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本段对话选自Desperate Housewives,《绝望主妇》

Lynette:How's your back?

莱纳蒂:你的背怎么样了?

Tom:If I don't breathe, great. God, it has been so long since my back has acted up.

汤姆:如果不喘气的话很好。天呐，我的悲痛很久没发作了。

Then wham, out of the blue,I'm crying by a tree stump.

然后，突然间我疼得靠着一个树桩上哭起来了。

Lynette:Well, you're under a lot of stress.

莱纳蒂:哎，你压力太大了啊。

You got a new kid in the family. You're job hunting.

家里又添了一位成员，你还在找工作。

Tom:Ugh. Are we gonna fight about that again?

汤姆:啊，我们又要为这个吵架了吗?

Cause if so, I'm gonna need those last four muscle relaxants.

因为如果是那样的话，我需要把最后4片肌肉迟缓药也吃了。

Lynette:No, I don't wanna fight.

莱纳蒂:不，我不想吵架。

In fact, I was thinking...If you can't find something you like in advertising, maybe you should cast a wider net.

事实上，我在想，如果你不能在广告业找到你喜欢的工作，也许你可以找找别的。

Tom:Meaning what?

汤姆:什么意思?

Lynette:You're a bright guy.

莱纳蒂:你是个聪明人。

Isn't there anything else you might wanna do?

难道没有其他事是你想做的？

Tom:I'd like to play bass for Aerosmith.

汤姆:我想给史密斯飞船乐队当男低音。

Lynette:Okay, let's call that the backup plan.

莱纳蒂:好吧，我们把它列入备选计划。

But, seriously, don't you have some road not taken, some dream you never got around to?

不过说正经的，你还有没有想做而没做的事，有没有还没实现的梦想?

Tom:I don't know, maybe.

汤姆:不知道，也许吧。

Lynette:Maybe?

莱纳蒂:也许?

Tom:I don't know. You get married.

汤姆:我不知道，你结婚了。

You have kids and...you lose track of that stuff.

有孩子了，那么，你所有的梦想就离你远去了。

Lynette:Well, think about it, okay?

莱纳蒂:哦，那你好好想想吧，行吗?

Cause whatever you wanna do, I'm in your corner.

因为无论你想做什么，我都支持你。

职场美语

My neck is stiff,and I feel dizzy and sick after a busy day.

一天紧张工作下来，我的脖子都僵了，头也晕，还恶心。

Me too.I've heard that the massage can relieve pain of the muscle of the affected part,and improve blood circulation.I am eager to have a try.

我也是。我听说按摩可以减轻受损部位肌肉的疼痛，促进血液循环，我很想试试。

Oh,my.After a day's desk job,my neck is stiff.

噢，天哪，一整天伏案工作下来，脖子好疼啊。

You'd better take a break.

你最好休息一下。

重点讲解

I've got a pain in my neck.

My neck is stiff.

我们平常在表达肌肉僵硬酸痛的时候，第一反应就是have/get pain in someplace的句式，其实老外在说话的时候还会用到很多生动的词汇，比如用stiff来表示僵硬酸痛，用swollen来表示肿大，用ache all over和troubled by pain来表示酸痛等等。