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Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) quit the job because of too much sympathy from his collegues.
1. If the paper goes down or gets sold, you'll still be safe.
如果報社倒了或被賣掉了, 至少你的工作還可以保住
2. Don't keep me around out of sympathy.
不要用同情 (out of 的用法語氣更強烈!) 而收留我 (keep me around)
3. I'm sick of sympathy.
我受夠了 (sick of) 這些同情
4. In some quarters, sympathy would be considered the appropriate response.
在某些方面 (quarters也可以這樣用), 同情會被視為 (considered) 一個比較適合的反應 (Benjamin's collegues gave too much sympathy on the death of his wife.)
5. I'm not gonna sit around here and spin my wheels and live in a state of sponsored pity.
我不想要待在這茫然的工作著 (spin my wheels), 更不想生活在一個充滿憐憫 (sponsored pity) 的國度裡
6. Benjamin's boss: Please! Let me lay you off so you can get the benefits! Benjamin: That's more sympathy! No!
拜託! 讓我開除你吧 (lay you off), 這樣你還可以資遣費。那又更加多的同情了! 不要!
7. Text me.
傳簡訊給我 (名詞當動詞用, 簡潔有力!!)
8. That's three suspensions in one semester.
那已經是一學期內的第三次停課了 (Benjamin’s son doesn’t like the way that school teaches him.)
9. Could you possibly be making a joke right now?
到現在你還在跟我開玩笑?
10. I'm fine with my squeaky window, Mr. Mee.
我並不在意 (fine with something) 那個嘰嘰作響的窗戶, Mr. Mee.
Benjamin is facing jobless and his son's the third time suspension from school. What a mass.
To be continued...
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