《绝望的主妇》精讲465

Um, who are you here to see?

恩,你来这里找谁?

I'm Lynette Scavo

我叫Lynette Scavo

I work here

我在这里工作

Who are you?

你是谁?

Pat¹. It's my first day.

Pat. 我第一天上班.

Oh. Well, welcome.

嗯. 那好吧,欢迎.

What happened to Stu?

Stu出了什么事?

You fired Stu?

你解雇了Stu?

Oh, Lynette, hey. Come on in

噢,Lynette,进来

I can't believe you would sink so low

真不敢相信你想掩盖事实

I'm going to Ed

我要告诉Ed

Ed knows. This is Stu's employee evaluation² file right here.

Ed知道了，这是Stu的工作评估报告。

This thing is full of black marks

他的表现不好。

Come on, Nina. We both knowwhy you got rid of him

得了吧.我们都知道你为什么想摆脱他

Well, good luck proving it.

那你去找证据吧

Oh, and on a completely unrelated topic,

顺便说个无关的话题

there's going to be another round offirings coming down the pike

下一轮的裁员就要开始了。

Ed's been after me to trim³ the fat

Ed一直催我解雇多余人员。

You threatening me?

你在威胁我?

No, no. Unh-unh.

不,没有

It's just that it's gonna be my job to evaluate those who are team players and those who are not

只是我的工作就是来考量谁是称职的员工，谁不是。

Just a little heads up

有点过头了?

Just trying to be nice.

试着友好点

1 pat   

n.轻拍，拍打声；vt.轻拍，拍打；vi.轻跑，轻击；adv.适时，彻底；adj.油腔滑调的，恰好的，合适的

参考例句：

• Could you hear the pat?你能听到轻轻的拍击声吗？
• He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。

2 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

3 trim   

vt.修剪；装饰；n.修剪；adj.修长的；整齐的

参考例句：

• We shall have to trim our spending down to fit our income.我们只得削减开支以使收支平衡。
• You must trim your costs if you want to make bigger profits.如果你想获得更大的利润，就必须削减开支。