荧屏情景

第38周

荧屏情景：

星期二 兜风聊天 片段选自《好汉两个半》第9季第2集 Two And A Half Men S09E02 08:58--09:28

Alan: Nice car. What is it?
艾伦：好车啊！这是什么车？
Waldon: It's an electric Fisker. State-of-the-art lithium ion technology supplemented with a turbocharged engine. Solar panels on the roof. Oh, blue Volkswagen. Punchbug!
沃尔顿：电动菲斯克，最先进的锂电子技术，配备一个涡轮增压引擎，太阳电池板车棚，哦！蓝色大众。打一拳！
Alan: So, how much does something like this cost?
艾伦：这玩意得花多少钱？
Waldon: About a hundred grand. It's great for the environment. I don't know why anyone would drive anything else.
沃尔顿：大约10万美元，非常环保，我想不通为什么还会有人开其他车子。
Alan: Speaking for myself, bone-crushing poverty is something of a stumbling block.
艾伦：就我而言，贫困潦倒是一个大难题。
Waldon: Maybe you could lease.
沃尔顿：你可以租一辆。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. state-of-the-art
使用最先进技术的；体现最高水平的；
eg. Many state-of-the-art computer-vision systems work along similar lines.
许多最先进的计算机视觉系统都以相似的方式工作。
eg. A new study employing state-of-the-art brain-scanning technology says that the answer may be yes.
一项使用了最先进的脑部扫描技术的新研究表明，答案也许是肯定的。
2. speak for
代表…讲话；充当…的代言人；
eg. I speak for all 7,000 members of our organization.
我代表本组织的 7，000 名成员发言。
eg. Obviously I can't speak for other people, but certainly no one I know would entertain the idea.
我显然不能代表其他人的意见，可是我认识的人当中肯定没有人会有这样的想法。
3. something of
有点儿；有几分；
eg. The city proved to be something of a disappointment.
结果这座城市有点儿令人失望。
eg. She received something of a surprise when Robert said that he was coming to New York.
当罗伯特说他就要来纽约的时候，她有点吃惊。