职场英文口语 第262期:劝某人改变心意(1)

Welcome back to the offices of Tip Top Trading where there's a bit of confusion.

欢迎回到Tip Top Trading的办公室，这里遇到了点小困惑。

Anna…Yes?I think Tom's got the wrong end of the stick.

安娜……什么事？我觉得汤姆误会你的意思了。

But I didn't give him a , no. I think there's been a misunderstanding.

但是我没有给他“棍子”。不，不，我认为这里有误会。

When you.said your answer was 'yes' he thought you meant 'yes, I'll marry you'!

你回答“是”的时候，他以为你的意思是，“好，我要嫁给你！”

Oh no! I meant yes to the I've got to sort this out.

不！我的意思是同意升职。天啊，我得赶快解决这事。

Tom, Tom, hold on can't hang about Anna.

汤姆，汤姆，先等等。安娜，我们不能再等了。

Let's fix a date, invite everyone – even , no, we can't.

一起定个结婚日期吧，把每个人都请来，包括保罗。不，不，我们不行。

You're right, not Paul – he just talks about biscuits.

你说的对，不请保罗了，他总是在谈饼干。

No. I mean 'no', we can't get married.

不，我的意思是，不，我们不能结婚。

I meant yes to the promotion. I can't marry you.

我说“是”，同意的是升职这件事。我不能嫁给你。