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Hola, Pedro.　　
你好，彼仔。　　
Yeah. Um, look, Jane, Tess and I.　　
珍，看。　　
are gonna take Redro to his baseball game if you wanna join us:I can't. I've got so much work to do. I should stay here.
我们带彼仔去练棒球，来吗？不能，有太多工作。　　
Are you kidding me, Jane? Look, your boss is a jerk anyhow.
你老板好离谱。　　
Let's go. I don't wanna have to frire you. Okay.
走吧，不然炒了你。　　
All right? All right: Let's go.
好，走吧。　　
Hey. How you doin'? All right.
三杯健怡百事，三包薯条。　　
Let me get three Diet Pepsis, three fries and-　 Chili dog. You want a chili dog? Uh, no.
辣热狗，要吗？　　
Not unless it's a tofu dog with meatless chili. I'm sorry. What?
不，除非是素肉肠，什么？　　
You're a vegetarian? Uh-huh. It's recent.
你吃素？　　
Oh, is it? You know, 'cause I'm a vegetarian too.
最近刚刚， 是吗？我也吃素。　
Oh. I used to be a vegan, but it was too much of a hassle.
之前连奶类也戒，太烦了。　　
Oh, God. I know. I mean, even being a vegetarian is a challenge.
是啊，吃素是项挑战。　　
I mean, every time I go hiking, I have to bring my homemade "tofurky jerky."
每次远足都要自制素肉干。　　
You go hiking? I mean, no offense.
你远足？　　
but you hardly seem like the kind of girl that hits the trails.
无意冒犯，但你一点也不像。
妙语佳句
1.jerk
n. 肌肉抽搐；性情古怪的人；蠢人；急拉
vi. 痉挛；急拉；颠簸地行进
vt. 猛拉
And I know that some vegetarians pooh pooh Meatless Monday as not enough.
我知道有些素食者对“周一无肉日”不削一顾，因为这不够。
2.meatless
素食的；无肉的
So the work was probably concluded shortly after that date: so in exile or towards the end of the exilic period.
因此这部作品很可能就是在那个日期不久后结束的：,也就是在流放期间或流放即将结束时。
3.vegetarian
n. 素食者；食草动物
adj. 素食的
When they reached the age of 30, they were asked whether they were vegetarian and their answers compared to their childhood IQ score.
当他们到了30岁，他们要被提问是否是素食者，并且他们的答案会与他们童年时期的IQ分数作比较。
4.no offense
无意冒犯；请勿见怪
No offense, but if a company will hire you to do a job that important, you know, that's scary, but you don't want to be in company so big, you can't make interesting mistakes.
我没有冒犯的意思，但如果这个公司想再雇你,去做那么重要，或者说恐怖的工作，但你会不想在这么大的公司工作，因为你不能再犯这样的错误了。
考考你 (请翻译)
1.我们带彼仔去练棒球。　　
2.每次远足都要自制素肉干。
上期参考答案
1.How about a new date book or maybe just a date?
2.Are we getting too old for hugs?