每日妙语时间第3期:善意的玩笑
日期:2012-05-18 10:15

(单词翻译:单击)

原声对白欣赏:
Dave:What's going on?
Edie:Packing our bags. Karen Mccluskeyinsultedme again and I can'tput up withit anymore.
Dave:All right, what didi she say to you this time?
Edie:Nothing. It doesn't matter. We are moving.
Dave:Adults don't pack up and move because of somegood-natured teasing.
Edie:She said that my breasts were a triumph of German engineering. You call that good-natured?
Dave:Come on. She's acrankyold lady.
单词与短语:
1.pack our bags 收拾行李
2.insult 侮辱
3.put up with 忍受
4.good-natured teasing 善意的玩笑
5.triumph 胜利、凯旋
6.cranky 怪癖的
妙语时间:
1.It is a beautiful day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with all this paper work.
外面天气那么好,我却得守在办公室内处理这些文件。
2.How am I to know what I'm supposed to do if there's no organization aroud here?
如果这里那么没有条理,我怎么晓得该做些什么好呢?
3.Turn the other way when you smoke, so I won't have to breathe it, all right?
你抽烟时转向那一边,免得我吸到,行不行?
4.Don't talk to me while I'm in the middle of calculating.
我在计算时,别跟我说话。
5.Oh, why did he have to give me this rush job now that it's almost time for my lunch break!
哎,快到午餐休息时间了,他为什么非给我这个急件不可!

本期节目片段选自Desperate Housewives S5E2,主要讲述了Edie再也无法忍受Karen对她的侮辱,打算收拾行李与Dave一起搬走。而淡定的Dave却劝说Edie,他说“She's a cranky old lady.”。

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重点单词
  • triumphn. 凯旋,欢欣 vi. 得胜,成功,庆功
  • desperateadj. 绝望的,不顾一切的
  • insultvt. 侮辱,凌辱,辱骂 n. 侮辱,辱骂
  • teasingn. 戏弄
  • crankyadj. 怪癖的,不稳的