职场社交英语 Lesson 17:她整个人热力四射

SCENE② B 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡前出现

【她整个人热力四射】

Elvin: She is, like, 1) mega-intense, isn't she?

艾文： 她整个人热力四射，对吧？

Mary: Ha, she is unstoppable. I'm learning so much from her.

玛莉： 没有事情能挡得住她。我跟她学了好多。

Elvin: What's it like to work with her?

艾文： 跟她共事是啥感觉？

Mary: She's 2) demanding. But I like that. I mean, I know our timeline is tight.

玛莉： 她的要求很高。但我喜欢那样。我是说，我知道我们的时间很紧。

Elvin: Tell me about it.

艾文： 这还用说。

Mary: You guys are working around the clock, I know. That guy Dave next to Zina never leaves.

玛莉： 我知道你们都在二十四小时赶工。那个坐在吉娜隔壁叫戴夫的人从没离开过。

Elvin: Vince wants us to have everything 3) debugged and ready to go by the end of the month.

艾文： 文斯要我们把程序错误全部修正，准备在月底前上线。

语言详解

A: Your mother is so demanding!

你妈妈的要求真高！

B: That's what my dad always says.

我爸爸也总是这么说。

【around the clock 日以继夜】

由clock 组成的成语除了around the clock 之外，另有一个against the clock“赶时间”。

A: Frank, why does your factory have to work around the clock this month?

佛兰克，为什么你们工厂这个月要日以继夜地赶货？

B: Well, we have got quite a lot of orders for shipment this quarter.

我们最近收到相当多订单，都要这一季出货。

A: In other words, you are all working against the clock now.

换句话说，你们现在全都在赶时间。

B: You're right.

你说对了。

1) mega-intense intense是指“紧张的、一触即发的”，字首(prefix) mega是“非常，相当多”的意思，亦指 “百万的”，如 megabyte“百万位元组”。

2) demanding (a.) 要求很高的

3) debug (v.) （电脑）除虫，指修正电脑程序中的错误。