-Christopher: I know what it means. 我知道是什么意思！ -Chris: What does it mean 什么意思
-Christopher: It means that we're not going to the game. 就是我们“不”会去看比赛！
-Chris: How did you get so smart smart: 聪明的
你怎么这么聪明
-Christopher: Because you're smart. 因为你很聪明。
-Christopher: Are we there 到了吗
-Chris: Yeah. Mr. Ribbon. 是的。Ribbon先生吗 -Mr. Ribbon: Yes 什么事
-Chris: How are you, sir Chris Gardner. Dean Witter. 您好，我是Chris Gardner，Dean Witter公司的。 -Mr. Ribbon: Oh, hi. Hi. 哦。嗨，嗨！
-Chris: This is my son, Christopher. 这是我儿子Christopher。 -Christopher: Hi. 嗨。
-Mr. Ribbon: Hey, Christopher. what are you doing up here 嗨，Christopher。有什么事吗
-Chris: I came to apologize... for missing our appointment the other day. apologize: 道歉 miss: 错过 appointment: 约会 我是为那天……失约而来道歉的。
-Mr. Ribbon: You didn't need to come up. come up: 出现
但是你没必要专程来的。
-Chris: We were in the neighborhood visiting a very close friend and I wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for your time.
neighborhood: 邻居 close friend: 好朋友 opportunity: 机会
我们正好在这附近看一位好朋友。我只想借此机会向您表示感谢。多谢您腾出宝贵时间。 I know you probably waited for me. 我知道当时您可能在等我。 -Mr. Ribbon: A little bit. 只等了一会儿。
-Chris: I want you to know that I do not take that for granted. take …for granted: 认为……理所当然
我得说明，我完全没有“您应该等我”的意思。
-Mr. Ribbon: Oh, come on. What's that 没事。那是什么
-Chris: Oh, it's an Osteo National bone-density scanner.
bone: 骨骼 density: 密度 scanner: 扫描仪 prior: 先前的 是Osteo National生产的骨质密度扫描仪。
A company I bought into prior to going to work at Witter. 一家我加入Dean Witter公司之前买进的公司。 -Chris: I have a meeting after the game. meeting: 会议
比赛后我有个会要参加。
-Mr. Ribbon: You're going to the game 你们也去看比赛
-Chris: Yeah. . 是的。
-Christopher: Possibly. 有可能。
-Chris: Possibly. 有可能。
-Mr. Ribbon: We're going too. I'm taking my son, Tim, my 12-year-old. We were just leaving. Tim!
我们也要去的。我要带我儿子Tim去，他12岁了。我们要出发了，Tim！
-Chris: Listen, we'll get out of your way. Again, thank you very much, and I'm sorry about the other day.
那……那我们不耽误您了。那天的事很抱歉，谢谢您了！ And I hope that we can reschedule for later this week. reschedule: 重新安排时间
希望我们这个星期晚些时候能再重新安排个时间见面。 -Mr. Ribbon: You got it. 没问题。
-Chris: Thank you very much. You take care. Here, come on say bye-bye, Chris. take care: 保重
太谢谢您了！多保重，来说再见，Chris。 -Christopher: Bye. 再见。
-Mr. Ribbon: Bye, Christopher. Hey, you guys wanna come with us 再见，Christopher。想和我们一起去吗 -Chris: What… To Candlestick 呃……去烛台球场吗
-Mr. Ribbon: We're going now. Come with us. Where are your seats seat: 座位
我们现在就走，一起去吧！你们的座位在哪里 -Chris: We've... We're upper deck. upper: 上面的 deck: 甲板，露台 我们……我们在顶层露台上。
-Mr. Ribbon: We got a box. Come on. You wanna sit in the box box: 包厢，盒子
我们有个包厢，来吧！你想坐包厢吗 -Christopher: No. 不……想。
-Chris: It's not actually a box. It's, you know, a private section. It's more comfortable. You wanna go
private: 私人的 section: 部分 comfortable: 舒服的
呵呵，不是说真的箱子，是个球场的专属区，看比赛更舒适些，想去吗 -Christopher: Okay. 好啊。
-Mr. Ribbon: Okay, kids in the back. Hey, why don't you just put that in your car 好了，孩子们坐后排。嘿，为什么不把那东西留在你车里 -Chris: Yeah, okay. Sure, sure. 呃……好……好啊……好啊。 -Christopher: We don't have a car. 我们没车。
-Chris: Oh, my... 噢！我的……
-Mr. Ribbon: What happened 怎么了
-Chris: I think I got stung by a bee. stung(sting的过去式): 刺，蛰 bee: 蜜蜂 大概被蜜蜂蜇了。
-Mr. Ribbon: You all right 还好吗
-Chris: Oh, yeah. Goodness. I'm fine. 是的，我很好。没事。
-Mr. Ribbon: You're not allergic or anything allergic: 敏感的 你对这个不过敏吧 -Chris: No, no, no. 不。不，不。
-Mr. Ribbon: Where'd he get you 蜇到哪儿了
-Chris: Just right at the back of my head. 就在头后面。
-Christopher: Are you okay 没事吧
-Chris: Yeah, I'm fine, Christopher. 是的，没事,，Christopher。 -Christopher: Does it hurt hurt: 痛 痛吗
-Chris: Christopher, I'm fine. Christopher，我没事。
-Christopher: Let me see. 让我看看。
-Chris: Christopher, sit back. Sit back. Christopher，坐好，坐好。
Thomas Jefferson mentions happiness a couple times in the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson: 托马斯·杰斐逊，美国第三任总统 mention: 提到 Declaration of Independence: 独立宣言 declaration: 宣称 independence: 独立 Thomas Jefferson在《独立宣言》中几次提及“幸福”这个词。
It may seem like a strange word to be in that document... but he was sort of... He was an artist.
