影片对白 Whoever brought in the most money after six months was usually hired.
7. Concerning?
这是个简略说法，concerning 是个介词，表示“关于”，用在电话交谈中表示“有什么事吗”，节省时间。
8. be of some assistance to you
表示“我会对你有所帮助”，意思与“I can help you”类似，但说法更正式，包含范围更广。举个例子：Maybe we can have a talk and I could be of some assistance to you.（或许我们可以谈一谈，我想这会对你有些帮助）
9. Just had someone cancel
这也是在电话交谈过程中的简略说法，表示“有人取消了之前的预约”。
10. I got a green light from Walter Ribbon
Green light是绿灯，在口语里常用来表示“通过、可行”。因此这句话的意思也很好理解，Chris是说“Walter Ribbon同意和我见面了”。
11. street sweeping
本来的意思是“清扫街道”，这里指的是警察们正在“巡街”，如果发现违章停车就要开罚单。
12. Hang on to these
Hang on常用来表示某种停顿状态，比如“等等”、“别挂电话”，在这里Frakesh的意思是“拿好这个（钥匙）”。
文化面面观
NFL美国职业橄榄球联赛
在影片中我们提到了一个词（上文下划线处）：49ers（49人）。它指的是NFL(National Football League) 美国职业橄榄球联盟中的一支球队，主场位于旧金山。NFL下分两个联合会——AFC（美国橄榄球联合会）和NFC（国家橄榄球联合会），每个联合会下面有东南西北四个分区，每个分区有四支球队。Super Bowl (超级碗)比赛是两个联合会明星队之间进行的决赛，它不仅仅是一项比赛，更是一场倍受关注的盛会。同时橄榄球也是美国受众最广、最受欢迎的运动。每年，NFL的32支球队都要为超级碗奖杯展开一个赛季的争夺。
As the major professional football organization in the US, NFL was founded in 1920 at Canton, Ohio; its first president was Jim Thorpe. In 1970 it merged with the rival American Football League (founded 1959). Beginning with the 2002 season, it was divided into two conferences, each with four divisions. The National Conference consists of the East Division (Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Washington Redskins), the South Division (Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers), the North Division (Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings), and the West Division (Arizona Cardinals, St. Louis Rams, San Francisco Forty-Niners (49ers), and Seattle Seahawks). The American Conference consists of the East Division (Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets), the South Division (Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans), the North Division (Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers), and the West Division (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers). The league season culminates with the Super Bowl, the annual championship game between the winners of the National and American conferences.
The regular season is a seventeen-week schedule during which each team has one bye week and plays sixteen games. This schedule includes a round robin of six games against a team's divisional rivals, as well as several inter-division and inter-conference games. The season currently starts on the Thursday night in the first full week of September and runs weekly to late December.
At the end of each regular season, six teams from each conference play in the NFL playoffs, a twelve-team single-elimination tournament that culminates with the NFL championship, the Super Bowl. This game is held at a pre-selected site which is usually a city that hosts an NFL team. The following week, selected all-star players from both the AFC and NFC meet in the Pro Bowl, currently held in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The NFL is one of the most popular sports leagues in the United States, and has the highest per-game attendance of any domestic professional sports league in the world. (answers.com)
考考你
将下面两个句子译成中文（注意：口语表达要简练通顺）。
1. We were all working our way up call sheets to sign clients.
2. After two months, I still didn't have time to work my way up a sheet.
The pursuit of happyness《当幸福来敲门》精讲之四 考考你 参考答案
1. 本质上，他们问错了问题。
In essence, they were asking the wrong question.
2. 我出去一下去下商店。
I'm just popping out to the shops.
3. 琼真是烦，没完没了的抱怨。
Joan is a real pain in the neck, with her constant complaining.
影片对白 Whoever brought in the most money after six months was usually hired.
(英语点津Annabel编辑)
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