影视剧中的职场美语 第103期:争分夺秒

　　Daniel:Could I talk to you for a second?
丹尼尔:能和你说几句话吗？
Do you still have that list of freelancers¹ on your blackberry?
你的黑莓手机 里还有自由记者的名单吗？
The writer for the Phil Roth interview just dropped out.
访谈菲尔罗斯的作者刚刚不干了。
Betty:What? I didn't know “Mode” was doing a piece on him. I love him.
贝蒂:什么？我不知道《时尚》要做他的报道。我喜欢他。
Daniel:You do?
丹尼尔:真的？
Betty:Okay, uh, Daniel, hear me out. Do you remember when you accidentally made two dates with two different women at the same restaurant…
贝蒂:好吧，呃，丹尼尔，听我说完。你还记得你不小心同时约了两个女人 在同家餐厅吃饭吗？
Daniel:Oh, my god.
丹尼尔:哦，天哪。
Betty:And...and I had to fake² the seizure³ so you could run out the back door witfi the prettier one?
贝蒂:我只好装作癲痫发作好让你能和那个漂亮点的从后门脱身？
What was the last thing you said to me?
你最后跟我说了什么？
Betty, I owe you.
贝蒂，我欠你一个人情。
Daniel:Come on. This is a huge article.
丹尼尔:别闹了，这篇文章是主打。
Betty:The manager shoved⁴ a chopstick in my mouth so I wouldn't swallow my togue.
贝蒂:那个经理往我嘴里硬塞了根筷子，我才没有把舌头呑下去。
Daniel:Okay. Okay. All right. A thousand words by Friday.
丹尼尔:好好，好吧。1000字周五前交。
Betty:Oh, my god. Are you serious? You're going to let me do this.
贝蒂:喊，天哪！你是说真的吗？你 这次让我做。
Daniel:I have faith in you.
丹尼尔:我对你有信心。
Betty:Oh, my god, Daniel. Thank you. Thank you! Thank you!
贝蒂:哦，天哪，丹尼尔，谢了！谢 谢！太感谢了！
Daniel:Besides, who else are we going to get on such short notice, right?
丹尼尔:而且这么短的时间我也找不到别人是吧？
Betty:I'm just going to pretend you stopped at "I have faith in you."
贝蒂:我就当你只说到那句“我对你有信心”。
I simply cannot revamp the entire magazine mock-up in a single night.
我不可能一晚上就把整个杂志的排版给换了，
I know the work is on short notice, but there's no other option.
我知道这个任务这么紧急，但是没有别的选择了。
Since the work is on short notice, this is the best we could do.
因为工作时间很紧，我们已经尽力做到最好了。
Okay. I really want to do something to thank you.
好的。我真的想做点事向你表示感谢。
重点讲解
The work must be finished very soon.
The work is on short time.
on short notice用在职场中，指“短时间内(突然)”，情况很紧急。比如，如果第二天活动就要开幕了，而前一天晚上却要求更改执行方案，这时客户可能 就会说:Sorry to call you on such short notice.(对不起，给您这么紧急的工作。） 或者直接通知:The work is on short notice.工作时间很紧。

1 freelancers   

n.自由作家，自由记者( freelancer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A lot of proof-reading is put out to freelancers. 校对工作有很多是请外人做的。 来自辞典例句
• Its benefits plan for freelancers is highly competitive in the industry. 在本行业内它的福利方案是很有竞争力的。 来自互联网

2 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

3 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

4 shoved   

推，猛推，乱推( shove的过去式和过去分词 )； 乱放； 随便放； 胡乱丢

参考例句：

• The people shoved to get on the bus. 人们你推我挤争着上公共汽车。
• He shoved me roughly aside. 他粗暴地把我推到了一边。