双语剧本[Scene: A street, Phoebe walks up to a homeless person (Lizzie) she knows.]

Phoebe: Hey, Lizzie.
你好，Lizzie.
Lizzie: Hey, Weird Girl.
你好，怪怪女。
Phoebe: I brought you alphabet soup.
我给你带字母汤来了。
Lizzie: Did you pick out the vowels?
元音字母都挑出来了？
Phoebe: Yes. But I left in the Ys. 'Cause, you know, "sometimes y"... Uh, I also have something else for you. (She searches in her purse.)
是的，但我留下了字母 Y，因为，你知道，sometimes Y……我还带了其他东西给你。
Lizzie: Saltines?
咸饼干？

Phoebe: No, but would you like a thousand dollars and a football phone?
不对，喜欢一千美元和足球电话吗？
Lizzie: What? (She opens the envelope Phoebe has given her.) Oh my God, there's really money in here.
什么？噢，天啊，里面真的有钱。
Phoebe: I know.
我知道。
Lizzie: Weird Girl, what are you doing?
怪怪女，你在干什么？
Phoebe: No, I want you to have it. I don't want it.
没什么。我想给你。我不想要。
Lizzie: No, no, I haI have to give you something.
不，不。我得—我得给你点什么东西。
Phoebe: Oh, that's fine, no.
哦，好吧。不用了。
Lizzie: Would you like my tinfoil hat?
要我的锡箔纸帽吗？
Phoebe: No. 'Cause you need that. No, it's okay, thanks.
不用。你需要它。不，就这样，谢谢。
Lizzie: Please, let me do something.
请让我做点什么。
Phoebe: Okay, alright, you buy me a soda, and then we're even. Okay?
好吧，给我买听汽水，我们就扯平，好不好？
Lizzie: Okay.
好吧。
Phoebe: Okay.
好。

讲解注释homeless: 无家可归的

weird: 怪异的

alphabet: 字母表

pick out: 挑出

跟pick有关的短语：

pick out
1. 挑选出;拣出
Let me pick out some good ones for you. 让我来替你挑几个好的。
2. 辨认出
It's easy to pick him out in a crowd because he is very tall. 很容易从人群中辨认出他,因为他个子很高。

pick up
1. 拾起
The boy picked up the hat for the old man. 男孩替老人拾起了帽子。
2. 收拾
You should pick up the tools after work. 工作结束后应该把工具收拾好。
3. 学到;获得
He was picking up the skills quickly. 他正在很快地掌握技术。
4. 【口】与...偶然结识(常指与异性调情)
We picked up a couple of girls at the pub last Friday. 上星期五我们在酒吧结识了几个女孩。

pick off
1. 摘掉;取走
You should not pick off any of the flowers. 你不应该摘花。

pick at
1. 吃得很少
The boy is only picking at his food. 那男孩只吃一点点。
2. 找...的岔;挑毛病
Why are you always picking at me? 你为什么老是挑我的毛病?

vowel: 元音

Lizzie: Did you pick out the vowels?
Phoebe: Yes. But I left in the Ys. 'Cause, you know, "sometimes y"...
alphabet soup字母汤是一种罐头汤，里面是切成ABC字母图案的细面条，让小朋友边喝汤边把里面的字母排成单词来玩。而美国儿音背诵元音的口诀是：A, E, I, O, U, sometimes Y. 字母Y是半元音，有时候会当辅音使用，所以Phoebe觉得它不全然算元音，就保留在汤里了，并特意还强调 sometimes Y这个口诀。

Saltine: 撒盐饼干

tin: 锡

foil: 箔

'Cause: [口语] ＝because

soda: 汽水,苏打

we are even: 我们扯平

练习语答案练练手：

用pick相关短语把下列句子补充完整

1. What time do you want me to ___________ you __________ from the airport?

2. Alex's mother and sister helped her __________ her wedding dress.

3. Look how you __________ your food. You eat like a bird.

4. Johnny, __________ all your toys and put them away.

5. Evelyn _________ the label on her sweater because it irritates her.

6. Mrs. Russell told the class bully not to __________ the younger children.

7. Barry's a pretty smart little boy; he seems to __________ whatever anyone says.

8. I've a beautiful crystal vase for Bill and Cindy's wedding gift.

参考答案：

1. pick/up, 2. pick out, 3. pick at, 4. pick up, 5. picks at, 6. pick on, 7. pick up on, 8. picked out