地道美語(yǔ)聽力播客873：處理語(yǔ)言障礙

處理語(yǔ)言障礙

Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.

卡羅爾：把另一份備忘錄送到Gibberese 辦公室。我覺得我們有出現(xiàn)溝通障礙了。

Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.

阿特：你不覺的直接打電話給辦公室，然后直接和那里的人說(shuō)，更好嗎?你可能更能搞明白誤解在哪里。

Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.

卡羅爾：我不會(huì)說(shuō)Gibberish這種語(yǔ)言。我們辦公室也沒(méi)有懂雙語(yǔ)的人可以當(dāng)翻譯。

Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.

阿特：也就是說(shuō)沒(méi)有人可以把我們回答翻譯成Gibberish語(yǔ)言，簡(jiǎn)化溝通。

Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.

卡羅爾：就是啊。另外啊，最好留一個(gè)書面記錄。

Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses.

阿特： 你的意思是說(shuō)我們需要采取措施，乙方出丑。

Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns in communication are inevitable and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.

卡羅爾：我不會(huì)像你那么說(shuō)，但是，溝通障礙是不可避免的，追蹤來(lái)源是非常有益的。

Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?

阿特：好。在發(fā)送之前我會(huì)起草一份備忘錄，然后傳送給你，怎么樣?

Carol: Sounds good.

卡羅爾：聽起來(lái)不錯(cuò)。

Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.

阿特：我真不明白為什么我們不在辦公室里雇傭一些Gibberish說(shuō)得流利的職員。

Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?

卡羅爾： 你認(rèn)識(shí)會(huì)說(shuō)Gibberish的人嗎?

Art: Plenty!

阿特：認(rèn)識(shí)很多啊!


注釋：

bilingual.adj.雙語(yǔ)的，兩種語(yǔ)言的，

例句：She works as a bilingual secretary for an insurance company.

她為一家保險(xiǎn)公司做雙語(yǔ)秘書.

correspondence. 通信，信件;

例句：No correspondence will be entered into.

將不會(huì)和任何人建立通信聯(lián)系

inevitable.adj.不可避免的; 必然發(fā)生的;

例句：Some backtracking is probably inevitable.

有時(shí)改變決定可能是不可避免的。

fluent adj.流暢的; 流利的;

例句：He is a fluent speaker of Hebrew.

他說(shuō)一口流利的希伯來(lái)語(yǔ)。