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面试孕妇同事嘴瓢:skedaddle

新来的临时工查理来面试,还怀着孕,有人赶紧提醒他:Whatever you do, just don't say "baby"(千万别说「宝宝」),还说他该 skedaddle(赶紧走开)去安排面试。可另一位一路嘴瓢,最后只能嘀咕 I don't think my heart can handle any more today(我怕今天心脏再受不住了)。想学职场禁语和临场吐槽,这段很逗。

发生了什么

有人正研究欧文留下的画,想从孩子的画里找线索:墙上画着「无畏弗雷德」,手里拿着像剑又像魔法蛇的东西。新来的临时工查理来面试,她还怀着孕,办公室的人赶紧提醒同伴:Whatever you do, just don't say "baby"(千万别说「宝宝」),还说该 skedaddle(赶紧走开)去安排面试。可有人一路嘴瓢,想说又不能说,最后只能嘀咕 I don't think my heart can handle any more today(我怕今天心脏再受不住了),还问这要怎么当没看见。想学职场里的禁语、催促和吐槽,这些表达都很日常。

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  • 丽塔用规矩把问题按回去
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留意这几个短语

keep her waitingfill this outskedaddlefirewall

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本章短语

skedaddle

赶紧走开;溜走to hurry away; to scram

丽塔挺着肚子来面试,办公室气氛越来越尴尬,黑兹尔催大家赶紧挪去诺曼的办公室看申请表。

Skedaddle, the teacher is heading back this way!快溜,老师往这边来了!

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  • keep her waiting

    让她干等

  • fill this out

    填写(表格)

  • firewall

    防火墙;引申为需要突破的屏障

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语法 · B2any pediatric patients with the name of Owen

with 引出的后置修饰:with the name of 接在名词后面补充说明是哪一类病人,比起再起一个从句更省字,也更像工作汇报的口气。护士长不记得,重点就落在这个限定上。

The charge nurse doesn't remember any pediatric patients with the name of Owen in the past few weeks.
短语 · B2dig back

往回翻查;往前追溯

Now, if you want me to dig back a little further,
短语 · B1break through something

突破;闯过

I may have to break through a firewall or two.
语法 · B2I may have to break through a firewall or two

may have to 表也许不得不:may 和 have to 叠在一起,意思是也许不得不这么做,既保留可能性,又暗示阻力。or two 这种模糊量词把闯防火墙说得像小事一件,低调里带点炫耀。

I may have to break through a firewall or two.
短语 · A2focus on something

把注意力放在……

Well, we'll have to focus on what we have so far.
短语 · A2so far

到目前为止

Well, we'll have to focus on what we have so far.
发音focus on

focus on 里 focus 的 s 和 on 连读,像 focu-son,中间不要停顿。

Well, we'll have to focus on what we have so far.
短语 · B1a partial address

不完整的地址

A partial address.
短语 · B2yield more

提供更多(信息)

I really had hoped this letter would yield more.
短语 · A2what about someone/something

那……呢

Oh, what about Owen's drawing?
短语 · B2hidden messages in something

藏在里面的信息

about hidden messages in your child's artwork.
短语 · B2beside someone

在某人旁边

They said children like to draw themselves beside their heroes, like Superman, or Captain America or...
短语 · B2a magic wand

魔法棒;魔杖

A sword? Maybe a magic wand?
短语 · B1fly out of something

从……里飞出来

But it has sparks flying out of it.
短语 · B2keep someone waiting

让她干等

有人通知诺曼有位应聘者到了,同事打趣地提醒他别让人家在门口一直干等。

well, I wouldn't keep her waiting.
短语 · B1fill something out

填写(表格)

面试临时工时,工作人员把表格递给应聘者,让她把资料填一下。

You can fill this out.
发音fill this out

fill this out 里 this 的 s 和 out 连读,像 fill thi-sout,一口气带过去。

You can fill this out.
短语 · B2how temporary something is

有多临时

How temporary does she think this job is?
短语 · B1rules about something

关于……的规定

Norman, there are certain rules about what we can say in the workplace.
短语 · B1personal questions about something

私人问题

No personal questions about marital status or parental status or--
语法 · B2I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that she's--

be supposed to 表理应:be supposed to 说的是按规矩本应该怎样,这里带明显的委屈和不服:凭什么要我当没看见。the fact that 把后面那件事包成既定事实,话没说完就已经把不满递出去了。

I'm just supposed to ignore the fact that she's--
短语 · B2bulk mail

大宗邮件

or carry the bulk mail up to Expediting?
发音mail up

mail 末尾的 /l/ 直接接上 up 的元音,两个词黏成 mai-lup,中间的停顿拿掉。

or carry the bulk mail up to Expediting?
短语 · B2have a pretty good idea

大概猜到;心里有数

I've got a pretty good idea.
俚语 · B2skedaddle

赶紧溜;快步走开——口语里表示快点走开、溜走,语气轻松俏皮,多对熟人或孩子说,正式场合和书面语不用。

let's just skedaddle on over to Norman's office, and we can look over your application.
短语 · B1a mile away

一英里远

Now, Denver General is only a mile away.
短语 · B1handle something

受得了;应付得来

I don't think my heart can handle any more today.
短语 · B1keep doing something

一直做某事;坚持呼吸

- Just keep breathing. - [Norman] Okay.

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发音重点

  • focus on — focus on 里 focus 的 s 和 on 连读,像 focu-son,中间不要停顿。
  • fill this out — fill this out 里 this 的 s 和 out 连读,像 fill thi-sout,一口气带过去。
  • mail up — mail 末尾的 /l/ 直接接上 up 的元音,两个词黏成 mai-lup,中间的停顿拿掉。
I don't think my heart can handle any more today.

我觉得我的心脏今天再也受不住更多了。 把情绪撑不住说成心脏受不住,夸张得直白,却很贴这种人设:所有荒唐都靠身体来扛。any more today 把疲惫限定在今天,既像抱怨,也像求饶。

Norman, there are certain rules about what we can say in the workplace.

诺曼,职场上有些规矩,规定了什么话能说。 把一句提醒说得像公司条款,用 rules about what we can say 把边界划出来。它不指责对方,只搬出规矩,是职场里最省事的拒绝方式。

It's a new world, Norman.

这是个新世界了,诺曼。 用 no 出现,只给一句判断,把变化说得不容辩驳。它不解释哪里新了,让对方自己去体会,短短五个词却像给旧规矩盖了章。

They said children like to draw themselves beside their heroes, like Superman, or Captain America or...

他们说孩子喜欢把自己画在崇拜的人旁边,比如超人,或者美国队长,或者…… 从一篇文章的结论讲起,用 like 连举两个超级英雄,把儿童心理讲得轻快又具体。说到一半的停顿,正好给后面那个笨拙的猜测留出位置。

关于这一章的问题

skedaddle 是什么意思?

意思是「赶紧走开、溜走」,是很俏皮的动词。戏里说该 skedaddle 去办公室,就是「赶紧挪过去」,比 go 生动多了。

keep her waiting 是什么意思?

意思是「让她干等」。戏里说 I wouldn't keep her waiting,就是「我不会让她干等」,面试场合常用来表示别怠慢人。

firewall 是什么意思?

意思是「防火墙」,引申为需要突破的屏障。戏里说 break through a firewall or two,就是「得突破一两道屏障」才能查更多记录。

「让她干等」英语怎么说?

keep her waiting。想催人别磨蹭、别让客人等,直接说这句就很自然。

为什么大家提醒别说 baby?

因为来面试的查理怀着孕,职场里称呼「宝宝」既不专业也容易冒犯人,所以同伴才反复叮嘱千万别提。

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