竞选阵营:前期准备

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  学生会主席的候选人有各自的竞选阵营,为他们出谋划策,组织运行整个竞选活动。正是有了这群伙伴的帮助,竞选工作才能有条不紊地进行。当然,有时也会出现不和谐的小插曲。
  
  Josh: Okay people, we’ve got signs to make, voters to
  1)coerce, and speeches to perfect. Hook the coffee to your veins and ①let’s get moving!
  Donna: Josh, there’s this thing called sleep. Most people do it at night. Have you heard of it?
  Josh: We can sleep when we’re dead. The elections for student council are only two weeks away and ②I will get Naomi Bartlett elected president come hell or high water. Tina! ③How’s the 2)slogan coming?
  Tina: We’ve got a couple of options so far: Bartlett for Betterment?
  Josh: Do you really think the president of the student council should be promoting poor grammar?
  Tina: It was just an option, ④keep your shirt on. Bartlett the 3)Starlet?
  Josh: And now she sounds like a 4)tart.
  Tina: I work better with sleep.
  Josh: You can sleep after you get me a campaign slogan. I want to see ten solid options in the next hour. Donna! Where’d you go?
  Donna: I’m right here. Just getting us some coffee.
  Josh: I don’t need coffee, I need you to be calling the department heads and securing us votes.
  Donna: Josh, how can I keep my eye on the prize if my eyes keep closing from exhaustion? ⑤Let me catch my second wind and those department heads won’t know what hit them.
  Josh: They’d better know that it’s Naomi Bartlett that hit them. Tony! What’s the 411 on those posters?
  Tony: The printing shop said they’d be in by noon, but my hands are tied on the second batch until I get the campaign slogan from Tina.
  Josh: ⑥Tina’s sworn up and down that you’ll have it in an hour.
  Tony: I’ll believe it when I see it. Oh, and tell Naomi the closing lines of her speech sound like she’s trying too hard.
  Josh: She is trying hard.
  Tony: Yeah, but she doesn’t want to sound like it, does she?
  Josh: ⑦Good point, thanks for the heads up. Donna!
  Donna: ⑧I’m right here under your nose. Seriously Josh, what would you do without me?
  Josh: Argue less.
  Donna: And that would be so boring. Here’s your coffee.
  
  乔希:好了,各位,我们还得做标语、拉选票、完善演讲稿。喝杯咖啡提提神,赶快行动吧!
  唐娜:乔希,有一种东西叫做睡觉。大多数人在晚上干这事。你听说过吗?
  乔希:我们死了就可以睡觉了。距离学生会竞选只剩下两周了,我要克服一切困难,让内奥米·巴特利特当选主席。蒂娜!竞选口号(的工作)进展如何?
  蒂娜:目前我们有几个选择:巴特利特,一切为了更好?
  乔希:你认为学生会主席该宣传这些糟糕的语法?
  蒂娜:只是一个选择罢了,别着急。明日之星巴特利特?
  乔希:现在她听起来像是个不检点的女人。
  蒂娜:睡一觉会使我的工作事半功倍。
  乔希:你给我一个竞选口号,就可以去睡觉。一个小时之内我要看到十个靠谱的选择。唐娜!你要去哪?
  唐娜:哪也不去。就去给大伙冲些咖啡。
  乔希:我不需要咖啡,我需要你给系主任们打电话,说服他们支持我们参选。
  唐娜:乔希,如果我累得眼皮直打架,要怎么才能集中精神?让我喘喘气恢复精力,那些系主任们都不知道我们做了什么。
  乔希:他们最好知道内奥米·巴特利特做了什么。托尼!海报上的411是什么?
  托尼:印刷店说他们中午前可以印好,但是没有蒂娜给我的竞选口号,这事没法做。
  乔希:蒂娜已经信誓旦旦地说一个小时之内会给你的。
  托尼:眼见为实。噢,告诉内奥米,她演讲的结束语听起来像是她努力过头了。
  乔希:她确实很努力地在做。
  托尼:我知道,但是她不想听起来像是那么回事,不是吗?
  乔希:有道理,多谢你的提醒。唐娜!
  唐娜:我就在你眼前呢。说真的,乔希,没有我你能做什么?
  乔希:少些争吵。
  唐娜:那可是会很无聊的。这是你的咖啡。
  
  Smart Sentences
  
  ① Let’s get moving! 赶快行动吧!
  get moving: take action, hurry(行动起来)。例如:
  Time is running out. Let’s get moving.
  时间不多了,赶快行动吧。
  
  ② I will get Naomi Bartlett elected president come hell or high water.我要克服一切困难,让内奥米·巴特利特当选主席。
  come hell or high water: determined to do sth. in spite of the difficulties involved(克服任何困难)。例如:
  My father’s always managed to get to work on time come hell or high water.
  我父亲总能克服一切困难,按时上班。
  
  ③ How’s the slogan coming? 竞选口号(的工作)进展如何?
  how is sth. coming: expression used to inquire about the progress of sth.(询问某事进展的用语)。例如:
  How’s the project coming?
  项目进展如何?
  
  ④ Keep your shirt on.别着急。
  keep your shirt on: used to tell someone to calm down(放心,别着急)。例如:
  Keep your shirt on, Dad. We still have plenty of time.
  老爸,别着急,我们还有大把时间。
  
  ⑤ Let me catch my second wind.让我喘喘气恢复精力。
  second wind: renewed ability to continue in an effort(恢复精力或力量)。例如:
  After a short nap, they seem to have gotten their second wind and are making good progress.
  在小睡之后,他们似乎恢复了精力,现在进度不错。
  
  ⑥ Tina’s sworn up and down that you’ll have it in an hour.蒂娜已经信誓旦旦地说一个小时之内会给你的。
  swear up and down: say as strongly as possible, used for emphasizing that sth. is true(发誓,信誓旦旦,用以强调某事的真实性)。例如:
  He swore up and down that he didn’t know the guy at all.
  他发誓他根本不认识那个人。
  
  ⑦ Good point, thanks for the heads up.有道理,多谢你的提醒。
  heads up: a warning about a potential source of danger(危险警告)。例如:
  I have already given him the heads up on the typhoon.
  我已经警告他要小心台风。
  
  ⑧ I’m right here under your nose.我就在你眼前呢。
  under sb.’s nose: in plain view(近在眼前)。例如:
  The keys are right under your nose.
  钥匙就你在眼前。
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