職場英語：有誰一早就在這裏了？

Zina: Who has been here already this morning?

吉娜： 今天有誰一早就在這裏了？

 

Dave: Well, Vince dropped off some sales reports for you. Said you signed a big deal with HomeSupplies.com.

戴夫： 呃，文斯丟了一些銷售報告給你。說你簽下了HomeSupplies.com這個大客戶。

 

Zina: They’re 1) small fry. Tonight I’m going to LA to 2) negotiate with Stars.com. That’ll be big.

吉娜： 小菜一碟。我今晚要飛去洛杉磯跟Stars.com協商。那可大了。

 

Dave: You’re right. All the 3) entertainment web sites follow Stars.com.

戴夫： 沒錯。所有的娛樂網站都以Stars.com馬首是瞻。

 

Zina: Who else has been here?

吉娜： 還有誰到過這裏來？

 

Dave: Elvin stopped by to see me.

戴夫： 艾文順道過來找了我一會兒。

 

Zina: Elvin? Which one is he?

吉娜： 艾文？他是哪一個啊？

 

語言詳解

 

A: Did you sign a contract before agreeing to work for him?

在你同意為他工作前先簽合約了嗎？

 

B: He told me we would do it later.

他說那個晚點兒 再簽。

 

【stop by 順道拜訪】

 

stop by是指你在要去一個地方的途中，因為順路而到某人家拜訪：

 

A:I was going to the store and thought I would stop by.

我正要去店裏，就想可以順道過來。

B:I’m so glad you did!

我真高興你來了！

 

stop by也可以用來表達“稍作停留，不會久留”的意思：

 

A: I just stopped by to see if you needed anything.

我只是過來看一下你是否需要什麼。

B: I need some more cough medicine.

我還需要多一些咳嗽藥。

 

1) small fry 微不足道的事

2) negotiate (v.) 協商，協調

3) entertainment (n.) 娛樂