Episode 14 Playing Games ACT II 做游戏 第二幕

We had such a good time at the aquarium.^{我们在水族馆玩得可太开心了。}

have a good time ^{玩得开心 / 享受美好时光}

• We always have a good time when we visit the cultural and historical exhibits uptown. ^{每当我们参观市中心的文化和历史展览时，总是玩得非常开心。}
• Did you have a good time traveling through the natural scenic regions last month? ^{你上个月去自然风景区旅游玩得开心吗？}
• I hope the students have a good time learning English through these interactive daily scripts. ^{我希望学生们通过这些互动的日常剧本能高高兴兴地把英语学好。}

Michelle, why don't you introduce everybody to Susan?^{米歇尔，你给大家把苏珊介绍一下呗？}

why don't you do something ^{你为什么不……呢？ / 组不……吧？（常用于委婉地提出建议或请求）}

• Why don't you verify the current domain hosting configuration settings with HostDare? ^{你为什么不向 HostDare 重新核对一下当下的域名托管配置设定呢？}
• Why don't you take a quick bite of this delicious freshly baked pumpernickel bread? ^{你干嘛不赶紧尝一口这刚烤好的香喷喷的粗麦面包呢？}
• If you are starving, why don't you join us for a quick tuna fish sandwich lunch? ^{要是你都快饿扁了，那不如加入我们一块儿简单吃个金枪鱼三明治午餐吧？}

I'd like you to meet Audrey and her mother.^{我想让你见见奥德丽和她的妈妈。}

I'd like you to meet... ^{我想让你见见/认识一下……（口语中引荐新朋友时最经典、最地道的开场白）}

• I'd like you to meet the lead engineer who designed our multi-agent orchestration tool. ^{我想让你见见设计了我们多智能体编排工具的总工程师。}
• I'd like you to meet my old friend who used to be a prominent Girl Scout leader. ^{我想让你认识一下我的老朋友，她以前曾是一位非常杰出的女童军负责人。}
• Come on in, Susan, I'd like you to meet some of our neighbors from the suburbs. ^{快请进，苏珊，我想让你认识一下我们几位来自郊区的邻居。}

The girls learned a great deal.^{姑娘们学到了好大一通知识。}

a great deal ^{大量 / 极多（既可作名词充当宾语，也可作状语修饰动词或形容词）}

• We spent the weekend at the Natural History Museum and learned a great deal. ^{我们周末在自然历史博物馆度过，着实学到了大量的知识。}
• The new tracking script has optimized our platform’s database performance a great deal. ^{这个全新的追踪脚本极大地优化了我们平台的数据库表现。}
• He has saved a great deal of time by utilizing automated artificial intelligence workflows. ^{通过使用自动化的人工智能工作流，他节省了极多的时间。}

Susan, I understand you're in the toy business.^{苏珊，我听说（了解道）你是做玩具生意的。}

I understand (that)... ^{我听说 / 我了解到 / 据我所知……（用于客气、委婉地向对方核实已经掌握的某种背景信息）}

• I understand you are responsible for the marketing of these new interactive games. ^{我了解到，你主要负责这些新型互动游戏的营销推广工作。}
• I understand that the legal name on your identity documentation has already been updated. ^{据我所知，你身份证明文件上的法定姓名实际上已经完成了更新。}
• I understand you maintain several popular web properties for sharing English study resources. ^{我听说你维护着好几个挺受欢迎的网站资产，用来分享英语学习资源。}

I happen to have a game which I brought home to study.^{我碰巧带了一款游戏回家研究。}

happen to do something ^{碰巧做某事 / 恰好……}

• If you happen to see any routing errors on the host server, please let the technical team know. ^{如果你刚好碰巧看到主机服务器上有任何路由错误，请立刻通知技术团队。}
• I happen to have a spare digital camera with me, so you can borrow it for the museum tour. ^{我身上恰好带了一台备用的数码相机，你可以借去在博物馆参观时用。}
• She happened to be checking her website interaction analytics when the massive traffic spike hit. ^{当巨大的流量峰值袭来时，她碰巧正在查看她网站的用户交互分析数据。}

We tested it last week on twelve-to fifteen-year-olds.^{我们上周在十二到十五岁的孩子身上测试了这款游戏。}

test something on someone/something ^{在……身上测试某物}

• The development team always tests new automation workflows on staging servers first. ^{开发团队总是先在分流测试服务器上测试新的自动化工作流。}
• They plan to test the interactive learning software on a small group of language students. ^{他们计划在一小群语言学习者身上测试这款互动学习软件。}
• Never test experimental configuration scripts on your primary web property without a backup. ^{在没有备份的情况下，千万不要在你的主网站资产上测试实验性的配置脚本。}

In other words ... boring.^{换句话说……太无聊了。}

in other words ^{换句话说 / 也就是说（常用于进一步解释或用更简单的语言总结）}

• Your server has utilized 100% of its available bandwidth; in other words, it's completely overloaded. ^{你的服务器已经用尽了所有可用带宽；换句话说，它已经彻底超载了。}
• He maintained his daily streak for over two years; in other words, his discipline is incredible. ^{他坚持每天打卡连续两年多；也就是说，他的自律能力惊人。}
• The toy was designed for older kids; in other words, it might be too complicated for ten-year-olds. ^{这款玩具是给大孩子设计的；换句话说，对十岁孩子来说可能太复杂了。}

