|
ANNA: |
Hum. Oh! “Important meeting.
Everyone must
come”. Well, back to work! And my
boss has
called a meeting.
I
wonder
what it's about. Maybe we're all getting
raises!
Ooo, there's Jonathan! Maybe he knows.
everyone must come: todos deben estar presentes;
boss: jefe/a; I wonder: me pregunto;
raises: aumentos de sueldo; |
|
ANNA: |
So, Jonathan, what do you think today's meeting is about?
The email
sounded important.
sounded:
sonaba; |
|
JONATHAN: |
Well, I have heard people in the building talking about
budget cuts.
budget
cuts: recortes en el presupuesto; |
|
ANNA: |
Oh!
Budget cuts?
Wait, who has been talking about budget cuts?
wait:
aguarda, un momento; |
|
JONATHAN: |
Mark in
Accounting.
in
Accounting: de Contaduría (Contabilidad); |
|
ANNA: |
Mark in Accounting? That's one person. That's not “people”.
"people": mucha gente; |
|
JONATHAN: |
I
know, but Mark knows everything that
goes on
at "The Studio".
everything that goes on: todo lo que sucede; |
|
ANNA: |
That is true. But wait, look at us. We shouldn't
gossip.
That's how
rumors start. We'll just go
to the meeting and see what happens.
we
shouldn't gossip: no deberíamos chismear,
chismorrear; that's how rumors start: así
comienzan los rumores; |
|
JONATHAN: |
You're right.
No more talk about
budget cuts.
no more
talk about: basta de hablar sobre, no hablemos más
de; |
|
AMELIA: |
Budget cuts? Oh no!
I just heard
Anna and Jonathan talking about budget cuts.
I just
heard: acabo de escuchar a; |
|
KAVEH: |
That
must be what the meeting is about. When there
are budget cuts, people
lose
their jobs.
must be:
debe ser; lose: pierden;
|
|
AMELIA: |
Not you. You're a good
reporter.
reporter: reportero, periodista; |
|
KAVEH: |
And it's not you. You've done a great job as a
videographer.
videographer: productora de video;
|
|
AMELIA: |
I
can't go back to
being a detective.
Criminals scare me!
go back
to being: volver a trabajar de; criminals scare
me: los delincuentes me aterrorizan; |
|
KAVEH: |
And I can't go back to being a teacher!
High school
kids scare me!
high
school kids: los estudiantes de escuela secundaria; |
|
KAVEH: |
Penelope, have you heard
the news?
Today's meeting is about budget cuts.
the
news: las novedades; |
|
PENELOPE: |
That's awful!
What should I do?
awful:
terrible, espantoso; |
|
KAVEH: |
Update
your
résumé.
I’ve already updated mine. I’ll see you at
the meeting.
update
your résumé: actualiza tu hoja de vida (curriculum
vitae); |
|
MS. WEAVER: |
Hello everyone!
Quiet, please.
Quiet, please! This meeting
won’t take
long. Then you can all leave.
What is wrong
with everyone? You look
like I'm
going to fire you. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Seriously, what is wrong with everyone?
Ms.:
forma de dirigirse a una mujer cuando no se conoce su
estado civil; quiet, please: silencio por favor;
won't take long: no llevará mucho tiempo; what is
wrong with everyone?: ¿qué les pasa a todos?;
like I'm going to fire you: como si fuera a
despedirlos; |
|
ANNA: |
Excuse me, Ms. Weaver? |
|
MS. WEAVER: |
Yes, Anna. |
|
ANNA: |
Well, everyone
has been worrying about, you know … We’ve been
worrying that
you are going to fire us!
has
been worrying: se ha estado preocupando; you are
going to fire us: usted estuviera por despedirnos; |
|
MS. WEAVER: |
I’m not going to fire
any of you!
No! The
reason for this meeting is to tell you what a
good job you’ve been doing and give out new
assignments. Budget cuts have been
happening. But only one person
has lost
their
job -- Mark in Accounting? Now,
let’s talk about
those new assignments.
any of
you: a ninguno de ustedes; the reason for: el
motivo de; give out new assignments: distribuir
(encomendar) nuevas tareas; has lost their job = has
lost his job: en inglés americano suele utlizarse el
adjetivo posesivo plural para referirse al "staff"
(plantel de empleados); now let's talk about:
ahora hablemos sobre. |
