影视剧中的职场美语 第67期:合作投资

　　Bree:Come on,Lynette.You can't tell me this money won't take the pressure off.
布雷:别说了，丽奈特，别说这笔钱不会减轻你的压力啊。
Lynette:It would.But I can't.I wouldn't want it to affect our friendship.
丽奈特:的确会减轻，但我真不能收。我不想这钱影响我俩的友谊。
Bree:Okay.
布雷:好吧。
Lynette:Although…How would you like to own a piece of an Italian restaurant?
丽奈特:但是…你觉得买下一间意大利餐厅的一部分怎么样?
Bree:What?
布雷:什么?
Lynette:It wouldn't be a loan or a gift.It would be…An investment that would buy you,say…15% of Scavo's.
丽奈特:这笔钱不会是贷款或者礼物，会是一项投资，能买斯卡沃比萨店15%的股份。
Bree:Well,that's an intriguing¹ offer.
布雷:这个提议还挺诱人的。
Lynette:If we do well,you get a cut of the profits.
丽奈特:要是我们赚了，你就能分红。
If we go belly-up,we liquidate,and you get the first 20,000.
要是我们赔了，我们砸锅卖铁也先把你的2万美元还了。
And then,of course,my family moves in with you.
当然之后我家就搬到你家去住了。
Bree:So…
布雷:那么…
Lynette:Do we have a deal?
丽奈特:就这么说定了?
Bree:We most certainly do…Partner.
布雷:完全没问题…合伙人。

1 intriguing   

adj.有趣的；迷人的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的现在分词)；激起…的好奇心

参考例句：

• These discoveries raise intriguing questions. 这些发现带来了非常有趣的问题。
• It all sounds very intriguing. 这些听起来都很有趣。 来自《简明英汉词典》