有谁一早就在这里了？

SCENE① B  加州的资讯王办公室 

【有谁一早就在这里了？】

 

Zina:  Who has been here already this morning?

吉娜：         今天有谁一早就在这里了？

 

Dave:  Well, Vince dropped off some sales reports for you. Said you signed a big deal with HomeSupplies.com.

戴夫：  呃，文斯丢了一些销售报告给你。说你签下了HomeSupplies.com这个大客户。

 

Zina:  They're ¹⁾ small fry. Tonight I'm going to LA to ²⁾ negotiate¹ with Stars.com. That'll be big.

吉娜：         小菜一碟。我今晚要飞去洛杉矶跟Stars.com协商。那可大了。

 

Dave:  You're right. All the ³⁾ entertainment web² sites follow Stars.com.

戴夫：         没错。所有的娱乐网站都以Stars.com马首是瞻。

 

Zina:  Who else has been here?

吉娜：         还有谁到过这里来？

 

Dave:  Elvin stopped by to see me.

戴夫：         艾文顺道过来找了我一会儿。

 

Zina:  Elvin? Which one is he?

吉娜：         艾文？他是哪一个啊？

 

语言详解

 

A: Did you sign a contract³ before agreeing to work for him?

    在你同意为他工作前先签合约了吗？

 

B: He told me we would do it later.

   他说那个晚点儿 再签。

 

【stop by 顺道拜访】

 

stop by是指你在要去一个地方的途中，因为顺路而到某人家拜访：

 

A:I was going to the store and thought I would stop by.

     我正要去店里，就想可以顺道过来。

B:I'm so glad you did!

     我真高兴你来了！

 

stop by也可以用来表达“稍作停留，不会久留”的意思：

 

A:  I just stopped by to see if you needed anything.

     我只是过来看一下你是否需要什么。

B:  I need some more cough medicine.

     我还需要多一些咳嗽药。

 

1) small fry  微不足道的事

2) negotiate  (v.) 协商，协调

3) entertainment  (n.) 娱乐

1 negotiate   

v.洽谈，协商，谈判，顺利通过，成功越过

参考例句：

• I'll negotiate with their coach on the date of the match.我将与他们的教练磋商比赛的日期问题。
• I managed to negotiate successfully with the authorities.我设法同当局进行了成功的协商。

2 web   

n.网，蛛丝，蹼，织物，圈套，卷筒纸；vi.生蹼，形成网；vt.织蜘蛛网于，使落入圈套

参考例句：

• The spider weaves a web.蜘蛛织网。
• You mean the World Wide Web?你是说国际互联网？

3 contract   

n.合同，契约，婚约；v.使缩短，感染，订约

参考例句：

• The terms of the contract are acceptable to us.我们认为这个合同的条件可以接受。
• I'm under contract to teach here for one year.我按照聘约要在这里教一年书。