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I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to confirm an appointment.

I know. I’m so sorry, Miranda.

I actually did confirm last night.

Details of your incompetence do not interest me.

Tell Simone I’m not going to approve that girl that sent me for the Brazilian layout.

I asked for clean, athletic, smiling.

She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy.

And R.S.V.P. Yes to the Michael Kors party.

I want the driver to drop me off at 9:30 and pick me up at 9:45 sharp.

Also, tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers…

and they’re all so deeply unattractive.

Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender female paratrooper?

No.

Am I reaching for the stars here?

Not really.

Also, I need to see all the things that Nigel has pulled for Gwyneth’s second cover try.

I wonder if she’s lost any of that weight yet.

Who’s that?

Nobody. Um, uh, well…

Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, I was pre interviewing her.

For you, but she’s hopeless and totally wrong for it.

Well, clearly I’m going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me…

were completely inadequate.

So send her in.

That’s all.

Right.

She wants to see you.

Oh! She does?

Move!

This is foul. Don’t let her see it. Go!

I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to confirm an appointment.

An appointment is an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.

Miranda is being sarcastic [ironic] with her comment, as confirming a meeting is not a difficult task at all, and by saying this she is actually being rude towards her assistant, as it is evident that it should not be a difficult task for her.

… to confirm an appointment.

I know. I’m so sorry, Miranda.

I actually did confirm last night.

Details of your incompetence do not interest me.

If you watched this movie you probably know that Miranda speaks with very formal vocabulary.

However, as you can see in this sentence, formal is not a synonym of polite.

Let’s listen to it again:

Details of your incompetence do not interest me.

If someone is incompetent, it means that that person doesn’t have the necessary skills to do something successfully.

As you can imagine, calling someone incompetent is extremely rude.

On top of that, Miranda does something that is also very impolite, which is interrupting.

She doesn’t let Emily finish her sentence and she doesn’t care about her reasons.

I want driver to drop me off at 9:30 and pick me up at 9:45 sharp.

The ward sharp is commonly used as a way of saying precisely.

Example: The meeting starts at 9:15 sharp.

Here, Miranda uses two great phrase verbs: drop off and pick up.

While the first one is used to say that you leave someone at a certain destination, the second one means to collect someone from a certain place.

Miranda is saying that she wants to arrive at 9:30 and leave at 9:45, and not a minute before or after that.

Also, tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers…

and they’re all so deeply unattractive.

A paratrooper is a soldier that is trained to be dropped by parachute from an aircraft.

Miranda is using two advanced pieces of vocabulary that are great to replace these two common words:

Very = deeply

Ugly = unattractive

However, as you can imagine, it is not nice at all to refer to someone in this way.

Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender female paratrooper?

No.

Am I reaching for the stars here?

Not really.

Here Miranda is using sarcasm again to say that it shouldn’t be difficult to find a beautiful paratrooper.

She actually uses a very common expression to do this.

Let’s listen to it again:

Am I reading for the stars here?

Not really.

If you say that you reach for the stars, you are actually saying that you have very high ambitions or want to try and get something that’s difficult.

Let’s see another example of this expression.

Sorry, it’s not part of my heartwarming and personal narrative, in which a humble boy from New Delhi

overcame poverty and prejudice and journeyed to America to reach for the stars.

I wonder if she’s lost any of that weight yet.

Who’s that?

This is probably one of the rudest things that Miranda says.

Can you identify the problem with this sentence?

By saying that “that” Miranda is treating Andi as if she was a thing, she should actually have said “who is she?” or “who is this lady?”

Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, and I was pre interviewing her for you, but she’s hopeless and totally wrong for it.

Well, clearly I’m going to have to do that myself.

In big companies it is common to do pre-interviews to learn more about a candidate for a certain position and to see if that person is actually qualified for the job.

By saying that Andi is hopeless Emily means that she is not competent for the job.

Well, clearly I’m going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me…

Were completely inadequate.

So send her in.

By using the word inadequate, Miranda is saying that none of the candidates were good enough for the job.

She wants to see you.

Oh! She does?

Move!

As you can see, rudeness is part of this workplace as using imperatives is not polite at all.

A polite way to say this could be “Please go to Miranda’s office, she will meet you now.”

This is foul. Don’t let her see it. Go!

Something foul is disgusting or dirty.

Example: There is a foul smell.

Who are you?

Um, my name is Andi Sachs.

I recently graduated from Northwestern University.

And what are you doing here?

Well…

I think I could do a good job as your assistant. And, um…

Yeah, I came to New York to be a journalist and sent letters out everywhere…

and then finally got a call from Elias-Clarke…

and met with Sherry up at Human Resources.

Basically, it’s this or Auto Universe.

So you don’t read Runway?

Uh, no.

And before today, you had never heard of me.

No.

And you have no style or sense of fashion.

