我们得要抢先完成

SCENE② C  艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡前出现 

【我们得要抢先完成】

 

Mary:          Is it true that one of our ¹⁾ competitors is planning to ²⁾ launch¹ their ³⁾ tracking service next month?

玛莉：         听说我们有个竞争对手打算下个月推出监测流量的服务，这是真的还是假的？

 

Elvin:  That would be "WebTracker". We're heard they're almost ready. That's why we have to finish first.

艾文：         你说的是“网路搜寻家”。听说他们几乎准备好了。所以我们得要抢先完成。

 

Mary:          Or they'll take over the market before we even get started.

玛莉：         否则在我们还没来得及开始之前，他们就会占去整个市场。

 

Elvin:  Right. And that would be a total ⁴⁾ giga-bummer.

艾文：         没错。到时就一败涂地了。

 

Mary:          I guess we'd better get back to work.

玛莉：         我猜我们最好赶快回去工作吧

 

 

语言详解

 

A: You have such a strange accent. Where are you from?

    你的口音奇怪。你是哪里人？

 

B: Take a guess.

    猜猜看。

 

【take over 接掌、占据】

 

take over 表达商务上或军事上的“接掌、占据”。

 

A: Once again, the military has taken over the African country.

     又一次军方接管了那个非洲国家。

B: Do you think that'll interrupt your plan of taking over the market there?

     你想这会干扰到你要掌控该地市场的计划吗？

A: Maybe and maybe not. I just have to wait and see.

     或许会，或许不会。我只有等着瞧了。

 

 

1) competitor  (n.) 竞争者

2) launch  (v.) 事业登场，投入市场

3) tracking service 监控服务，此指“监控网站流量的服务”。

4) giga-bummer  bummer是指“倒霉、不幸的遭遇”， giga这个“字首” 是指“十亿”，意即“非常巨大，非常多”。

1 launch   

vt.发动，推出；发射；n.发射，下水，投产

参考例句：

• The makers are about to launch out a new product.制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。
• Would it be wise to launch into this rough sea?在这样汹涌的大海中游泳明智吗？