【Transcript】

Herbert:I gave the letter you wrote to a girl.

Don:Did it work?

Herbert: I was 1) shaking when I gave it to her.

Don:So what did she say?

Herbert: She laughed and then showed it to all my 2) colleagues.

Don:So what happened?

Herbert: They said, "how could a geek like Herbert write something like that?" ... I think I need a beer.

Don:Sorry I 3) got you into this mess, Herb.

【Listening skills】

【work 起作用，可行的】

work作名词用时是表示“工作”的意思，在这里则是作动词用，表示“可行的/有用的”之意，如：Did it work?（有没有用？/有用吗？），如果是It works!，它可以用在事物发挥了它的作用时，是个又短又好用的小句子，例如：

A:  Does this tie look OK with this suit?
   这条领带配这西装好看吗？

B:  Yeah, it works.
   嗯，它蛮配的。