吃透职场美剧《丑女贝蒂》第162期:我觉得此事不难于启齿
日期:2013-04-16 20:30

(单词翻译:单击)

美剧时间

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该节目由可可原创,讲解为可可签约编辑编写。

视频出处:

本期影视片花选自《丑女贝蒂》第四季第五集。

影视片花:

台词欣赏:

Ms. Slater? It's time for your speech.

斯莱特女士 该发表演说了

Of course. Watch her.

好的 看住她

Betty! What are you doing here?

贝蒂 你在这里干什么

You said you weren't coming.

你不是不来吗

I changed my mind.

我改主意了

Listen, Betty, I have something really hard to tell you.

贝蒂 有些事我难于启齿

They're here.

他们来了

Hey there. hi. yeah, my name is Matt Hartley. H-a-r-t-l-e-y.

我是马特·哈特利 H-a-r-t-l-e-y

Great. thank you very much. Enjoy.

好 谢谢 玩得愉快

Thanks.

谢谢

Wait, he's here with that girl?

等等 他邀请了那个女生

How could he be here with that girl?

他的舞伴怎么是那个女生

When he's supposed to be here with you?

他的舞伴应该是 你

It's fine. Amanda, don't. Don't look so sad.

我没事 阿曼达 别难过

It's... it's not even as hard as I thought it was gonna be.

还没我想得糟

Really? 'cause if I were you, I'd be devastated.

真的 如果我是你 我会很颓废

Anyway. Uh, what was that really hard thing you wanted to tell me?

不管怎么说 你要告诉我什么难于启齿的事

Nothing. just, um... You look really pretty.

没事 你看起来很漂亮

That's not hard. that's nice.

这叫什么难于启齿 这很好

Well, it was hard for me.

这让我难于启齿

学习时间

第一、词汇学习

devastated

【双语释义】extremely upset and shocked

(Vt.)使震惊,使不安

【典型范例】She was devastated by his death.

她因他去世而悲痛欲绝。

I was devastated by the news of the wreck.

我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。

第二、短语学习

1. be supposed to do:应该做某事

e.g.I'm supposed to get a raise.

我应该涨工资。

e.g.Are you supposed to do homework every day?

你们每天都得做家庭作业吗?

e.g.He was supposed to have graduated from college two years ago.

他本该两年以前大学毕业。

e.g.How am I supposed to take care of the documents?

我应该怎么处理这文件?

2. chang one’s mind:改变注意

e.g.He started to say something in protest, then changed his mind.

他开始想说些申辩的话,后来改变了主意。

e.g.On second thoughts he changed his mind.

进一步考虑后,他改变了主意。

e.g.He wanted to study physics at first, but he changed his mind later.

他本来准备学物理的,但后来改变了主意。

e.g.At first he thought to tell her, then he changed his mind.

他原来打算告诉她的,后来改变主意了。

第三、口语学习

1. 语意表述:是某人做某事的时候了。

套用句型:It is time for one’s something.

句型操练:It is time for your homework.

是你做家庭作业的时候了。

句型出处:It's time for your speech.

2. 语意表述:有些事情说出来会让对方收到伤害,感到不舒服,收到刺激,但是又不得不说,也就是某人说某事难于启齿。

套用句型:Someone has something hard to tell somebody.

句型出处:Betty, I have something really hard to tell you.

3. 语意表述:某件事情不是某人心中所想象的那个样子。

套用句型:It is not as+adj.+as sb thinks it is going to be.

句型操练:His novel is not as great as I think it is going to be.

他写的小说不如我心目中想到的那么精彩。

句型出处:It's... it's not even as hard as I thought it was gonna be.

3. 语意表述:某人现在感叹倘若他是对方,他就会如何做。

套用句型:If sb is someone, he would be +adj.

句型操练:If I were him, I would be very glad instead.

如果我是他,我反而会高兴起来。

句型出处:'cause if I were you, I'd be devastated.

4. 语意表述:做某事对与某人来说有艰难,困难。

套用句型:something is hard for sb.

句型操练:Winning the first prize is very hard for me.

获得一等奖对于我来说很难。

句型出处:Well, it was hard for me.

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重点单词
  • devastatedadj. 毁坏的;极为震惊的 v. 毁坏;摧毁(deva
  • protestn. 抗议,反对,声明 v. 抗议,反对,申明
  • upsetadj. 心烦的,苦恼的,不安的 v. 推翻,翻倒,扰乱
  • extremelyadv. 极其,非常