Be about to do s/t, Pimp, On the street and Play…card

be about to do something		很快就要去做(的事)	93
We weren’t about to =>
pimp		拉皮條	94
=> pimp ourselves =>
on the street		在街上	95
=> on the street. =>
play the … card		打… 牌	96
=> I didn’t want to play the sex card, I just really didn’t, because I felt like we were a group of very strong, intelligent women, and we didn’t have to play that card. (Ivana)
93	be about to do something：to be going to happen or do something very soon
94	pimp 皮條客；拉皮條。延伸為 “拉客” 的意思。
95	on a street/road 美國人的說法；in a street/road 英國人的說法。
96	play the … card ：耍 … 花招 to use a particular quality, argument in order to gain an advantage
批註	pimp 這字的原意是“淫媒” 或“從事淫媒”，在這裡的意思是 “促銷”，“做廣告”。 1988 拍的 Working Girl (上班女郎)，片中梅蘭妮葛瑞菲絲的頂頭上司要替她介紹男朋友，她說：“不是又來設計我吧?" This isn’t another setup? 。她上司雙手扣著衣領、搧搧西裝說“我像皮條客嗎?"  Do I look like a pimp? 。 以紐約為背景，描述單身女郎在職場上遭遇的這部電影，蠻好看的。 伊凡娜很有骨氣，不打性別牌，要與男生做完全公平的競爭。