职场英文口语 第262期:劝某人改变心意(1)

 Welcome back to the offices of Tip Top Trading where there's a bit of confusion¹. 欢迎回到Tip Top Trading的办公室，这里遇到了点小困惑。

Anna…Yes?I think Tom's got the wrong end of the stick. 安娜……什么事？我觉得汤姆误会你的意思了。

But I didn't give him a stick.No, no. I think there's been a misunderstanding. 但是我没有给他“棍子”。不，不，我认为这里有误会。

When you said your answer was 'yes' he thought you meant 'yes, I'll marry you'! 你回答“是”的时候，他以为你的意思是，“好，我要嫁给你！”

Oh no! I meant yes to the promotion².Gosh I've got to sort this out. 不！我的意思是同意升职。天啊，我得赶快解决这事。

Tom, Tom, hold on please.We can't hang about Anna. 汤姆，汤姆，先等等。安娜，我们不能再等了。

Let's fix a date, invite everyone – even Paul.No, no, we can't. 一起定个结婚日期吧，把每个人都请来，包括保罗。不，不，我们不行。

You're right, not Paul – he just talks about biscuits. 你说的对，不请保罗了，他总是在谈饼干。

No. I mean 'no', we can't get married. 不，我的意思是，不，我们不能结婚。

I meant yes to the promotion. I can't marry you. 我说“是”，同意的是升职这件事。我不能嫁给你。

1 confusion   

n.困惑，迷乱，混淆，混乱，骚乱

参考例句：

• His answers to my questions have only added to my confusion.他对我的问题的回答只是使我更加困惑不解。
• His unexpected arrival threw us into total confusion.他的突然来访使我们完全不知所措。

2 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。