3. Thanks for Filling Me In
謝謝你讓我知道
A: This seat taken?
這兒有人坐嗎?
B: No, go ahead, be my guest. I haven’t seen you before. Are you new in engineering?
沒人,坐吧,請隨便。我從沒見過你。你是工程系新來的吧?
A: Yeah, I just switched my major from computer science——too much math! I couldn’t take the pressure.
對。我剛換了專業(yè),學(xué)計算機專業(yè)要學(xué)太多的數(shù)學(xué)!我受不了那壓力。
B: Well, don’t expect it to be any better here! What’s your name, anyway?
工程系也好不到哪兒去!哦,你叫什么名字?
A: Sam. What’s yours?
山姆。你呢?
B: Ben Jones, but everybody calls me “BJ”.
本•瓊斯,但人們都叫我BJ。
A: BJ, huh? Well, I’m not going to tell you what my nickname is! Oh, here comes the professor. What’s his name, anyway? Scarey, or something like that?
BJ,對吧?我不會告訴你我的外號的!哦,教授來了!他叫什么來著?“斯凱瑞”?還是什么?
B: James Kerry. But we call him “Big Jim” because he’s so short.
詹姆斯•凱瑞。但是我們都叫他“大吉姆”,因為他太矮了。
A: To his face?
當著他的面叫他?
B: No. Are you kidding? He has a bad temper. I know he wouldn’t think it was funny. I think it’s really funny. He is a little guy. He’s not a bad teacher though.
不。誰敢呀?他脾氣很壞的。他才不會覺得這有趣呢。我覺得實在好笑。他個子不高,但是個不錯的老師。
A: Well, that’s good to know. Thanks for filling me in.
謝謝你讓我知道這些,這對我很有用。
B: Anytime.
別客氣。
口語要素
★ Go ahead. 向前。/盡管去做。
★ Don’t expect it to be any better here! 這兒也好不到哪兒去!
★ To his face? 當著他的面?
★ That’s good to know. 這可是個好消息。
★ Thanks for filling me in. 謝謝你讓我知道。
★ Anytime. 別客氣。