She only watches television dramas.
Victor:她只看电视剧。Television drama一般指一小时长的电视剧,内容涉及法律、警察、医院等严肃话题。
Nancy:A televisiondramaisusuallyanhourlong,andisaboutlaw,policework,hospitals or families.
Well just do pot luck in the kitchen.
Victor:大家在厨房里找些剩下的东西吃。
Nancy:Doing potluckinsomeones housemeans that youjust lookthroughthere frigerator for left overs and eat whatevers there.
Victor:Do pot luckinsomeoneshouse就是在朋友家的冰箱里找些剩下的食物,有哪些就吃那些。
Theyre taking a company retreat1.
Victor:他们公司将举行野外拓展活动,这是知道同事的一种非常不错的方法。
Nancy:Are treatisusuallyanactivityforacompany,a churchorsome kindof schoolorganization. Its a goodway toget toknow the people youare workingwith.
Hes a dead beat dad.
Victor:A dead beat dad 就是不愿付抚养费的爸爸。
Nancy:A dead beatdadissomeonewhodoesnot pay child support to take care of his child.
Keep your chinup.
Nancy:If someone fails anexam,orloses a job,they willbe very unhappy.Tellingsomeone tokeeptheirchinupmeansyouretellingthemto cheer up,to be happy.
Victor:假如某人考试没过关或者失业了,他们或许会情绪低落。keep theirchin up就是告诉他们赶快振作起来。
He put allhiscardsonthe table.
Victor:他把所有和盘托出。Lay the cardsonthetable常用来形容一个人很诚实。
Nancy: We use ittodescribesomeonebeingcompletely honest.
My computer crashed.
Victor:电脑瘫痪了。这是办公室常用语。电脑瘫痪了,你之前所做的东西可能都没了。
Nancy:When yourcomputerhascrashed,itmeans that its not working anymore,and probably erased2 everything youwere working on.