职场社交英语Lesson26:她还真像个女超人

职场社交英语 Lesson 26:她还真像个女超人

SCENE⑤ B  会议结束后 

【她还真像个女超人】

Dave:  Either we'll be millionaires, or we won't...  won't have a dime.

戴夫：         当不成百万富翁，就当……身无分文。

Elvin:  And it's all coming down to the next three weeks.

艾文：         接下来的三个星期就会见真相。
 

Dave:  The only person who seems confident the software will be done on time is Zina.

戴夫：         只有吉娜有信心，软件会准时完成。
 

Elvin:  Yeah, she is some kind of Superwoman, isn't she?

艾文：         对啊，她还真像个女超人，你说是不是？

Dave:          1) Failure just isn't an 2) option for her. I'm glad she's on our team.

戴夫：         失败这两个字不在她的字典里。我很高兴她跟我们是同一伙的。

语言详解

A: Do I have any other options?

    我有其他选择吗？
 

B: You have to pick them up at six A.M.

    你得在早上六点的时候来拿。
 

【It's all coming down to...成败攸关于……】

come down to是指情况到了最后成败的关头，短期内就要见真相：

A: It's all coming down to these last two days.

    成败就看这最后两天了。

B: We can do it!

    我们做得到的！

也可以指彼此的关系每况愈下，到达谷底：

A: I need more money. Give me some.

     我还要钱。给我一点。

B: Has our relationship just come down to this-money?

     我们的关系已走到了这样，钱钱钱？

你也可以说It came down to the point where...以表示情势的发展已至最后的临界点：

A: It came down to the point where I had to make a decision.

    事已至此，我得做出决定。

B: So you decided to quit your job and come here?

    所以你决定辞职到这里来？

1) failure  (n.) 失败

2) option (n.) 选择