原文欣赏

It's gonna be fine.

不会有事的

Ms. Armstrong? I'm Ellen Parker, the principal.

艾小姐吗？我是派克校长

- Kate. - You must be Zoe.

- 请叫我凯特 - 你一定是柔儿

- Very nice to meet you. - Hello.

- 幸会 - 你好

I'll take you to the classroom and we'll meet your teacher.

我带你到教室见老师

There has to be someone better suited for this.

一定有更好的人能照顾她

I have no idea what to do with a kid, especially one who's lost her mother.

我不会带小孩，她才刚失去母亲

How do their minds work?

小孩到底在想什么？

I can't get Zoe to eat anything I make.

柔儿不肯吃我煮的东西

- What am I supposed to do, force her? - Maybe she misses her mother's cooking.

- 我该怎么办？逼她吃吗？ - 也许她怀念妈妈煮的菜

My sister never cooked.

我老姐从来不煮菜

- She reheated. - Well, that's the point.

- 她只会用微波炉 - 这就是重点

Maybe Zoe needs something more familiar, less sophisticated.

也许柔儿想吃她习惯的食物，不是精致美食

What did you eat when you were a kid?

你小时候都吃什么？

- It's not the same. - What do you mean?

- 情况不同 - 什么意思？

My mother was an amazing cook.

我妈的厨艺一流

Of course, I was the only one who appreciated it.

当然了，只有我懂得欣赏

And after your mother passed away, did your father take over the cooking?

你妈过世后，你爸就负责做菜？

No. He didn't take over anything.

不，他什么都没负责

We were lucky if we even saw him at dinner.

吃晚饭时能看到他就很幸运了

- So who took care of the two of you? - Can we not get into this right now?

- 谁照顾你们两姐妹？ - 能不能不要谈这件事？

Okay.

好吧

重点讲解

重点讲解：

principal:

n. 校长；委托人，当事人；资本；主犯

adj. 首要的；最重要的

Only when she became principal of the Madras school was she allowed to open her own letters.

而直到她成了马德拉斯学校的校长，她才被允许打开写给自己的信。

suit:

vt. 适合；使适应

n. 诉讼；组；套装；恳求

vi. 合适；相称

He always twists the facts to suit his own purpose.

他总是曲解事实以适合自己的意图。

reheat:

vt. 再热；将…重新加热

n. 再热（炉）

You use a microwave to reheat your coffee, so why not use it to heat and reheat gel packs for headaches?

你每天用微波炉热咖啡的时候有没有想过也可以用它来加热缓解头痛的理疗袋啊？

familiar:

adj. 熟悉的；常见的；亲近的

n. 常客；密友

[ 比较级more familiar 最高级most familiar ]

I liked to meander through familiar streets.

我喜欢闲逛穿过熟悉的街道。

sophisticated:

adj. 复杂的；精致的；久经世故的；富有经验的

v. 使变得世故；使迷惑；篡改（sophisticate的过去分词形式）

[ 比较级more sophisticated 最高级most sophisticated ]

This process ought to be highly sophisticated.

这个过程应该是非常复杂的。

amazing:

adj. 令人惊异的

v. 使吃惊（amaze的ing形式）

[ 比较级more amazing 最高级most amazing ]

Its amazing what we can learn from others in our lives.

在生活中，我们可以从其他人身上学到的东西是惊人的。

appreciate:

vt. 欣赏；感激；领会；鉴别

vi. 增值；涨价

[ 过去式appreciated 过去分词appreciated 现在分词appreciating ]

Recognize that not every talent will be appreciated by others.

认识到并不是所有的才能都会被其他人所欣赏。

passed away: 死去，去世，逝世

Not only did they lose their mother but I had to split them

up between my sisters and my mother, who passed away in 2006.

他们不仅仅是失去了母亲，而且我将他们分别寄养在我姐姐和母亲两处，而我母亲在2006年去世。

take over: 接管；接收

He will take over Class 9801 next week.

下星期他将接管 9801 班。

剧情介绍：

凯特的妹妹因车祸而逝世了，留下年幼的女儿祖需要凯特照顾。妈妈离开后，祖变得越来越封闭。无论凯特怎么努力，

祖还是与阿姨保持距离。此时餐厅里请来了新的厨师尼克（艾伦·艾克哈特饰），工作态度完全有别与凯特，这使凯

特无法接受，但他却有能耐使不喜欢吃正餐的祖乖乖吃饭。凯特不得不对尼克另眼相看，此后因为祖的关系他们约会

渐多，凯特与尼克之间也产生了微妙的情缘，就连凯特与祖之间的关系也大大改进了。但这时，两人在工作上却出现

了分歧，感情受到了挑战……

考考你：

在生活中，我们可以从其他人身上学到的东西是惊人的。

下星期他将接管 9801 班。

答案下期公布

上期答案：

It was your last chance and you blew it.

She was slid downstairs by his push.