老外最想聊的100個口語話題（04）：職場戀歌

　　Office Romance 職場戀歌

　　dialogue 1

　　C: What's the problem, Nada? You look down in the dumps.

　　娜達,怎么了?你看上去怎么悶悶不樂的?

　　N: I don't know. My life is a big mess. Everything is so compliceted.

　　我也不知道。我的生活一團糟。怎么這么復(fù)雜?

　　C: come on, nothin can be that bad.

　　到底怎么了?沒什么大不了的。

　　N: but promise me, you'll keep it a secret.

　　但你要發(fā)誓，替我保守秘密。

　　C: ok, I promise. So what's troubling you so much?

　　好吧，我發(fā)誓。那到底什么讓你這么煩心呢?

　　N: I've fallen in love with my boss.

　　我喜歡上我們老板了。

　　C: really? Is he married?

　　是嗎?那他結(jié)婚了?

　　N: no, of course not. He is still single.

　　沒有，當然沒有。他還是單身。

　　C: then what's your problem?

　　那你愁什么呢?

　　N: I try to keep it to myself. But there is a lot of gossip about us.

　　我本想埋在心里，誰也不說。但是公司里傳的沸沸揚揚的。

　　C: oh, I see. Office romance tends to be the subject of gossip.

　　啊，明白了。辦公室戀情總會引起閑言碎語的。

　　N: worse still, he is trying to avoid me these days.

　　更糟糕的是，他這兩天在極力躲避我

　　C: office romance is very tricky.

　　辦公室戀情很難處理的。

　　N: it gives me a lot of pressure and I feel depressed.

　　我感到很有壓力，心情很郁悶。

　　C: cheer up, Nada. You'll be fine.

　　娜達，別這樣，高興點。一切都會過去的。

　　dialogue 2

　　C: how's it going?

　　最近怎么樣?

　　N: I'm in a good mood today, actually. How about you?

　　事實上，我今天心情很好，你呢?

　　C: to be honest, I'm a bit fed up.

　　說實話，我有點煩。

　　N: what's wrong?

　　怎么了?

　　C: there's a girl in my company that I really like but I always get shy when she is around.

　　我很喜歡我們公司的一個女孩，但是我一看見她就不好意思。

　　N: I see! Do you want to ask her out?

　　這樣啊，你想約她出去嗎?

　　C: sure, but how?

　　當然啦，但是怎么約啊?

　　N: you can ask her out for drink after work.

　　你可以約她下班后一起喝東西。

　　C: but for what reasons? She doesn't even know who I am.

　　但是找什么理由啊?她都不知道我是誰。

　　N: then you've got a lot of homework to do. You need to get her notice first.

　　那你要做的事情可就多了，你要先引起她的注意。

　　C: easier said than done.

　　說起來容易。

　　N: you can start by meeting her at the bus stop and saying hello to her.

　　你可以先在公交車站偶遇她，然后和她搭訕。

　　C: but I always get tongue-tied when I see her.

　　但是我一見到她，就不知道說什么。

　　N: that's something you need to overcome. Men should make the first move as most of girls perfer being chased.

　　那你一定要克服這個毛病。男士要主動，女孩子喜歡被追啊。

　　C: I see. I'll try.

　　知道了。我試試吧。

　　N: good luck

　　祝你好運。