职场社交英语 Lesson 66:我现在是自由工作者

SCENE② C 四个半月后 玛莉巧遇戴夫

【我现在是自由工作者】

Dave: Yeah. You don't need to rub it in.

戴夫： 是啊。不劳你落井下石了。

Mary: And then she 1) made the deal with MicroPower. Vince wanted to sell for fifteen million...

玛莉： 然后她跟“微力”谈妥了条件。文斯本想用一千五百万卖掉的……

Dave: Fifteen? And Zina pushed them up to seventy-five?

戴夫： 一千五百万？而吉娜逼他们出到了七千五百万？

Mary: That's right. Vince still stops by her office every day to thank her.

玛莉： 没错。文斯到现在都还每天经过她的办公室，跟她道谢呢。

Dave: Anyway, I'm still happy I left. I'm working as a 2) freelancer now.

戴夫： 不管怎样，我还是很高兴我离开了。我现在是自由工作者。

Mary: You really should have stayed with us, Dave.

玛莉： 你当初真该留下跟我们一道的，戴夫。

语言详解:

A: Who do you work for?

你帮谁工作？

B: No one. I'm a freelancer.

没有谁。我是自由工作者。

【rub it in 落井下石】

rub it in 的这个动作就像是一抹再抹，越抹越进去的感觉，而这个片语在使用上，就是“落井下石”的意思，明明人家已经很惨了，却还要打落水狗，在伤口上撒盐。

A: So, your sister beat you in bowling!

所以你妹妹打保龄球赢了你！

B: Stop rubbing it in, OK?

别落井下石了，好吗？

A: Didn't I tell you over and over again she doesn't like you?

我不是一再告诉你她不喜欢你吗？

B: You don't have to rub it in.

你不用落井下石嘛。

1) deal (n.) 交易；make a deal with...与……交易

2) freelancer (n.) 自由工作者