名人职场卷

　　本卷以英汉对照形式编排，突出体现名人和职场这个特色，故事生动有趣，耐人寻味，或长或短，错落有致，原汁原味，新颖独特，题材丰富、通俗易懂，贴近实际，贴近时代，贴近生活，突出笑点，朗朗上口，在欣赏英语幽默的同时，也可以丰富知识，开阔视野，潜移默化，锻炼口语，活学活用，妙语连珠，可谓一举多得。

　　青闰，本名宋金柱，常用笔名听泉、宣碧，河南武陟人，焦作大学翻译中心主任。擅长英汉、汉英互译。已在东华大学出版社、外文出版社、中国城市出版社、中国宇航出版社、金盾出版社、西安交通大学出版社、安徽科学技术出版社、广西师范大学出版社等出版双语著作150余部。另在《世界文学》、《译林》、《当代外国文学》、《英语世界》等报刊发表译文和论文多篇。牛一琳，对外经济贸易大学英语老师。

Contents  目录

名人篇

Hemingway’s Signature  海明威的签名

Only One Book  只写了一本

No Need to Take off My Shoes  不用脱鞋

Paradox  悖论

Who is a Fool?  谁是傻瓜？

Beer Dyes Hair  啤酒染发

No Problem  没问题

Identity  身份

Sleeping with Glasses  戴着眼镜睡觉

Muster on the Other Side  对岸集合

From Left to Right  从左向右写

Whose Shoes Do You Polish?  你擦谁的鞋子？

Mine Is to Award Prizes  我的项目是发奖

King and Knave  大王和小鬼

To Make a Living with Our Hands  以手谋生

I Brought You Rain  我给你们带来了雨

Work with My Feet  用脚工作

Einstein’s Overcoat  爱因斯坦的大衣

He Bathes on Behalf of Me  他代我洗澡

Sherlock Holmes  神探

What If Not?  反过来怎么办? 

