1、ESL Podcast 820 Performing Poorly at Work 翻译来自豆瓣 善者-Alex，感谢！2012-08-30 20:00:59 来自: 善者-Alex(We are all connected.) ESLPOD 822 website，thanks for ESL POD:http:/ ESL Podcast 820 Performing Poorly at Work 工作表现不佳 Cora: Whats up with Rob? He hasnt been himself lately. Rob 是怎么回事啊？他最近不太正常啊。 Doug: Youve not
2、iced, too, huh? 你也注意到了，是吧？ Cora: Yeah, hes been missing work and letting things slip through the cracks. Ive been cutting him some slack and filling in for him, but things havent improved. 是啊，他最近一直都翘班和做事也丢三拉四的。我一直都在饶恕他和帮他去弥补，但是事情也没有改善。 （slip through the cracks: 从缝隙中漏过，意译为做事不小心而丢三拉四） （cut sb sclack 宽
3、恕某人） Doug: I know what you mean. Id never known Rob to drop the ball on anything until recently. I heard a rumor that hes having financial problems. 我明白你的意思。我也是直到最近才知道 Rob 也会犯错。我到谣言听说他最近经济拮据。 （drop the ball 犯错） Cora: No, not Rob! He has more clients than anyone around here. 不会吧，Rob 不可能有经济问题。他比公司任何一个
4、人都要多客户。 Doug: Well, hes been off his game for a while now, so some of those accounts might have gone up in smoke. 他离开工作有一段时间啦，因此某些客户或者已经悄悄的消失了。 （go up in smoke 烟消云散） Cora: Are you going to have a talk with him? Maybe you could help. 你要和他谈谈吗？或者你能帮助他呢。 Doug: Me? Why me? 我啊？为什么要我去呢？ Cora: I thought you
5、 two were pretty tight. 我觉得你俩关系很密切啊。 Doug: Were friendly at work, but were not really friends. The last thing I want to do is to snoop around in his business. 我们在工作上是挺好的，但是我们不是亲密的朋友。我最不想做的事情就是去打听他的私事。 （snoop around 到处打听） Cora: But maybe hes just waiting for a shoulder to cry on. You might be just th
6、e person to get him to bare his soul. 但是或者他在等着一个肩膀去让他哭泣呢。或者你就是那个让他坦露心迹的人。（bare ones soul 坦露心迹） Doug: Spoken just like a woman! You all think we men are waiting to bare our souls and to let our emotions out. Just leave Rob alone to solve his own problems. 女人都这么想！你们女人都觉得我们男人都在等着去坦露内心和发泄内心的情绪。还是让 Rob 单独去解决他自己的问题吧。 Cora: Spoken just like a cold-hearted man! 你听起来就像一个冷血的男人！Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
