先声夺人
一、Listen and Think 先声夺人
I bet you're wondering what, gossip girl is doing up so early.
Truth is, I never went to bed.
Why waste precious time dreaming, when waking life is so much better?
Is there really, anything better than a lazy Sunday?
Reading the paper in bed, sipping coffee, scrambling an egg or two.
Yeah, right. We upper, east siders don't do lazy.
Breakfast is brunch, and, it comes with champagne,
a dress code and a hundred of, our closest friends...and enemies.
Chuck's dad, Bart Bass, is hosting, the annual brunch for his foundation.
Everyone is invited.
Well, not everyone.

我打赌你一定在诧异，绯闻女友为啥这么早起床。
事实是，我从不睡觉。
既然醒时的生活如此美好为何要把宝贵的时间浪费到做梦上去呢？
还有什么比慵懒的周日, 更令人眷恋么?
躺在床上读读报纸, 呷口咖啡，来一两个炒蛋。
不过像我们这样的东城富豪, 可不会这么闲度。
早餐就是我们的早午餐和有香槟作伴。
正装出席还有许多密友, 和死对头。
Chuck的爸爸Bart Bass, 为他的基金会举办每年一度的早午餐会，
盛邀了所有人。
哦不，不是所有人。
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内容透析
二、Listen and Learn 内容透析
1.I bet you're wondering what, gossip girl is doing up so early. 我打赌你一定在诧异, 绯闻女友为啥这么早起床。Bet: 打赌。I bet: 我打赌… I bet Blair is gorgeous. 我打赌Blair非常漂亮。You bet: 一点儿也没错，我可以打包票。We 're sure to win. 我们赢定了。You bet. 当然。其他肯定的说法：It’s in the bag. / It’s a done deal. / It's a dead cert!
2.Why waste precious time dreaming, when waking life is so much better? 既然醒时的生活如此美好为何要把宝贵的时间浪费到做梦上去呢？precious: 宝贵的，珍贵的。它的近义词是valuable。这两个词语有些细微的区别: precious指的是任何无法用钱衡量的珍贵的东西，尤其适用于失掉后无法补偿的东西，还可用于人的感情方面。比如：True friends are very precious. 真正的朋友是非常珍贵的。valuable指的是任何值钱的或可以带来巨额利润的、以及非常有用的或受人珍视的东西。比如：He wants to look for the extremely valuable item, gold.他想寻找那极有价值的东西黄金。
3. Is there really, anything better than a lazy Sunday? 还有什么比慵懒的周日, 更令人眷恋的呢?这个句型我们可以套用到日常的口语中：Is there anything+比较级。Is there anything more important than health? 还有什么比健康更重要呢？
4.Reading the paper in bed, sipping coffee, scrambling an egg or two.躺在床上读读报纸，喝口咖啡，再来一两个炒蛋。sip: 啜饮，抿一口。sip coffee / take a sip of coffee：喝口咖啡。scramble: 爬行，攀登。scrambling an egg or two里的scramble是使…混杂的意思。scrambling an egg or two煎一两个鸡蛋。
5.Yeah, right. We upper, east siders don't do lazy. 对了，曼哈顿的名流们从来都不懒。Are you lazy？I’m not a lazy bone. lazy bone: 懒鬼。英语中有很多形容词后面会带上bone骨头，我们不妨再来举几个例子: You haven't got a romantic bone in your body. 你根本就不浪漫。
6.Breakfast is brunch. 早餐就是我们的早午餐。Brunch是由早餐breakfast和午餐lunch合成的，不过早午餐并不是每天都有，通常只有在周日才吃，就餐的时间也比平时来得长，通常是早上10点到下午3点。
7.It comes with champagne, a dress code and a hundred of, our closest friends and enemies. 上东区名流们的早午餐有香槟作伴，正装出席，还有许多密友，和死对头会面。code: 法规，准则。dress code: 着装要求。这里是说这些上东区的名流们正装出席。code还有密码的意思，比如：I can break the code of this box. 我能破译这个箱子的密码。Enemy和foe都是 敌人的意思。 it comes with champagne, a dress code and a hundred of, our closest friends...and enemies.
8.Chuck's dad, Bart Bass, is hosting, the annual brunch for his foundation. Chuck的爸爸Bart Bass, 为他的基金会举办每年一度的早午餐会。annual: 一年一度的。foundation: 基金会。
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