Conversation 1
对话一：
A： I'd better get back to the office. Otherwise, there'll be hell to pay.
我得回办公室了，不然我们会有大麻烦了。
B： What? You think your boss might fire you for being late back from lunch?
什么？你不会觉得你吃午餐回办公室晚一点，你们老板就会因此开了你把。
A： He might. I wouldn't put it past him!
他真的可能会。他真的做得出这种事。
B： Geez. What kind of a boss is he?
天，这到底是什么样的老板啊？
A： Well, keep this under your shirt, but he's connected to gangsters, so I don't want to make him angry. It's very depressing. I really want to leave but I can't. I don't know what to do.
嗯，别告诉别人，他跟混混混，所以我不想惹他。这真令人沮丧，我想辞职，但又不行。我都不知道我能做什么。
B： Hey, come on. Keep your pecker up. It can't be that bad. It's just a job!
嘿，算了吧，打起精神，不会那么糟的，只是份工作而已。
Conversation 2
对话二：
A： This is a robbery! Pay up!
抢劫！给钱！
B： Keep your shirt on! I'll pay you next week! I get my annual bonus then, plus some money from my in-laws and some insurance policies are matu ring.
不要生气，我下周会给你的，我那会就拿到年终奖了，还有我一些群殴亲戚给的钱，另外还有保险金也可以领了。
A： Put a sock in it ! Pay me now!
闭嘴！现在就给。
B： Well, I'd love to, but my debit card was eaten by the ATM, my credit card is over the limit, and I've only got change for the bus fare home. Will you take a check?
额....我也想啊，但是我的银行卡被ATM机吞掉了，信用卡超限了，我只有公共汽车票钱。你收支票吗？
A： Oh, put a lid on it !
闭嘴。
Conversation 3
对话三：
A： Let me put my cards on the table here. I can offer you NT $ 35, 000 per month. And that's my final offer.
我的最终决定是，每月三万五千新台币，这是我开的最终价。
B： Is that a part time job?
这是兼职工作么？
A： No, full time. But I'll let you have the weekends off!
不是，全职，但是有周末。
B： Well, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. What can I say?
呃.....微薪养蠢才。我能说什么？
A： Do you accept?
你接受吗？
B： Of course not. Not at that price. Do I look like a monkey?
当然不接受。这个价可我可不干。我看起来像蠢才么？
Notes:
笔记：
1. There'll be hell to pay.
我们有大麻烦啰。
2. not put it past sb (to do sth): to not be surprised if someone does something bad, because it is a typical thing for that person to do
某人做什么坏事，比人也不会惊讶，因为他经常这么做
3. Keep this under your hat
请勿泄漏此秘密给其他人知道。
4. Keep your pecker up!
打起精神！
5. Pay up!
给钱！
6. Keep your shirt on!
不要生气, 放轻松！
7. Put a sock in it!
闭嘴
8. Put a lid on it!
闭嘴！
9. Let me put my cards on the table.
让我告诉你我最终的决定。
10. NT$
新台币的货币符号，又NTD
11. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
微薪养蠢才。