影视剧中的职场美语 第92期:故意刁难

　　Daniel:She wants me.
丹尼尔:她是冲着我来的。
Betty:Excuse me?
贝蒂:什么？
Daniel:Well, you were there. You saw it, right?
丹尼尔:你在那的。你看见了，对吧？
Betty:I didn't really pick up on it.
贝蒂:我不是很懂。
Daniel:Come on. Sexaholics? That was clearly a jab at me.
丹尼尔:性爱狂？那分明就是针对我。
She gave you the article because she knew I'd see it.
她把文章给你因为她知道我会看的。
Betty:Daniel, you think maybe you're reading just a little bit too much into this?
贝蒂:丹尼尔，你不觉得你有点太代入角色了吗？
Daniel:No, no, no, no, no. Trust me. I know women.
丹尼尔:不，不，不。相信我。我了解女人。
She's playing games.
她在耍花招。
But you know what?
但是你知道吗？
It's fine. I'll just play games right back.
没关系。我打算奉陪到底。
Betty:Daniel do you actually have something for me to do?
贝蒂:丹尼尔，你真的有事让我做吗？
Daniel:Yeah. I, I need you to pick up my dry cleaning.
丹尼尔:有，我，我想让你去帮我把干洗的衣服拿回来。
I need you to buy me a new sliding plastic thingy for under my chair.
再去帮我的椅子买一个新的塑料的圆圆的东东。
That one's worn¹ out.
那个已经磨坏了。
Betty:"Sliding plastic thingy".
贝蒂:“塑料的圆圆的东东”。
Coming right up.
马上就来。
Daniel:Betty! I'll tell you what.
丹尼尔:贝蒂！我告诉你。
I do have something more important for you.
其实我还有更重要的事要给你做。
You know I need a writer for that hotel review.
我需要一个作者给我些那篇酒店的评论。
Why don't you do it?
要不你写吧？
Betty:What? What, I can write the review?
贝蒂:什么？我能写评论？
Shut up. Really?
不会吧。真的？
Daniel:Yeah, it'll be fun. The hotel is 50 Prince in Shoo.
丹尼尔:没错，会很有趣的。酒店式在Soho 区的50 Prince。
You can just change the reservation² to your name, if you want.
你可以把预留房间的名字改成你的，如果你想的话。

1 worn   

adj.用旧的，疲倦的；vbl.wear的过去分词

参考例句：

• The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.孩子裤子的膝盖处磨破了。
• My shoes are worn out.我的鞋子穿坏了。

2 reservation   

n.保留条件，限制条件；预订座位

参考例句：

• The instruction should be carried out without any reservation.应当不折不扣地执行这个指示。
• I accept your statement without reservation.我完全相信你的话。