職場社交英語 Lesson 50:新來的程序設(shè)計師行嗎?

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職場社交英語 Lesson 50:新來的程序設(shè)計師行嗎?
    SCENE① B 文斯與艾文在男洗手間里
    【新來的程序設(shè)計師行嗎?】
    Vince: 1) How are Zina's new programmers working out?
    文斯: 吉娜找來新的程序設(shè)計師行嗎?
    Elvin: I hate to 2) admit it, but they're good. And fast. The 3) Filipino kid is a 4) genius.
    艾文: 我不愿意承認(rèn),不過他們很行。而且手腳又快。那菲律賓小子是個天才。
    Vince: So you'll make the Stars.com 5) deadline, and have us up and running next week?
    文斯: 所以你們能趕上Stars.com給的最后期限,我們下星期就能上線運作?
    Elvin: It'll be close, but we'll make it.
    艾文: 時間很緊迫,但我們會趕上的。
    Vince: Good. After Stars.com starts paying us, we won't need Vikam's cash anymore.
    文斯: 好。等Stars.com開始付我們錢之后,我們就不再需要“維康”的現(xiàn)金了。
    Elvin: And if we don't need them, we won't need Zina, either.
    艾文: 而且若我們不需要他們,我們也就不會需要吉娜了。
    語言詳解
    A: Tom is clever,really.
    湯姆真的很聰明。
    B: I know. He's practically a genius.
    我知道。他算得上是天才。
    【be up and running 開始運作】
    be up and running 是指開店運作或是一項計劃付諸實行。
    A: What have you been doing lately?
    你最近在忙些什么?
    B: Well, I've been trying to get my surf shop up and running. It's a lot of work.
    呃,我在忙我那沖浪店開店運作的事宜。很費工的。
    be up and running也可指如汽車等機械組件的開始運作,或是電腦程序、整個系統(tǒng)的運作。
    A: How is the computer program?
    那個電腦程序情況如何?
    B: It's up and running, but we need to watch it for a few weeks to make sure everything is OK.
    已開始運作,但我們還要觀察幾個星期以確定沒有問題。
    1) How...work out? ……進展如何?……表現(xiàn)如何?
    2) admit (v.) 承認(rèn)
    3) Filipino (n.) 菲律賓人
    4) genius (n.) 天才
    5) deadline (n.) 最后期限