LESSON 2 SO WHAT IF HE'S A FEW DAYS LATE?
如果他晚了几天会怎么样呢

SCENE ONE:THE CONTROL ROOM
第一幕： 调控室

MIKE: More coffee?
迈克： 再来点儿咖啡？
LINDA: Just a little. I don't drink much coffee anymore.
琳达： 就一点点儿。我不再喝那么多咖啡了。
MIKE: That's good. Coffee isn't good for you.
迈克： 那就好。咖啡对你不好。
LINDA: I know. I'm trying to cut down on coffee. It makes me more nervous .
琳达： 我知道。我正设法少喝咖啡。它让我神经更紧张。
MIKE: What's the matter?
迈克： 怎么啦？
LINDA: It's Steven. I'm worried about him.
琳达： 是史蒂文。我有点担心他。
MIKE: Give him time.
迈克： 给他点儿时间慢慢来吧！
LINDA: I'd like to. But we don't have much time.
琳达： 我是想这样。但我们没有多少时间。
MIKE: How much time do you have?
迈克： 你们有多少时间？
LINDA: We only have a few weeks to finish this show. Then we have to do twelve more.
琳达： 我们只有几个星期来拍完这部戏。然后我们要再拍十二部戏。
MIKE: A few weeks. That's lots of time.
迈克： 几个星期。时间不少啊。
LINDA: I'm not so sure.
琳达： 我可不这么想。
MIKE: That bad?. . . Linda, cigarettes are bad for you.
迈克： 有这么糟吗？⋯⋯ 琳达， 香烟对你的身体不好。
LINDA: And your pipe is bad for you.
琳达： 你的烟斗也对你的身体也不好。
MIKE: I don't smoke it anymore.
迈克： 我不再抽烟了。
LINDA: Well, I don't smoke many now. I used to smoke more before.
琳达： 呃， 我现在也抽得不多了。我过去抽得更多。
MIKE: How many cigarettes did you smoke?
迈克： 你以前抽多少支香烟？
LINDA: Three packs a day. I'm never going to smoke that much again. And I'm only going to smoke one this afternoon.
琳达： 一天三包。我再也不会抽那么多了。今天下午我只打算抽一支。
MIKE: One now, more later. Before you know it, you're smoking three packs a day.
迈克： 现在抽一支， 以后会抽得更多。不知不觉， 你又会一天抽三包了。
LINDA: Oh, please. I only want one.
琳达： 噢， 求你了。我只要一支。
MIKE: I know.
迈克： 我知道。
LINDA: Pass the sugar, please, Mike.
琳达： 迈克， 请把糖递给我。
MIKE: Sugar is bad for you too.
迈克： 糖也对你的身体不好。
LINDA: Mike, a little sugar is OK.
琳达： 迈克， 吃一点儿糖没关系。
MIKE: I'm a new man, Linda. I only eat healthy food. I get lots of exercise. I feel much better.
迈克： 琳达， 我跟以前不一样了。我只吃健康食品。我还经常锻炼。我感觉好多了。
LINDA: You look good.
琳达： 你看上去气色不错。
MIKE: I eat lots of fish and vegetables. I don't eat much red meat.
迈克： 我吃鱼和蔬菜吃得多， 红色肉类吃得少。
LINDA: OK. OK. What about Steven?
琳达： 不错， 不错。史蒂文的工作怎么样？
MIKE: Linda, the show looks good.
迈克： 琳达， 这部戏看来不错。
LINDA: But the schedule looks terrible. I spent some time with the calendar.
琳达： 但是日程表太紧了。我仔细研究过日历（ 发现时间很紧）。
MIKE: When do we finish?
迈克： 我们什么时候完工？
LINDA: October twenty-third. Steven is too slow.
琳达： 十月二十三号。史蒂文的进度太慢了。
MIKE: So what if he's a few days late?
迈克： 如果他晚了几天会怎么样呢？
LINDA: Forget it. We don't have much time or much money.
琳达： 别这么假设。我们没有多少时间和资金。
MIKE: What does Steven say?
迈克： 史蒂文怎么说的？
LINDA: He says, "Don't worry." You have to help me, Mike. Steven has to go faster.
琳达： 他说，“ 别着急。” 迈克， 你得帮帮我。史蒂文一定得快点儿。
MIKE: Maybe I can give him a little advice.
迈克： 也许我能给他点儿建议。
LINDA: Well, here he comes now.
琳达： 噢， 他来了。
STEVEN: Linda, I changed a few lines in the script. Hi, Mike. The show is going really great, isn't it?
史蒂文： 琳达， 我又改动了几行脚本。嗨， 迈克。这部戏进展得还不错， 是不是？
MIKE: Say, Steven, what are you doing for lunch?
迈克： 对了， 史蒂文， 午饭有什么安排吗？
STEVEN: I don't have any plans.
史蒂文： 我没有什么安排。
MIKE: Great. I know a great health-food restaurant. Come on.
迈克： 太好了。我知道有一家不错的健康食品饭馆。走吧。