Joshua Odgen-Davis/肝脑涂地

Marcus： ①So， Marian， hows it going lately？

Marian： Pretty well， Marcus. Hey， why are you looking at me like that？

Marcus： ②Well， its no secret that Maxwell has been pining for you for a while now.

Marian： And your point is？

Marcus： ③Well， word on the street is that he finally asked you out yesterday， but you shot him down.

Marian： This office is a bunch of gossips！ Anyway， whatever happened yesterday is between me and Max. Why are you bugging me about it？

Marcus： No reason. Its just， well， Maxwell is not your average guy. ④Hes a real catch. Why not go out with him， at least once？ Marian： Oh， my goodness. This is the last thing I need. ⑤Please try to keep your nose out of other peoples business， Marcus！

Marcus： Hey， hey， I didnt mean anything by it. Sorry. Didnt mean to make you upset.

Marian： No， Im sorry， ⑥I didnt mean to lash out at you. You see， the thing is， well， I did have a reason for rejecting Maxwell.

I can tell you， but youll have to promise not to tell anyone else.

Marcus： ⑦Cross my heart and hope to die！

Marian： Well…Im not really single. Actually， Ive been married for three years.

Marcus： What！？ Well， thats news to me. Why havent you ever mentioned this before？

Marian： You know how it is. Dont you remember when we were hired？ This company wont hire married people.

Marcus： Yeah， I remember something about that. But why is that？

Marian： Were so busy， always taking overtime. I guess they think a married person with a real home life wouldnt be able to keep up.

Marcus： So you lied just to get this job？ Guess you really love it here.

Marian： Its been my dream to work here since I was a little girl！ So I 1）fudged the application， and they hired me.

Marcus： Fooling the boss is one thing， but youve been lying to all of us too！ Maxwell has been taking overtime just to help you finish your projects， just because he cares about you. How can you think thats fair？

Marian： Its not fair. Actually， Ive been pretty 2）conflicted about that， too. But Ive told Max many times that he shouldnt help me like that.

Marcus： If you really want him to stop， then youll just have to tell him youre married.

Marian： I dont want to risk getting fired. And besides， a lot of people are just like me， hiding their marriage for work-related reasons. Its becoming more and more common.

Marcus： ⑧I still think its better if you just come clean.

Marian： But what about my job？

Marcus： Actually， if I were you， I wouldnt worry about that so much. I think youre safe.

Marian： Whats that supposed to mean？

Marcus： Forget it. Pretend I didnt say anything.

Marian： No way！ I let you in on my big secret. You cant hide anything from me！

Marcus： Well， I guess thats fair. But you have to promise not to tell！

Marian： Cross my heart and hope to die.

Marcus： Well， I didnt want to say anything， but…Im married， too！ I told the boss about it last week and she didnt mind， but she did tell me to keep it to myself.

Marian： No way！ Ill never trust anyone in this office ever again！

马库斯：玛利亚，最近还好吗？

玛利亚：很好，马库斯。嘿，你干嘛这样看着我？

马库斯：嗯，大家都知道麦斯威尔对你朝思暮想了一段时间啦。

玛利亚：你想说的是？

马库斯：好吧，人人都知道他昨天约你出去了，但是你拒绝了他。

玛利亚：这间办公室的人太八卦了！总之，不管昨天发生了什么，都是我和麦斯威尔的事，你干嘛拿这事来烦我呢？

马库斯：没什么，没什么。这只是，好吧，麦斯威尔不是普通的人。他不可多得。为什么不和他去约会，一次也好？

玛利亚：噢，我的天啊。我不需要。请你不要多管闲事，马库斯！马库斯：嘿，嘿，我没有别的意思。对不起，我不想让你不高兴。

玛利亚：不，我才该道歉，我不是想骂你。你知道吗，问题是，好吧，我确实有拒绝麦斯威尔的理由。我可以告诉你，但是你必须保证不告诉其他人。

马库斯：我发誓！

玛利亚：嗯……我不是真的单身，事实上，我已经结婚三年了。

马库斯：什么？好吧，我真不知道。你为什么之前都没有提及过此事呢？

玛利亚：你知道为什么的。你不记得我们受聘的时候吗？这家公司不招已婚的人。

马库斯：嗯，我记得是有这样的事。但是为什么呢？

玛利亚：我们太忙了，经常要加班。我想他们会认为一个结了婚有家庭生活的人是不能够胜任的。

马库斯：所以你撒谎只是为了得到这份工作？我想你真的很喜欢这里。

玛利亚：我还是个小女孩的时候就梦想着在这里工作了。所以我捏造了那张申请表，然后他们就聘用了我。

马库斯：欺骗老板是一回事，但是你对我们所有人都撒谎了！