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本剧主要讲述住在纽约长岛的西佛一家的日常生活故事，是中国大陆较早引进的国外情景喜剧，在中国从1990年一直播出至1994年。1990年代初期一经播出就引发了收视高潮，片中迈克开朗调皮的形象为广大观众所喜爱。而剧中西佛医生对子女采取启发式教育的方式，也让观众得到启示。

Jason: Alright lady drop that spatula or you're scrambled.

Maggie:Go ahead, make my day. Well, I guess I showed you.

Jason:Show me more

Maggie:Oh Jason, the kids.

Jason:I can kiss the kids later. You know I read an article that said that two career couples

should really make a special effort to always remain...frisky.

Maggie:At breakfast?

Jason:At all meals.

Mike:What's the matter? You guys aren't gettin' enough?

Jason:Michael, a lot of kids would getsmackedfor a remark like that

Mike:Come on dad, you can't hit me you're a liberal humanist.

Jason:Could be an accident.

Carol:Could be a dream come true.

Mike:Mom, can't we sell Carol and get a tape deck for the Volvo?

Carol:Mike, you give new meaning to the word vacuous.

Mike:Oh yeah? What was the old meaning?

Carol:I rest my case.

Jason:Ben! Ben! What's so funny Ben?

Ben:That Phyllis George, she'sscrewed upagain.

重点讲解smackv. 用掌击，拍打

Don't you dare smack my children!
你敢掴我的孩子!
Put that down or else I'll smack you.
把它放下，不然我就揍你。

I rest my case.

这句话是法律界的一句名言和惯用语，常用于英语国家的法庭上，意思是“我无需多说，一切有利的证据一面倒的支持我的陈词和观点”。说这句话的时候，往往连对方（即法律诉讼的敌对方）的证人和证据都居然鬼使神差地支持己方。

由于这句话的意思毫不含糊，日常生活中也用来表示这意思“一切的一切都说明我是对的，我无需多言。”

"screw up" 可以用的范围很广，在这里表示事情没有做好、搞砸了。

screw up 的常见意思及用法

1. 弄糟，弄乱，搞砸(to mess up)
例句：

I hope I don't screw up this time.
我希望这次不会搞砸了。
Try again and don't screw it up this time.
再试一次，这次别搞砸了。

2. 如果是screw up somebody 或者screw somebody up的结构，意为“伤害到某人(to confuse or hurt someone)”。
例句：

Their parents' divorce really screwed up the kids.
父母的离婚伤害了孩子。