Let My Chauffeur Answer It  让我的司机回答

My Father Isn’t  我的父亲不是

The Proof in Person  亲自证明

I Am Dusting the Piano Keys  我在打扫琴键

A Slow Poison  慢性毒药

The Most Powerful Person in the World  全世界最有权势的人

A Fierce Debate  唇枪舌剑

Superman Ali  超人阿里

Maupassant’s Moustache  莫泊桑的胡子

I Only Shake My Own Head  我只是摇自己的头

A Great Man  伟人

What’s That under Your Hat?  帽子下面是什么？

So Many Acquaintances  熟人太多

You May Tell a Falsehood  你也可以说假话

Could I Take His Place?  我可以替代他吗？

Choice  选择

The Front and Back  正面和背面

One Person Bought Two Tickets  一人买两票

A Graphic Design  图案设计

I Can’t Afford My Own Paintings  我买不起自己的画

My Violin Doesn’t Drink Tea  我的提琴不喝茶

Not Worth One Dollar  不值一美元

Franklin Likes Betting  富兰克林喜欢打赌

Dickens Made up Stories  狄更斯编故事

Is the General Waiting for You?  将军在等你吗？

Double Tuition  双倍学费

Not to Be Taken out  不能带出来

Why a Spring Keeps Gushing  为什么泉水总是喷涌不尽

Clinton’s Answer  克林顿的回答

Too Many People  人太多了

The Snail Waiter  蜗牛侍者

职场篇

Each Lens  每只镜片

To Meet Your Neighbors  会见邻居

Main Entrance  正门

The Secret of Success  成功的秘密

Over-speeding  超速行驶

I Have My Own Room  我有自己的房间

Visual Training  视力训练

I’m Not Married  我还没结婚

What Are You Doing out of Bed?  下床干什么？

Echo  回声

It Helps  有帮助

A New Problem  新问题

Illiterate  文盲

Got It Again  旧病复发

For Advice  征求建议

Dilemma  两难选择

The Easy Part  轻松部分

Who Is a Surgeon?  谁给他做的手术？

Two Hearts Beating  两个心脏同跳

Contrast  反差

Loss  赔本

Diamond Cuts Diamond  棋逢对手

Experienced  经验丰富

Down 40 Percent  降价40%

Exhausted  筋疲力尽

Your Equals  与你同等

I’m Not Taking Your Advice  我不会采纳你的建议

Complaints  投诉

No Mat  没有垫子

Supermarket  超级市场

Vice-president  副总裁

You Were the Closest  你最接近

Firing the Rower  解雇划船手

You Want to Use My Phone?  你是想用我的电话吧？

Repairing the Doorbell  修门铃

How Much Do You Want It to Be?  你想要它是多少？

Looking for My Car Keys  寻找钥匙

Life Insurance  人寿保险

Ordering the Rain  订购雨

I’ve Come to Install the Phone  我是来安装电话的

To Milk a Bicycle  给自行车挤奶

A Door-to-door Salesman  上门推销

Back in 20 Years  20年后再来

Request  请求

How to Become Rich  发家致富

Take My Daily Balance Sheet  把每天的账单也拿走吧

A Divorce Lawyer  离婚律师

A Safe  保险箱

Outside Force  借力

Taken in Water  就着水服

Who Is This Speaking?  请问你是谁？

Appreciation  升值

Whichever Is Cheapest  哪个便宜做哪个

Pull It out Very Slowly  慢慢拔

Deposit Silently  悄声存钱

Ph. D. in Quantum Mechanics  量子力学博士学位

Rabbits with Glasses  戴眼镜的兔子

Five Minutes  5分钟

Dentist  牙医

This Is Also My First Operation  我也是第一次

Is the Milk Fresh?  牛奶新鲜吗？

Memorial Service  哀悼仪式

Only Found Two  只发现两颗

The Right to Remain Silent  有权保持沉默

Owner  失主

It’s Me All Right  这就是我

Idiot  白痴

A Different Way  两码事

I’m Not Superstitious  我不迷信

Ways and Means  花招

A Very Good Business  生意真好

Only a Penny  只有一便士

It Tastes Like Chocolate  巧克力味

An Isolation Ward  隔离病房

The Same Father  同一个爸爸

You’re Smarter  你变聪明了

You’re Not Going to Make it  你活不成了

To Use a Pencil  用铅笔

Lowered Six Inches  降低6英寸

Puzzlement  百思不解

Go Right Ahead  你先结吧

Price Before Test  试前价

The A1 Laundry  一流洗衣店

Does It Hurt Very Much?  你的牙很疼吗？

Response  回应

Surgeons  外科医生

I Want It in Your Left Arm  请打在你的左臂上

Only Started Practice Yesterday  昨天才开业

The Gates of Heaven  天堂门

I’m an Undercover Cop  我是便衣警察

Commander  指挥官

Golden Words  金口玉言

A Sign  安民告示

Hand-to-hand Fighting  肉搏战

You Couldn’t Catch Anyone Else  你追不上其他人

A Good Reason  事出有因

Hide in Letterboxes  藏在信箱里

I Missed Again  又没打中

A Rookie  初出茅庐

Roundabout  拐弯抹角

I Can Hear the Bird Singing  我能听到小鸟在唱歌

Justice  公正

The Judge’s Pistol  法官的手枪

Baptism  洗礼

Where’s My Rolex?  我的劳力士表哪去了？

My Second Choice  第二个选择

He Was Insured  他已被投保

EMS  特快专递

Value for Your Money  物有所值

Your First Lesson in Business  生意第一课

Poor Eyesight  弱视

Just Like Last Time  一切照旧

The Brakes Are out of Control  刹车失灵

The Doctors Went Hunting  医生打猎

I Present Arms  举枪敬礼

You Idiot  你这白痴

Put Your Tongue out Again, Will You?  再伸出舌头好吗？

I Should Have Known  我应该知道才是

How I Edited an Agricultural Paper  我编农业报

The Death of a Clerk  小职员之死

The Romance of a Busy Broker  忙碌经纪人的浪漫史

A Happy Ending  完美的结局