职场社交英语 Lesson 32：我太紧张了

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        　　职场社交英语 Lesson 32:我太紧张了
        　　SCENE② B 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡机前碰面
        　　【我太紧张了】
        　　Elvin: Wow. She can be really 1) nasty, can't she?
        　　艾文： 哇。她讨厌起来还真要命，不是吗?
        　　Mary: No. She was right. I was too nervous. I kept thinking, "What if we 2) blow it"?
        　　玛莉： 不。她说得对。我太紧张了。我满脑子都在想“万一我们搞砸了怎么办?”
        　　Elvin: Well, I guess Zina figured you couldn't blow it if you were in the hotel room.
        　　艾文： 呃，我猜吉娜料想，若你待在旅馆房间就不会坏事了。
        　　Mary: She even stayed at a different hotel. She said I might be 3) contagious.
        　　玛莉： 她甚至还住在另一间旅馆。她说我这坏心态或许会传染。
        　　Elvin: Well, at least we have Stars.com. That'll be great 4) publicity.
        　　艾文： 呃，起码我们有了Stars.com。那会是很好的宣传。
        　　语言详解
        　　A: You can be really nasty to your friends.
        　　你有时候对朋友还真恶劣。
        　　B: They deserve it.
        　　他们活该。
        　　【What if 万一……怎么办】
        　　what if = what will we/you do if，是省略掉“你(或我)要怎么办”字眼，达到简洁的目的。
        　　A: I agree with you. But what if Cindy comes in five minutes?
        　　我同意你的想法。但是万一辛蒂五分钟后来了怎么办?
        　　B: Well, we have waited for her at least 45 minutes.
        　　我们至少己经等她四十五分钟啦。
        　　A: Let's stay another ten minutes.
        　　让我们多停留十分钟吧。
        　　1) nasty (a.) 惹人厌的，低劣的
        　　2) blow (v.) 搞砸，失败
        　　3) contagious (a.) 具传染性的
        　　4) publicity (n.) 宣传，知名度