美语会话实录第81期(MP3+文本):Everyone and their dog is here!

英文原文:

At the wei-ya
Emily: See how many people are here!
Joice: Yeah! Do all these people work in the company? Everyone and their dog is here!
Emily: Other than the employees, our boss Jack invited some friends of the company.
Joice: Can we just sit wherever we want?
Emily: Of course not! We have to sit at our assigned seats. I think our table is over there in the back.
Joice: Hmm. We don't exactly have the best seats in the house, do we?

参考译文:

吃尾牙时
艾蜜莉：你看这人潮！
乔伊丝：就是啊！这全都是公司的人吗？就连张三李四都来了！
艾蜜莉：我们老板杰克不只请公司员工，他还请了一些公司的朋友。
乔伊丝：我们可以随意坐吗？
艾蜜莉：当然不行！我们得坐在被分配到的位置上。我想我们是后面那一桌。
乔伊丝：呣。我们还轮不到坐最棒的位置，对吧？

重点词汇:

assign (v.) 　
指派，分派
A: Do you like Mr. Brown's class? 你喜欢伯朗先生的课吗？
B: I like it, but he assigns too much homework. 喜欢，不过他规定的功课太多了。
Everyone and their dog is here. 　
这句话的意思是“不管认识、不认识，有关没关的都来了。”另外，everyone的所有格是his，但因为这句话已成惯用语，所以文法的重要性相形之下较不重要。
employee (n.) 　
员工，雇员