SCENE④ C 吉娜和戴夫在隔间里

【我们会熬过去的】

Zina: Talk about distractions. Vince wants to see us all again this afternoon.

吉娜： 说到分心。文斯今天下午又要召见大家了。

Dave: Another 1) pep talk? That'll make three this week.

戴夫： 又要来精神讲话吗？那就会是这个星期的第三次了。

Zina: He's worried that our team is going to 2) tire out and that WebTracker is going to beat us.

吉娜： 他担心我们团队会气力放尽，而“网路搜寻家”会打败我们。

Dave: I don't 3) blame him. People are starting to 4) grumble about working 5) twenty-four seven.

戴夫： 我不怪他。大家都在抱怨日夜无休地上班。

Zina: They need to suck it up. We're going to pull this off. I'll make sure of that.

吉娜： 他们得要含辛茹苦。我们会熬过去的。我一定会确保战果。


语言详解

A: You always blame me for everything!

你总把每件事都怪在我头上！

B: That's because it's your fault!

因为那是你的错！

【That'll make three times this week. 那就会是这星期的第三次了。】

make在这里的意思是“加总起来”，可以用来表达沮丧或是失望的负面情绪：

A: The computer has crashed again.

电脑又死机了。

B: That makes the fifth time tonight.

这是今晚第五次了。

【pull something off 完成难题】

pull something off 可以用来表示“完成一份艰难的工作”。

A: This project has to be finished next week.

这个企划案在下星期之前得要完成。

B: If we pull this off, we'll all get promotions.

若我们闯过这一关，我们就升官了。

1) pep talk 精神讲话。用以提振士气，凝聚共识的谈话。

2) tire out 精疲力竭

3) blame (v.) 责怪

4) grumble (v.) 抱怨

5) twenty-four seven 意指“一周七天，一天二十四小时”。