经典再现

Tom:Aren't you gonna ask me about my job interview?
你不想知道我的面试情况？
Lynette:Oh, right. How'd that go?
对哦，怎么样？
Tom:Okay.
还不错。
Until the 30yearold who was interviewing me asked me if I'd ever used twittering as part of a marketing campaign.
直到那位面试我的30 岁小伙儿问我是否我曾经用“微博”来作为营销策略。
Lynette:And what'd you say?
你说什么？
Tom:Nothing...
啥都没说。
Because I don't know what "twittering" is.
因为我不知道啥叫"微博"。
Lynette:It's a social networking tool where you send instant updates to anybody who signs up for them.
就是一种社交网络工具，可以向每一个用户即时发送更新。
Tom:So... you knew about this and yet you kept it from me?
你知道，居然不告诉我？
Lynette:I didn't keep it from you.
不是不告诉你，
It's just one of those tech things that you don't care about.
只不过这些技术你从来都不感兴趣。
It's for young people.
年轻人喜欢。
Tom:And I am a dinosaur marching into the tar pit.
而我就像啥都不懂的恐龙。
Lynette:I didn't say that.
我可没这么说。
You're not gonna get a whole lot of sympathy from me.
你才不需要我的同情呢。
I just went through the same thing. Remember?
我也刚经历过同样的遭遇，记得不？
Tom:Yeah. But you didn't tell me how bad it was.
但你没说遭遇有多惨。
That's another thing you kept from me.
你居然又没告诉我。
50 guys showed up for that one job and I was 10 years older than every single one of them.
50 人竞争一个职位，我比谁都要老10 岁。
I could hear them twittering as I left the room.
我离开房间时听到他们在窃窃私语。

身临其境练一练

本段对话选自Desperate Housewives,《绝望的主妇》

职场美语

I behaved well in the interview.I'm sure I can get the new job.
我在面试中表现很好。我敢肯定我能赢得这份新工作。
Don't hold your breath.Let nature take its course.
别期望太高。顺其自然吧。

精讲部分

Don't expect too much.
Don't hold your breath.
面试过后难民会根据面试情况进行谈论，这时我们常会说到要平常心对待，别把期望值设得太高，老外则常用Don't hold your breath.来表达这个意思。Hold one's breath意思是“（因为恐惧，兴奋等）而屏住呼吸”，别憋着呼吸也就是别抱过高的期望值，凡事顺其自然就好。