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本段对话选自The Incredibles,《超人总动员》

Helen:E? This is Helen.

海伦:E,我是海伦。

Edna:Helen who?

艾登:哪个海伦？

Helen:Helen Parr. You know.. .Elastigirl?

海伦:海伦?巴，你知道…弹力女超人吗？

Edna:Darling! It's been such a long time after all these years! So long!

艾登:亲爱的！好多年没联系了！好久了！

It's been a while.

是有一阵子了。

There's only one person Bob would trust to patch his supersuit. That's you.

鲍勃只会找一个人补超能装，那就是你。

Edna:Yes, yes, yes. Marvelous, isn't it?

艾登:没错，没错,没错，超赞的，对吧？

Much better than those horrible pajamas he used to wear.

比他以前穿的烂睡衣好多了。

They are finished. When are you coming to see?

都做好了，你什么时候来看？

Helen:I'm calling about...

海伦:我是打来问…

Edna:Don't make me beg. I won't do it, you know.

艾登:别逼我求你。我不会干的，你知道。

Helen:Beg, no, I'm calling about suit. Bob's suit!

海伦:求我，不，我打电话来是为了衣服的事。鲍勃的超能装！

I'm calling about Bob's suit.

我打来是问鲍勃的超故能装。

Edna:You come in one hour, darling.

艾登:你一小时后过来，亲爱的。

I insist, okay? Okay. Goodbye.

一定要来，好吗？就这样啰，再见。

职场美语

How are you doing? I haven't seen you for ages. Fancy meeting you here.

很久没见你了。很高兴在这儿见到你。

Yeah, lt's been a while. Where have you been?

是啊，有段时间了。你去哪儿了？

重点讲解:

Long time no see.

I haven't seen you for ages.

Long time no see.其实在最开始的时候是一种Chinglish的表达，后来用的人多了，逐渐被外国人所接受，现在也是常用的英语口语之一。其实，更为地道的表达是I haven't seen you for ages。