SCENE ③ C 电话响起
【灵验了吗？】
Zina: Hi, Dave. This is Zina.
吉娜： 嗨，戴夫。我是吉娜。
Dave: Zina? Zina the Snake?
戴夫： 吉娜？诈包吉娜？
Zina: I got your e-mail a couple of months back.
吉娜： 几个月前我收到了你寄来的电子邮件。
Dave: Yeah? Which one was that?
戴夫： 是吗？是哪一封？
Zina: The one that said, ＂You're a 1) creep. / From me you won't hear another 2) peep. / I hope you 3) wreck your jeep.＂
吉娜： 上面写着：“你这讨厌鬼。/休想我会再理你。/望你吉普车会撞毁。”
Dave: Right. That one. 4) Did it work?
戴夫： 那一封啊。灵验了吗？
语言详解
A: I told dad you wrecked the car!
我跟老爸说你撞坏车子了！
B: You're not going to get away with this. It was your fault, not mine.
你脱不了关系。都是你的错，不是我。
【Did it work? 灵验了吗？】
要注意work 并不专指“工作”，有时指“灵光、有效”。
A: My brain doesn't seem to work well today.
我脑袋今天好像不灵光。
B: You're better take a walk outside. But be back soon. We have a lot of work to do this afternoon.
你最好到外面走一走。但是要快快回来，我们下午有一大堆事要做。
A: I understand you had a bad cold yesterday.
我听说你昨天患了重感冒。
B: It's gone. My grandma's prescription really works.
已经痊愈了。我祖母的处方真的有效。
1) creep (n.) 令人讨厌的人
2) peep (n.) 小的声音。这里是指“消息”。
3) wreck (v.) 撞毁
4) Did it work? 有用吗？有效吗？