地道美語聽力播客873：處理語言障礙

處理語言障礙

Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.

卡羅爾：把另一份備忘錄送到Gibberese 辦公室。我覺得我們有出現(xiàn)溝通障礙了。

Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.

阿特：你不覺的直接打電話給辦公室，然后直接和那里的人說，更好嗎?你可能更能搞明白誤解在哪里。

Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.

卡羅爾：我不會說Gibberish這種語言。我們辦公室也沒有懂雙語的人可以當翻譯。

Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.

阿特：也就是說沒有人可以把我們回答翻譯成Gibberish語言，簡化溝通。

Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.

卡羅爾：就是啊。另外啊，最好留一個書面記錄。

Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses.

阿特： 你的意思是說我們需要采取措施，乙方出丑。

Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns in communication are inevitable and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.

卡羅爾：我不會像你那么說，但是，溝通障礙是不可避免的，追蹤來源是非常有益的。

Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?

阿特：好。在發(fā)送之前我會起草一份備忘錄，然后傳送給你，怎么樣?

Carol: Sounds good.

卡羅爾：聽起來不錯。

Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.

阿特：我真不明白為什么我們不在辦公室里雇傭一些Gibberish說得流利的職員。

Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?

卡羅爾： 你認識會說Gibberish的人嗎?

Art: Plenty!

阿特：認識很多啊!


注釋：

bilingual.adj.雙語的，兩種語言的，

例句：She works as a bilingual secretary for an insurance company.

她為一家保險公司做雙語秘書.

correspondence. 通信，信件;

例句：No correspondence will be entered into.

將不會和任何人建立通信聯(lián)系

inevitable.adj.不可避免的; 必然發(fā)生的;

例句：Some backtracking is probably inevitable.

有時改變決定可能是不可避免的。

fluent adj.流暢的; 流利的;

例句：He is a fluent speaker of Hebrew.

他說一口流利的希伯來語。

Dealing With a Language Barrier

Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.

Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.

Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.

Art: Which means there’s no one who could translate our correspondence into Gibberish to make things easier.

Carol: That’s right. And plus, leaving a paper trail is better.

Art: You mean in case we have to cover our asses.

Carol: I wouldn’t put it like that, but breakdowns in communication are inevitable and it’s always helpful to be able to trace their source.

Art: Right. Okay, I’ll draft a memo and pass it by you before I send it, okay?

Carol: Sounds good.

Art: What I don’t understand is why we don’t simply hire people for this office who are fluent in Gibberish.

Carol: Do you know anyone who speaks Gibberish?

Art: Plenty!