经典再现

Rachel:Good, you guys are all here!
太好了，大家都在。
Ross:Hey! What's up?
怎么了？
Rachel:Well, I have a job interview at Ralph Lauren tomorrow!
我明天要去拉夫罗伦面试
All:Congratulations! Ohh, that's great!
恭喜，太棒了…
Rachel:I know!
我知道
Joey:Boy, that guy's underwear sucks!
那个牌子的内裤逊毙了！
Rachel:Wh-what?!
什么？
Joey:I got this pair marked excess, I gotta tell ya, there was no room for excess anything in there.
我买了一条超小号的内裤，里头根本塞不下多余的东西。
Rachel:Anyway, I'm going to be the coordinator of the woman's collection, I'll work right under the director, it's the perfect, perfect job for me!
反正工作是女装部的联络人我直接在主管底下做事 这是我梦寐以求的工作！
Phoebe:Wow! Well, if you nail the interview, you'll get it!
如果你通过面试就成了！
Rachel:Yeah.
是啊。
Phoebe:You wanna work on your interview skills?
要不要练习一下面试技巧？
Rachel:O-okay!
好啊！
Phoebe:Okay! All right, let's start with the handshake. Hi.
来，我们握手开始。

身临其境练一练

本段对话选自Friends 《老友记》

职场美语

Oh my God!I'm next for the audition! I'm getting cold feet.
哦，天啊，下一个就是我上场试演了！我真要紧张死了。

Just breathe.You'll be just fine.
深呼吸。你不会出错的。

We've got everything planned down to every detail.What could possibly go wrong?
我们每个细节都准备周全了。还有什么会出差错呢？
Well,but I'm getting cold feet.
恩，但是我现在紧张得要死了。

精讲部分

说到“紧张”，我们想到的词汇是nervous，而老外口头表达却更为形象，不如：cold feet。I'm getting cold feet.（我紧张的脚都发凉了）。Get cold feet是一个在美国很流行的习语，指因为某些事情而过度紧张，吓得两腿发软，以至于有临阵退缩的意思。