喝一杯

Would you have a drink with me?
短語 · B1would love it if someone could + 動詞

要是你能…就好了

I'd love it if you could.
發音love it if

love it if 常連成一串，it 的 t 輕輕帶過。

I'd love it if you could.
短語 · B1a quick one

很快的一杯（或一次） 這裡 one 指一杯酒。

Well, it would have to be a quick one because, you know, I'm meeting my boyfriend for dinner.
短語 · A2meet someone for dinner

約某人吃晚飯

Well, it would have to be a quick one because, you know, I'm meeting my boyfriend for dinner.
語法 · B1would have to be a quick one

情態義務：would have to 比 must 軟，帶“那恐怕只能”的讓步口氣；one 代指一杯酒。

Well, it would have to be a quick one because, you know, I'm meeting my boyfriend for dinner.
短語 · B1tell a lot about someone

從某人身上能看出很多

I was just saying you can tell awful lot about people when you look in their mouths.
俚語 · B1awful lot

非常多——口語常說 an awful lot；正式寫作少用。

I was just saying you can tell awful lot about people when you look in their mouths.
短語 · B1know what to look for

知道該找什麼

Or careless? You have to know what to look for.
短語 · B1keep an eye on something

留意、盯著

有人問現在幾點，說要 keep an eye on it（留意、盯著），字面像把眼睛放在鐘上，實際是提醒自己別誤了下一件事。

Do you have the time? I have to keep an eye on it.
短語 · B2prove more difficult than expected

顯得比預想更難

This computer thing is proving a little more difficult than I imagined.
語法 · B1used to be

過去狀態：used to + 動詞原形表示過去常常或曾經是，現在已不是。

It's funny, really, because I used to be a straight-A student in college.
短語 · B2die off

逐漸死光、消失

You know, but they say every year, millions of brain cells just die off.
短語 · B2get compliments on something

因某物常被誇獎

I'm sure you get many compliments on them.
短語 · B2be serious with someone

和某人認真交往

剛誇完對方漂亮，馬上用 be serious with someone（和某人認真交往）追問她和男友是否認真，聽起來像關心，實際問的是私事。

Are you serious with your boyfriend?
短語 · B2not mean to pry

不是有意探問私事

I don't mean to pry. Heh. Uh...

看懂「上班學習被提醒又被約酒」

發音重點

  • What are you — What are you 快說時擠成一團，別逐詞剁開。
  • can't really have you — can't 的 t 輕輕收住，have you 別使滿勁。
  • love it if — love it if 常連成一串，it 的 t 輕輕帶過。
It's very commendable, but I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand.

這很值得稱讚，但如果影響手頭工作，我實在不能讓你上班時間學習。 先肯定再設限，把拒絕說得體面，又留下清楚邊界。

Would you have a drink with me?

願意和我喝一杯嗎？ 短句直球，禮貌問句裡藏著試探，拒絕空間也被留得很窄。

Well, it would have to be a quick one because, you know, I'm meeting my boyfriend for dinner.

那得快點，因為我約了男朋友吃晚飯。 不硬拒，先答應再限時，用男友當軟釘子，邊界清楚。

I don't mean to pry. Heh. Uh...

我不是想打探。呵，呃…… 越界的問題先出口，這句禮貌才追上來，補得更尷尬。

關於這一章的問題

a natural flair for 是什麼意思？

指「天生擅長某領域」，是與生俱來、不費力就有的本事。臺詞裡有人用它說自己的眼光：I have a natural flair for space and color（我對空間和色彩天生有感覺）。

「不是有意打探」英語怎麼說？

I don't mean to pry。它常放在私人問題前當緩衝；臺詞裡卻是問過對方跟男友是不是認真的之後才出現，客氣話追在私人問題後面，反而更顯尷尬。

the business at hand 在工作場合怎麼用？

指「手頭要處理的正事」，用來把話題拉回眼前工作。臺詞裡說 I can't really have you studying on work time if it interferes with the business at hand，就是提醒別讓學習耽誤正事。

想約人喝一杯，英語怎麼開口比較自然？

可以說 Would you have a drink with me（願意跟我喝一杯嗎），直接又不失禮貌。如果只能待一會兒，就答 it would have to be a quick one（那得很快，只能喝一杯）。

keep an eye on it 只能用來盯東西嗎？

不只。它是「留意、盯著」，也可以指留意時間、進度。臺詞裡說 I have to keep an eye on it（我得盯著時間），說的就是留意時間，別誤了下一件事。

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