SCENE② F 赫伯特回座 过一会，唐走地来

【我来帮你搞定】

Don: It's not too late! She's still here. Get back over there.

唐： 现在还不迟！她还在那里。再回那边去吧。

Herbert: I can't. Anyway, her ¹⁾ interests are completely ²⁾ different from mine.

赫伯特： 我不行。反正，她的兴趣跟我完全不同。

Don: How do you know?

唐： 你怎么知道。

Herbert: I talked about baseball and heavy metal. She was bored.

赫伯特： 我提到棒球跟重金属。她觉得无聊。

Don: What does she do?

唐： 她是做什么的？

Herbert: She's a piano teacher. Her name is Rose.

赫伯特： 她钢琴老师。她的名字是柔丝。

Don: OK. Let me ³⁾ handle this.

唐： 好吧。我来帮你搞定。

Herbert: Don, what are you doing? Oh, no.

赫伯特： 唐，你在干嘛？唉唷！不要啦！

语言详解

A: You should tell Matt that you cheated on him.

你应该告诉麦特你背着他搞外遇。

B: It's a confession that I don't think he can handle.

这样的告白我想他无法承受。

【Let me handle this. 让我来处理】

当别人束手无策，或是没办法完成一件事，而你想把整件事扛下来时，就可以说这句话。

A: The boss is coming! He's going to be angry!

老板来了！他要发脾气了！

B: Let me handle this. I know the boss really well.

让我来处理。我很了解老板。

还有另外一种情况是，别人说要把一件事揽下来，但你不确定这个人是不是真能办到，就可以问Could you handle it? 你能处理吗？

A: I'll watch the office while you're at lunch.

你出去吃午饭时，我会看好办公室。

B: Sure. If you can handle it.

假如你能处理的话当然好。

1) interest (n.) 兴趣，喜好

2) different from... 与……不同

3) handle (v.) 处理，掌控