A Fox 萬人迷

對話
Mary：What do you think of the cute new guy?
瑪麗：妳覺得那新來的可愛傢伙怎麼樣？
Becky：The new guy in the shipping department? He just sits around and tells jokes all day.
貝琪：貨運部那個新人嗎？他整天閒閒沒事幹，只會四處哈啦講笑話。
Mary：But he's such a fox!
瑪麗：不過他可真是個萬人迷！
Becky：Who cares? I'm too busy to worry about that these days.
貝琪：誰在乎啊？我最近忙到沒空去想那些有的沒的。
Mary：You need to relax and have some fun. You work too hard.
瑪麗：妳得放鬆一下，找點樂趣。妳工作得太拼了。
Becky：Maybe you're right. But I'm trying to get promoted to general manager.
貝琪：或許妳說得對。但是我正努力要爬到總經理的位子。
Mary：Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore.
瑪麗：那樣的話，妳就不用再擔心那件事了。 Becky：Why?
貝琪：為什麼？
Mary：The new guy just got the position.
瑪麗：那個新人剛坐上總經理的位子。

延伸學習 ◎俚語精解˙a fox 萬人迷fox是「狐狸」。狐狸有雙細長的眼睛、尖削的下巴，若我們形容某人長得像狐狸，就是指他們長相俊美、冶艷、渾身散發出凡人無法擋的性感魅力。除此之外，我們也可以說："He is a real fox!"。由狐狸引申出的形容詞 foxy 則表「性感的」。另有個和狐狸相關的俚語：˙as sly / cunning as a fox 老奸巨猾sly和cunning皆為形容詞，表「狡猾的」。as sly / cunning as a fox 字面上的意思是「和狐狸一樣狡猾」。由於狐狸在《伊索寓言》中常被描述成個性狡猾奸詐的動物，因此人們就用狐狸來比喻一個人、老奸巨猾。此外，我們也可以用 a sly dog 來指「狡猾的人」。
◎關鍵字詞˙shipping n. 貨運╱船務˙sit around 坐著沒事幹˙have fun 玩得開心= have a good time = have a blast˙promote vt. 升遷例：Mary was promoted to accounting manager.（瑪麗被升為會計經理。）˙position n. 職位╱職務apply for the position of + 職位　　應徵某職位