电话响起 【灵验了吗?】 Zina: Hi, Dave. This is Zina. 吉娜: 嗨,戴夫。我是吉娜。 Dave: Zina? Zina the Snake? 戴夫: 吉娜?诈包吉娜? Zina: I got your e-mail a couple of months back. 吉娜: 几个月前我收到了你寄来的电子邮件。 Dave: Yeah? Which one was that? 戴夫: 是吗?是哪一封? Zina: The one that said, "You're a 1) creep. / From me you won't hear another 2) peep. / I hope you 3) wreck your jeep." 吉娜: 上面写着:“你这讨厌鬼。/休想我会再理你。/望你吉普车会撞毁。” Dave: Right. That one. 4) Did it work? 戴夫: 那一封啊。灵验了吗? 语言详解 A: I told dad you wrecked the car! 我跟老爸说你撞坏车子了! B: You're not going to get away with this. It was your fault, not mine. 你脱不了关系。都是你的错,不是我。 【Did it work? 灵验了吗?】 要注意work 并不专指“工作”,有时指“灵光、有效”。 A: My brain doesn't seem to work well today. 我脑袋今天好像不灵光。 B: You're better take a walk outside. But be back soon. We have a lot of work to do this afternoon. 你最好到外面走一走。但是要快快回来,我们下午有一大堆事要做。 |