職場(chǎng)商務(wù):辦公室英語(yǔ)謬誤She Is Expecting

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    She is expecting.她懷孕了。
    (王小姐和吉娜正看在公司圣誕派對(duì)時(shí)拍攝的照片。)
    Jenny: Barb is doing so well. You know she is expecting in May.
    芭比一切都很順利,在五月。
    Ms.Wang: What is she expecting?
    她究竟在期待什么啊?
    Jenny: She told me that she decided not to have it tested. Only God knows.
    她說(shuō)不去檢驗(yàn)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目,這大概只有天知道吧!
    (王小姐被弄得更糊涂了!)
    【Note】
    王小姐不知道“expecting”也有“懷孕”的意思。吉妮也沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點(diǎn),以為王小姐說(shuō)“在期待什么”是在問(wèn)“是男孩還是女孩”。“test”是指判斷嬰兒性別的產(chǎn)檢。