《关键投票》精讲 09茉莉的父亲被炒鱿鱼

Tell me something. What do you want to be when you grow up?

莫莉 告诉我 长大以后想干什么？

I go back and forth¹. Either a veterinarian or chairman of the Fed.

我有点拿不定主意 兽医或者美联储主席都行

Where's Bud?

巴德在哪

Went to take a leak half an hour ago. I heard his name over the loudspeaker.

半小时前去撒尿了 我听到喇叭在叫他的名字

What'd you have for lunch?

你午餐吃的什么？

Egg salad. You? - Hard boiled.

鸡蛋沙拉 你呢？ 白煮蛋

Hey, Bud.

你好 巴德

Just giving you a heads up.

只是想提醒你一下

Management wants us to cut another ten percent.

管理层让我们再裁掉百分之十的人

Well, you are management, Carl.

凯尔 你就是管理层

Look, you haven't punched in on time in six months.

听着 这六个月你都没按时打卡上班

So, I'm five minutes late every once in a while. What is the big whoop²?

没错 我偶尔会迟到那么五分钟 那又能怎样

You took thirty-one sick days this year, Bud.

你今年请31天病假 巴德

Well, I gotta kid, Carl. She brings it home from school.

凯尔 我有孩子 她会在学校染病回家

1 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

2 whoop   

n.大叫，呐喊，喘息声；v.叫喊，喘息

参考例句：

• He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.他看到自己的新自行车时，高兴得叫了起来。
• Everybody is planning to whoop it up this weekend.大家都打算在这个周末好好欢闹一番。