第12課:重要的?- 17

迷你小對話

A: I just got promoted to head of my division and got a raise.
B: Wow, looks like you’re the big cheese now.
A: Yeah, well, whenever I go out, it’s going to be the VIP treatment from now on!
B: Well, just as long as you don’t forget your old friends, then I think it’s great!

A: 我剛升為部門主管,還加了薪!
B: 喔,你現(xiàn)在像是個大人物了。
A: 對,從現(xiàn)在起,我出門就要享受貴賓待遇了。
B: 呃,只要你別忘了老朋友,我想這是好事。

語言點精講

get promoted to: 被提拔到…
raise: 增加工資。
the big cheese: 大人物,重要人物。通常用來代指老板。有時候也用來指重要的事件。
VIP: Very Important Person的首字母縮寫。大人物,貴賓。
treatment: 對待,待遇。
as long as: 只要。