First, you shuffle the deck and lay them face down.^{首先，你得洗牌，然后把它们正面朝下铺开。}

shuffle the deck ^{洗牌（在口语中也常比喻“重新洗牌 / 职能或人事的重新调整”）}

• Before dealing the cards for the new word game, make sure to shuffle the deck thoroughly. ^{在为新的文字游戏发牌前，一定要确保把牌彻底洗匀。}
• The company board decided to shuffle the management deck to improve operational efficiency. ^{公司董事会决定对管理层进行重新洗牌，以提高运营效率。}
• It’s hard to predict your next move when the dealer continues to shuffle the deck. ^{当发牌员不停地洗牌时，很难预测你下一步的动向。}

Everyone gets a turn, going counterclockwise.^{大家轮流来，按逆时针方向轮。}

get a turn / take turns ^{获得轮流的机会 / 轮流做某事}

• Every student in the English study group will get a turn to practice real-time translation skills. ^{英语学习小组里的每位学生都将获得轮流练习实时翻译能力的机会。}
• Please wait patiently in the queue; everyone will get a turn to test the new video game. ^{请在队列中耐心等待；每个人都会轮到机会来测试这款新视频游戏的。}
• The two children take turns helper diaper the little baby in the living room. ^{这两个孩子在客厅里轮流帮忙给小宝宝换尿布。}

So far, you're all tied.^{到目前为止，你们大家全打成了平手。}

so far ^{到目前为止（句中动词常用现在完成时或一般现在时陈述现状）}

• So far, our educational web domain has accumulated over ten thousand organic user interactions. ^{到目前为止，我们的教育类网域已经积累了超过一万次的自然用户交互。}
• We have encountered zero routing script vulnerabilities so far during this infrastructure deployment. ^{在此次基础设施部署期间，到目前为止我们尚未遇到任何路由脚本漏洞。}
• So far, Michelle’s score is the highest in the entire vocabulary matching competition. ^{到目前为止，米歇尔的分数在整个词汇匹配竞赛中是最高的。}

We have to get going to meet the rest of the troop.^{我们得动身走了，两点钟还得在博物馆跟大部队集合呢。}

get going ^{动身 / 出发 / 开始行动（口语极其常用且地道）}

• Look at the time; we really need to get going before the evening traffic rush begins. ^{看一眼时间；在晚高峰开始前，我们真的得动身出发了。}
• Let’s get going on the multi-file evaluation report so we can submit it to the board before noon. ^{咱们赶紧开始动手写那份多文件评估报告吧，这样就能在中午前提交给董事会了。}
• If you want to catch the early bus uptown, you had better get going right away. ^{如果你想赶上开往城北的早班车，你最好现在立刻动身。}

It's not a bad game. It's just ... slow.^{这游戏其实不赖。就是……节奏太慢了。}

not a bad... ^{还不错 / 挺不错的 / 不赖（英文中常用双重否定或弱化语气来表达赞赏）}

• That's not a bad idea; we could integrate a custom search function directly into the web interface. ^{这主意挺不赖的；我们可以直接把自定义搜索功能整合到网络界面中。}
• He achieved an 85% accuracy rate on his very first attempt, which is not a bad score at all. ^{他在第一次尝试中就达到了 85% 的准确率，这分数可真不赖。}
• The new suburban property layout offers not a bad view of the local mountain range. ^{这处新的郊区房产布局提供了相当不错的当地山脉景观。}

You helped save our company a lot of money.^{你可帮我们公司省了大钱了。}

save someone money ^{帮某人省钱 / 减少开支}

• Utilizing automated multi-agent orchestration will save the operations team a lot of money. ^{利用自动化的多智能体编排将会帮运营团队节省一大笔资金。}
• Migrating to a more cost-effective server host can save your educational business money in the long run. ^{从长远来看，迁移到更具性价比的服务器主机能帮你的教育业务省下不少开支。}
• Shopping around for domain registrations via secure providers helped save us money this quarter. ^{本季度通过安全的供应商到处对比域名注册价格，切实帮我们省了钱。}

You are wonderful with kids.^{你对付小孩子真有一套（真招孩子喜欢）。}

be good/wonderful with someone/something ^{善于对待…… / 擅长处理…… / 对……很有办法}

• Susan is absolutely wonderful with kids; she always knows exactly how to keep them engaged. ^{苏珊对付小孩子真有一套；她总是能准确地知道如何让他们保持专注。}
• As a senior systems architect, he is exceptionally good with data infrastructure configurations. ^{作为一名资深系统架构师，他极其擅长处理数据基础设施的配置工作。}
• You need to hired a supervisor who is wonderful with client communications. ^{你需要雇佣一位非常擅长与客户沟通交流的主管。}

Isn't there a conversation that we have to finish?^{咱们是不是还有段话没说完呢？}

finish a conversation ^{结束谈话 / 把没说完的话说完}

• Let’s sit down in the study room later tonight so we can finally finish our conversation. ^{咱们今晚晚些时候去书房坐坐吧，好把咱们那段还没说完的话彻底聊完。}
• He had to hang up the phone suddenly but promised to finish the conversation during lunch. ^{他不得不突然挂断电话，但承诺会在吃午饭时把没说完的话聊完。}
• They managed to finish their intense conversation regarding server migration before the team arrived. ^{在团队到来之前，他们成功结束了关于服务器迁移那番密集的谈话。}