【Transcript】
Don: It's not too late! She's still here. Get back over there.
Herbert: I can't. Anyway, her 1) interests are completely 2) different from mine.
Don: How do you know?
Herbert: I talked about baseball and heavy metal. She was bored.
Don: What does she do?
Herbert: She's a piano teacher. Her name is Rose.
Don: OK. Let me 3) handle this.
Herbert: Don, what are you doing? Oh, no.
【Listening skills】
【Let me handle this. 讓我來(lái)處理】
當(dāng)別人束手無(wú)策,或是沒(méi)辦法完成一件事,而你想把整件事扛下來(lái)時(shí),就可以說(shuō)這句話(huà)。
A: The boss is coming! He's going to be angry!
老板來(lái)了!他要發(fā)脾氣了!
B: Let me handle this. I know the boss really well.
讓我來(lái)處理。我很了解老板。
還有另外一種情況是,別人說(shuō)要把一件事攬下來(lái),但你不確定這個(gè)人是不是真能辦到,就可以問(wèn)Could you handle it? 你能處理嗎?
A: I'll watch the office while you're at lunch.
你出去吃午飯時(shí),我會(huì)看好辦公室。
B: Sure. If you can handle it.
假如你能處理的話(huà)當(dāng)然好。
1) interest (n.) 興趣,喜好
2) different from... 與……不同
3) handle (v.) 處理,掌控