strange: 奇怪的 document: 文件 sort of: 某种 artist: 艺术家 这个词出现在《独立宣言》中似乎有些怪异，但是他似乎……是个艺术家。 He called the English \ disturber: 打扰者，干扰者 harmony: 和谐 他称英国人为“破坏我们和谐的人”。
And I remember standing there that day... thinking about the disturbers of mine. stand: 站立 think about: 思考
我还记得那天站在那里思考着“破坏我和谐的人”。
Questions I had: Whether all this was good. Whether I'd make it. question: 问题，疑问 whether: 是否 make it: 做到，达到目标 我的疑问是……我做这一切是好是坏，我究竟能否成功
And Walter Ribbon and his Pacific Bell pension money which was millions. pension: 退休金 million: 百万
Walter Ribbon和他所管理的数百万“太平洋贝尔”电话公司退休金资产。 -Mr. Ribbon: Yeah! 好！
-Chris: It was a way to another place. 是否是让我晋升的好途径。
Wow, this is...This is the way to watch a football game here. Thank you very much for this, really.
哇，这……呃……这才叫看球。真的谢谢您。 -Mr. Ribbon: Hey, it's my pleasure, Chris. 别客气，Chris。
-Chris: And, Mr. Ribbon, I also wanna thank you for giving me the opportunity, opportunity: 机会
Ribbon先生，还要感谢您给我机会，
to discuss the asset management capabilities of Dean Witter which we believe to be far superior,
asset: 资产 management: 管理 capabilities: 能力 superior: 更好的，优越的 向您介绍我们公司在资产管理方面的能力。我相信我们的能力会比， to anything you got going over at Morgan Stanley.
Morgan Stanley更为卓越。
Really, I think you're gonna be blown away. blow away: 使某人惊讶，给某人留下深刻印象 真的，您一定会很惊讶。
Point blank, Dean Witter needs to be managing your retirement portfolio. blank: 空白的 retirement: 退休 portfolio: 投资组合 坦白说，Dean Witter公司该替您管理退休金的投资运用。
-Mr. Ribbon: You know, I didn't have any notion that you were new there, notion: 想法
我不知道你是那里的新员工。
I like you, but there's not a chance I'm gonna let you direct our fund. chance: 机会，可能性 direct: 管理，指示 fund: 资金 我很欣赏你，但是我绝不可能叫你来管理我们的资金。
That's just not gonna happen anytime soon, buddy. So, you know, come on, relax. happen: 发生 anytime: 任何时候 buddy<美俚>: 老兄 至少近期之内不可能，老兄。所以……轻松点。 Let's play the game. Go, go, go! Yes! 看球吧！快，快！好！ -Christopher: Yes! Yeah! 好呀！
-Jeff: Here you go. 给你(名片)。
-Chris: All right. I've had a few ideas already, absolutely. already: 已经 absolutely: 真地，绝对地 好的。我已经想好几个方案了。
-Man 3: Chris, I'll talk to you later. Nice to meet you, Chris. Give me a call. Chris，回头和你再聊。很高兴认识你，给我电话。
-Chris: I'm gonna give you a call. Yes, absolutely. Thank you. 我一定会给你打电话的。当然，谢谢。 -Christopher: Bye. 拜拜。
-Tim: Bye, Christopher. 再见，Christopher。
-Chris: After four months, we had sold all our scanners. It seemed we were making it.
scanner: 扫描仪 seem: 好像
4个月后，我们卖掉了所有的扫描仪，看起来我们正在向成功迈进。 What's the fastest animal in the world fastest: 最快的 animal: 动物 世界上最快的动物是什么 -Christopher: Jackrabbit. jackrabbit: 长耳大野兔 长耳兔！
-Chris: It seemed we were doing good. Till one day...that day...that letter brought