Airhostess: Hello. Seat up, please, sir.

 

Dylan: Is that the Hudson River?

 

Airhostess: No. It's the East River.

 

Dylan: So we won't be landing on it, then, like that flight, you know, with that captain they keep giving medals to?

 

Airhostess: That pilot was a hero. Asshole.

 

Dylan: Plane actually did a lot of the work.

 

Jamie: I think I found the perfect guy to fill that job at GQ. No, he's landing early. I'm scrambling¹. No, he's not sold on the job yet, but I'll get him there. I always do. I'm even picking him up in a hybrid². He's from LA. I figured he's into all that bullshit. Hey, sir, what's that tall building over there?

 

Driver: Empire State Building.

 

Jamie: No, no, no, no. No. The other one. The really, really tall one with the antenna³ on top of it, the windows.

 

Driver: That is Empire State Building.

 

Jamie: Oh, yeah. You're right. King Kong. Oh, hey! Are you done with this? All met up?Great. Welcome to New York, Ms. Penderghast. Oh, no. Excuse me. Sorry.

 

Passenger: Can you hand me my bag?

 

Jamie: Sure. Which one?

 

Passenger: The one with the straps⁴.

 

Jamie: Okay.

 

Passenger: There.

 

Jamie: Okay.

 

Passenger: Thank you.

 

Jamie: Welcome to New York, sir.

 

Dylan: Excuse me. That's me.

 

Jamie: Which one, the blue or the yellow?

 

Dylan: No. The makeshift sign made out of lipstick⁵, that's me.

 

Jamie: You're Dylan Harper.

 

Dylan: I am.

 

Jamie: I'm Jamie Rellis.

 

Dylan: You're picking me up from the airport.

 

Jamie: Hi. Yes, I am.

 

Dylan: You always pick people up like this?

 

Jamie: Yeah, you know, I like to keep things interesting. Welcome to New York.

 

Dylan: Thank you. You're not exactly what comes to mind when you think headhunter.

 

Jamie: Yeah, I prefer "executive recruiter." Headhunter sounds a little creepy.

 

Dylan: You did stalk me for six months. Kind of creepy.

 

Jamie: Here, here, here, I'll take it.

 

Dylan: You're really gonna carry my bag? You're that girl?

 

Jamie: No. I'm gonna change your life. I'm that girl.

 

Dylan: My life is already pretty great.

 

Jamie: Oh, really? 'Cause you wouldn't be here if your life were already pretty great.

 

Dylan: A free trip to New York. I'd be an idiot to turn that down.

 

Jamie: Well, then I guess you must have been an idiot for the past six months.

 

Dylan: Yeah, a lot of people would say longer than that.

 

Jamie: It's a huge opportunity Dylan. Art director of GQ magazine. This is the big leagues. I mean, no offense⁶ to your little blog on the Internet.

 

Dylan: Which got six million hits last month.

 

Jamie: I could put up a video of me mixing cake batter⁷ with my boobs and it will get eight million hits. 

 

Dylan: It's been done. Dunkin-My-Tits-Hynes.com.

 

Jamie: Really? Well, look, there's no question that you are talented at what you do, but this is GQ.

 

Dylan: New York's so crowded. Look around. I'm from LA, okay? I like my open spaces.

 

Jamie: What are you, a gazelle? Come on, what's really worrying you about this?

 

Dylan: I don't know. I don't want to be the guy who took something legendary⁸ and shit the bed with it. Excuse the expression.

 

Jamie: Well, then don't be the guy who shit the bed. Excuse the expression. Be the guy who made the bed legendary again. Listen, we'll get some coffee in you before the interview. You'll be fine. I'm sorry, not coffee. Some green tea, soy, organic hemp⁹ bullshit.

 

Dylan: Really hot in New York.

 

Jamie: Doesn't it get hot in LA?

 

Dylan: Yeah, it gets hot in LA, but it's the humidity. In LA, if it's 90 degrees, it feels like 90 degrees. But...If it's hot in New York, it's 90 degrees, it's like 100,000 degrees.

 

Jamie: Right. This conversation about weather is really fascinating, but lucky for me, we are here. So, good luck.

 

Dylan: Whatever happens, happens. I told you, I don't really want it.

 

Jamie: Just do me a favor? Act like you do so that I look good.

 

Dylan: I can do that.

 

Jamie: Okay. Go get 'em.

 

Dylan: This is great, by the way.

 

 

1. seat up: 这里空姐是说“座椅请调直”

 

2. I'm scrambling: 我要抓狂了。scramble做动词表示“仓促行动”，例如：He scrambled¹⁰ out of his clothes.（他匆匆脱去衣服。）

 

3. be sold on the job: 接受这个职位。

 

4. makeshift sign: 临时标牌。makeshift指的是“临时的”，例如：We put together a makeshift tent. （我们一起搭起了一个临时帐篷。）

 

5. headhunter: 猎头

 

6. creepy: （使人）毛骨悚然的, 怪异的。例如：I think he is intense and creepy.（我觉得他难以相处。）

 

7. stalk: 跟踪。例如：The infatuated fan stalked the celebrity¹¹.（那位着了迷的崇拜者追踪这位名人。）

 

8. turn down: 拒绝。例如：The board turn down all approach on the subject of merger¹².（董事长拒绝了有关合并事宜的任何协商。）

 

9. open spaces: 空地，露天场所

 

10. Excuse the expression: 我表达不是很准确。

点击收听单词发音