美語會話 155 you can rest assured 你放心

LL: Oh, you can rest assured that they'll be no problem.

Beth: Why is that?

LL: Your upstairs neighbors live in Canada and rarely come back to Taiwan. When they do, they're never home.

Beth: And the downstairs neighbors?

LL: Two flight attendants that are also in and out of town. When they're here, they're usually sleeping. And next door to you is me. I'm a quiet neighbor.

Beth: Sounds ideal. We'll get back to you in a couple of days then.

rest assured

感到放心

A: This airplane looks dangerous!

這班飛機看起來很危險!

B: Rest assured-despite its age, it's very safe!

放心——這架飛機雖然舊，不過很安全!

rarely (adv.)

難得，很少

I rarely watch television.

我?guī)缀醪豢措娨暋?/p>

flight attendant

空服員

A: I'm really thirsty!

我好渴!

B: Ask the flight attendant for some water!

請空服員送點水來!

in and out

進進出出的

The boss is in and out of the office all the time.

老板總是再辦公室進進出出的。

ideal (a.)

理想的，完美的

My apartment isn't ideal, but at least it's cheap.

我的公寓雖然不理想，但至少很便宜。

get back to

再回電∕再聯(lián)絡(luò)(某人)

Get back to me by nine o'clock, or you're fired!

九點前跟我聯(lián)絡(luò)，不然你就背開除了!

房東：喔，你放心，他們絕對沒問題。

貝絲：為什么?

房東：你樓上的鄰居住在加拿大，很少回臺灣。就算回來，他們也都不在家。

貝絲：那樓下的鄰居呢?

房東：也是兩個飛來飛去的空服員。她們回來通常都在睡覺。隔壁的鄰居就是我。我是個安靜的鄰居。

貝絲：聽起來很理想。我們過幾天跟你聯(lián)絡(luò)。