我现在是自由工作者

SCENE② C 四个半月后  玛莉巧遇戴夫

【我现在是自由工作者】

 

Dave:  Yeah. You don't need to rub it in.

戴夫：         是啊。不劳你落井下石了。

 

Mary:  And then she ¹⁾ made the deal with MicroPower. Vince wanted to sell for fifteen million...

玛莉：         然后她跟“微力”谈妥了条件。文斯本想用一千五百万卖掉的……

 

Dave:  Fifteen? And Zina pushed them up to seventy-five?

戴夫：         一千五百万？而吉娜逼他们出到了七千五百万？

 

Mary:  That's right. Vince still stops by her office every day to thank her.

玛莉：         没错。文斯到现在都还每天经过她的办公室，跟她道谢呢。

 

Dave:  Anyway, I'm still happy I left. I'm working as a ²⁾ freelancer¹ now.

戴夫：         不管怎样，我还是很高兴我离开了。我现在是自由工作者。

 

Mary:  You really should have stayed with us, Dave.

玛莉：         你当初真该留下跟我们一道的，戴夫。

 

语言详解

 

A: Who do you work for?

   你帮谁工作？

 

B: No one. I'm a freelancer.

   没有谁。我是自由工作者。

 

【rub it in 落井下石】

 

rub it in 的这个动作就像是一抹再抹，越抹越进去的感觉，而这个片语在使用上，就是“落井下石”的意思，明明人家已经很惨了，却还要打落水狗，在伤口上撒盐。

 

A: So, your sister beat you in bowling²!

     所以你妹妹打保龄球赢了你！

B: Stop rubbing it in, OK?

     别落井下石了，好吗？

 

A: Didn't I tell you over and over again she doesn't like you?

     我不是一再告诉你她不喜欢你吗？

B: You don't have to rub it in.

     你不用落井下石嘛。

 

1) deal (n.)  交易；make a deal with...与……交易

2) freelancer (n.)  自由工作者

1 freelancer   

n.自由职业者

参考例句：

• He has great interest in working as a freelancer.他对做个自由职业人很感兴趣。
• It's not always easy to make it as a freelancer.做个自由职业人，要能时常感觉满足，可不容易。

2 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？