职场社交英语 Lesson 18:我们得要抢先完成

SCENE② C 艾文与玛莉在意式浓缩咖啡前出现

【我们得要抢先完成】

Mary: Is it true that one of our 1) competitors is planning to 2) launch their 3) tracking service next month?

玛莉： 听说我们有个竞争对手打算下个月推出监测流量的服务，这是真的还是假的？

Elvin: That would be "WebTracker". We're heard they're almost ready. That's why we have to finish first.

艾文： 你说的是“网路搜寻家”。听说他们几乎准备好了。所以我们得要抢先完成。

Mary: Or they'll take over the market before we even get started.

玛莉： 否则在我们还没来得及开始之前，他们就会占去整个市场。

Elvin: Right. And that would be a total 4) giga-bummer.

艾文： 没错。到时就一败涂地了。

Mary: I guess we'd better get back to work.

玛莉： 我猜我们最好赶快回去工作吧

语言详解

A: You have such a strange accent. Where are you from?

你的口音奇怪。你是哪里人？

B: Take a guess.

猜猜看。

【take over 接掌、占据】

take over 表达商务上或军事上的“接掌、占据”。

A: Once again, the military has taken over the African country.

又一次军方接管了那个非洲国家。

B: Do you think that'll interrupt your plan of taking over the market there?

你想这会干扰到你要掌控该地市场的计划吗？

A: Maybe and maybe not. I just have to wait and see.

或许会，或许不会。我只有等着瞧了。

1) competitor (n.) 竞争者

2) launch (v.) 事业登场，投入市场

3) tracking service 监控服务，此指“监控网站流量的服务”。

4) giga-bummer bummer是指“倒霉、不幸的遭遇”， giga这个“字首” 是指“十亿”，意即“非常巨大，非常多”。