美語會話 160 Fine by me我能夠接受

LL: So how long do you plan to live here?

Beth: We'd like to sign a year-long contract, if that's OK.

LL: Fine by me. Do you know how to read this kind of contract?

Beth: Yes. We've signed them before. We even brought our chops.

LL: Great. When in Rome, you guys know what to do.

Beth: We'll sign our signatures, too. And give you our passport numbers along with our ARC numbers.

LL: [After everyone has signed] That about does it. See you in a week.

year-long (a.)

為期一年的

I've just ended a year-long contract.

我剛結(jié)束一個一年的合約。

Fine by me.

我能夠接受。

A: I get the house and the car, you get the kids and the money.

我要房子跟車子，孩子跟錢歸你。

B: That's just fine by me.

我可以接受。

chop (n.)

印章

You'll need to get a chop made if you want to do business in China.

如果你要跟中國做生意的話，你需要先刻一個印章。

When in Rome

入境隨俗。因為歐美人士沒有刻印章的習(xí)慣，所以房東引用這句諺語，稱贊貝絲跟吉爾已經(jīng)是道地臺灣人了。由于整句說出來太麻煩，一般口語只會說When in Rome.

I've started eating chicken feet and lotus root. As they say, when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

我已經(jīng)開始吃雞腳跟蓮花根了。俗語說入境隨俗嘛。

signature (n.)

簽名

A: So everything is taken care of?

都辦妥了嗎?

B: I just need your signature,and you can go.

我只要你的簽名,你就可以走了。

passport (n.)

護(hù)照。外國人在臺居留，必須持護(hù)照向外交部申請「外僑居留證」ARC = Alien Resident Certificate，上面的號碼就相當(dāng)于身分證字號

I've heard you can buy passports from less affluent countries like Belize and Tonga.

我聽說你有門路買到比較貧窮國家的護(hù)照，像是貝里斯跟東加。

That about does it.

大概就是這樣了。用在事情已完成一個段落，表示「差不多完成了?！?/p>

That about does it for the fish, it's ready to eat.

魚差不多好了，可以吃了。

房東：所以你們準(zhǔn)備在這住多久?

貝絲：如果可以的話，我們想簽一年的約。

房東：我沒問題。你們看得懂這種合約嗎?

貝絲：看得懂。我們以前簽過。我們甚至連印章都帶來了。

房東：太好了。入境隨俗，你們都懂該怎么做嘛。

貝絲：我們還要簽名。然后把我們的護(hù)照號碼跟外僑居留證號碼一起給你。

房東：(大家都簽名后)大概就這樣啦。一星期之后見啰。