Well, um…

Well, um, I think that depends on what you’re-

No, no. That wasn’t a question.

Um, I was editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern.

I also, um, won a national competition for college journalists with my series on the janitor’s union, which exposed the exploitation-

That’s all.

Yeah. You know, okay.

You’re right. I don’t fit in here.

I am not skinny or glamorous… and I don’t know that much about fashion.

But I’m smart.

I learn fast and I will work very hard.

I got the exclusive on the Cavalli for Gwyneth… but the problem is, with that huge feathered headdress that she’s wearing…

She looks like she’s working the main stage at the Golden Nugget.

Thank you for your time.

My name is Andi Sachs.

I recently graduated from Northwestern university.

In this scene we are going be able to see the contrast between Andi and Miranda, as Andi is doing a really good job talking about herself but Miranda is just being rude.

Andi is saying that she recently graduated, that means that she finished University not so long ago.

And what are you doing here?

Here we have two important things Not to do in order to be polite.

There are two equally important things when it comes to communication:

Verbal and Non verbal

And Miranda fails in both;

Let’s see why.

1) Miranda interrupts Andi, and doesn’t allow her to complete her sentence.

2) Body language is really important too.

Here you can see that Andi smiles, and looks at Miranda, showing interest in her.

On the other hand, Miranda shows that she doesn’t care about her by doing something else while she speaks.

And you have no style or sense of fashion.

By saying this, Miranda is remarking that Andrea’s looks are bad, as she doesn’t follow any fashion trends.

Um, I was editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern.

I also, um, won a national competition for college journalists with my series on the janitor’s union, which exposed the exploitation-

That’s all.

An editor in chief is the principal person responsible for managing the editorial content of a magazine or newspaper.

Here Andrea is showing that she’s actually qualified for the job, as she is an experienced journalist and worked as an editor in chief for her university’s newspaper.

However, Miranda interrupts her again to say that the interview is finished, but again she uses her hands to ask Andy to leave, treating her with contempt, as if she is worthless.

Yeah. You know, okay.

You’re right. I don’t fit in here.

I am not skinny or glamorous…

and I don’t know that much about fashion.

Fashion usually involves glamour, which is a sort of combination of charm and good looks.

Thank you for your time.

This is a very polite phrase that is very common to close an interview or any other event.

Let’s see some examples of it.

This one is an example of “go home and do it again.”

I think you know what I mean, Mrs. Vigushin.

Brown paper and triple-twist twine are the preferred media.

Thank you for your time.

On the plus side, it was a good kiss, reasonable technique…

no extraneous spittle.

On the other hand, no arousal.

None?

None.

Ah.

Well…

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to confirm an appointment.

I know. I’m so sorry, Miranda.

I actually did confirm last night.

Details of your incompetence do not interest me.

Tell Simone I’m not going to approve that girl that sent me for the Brazilian layout.

I asked for clean, athletic, smiling.

She sent me dirty, tired and paunchy.

And R.S.V.P. Yes to the Michael Kors party.

I want the driver to drop me off at 9:30 and pick me up at 9:45 sharp.

Also, tell Richard I saw the pictures that he sent for that feature on the female paratroopers…

and they’re all so deeply unattractive.

Is it impossible to find a lovely, slender female paratrooper?

No.

Am I reaching for the stars here?

Not really.

Also, I need to see all the things that Nigel has pulled for Gwyneth’s second cover try.

I wonder if she’s lost any of that weight yet.

Who’s that?

Nobody. Um, uh, well…

Human Resources sent her up about the new assistant job, I was pre interviewing her.

For you, but she’s hopeless and totally wrong for it.

Well, clearly I’m going to have to do that myself because the last two you sent me…

were completely inadequate.

So send her in.

That’s all.

Right.

She wants to see you.

Oh! She does?

Move!

This is foul. Don’t let her see it. Go!

Who are you?

Um, my name is Andi Sachs.

I recently graduated from Northwestern University.

And what are you doing here?

Well…

I think I could do a good job as your assistant. And, um…

Yeah, I came to New York to be a journalist and sent letters out everywhere…

and then finally got a call from Elias-Clarke…

and met with Sherry up at Human Resources.

Basically, it’s this or Auto Universe.

So you don’t read Runway?

Uh, no.

And before today, you had never heard of me.

No.

And you have no style or sense of fashion.

Well, um…

Well, um, I think that depends on what you’re-

No, no. That wasn’t a question.

Um, I was editor in chief of the Daily Northwestern.

I also, um, won a national competition for college journalists with my series on the janitor’s union, which exposed the exploitation-

That’s all.

Yeah. You know, okay.

You’re right. I don’t fit in here.

I am not skinny or glamorous… and I don’t know that much about fashion.

But I’m smart.

I learn fast and I will work very hard.

I got the exclusive on the Cavalli for Gwyneth.

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