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Dad?

爸？　　

Hey, what are you doing?

你们干什么？　　

Get out of the way!

让开。　　

Stop those people!

拦住他们。　

Stop! Stop!

停车。　　

open the door! Somebody stop the bus!

开门　　

Stop the bus!

停车。　　

Somebody stop it! Stop the bus!

停车。　　

lt doesn't sound insane at all.

你一点都没疯。　　

l see him ten times a week.

我常把路人看成是他。　　

l almost hugged a perfect stranger in the salon.

上星期我差点抱住一个陌生人。　　

lt was Dad.

那真的是爸。　　

Dressed like a homeless man.

穿得像流浪汉。　　

And a businessman.

还有件怪事。　　

and a lady with a dog.

一个生意人和一个溜狗的女人。　　

forced him onto a bus.

突然出现，把他带上巴士。　　

lt's about time t.

早该把流浪汉抓走。　　

hey cleaned up the trash downtown.

免得镇上也变得 像其他城市一样脏乱。　　

They never found Dad's body.

爸的尸体还没找到，也许。　　

lf it wasn't him, it was his twin!

要不然就是双胞胎。　　

Did Dad have a brother?

爸有兄弟吗？　　

You know perfectly well that your father was an only child. Just like you.

你知道你父亲是独子 跟你一样。　　

Sweetie. You're just feeling bad because of what happened.

儿子，你只是感到内疚。　　

You sailing off into that storm.

因为你坚持要开进暴风雨。　　

But l've never blamed you.

但我从来没怪过你。　　

And l don't blame you now.

现在也不会。　　

Truman ?

楚门？　　

What are you doing down here?

你在下面干嘛？　　

Fixing the mower.

修剪草机。　　

l saw my father today.l know.

今天看到我老爸，我知道。　　

Your mother called.

你妈妈来过电话。　　

You shouldn't upset her like that.

你不该说给她听。　　

What did you want?

你要什么？　　

l made macaroni.

我煮了通心粉。　　

l'm not hungry.You know.

我不饿。　　

We ought to throw out that mower.

我们应该扔掉这台剪草机。　　

Get one of those new Elk Rotaries.

换台翯鹿牌除草机。

妙语佳句

1.Get out

离开，出去；泄露；出版

I have to go and work, I must get out my next speech.

我必须回去工作了，我一定要准备好我的下一个发言稿。

2.insane

疯狂的；精神病的；极愚蠢的

This is not unique to Muslims, or to the insane.

这不是穆斯林或者头脑疯狂的人所独有的。

3.salon

沙龙；客厅；画廊；美术展览馆

Today almost every model made by Alexander can be seen in the central hall of an art salon in Zabaikalye.

今天，几乎每个亚历山大创作的模型被陈列在一个后贝加尔艺术沙龙的中央大厅里。

4.sailing

n. 航行，航海；启航；航海术

adj. 航行的

v. 航行，起航（sail的现在分词形式）

The crews of the Card and its consorts had eaten Christmas dinner in Casablanca before sailing.

在起航前“卡德”号和僚舰上的官兵已在卡萨布兰卡吃了圣诞晚餐。

5.throw out

扔掉；伸出；说出；否决；突出

That you threatened to throw out your other daughter’s dollhouse and refused to let her go to the bathroom one evening until she mastered a difficult piano composition.

称有个晚上，你恐吓自己的另一个女儿，说要是她练不好那首困难的钢琴曲，就要扔掉她的玩具屋，还不让她上厕所。

考考你 (请翻译)

1.上星期我差点抱住一个陌生人。　

2.我们应该扔掉这台剪草机。

上期参考答案

1.You're talking like a teenager.

2.l might as well get one of these.