看美剧《亿万》学商务英语：谈职场人生

背景介绍：女主角Wendy，迫于自己老公Chunk与老板Bob的对擂，有意辞职。正巧有老熟人是基金公司合伙人，向她抛出了橄榄枝，于是Wendy便顺水推舟，到该公司参观，以作初步了解。两个事业型的中年女人开始畅聊工作状态、商务环境以及职场人生。

本剪辑出自美剧《亿万》第一季第十一集，一段关于投资总监与绩效教练的对话场景，非常适合用作商务英语学习素材。以下为BEC备考网编辑整理的中英对照剧本，请重点关注我用蓝色高亮的各种重点词汇。

Woman：Wendy. 温蒂

——— Oh, I am so glad you’re thinking about us. 真高兴你在考虑我们这里

——— Hey, Roma wants to give you the tour herself. 洛马想亲自带你转转

Wendy：How are you? 你好吗

Woman：Work is a happy place now. 现在工作让我开心

——— Come on. I’ll introduce you. 过来  我给你介绍一下

Wendy：Great space. 地方不错

Woman：I have an eye for it. Even better one for talent. 我很有眼光  尤其能慧眼识珠

Wendy：I knew that as soon as you snagged Maria. 你把玛丽亚挖来的时候我就知道了

Woman：She’s a perfect fit. 她非常合适

——— We value fit, culture, more than most. 比起其他  我们更注重知人善任和公司文化

——— That’s why 60% or so of our PMs are women. 所以我们大约60%的基金经理都是女性

——— Makes it easier to practice socially responsible investing. 更易于进行对社会负责的投资

Wendy：Is that the mission? 那就是任务吗

Woman：The mission is profit. 赚钱才是任务

——— But me and a few of the senior partners, 但当华尔街全是些

——— we came up at a time 没种没脑的男人当道时

——— when Wall Street was all cock and balls and no brains.  我和几个资深合伙人挺身而出

——— We try to practice with a little less ego around here 我们想让这里少一些自我主义

——— in a more collaborative, inclusive environment. 营造更有协作意识  更包容的环境

——— But it’s a delicate balance. 但这平衡很微妙

Wendy：You don’t want a bunch of guys running around 你不想让这里满是

——— with sawed-off shotguns, 火药味

——— but you don’t want scented candles 但也不想这里太过安逸

——— and an aversion to risk either. 没人愿意冒险

Woman：That’s for fucking sure. 说得太对了

——— We need someone to curate that balance, 我们需要有人来维持平衡

——— someone who’s been through the wars, 找一个身经百战的人

——— who’s seen the other side. 见多识广的人

Wendy：You want me to make your people assassins. 你想我把你的人训练成刺客吗

Woman：We want them to be able to access that mentality when needed, 我们想让他们在需要时能有那种心态

——— with great accuracy. 不得有半分偏差

Wendy：Yeah. Assassins. It’s kind of my specialty. 对  刺客  算是我的专长

Woman：I know. 我知道

——— No other performance coach in the industry would be a better fit. 你是业内最合适的绩效教练

——— And you’re already an investor. 而你已经是投资者了

——— We need you, 我们需要你

——— and you wanna be here. 而你也想待在这里

Wendy：I’m curious. Why do you think you know what I want? 我很好奇  你怎么知道我想要什么

——— I mean, it’s a hard thing to know even about oneself. 这对我自己来说都是个难题

Woman：I’m a stock picker and an instinct trader. 我是拣股者  也是直觉很准的商人

——— Am I wrong? 我没说错吧

——— Look. 听着

——— We believe there’s a better way. 我们相信有更好的方法

——— Life doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. 生活不必过得像零和博弈

——— Go. Think. 走吧  考虑好

——— Let me know. 决定了告诉我

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