A:Hi,Henry,what's new?
嗨，亨利，有什么新鲜事吗？

B:Where have you been?I've been trying to get in touch with you for two days.
你跑到哪里去了？我找了你两天了。

A:I went to Salt Lake City on business.What's up?
我到盐湖城出差了。什么事？

B:I got fired.
我被开除了。

A:How come?Last time I saw you,you told me it was a good job and you would like to take it as a career.That was only one month ago.Why this sudden change?
怎么会呢？上回我见到你的时候，你还说这份工作很好，你想以它作为事业呢。那才一个月前的事，怎么会突然改变了呢？

B:It's a long story.In a word,I didn't do a good job of it.I messed up a business deal.A deal that would have made ten million dollars and I messed it up.
说来话长。总的一句话。我没把工作做好。我搞砸了一笔生意。一笔1000万美元的生意，而我搞砸了。

A:What are you going to do now?
那你现在打算怎么办？

B:I'm trying to find a job as soon as possible.Nancy doesn't know yet.I didn't tell her.I spent the last three days at the coffee shop next to your offiice.She thought I was going to work as usual.
我正在尽快找工作。南希还不知道。我没告诉她。这三天我都耗在你们公司隔壁的咖啡馆。她以为我还是像往常一样去上班。

A:That's not the way to solve the problem.Did you look in the classified advertisements column?
这不是解决问题的办法。你找过分类广告栏吗？

B:Yes,I did,but I'm not qualified for most of the jobs that I was interested in.
找过了，可是大部分我有兴趣的工作，我都不够资格。

A:Listen.I'll see what I can do,OK?You go home and tell Nancy about this problem you have now.She is your wife,and I'm sure she'll understand.
听着，我会看看我能帮你做些什么好吗？你回家把你现在的问题告诉南希。她是你的妻子，我相信她会理解的。

B:I just don't know how to bring it up...Well,all right.She has the right to know anyway.
我就是不知道该怎么跟她提这件事。好吧，她终究是有权利知道的。

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