我发财了

SCENE② A  四个半月后  玛莉巧遇戴夫

【我发财了】

 

Mary:          Is that you, Dave? Oh, my gosh! The ¹⁾ backstabber who left us to work for the evil WebTracker!

玛莉：         是你吗，戴夫？天啊！背弃我们去帮万恶的“网路搜寻家”做事的阴险小人！

 

Dave:  Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hi, Mary. How are you?

戴夫：  对……嗨，玛莉。你好吗？

 

Mary:          I'm ²⁾ filthy¹ rich! Haven't you heard about the MicroPower ³⁾ deal?

玛莉：         我发财了！你没听说过“微力”的案子吗？

 

Dave:  Yeah, I guess I did. They're going to buy InfoKing?

戴夫：  有，有听过吧。他们打算买下“资讯王”？

 

Mary:  That's right. For seventy-five million. So how are you?

玛莉：         没错。七千五百万的高。那你好吗？

 

Dave:          I'm getting by OK. I heard MicroPower was going to make Zina ⁴⁾ president of their new InfoKing Internet ⁵⁾ division.

戴夫：         还过得去。我听说“微力”将要让吉娜担任他们“资讯王”新网路分公司的总裁。

 

 

语言详解

 

A: He's good at negotiating business deals.

   他很擅于协商生意条件。

 

B: Then talk him into working for us..

   那就说服他来帮我们做事。

 

【I'm getting by OK.我还过得去。】

 

get by 就是指“状况还过得去”，而在使用上，主要的状况有两种，一是指经济状况，get by用来表示钱虽然赚得不多，但是也够支付日常生活的开销了。

 

A: Are you able to get by on the salary you make?

     你赚的薪水够你开销吗？

B: I'm able to get by, but it could be better.

     我的生活还过得去，不过还可以更好。

 

get by也可以用来表示心理状态，形容心情持平，不能说心情不好，但也不是那种兴高采烈的情绪。

 

A: How are you doing?

     你还好吗？

B: I'm getting by OK. You know, things just keep getting better and better.

     还过得去。算是渐入佳境啦。

 

1) backstabber (n.)  暗箭伤人的人

2) filthy (adv.)  非常，相当

3) deal (n.)  交易；make a deal with...  是“与...交易”。

4) president (n.)  总裁，总统

5) division (n.)  分部

1 filthy   

adj.卑劣的；恶劣的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories.整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。
• You really should throw out that filthy old sofa and get a new one.你真的应该扔掉那张肮脏的旧沙发，然后再去买张新的。