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Oscar: We’re thrilled that you’ll be publishing your memoir with our company. You’ve had such an interesting life. I’m sure you’ll have lots of titillating stories to tell.
奥斯卡:你将要在我们公司出版你的回忆录,我们感到很兴奋。你的一生很有趣,你一定有很多有趣的故事要讲。
Liz: Well, my memoir will certainly have a lot of stories about my career: the people I’ve worked with and the kindness I’ve encountered in this industry.
利兹:呃,我的回忆录当然有很多故事是关于我事业的:一起工作的同事,还有在这个行业遇到的友好和善行。
Oscar: That’s nice, but people buy autobiographical books for the juicy details, the more salacious the better.
奥斯卡:很不错,但是人们买自传书籍为了了解更多有趣的细节,情事越多,销量越好。
Liz: I was really thinking of focusing on the people who helped me in my career and their selflessness.
利兹:我真的是想把焦点放在对我事业有过帮助的人身上,展现他们的无私帮助。
Oscar: But I thought you were interested in writing a tell-all book. Considering how many times you’ve been married and the affairs you’ve had, you must have lots of steamy stories.
奥斯卡:但是我认为你会对写一本讲述全部生活的书感兴趣。想想你结过几次婚,以及发生在你身上的事,以一定有很多情事故事。
Liz: I don’t want to be telling tales about people I love or once loved. I want to focus on the positive.
利兹:我不想向人们讲述有关我爱过的人或者爱我的人的故事。我想把焦点放在一些积极的事上。
Oscar: You could do that, but your books won’t fly off the shelves without those juicy details.
奥斯卡:你可以写那些,但是你的书少了那些有趣的细节,不会很畅销。
Liz: Really?
利兹:真的吗?
Oscar: Really.
奥斯卡:真的。
Liz: Maybe I could tell one or two scandalous stories.
利兹:或许我可以讲述一两件不太光彩的事。
Oscar: Now you’re talking.
奥斯卡:现在你说说。
Liz: There was that infamous party where a cat fight broke out between...
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听力原文
Oscar: We’re thrilled that you’ll be publishing your memoir with our company. You’ve had such an interesting life. I’m sure you’ll have lots of titillating stories to tell.
Liz: Well, my memoir will certainly have a lot of stories about my career: the people I’ve worked with and the kindness I’ve encountered in this industry.
Oscar: That’s nice, but people buy autobiographical books for the juicy details, the more salacious the better.
Liz: I was really thinking of focusing on the people who helped me in my career and their selflessness.
Oscar: But I thought you were interested in writing a tell-all book. Considering how many times you’ve been married and the affairs you’ve had, you must have lots of steamy stories.
Liz: I don’t want to be telling tales about people I love or once loved. I want to focus on the positive.
Oscar: You could do that, but your books won’t fly off the shelves without those juicy details.
Liz: Really?
Oscar: Really.
Liz: Maybe I could tell one or two scandalous stories.
Oscar: Now you’re talking.
Liz: There was that infamous party where a cat fight broke out between...