【Transcript】
Herbert:I gave the letter you wrote to a girl.
Don:Did it work?
Herbert: I was 1) shaking when I gave it to her.
Don:So what did she say?
Herbert: She laughed and then showed it to all my 2) colleagues.
Don:So what happened?
Herbert: They said, "how could a geek like Herbert write something like that?" ... I think I need a beer.
Don:Sorry I 3) got you into this mess, Herb.
【Listening skills】
【work 起作用,可行的】
work作名詞用時是表示“工作”的意思,在這里則是作動詞用,表示“可行的/有用的”之意,如:Did it work?(有沒有用?/有用嗎?),如果是It works!,它可以用在事物發(fā)揮了它的作用時,是個又短又好用的小句子,例如:
A: Does this tie look OK with this suit?
這條領帶配這西裝好看嗎?
B: Yeah, it works.
嗯,它蠻配的。