英语PK台 第708期:《老友记》900句(59)

 地点：中央公园咖啡馆

人物：老友六人

事件：钱德勒拒绝升职并且想要辞掉工作，因为他不想一辈子和数据处理打交道。

Ross: What's going on?

罗斯：发生了什么事？

All: What is it?

众人：到底怎么了？

Chandler: So, it's a typical day at work. I'm inputting¹ my numbers, and big Al calls me into his office and tells me he wants to make me processing supervisor².

钱德勒：今天和平常没什么两样，我在输入数字时，大人物艾尔叫我到他办公室，说他要我当电脑处理的主管。

All: That's great!

众人：真是太好了，恭喜！

Chandler: So... I quit.

钱德勒：所以……我就辞职不干了。

All: Why?

众人：为什么？

Chandler: Why? This was supposed to be a temp job!

钱德勒：为什么？因为这本来就只是暂时的工作。

Monica: Yeah, Chandler... you've been there for five years.

莫妮卡：是啊，钱德勒……你在公司工作都5年了。

Chandler: If I took this promotion³, it'd be like admitting that this is what I actually do.

钱德勒：要是我接受升职，不就承认这就是我的职业了吗。

Monica: So was it a lot more money?

莫妮卡：这样的话，那不是能赚更多钱？

Chandler: It doesn't matter. I just don't want to be one of those guys that's in his office until twelve o'clock at night worrying about the WENUS.

钱德勒：我不在乎。我就是不想成为在办公室坐到午夜，然后一直担心“WENUS”的人。

Rachel: The WENUS?

瑞秋：WENUS什么意思？

Chandler: Weekly Estimated Net Usage Systems. A processing term.

钱德勒：“周净值估算使用系统”。这是电脑处理方面的术语。

Rachel: Oh. That WENUS.

瑞秋：哦，原来是那个WENUS啊。

1 inputting   

v.把…输入电脑( input的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Micro-motor drive, open the door by inputting the password. 微电机驱动，输入密码，箱门开启。 来自互联网
• In charge of matching and inputting invoice in SAP system. 负责在SAP系统内匹配及输入发票信息。 来自互联网

2 supervisor   

n.监督人，管理人，检查员，督学，主管，导师

参考例句：

• Between you and me I think that new supervisor is a twit.我们私下说，我认为新来的主管人是一个傻瓜。
• He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.他说我太轻浮不能成为一名好的管理员。

3 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。