接机
A:You mast be Mrs. Wang. I am delighted to meet you at last.
你是王晓红吧。终于见到你了,感到很高兴。
B:Likewise. I have been looking forward to this moment or months!
见到你我也很高兴。几个月来我一直在盼望这个时刻。
A:You must be exhausted. Would you like to sit down and rest for a few minutes?
你一定很累了。要坐下来休息一会儿吗?
B:Oh, no, I’d rather get to College as quickly as possible.
哦,不。我到希望能尽快地到达学院。
Laid off-(下岗)
college在线翻译
A:What’s wrong?
出什么事了?
B:I got laid off today.
我今天下岗了。
A:Oh no! That’s terrible!
哦,天。真是糟糕。
B:Yeah.
是呀。
college
A:What happened?
怎么会这样?
B:My boss said I didn’t have enough skills to do the job well.
我的老板说我不具备足够的技能做好我的工作。
A:What are you going to do?
那你打算怎么办?
B:I’m going to start taking classes at the local community college to try to improve my skills. Then I’ll start looking for a new position.
我打算在本地的社区大学学习,以此来提高自己的技能。然后我会开始找一份新的工作。
Investments-(投资)
A:How are your stocks doing, Jim?
你的股票怎么样了,吉姆。
B:Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good.
哦,还可以。我去年这两年赔了一些钱,但是今年很不错。
A:Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet, too.
是的。我投资因特网也赔了一些钱。
B:Just goes to show that you should buy companies, not ideas.
这说明你应该投资具体的公司,而不光是一些概念。
A:I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now.
我也改变了我的策略,我现在投资前景好的公司。
B:Yeah, me too. Did you hear about Frank?
是的,我也是。你知道弗兰克的事情吗?
A:No, what happened?
没有,怎么了?
B:He lost his kids’ college money day trading.
他做生意把孩子上大学的钱赔了。
A:Oh, boy. His wife can’t be happy about that.
哦,天。他的太太听了肯定会不高兴的。