影视剧中的职场美语 第85期:销售策略

　　Gabrielle:We got ties here, people! Designer ties, two for a dollar! Ooh, do you like those barbells? Make me an offer.
加百列:领带大甩卖啦！名家设计，2条1美元！你喜欢这杠铃吗?开个价吧。
I'm feeling generous. Here's the customer I've been waiting for.
我想慷慨点，我的顾客来了。
Customer:I'll give you $ 5 for this.
顾客:这个我5美元买了。
Gabrielle: Carlos, I see you got my flier.
加百列:卡洛斯，你看到我的传单了吗?
Carlos: You're having a garage sale featuring menswear and sporting equipment.
卡洛斯:你怎么连我的衣服和运动器材都卖?
Gabrielle:I need cash, and you don't expect me to sell MY stuff¹, do you?
加百列:我缺钱，总不能卖我自己的东西吧?
Carlos:Those are my good cuff² links!
卡洛斯:那些是我的高档裤子！
Those are my CDs! Oh, my God, This is my baby blanket. My mama knitted³ this!
我的CD!噢，天哪！我小时候的毯子,这是我老妈织的！
Gabrielle:And it pains me to sell it.
加百列:卖掉我也很心疼。
It's just that my lawyer told me What you're offering for spousal support, And I can't get by on that.
但我听说你要支付赡养费的数目，我不够用。
Carlos:Hey, I am doing the best that I can.
卡洛斯:嘿，我已经尽力了。
I've got a few deals in the pipeline⁴, But I'm not making near as much as I used to.
我是接到几个生意，但我赚的跟以前没法比。
Gabrielle:So I should be punished?
加百列:难道我该受罪?
Attention, shoppers, for the next minutes, free golf club with every purchase!
大家注意了！在下面的20分钟里，只要买东西就送高尔夫球棒。
Carlos:Gaby, I'm trying to be civil,
卡洛斯:加比，我现在已经很客气了，
But if you don't knock it off right now, I swear, the gloves are coming off.
如果你还这样，别怪我翻脸不认人。
Gabrielle:Oh, honey, the gloves aren't just off... They're 70 % off! Get your cashmere gloves!
噢，宝贝，如果这些7折的话，谁都翻脸不认人！开司米手套大甩卖啊！

1 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

2 cuff   

n.袖口；手铐；护腕；vt.用手铐铐；上袖口

参考例句：

• She hoped they wouldn't cuff her hands behind her back.她希望他们不要把她反铐起来。
• Would you please draw together the snag in my cuff?请你把我袖口上的裂口缝上好吗？

3 knitted   

v.（使）愈合( knit的过去式和过去分词 )；编结；（使）紧密地结合；织平针

参考例句：

• I knitted this cardigan myself. 我自己织的这件开襟毛衣。
• Our two nations are knitted together by common concerns. 共同关心的问题使我们两国团结一致。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。