我发财了
【我發財了】
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Mary:????????? Is that you, Dave? Oh, my gosh! The 1) backstabber who left us to work for the evil WebTracker!
瑪莉：???????? 是你嗎，戴夫？天啊！背棄我們去幫萬惡的“網路搜尋家”做事的陰險小人！
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Dave:? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hi, Mary. How are you?
戴夫：? 對……嗨，瑪莉。你好嗎？
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Mary:????????? I'm 2) filthy rich! Haven't you heard about the MicroPower 3) deal?瑪莉：???????? 我發財了！你沒聽說過“微力”的案子嗎？
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Dave:? Yeah, I guess I did. They're going to buy InfoKing?
戴夫：? 有，有聽過吧。他們打算買下“資訊王”？
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Mary:? That's right. For seventy-five million. So how are you?
瑪莉：???????? 沒錯。七千五百萬的高。那你好嗎？
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Dave:????????? I'm getting by OK. I heard MicroPower was going to make Zina 4) president of their new InfoKing Internet 5) division.
戴夫：???????? 還過得去。我聽說“微力”將要讓吉娜擔任他們“資訊王”新網路分公司的總裁。
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語言詳解
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A: He's good at negotiating business deals.
?? 他很擅于協商生意條件。
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B: Then talk him into working for us..
?? 那就說服他來幫我們做事。
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【I'm getting by OK.我還過得去。】
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get by 就是指“狀況還過得去”，而在使用上，主要的狀況有兩種，一是指經濟狀況，get by用來表示錢雖然賺得不多，但是也夠支付日常生活的開銷了。
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A: Are you able to get by on the salary you make?
???? 你賺的薪水夠你開銷嗎？
B: I'm able to get by, but it could be better.
???? 我的生活還過得去，不過還可以更好。
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get by也可以用來表示心理狀態，形容心情持平，不能說心情不好，但也不是那種興高采烈的情緒。
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A: How are you doing?
???? 你還好嗎？
B: I'm getting by OK. You know, things just keep getting better and better.
???? 還過得去。算是漸入佳境啦。
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1) backstabber (n.)? 暗箭傷人的人
2) filthy (adv.)? 非常，相當
3) deal (n.)? 交易；make a deal with...? 是“與...交易”。
4) president (n.)? 總裁，總統
5) division (n.)? 分部
總結
