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Who's that?
那是谁
My husband.
我丈夫
You must think this is veryodd.
你一定觉得这很怪吧
Oh, I think a lot of things are odd.
我觉得很多事都很怪
People tell me I'm very odd all the time.
大家一直都说我很怪
I got tested once to see if I had Asperger'sdisease.
我去做过检测看是否患有阿斯伯格综合症
Dad said it's for people who
我老爸说这是给
are smarter than everybody else but can't run straight.
比别人聪明但却不太合群的人设立的
Tests weren't definitive.
这种诊断一点都不权威
Are you sure you didn't know him? Thomas Schell?
你确定你不认识托马斯·谢尔吗
He was in the building.
他当时在那幢楼里
In 9/11.
911事件那天
I'm trying to find a lock
我在父亲的一个信封里
for this key that was in the envelope
找到了这把钥匙
that once belonged to my father.
我在找它能开启的那把锁
I'm sorry, I don't know anything
抱歉 关于这把钥匙还有你父亲
about the key or your father.
我一无所知
Can I borrow that?
我能借用下这张照片吗
You're welcome to it.
给
I thought you really liked it.
你不是很喜欢它的吗
Lots of things will be different around here.
在这里 很多事都不一样
Can I kiss you?
我能吻你吗
You're a sweet boy, but I don't think that would be a good idea.
你很可爱 但我觉得这样不太好
Can I take your picture so I can remember you?
我能给你照张相记住你吗
重点讲解
一.odd：adj. 奇数的，古怪的，零散的，剩余的
【词义辨析】
queer, odd, funny, crazy, curious, peculiar, strange, eccentric, quaint, singular,
queer: 指一种无法解释的怪诞，强调事物的奇特和不可思议。
odd: 通常指不规律、偶尔出现的人或事物，往往令人困惑或奇怪。
funny: 较通俗用词，指奇怪得滑稽可笑或反常。
crazy: 多指与众不同的行为、外表或人与物本身，含荒唐可笑或神经不正常的意味。
curious: 通常指非常特别或能引起注意、研究或探索的奇特。
peculiar: 侧重令人奇怪的或独一无二的特性，也指性格特征方面显著的与众不同之处。
strange: 普通常用词，含义广泛，指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或不自然的人或物。
eccentric: 指偏离常规的怪异或怪癖。
quaint: 指古色古香，会人感到既奇怪又有趣。
singular: 通常指异常或奇特，暗含不同于一般。
【词语用法】
odd作形容词指“多余的”，其词组forty odd，forty-odd，forty and odd都指“四十几多，不到五十”。
【例句用法】
1.His formal clothes made him the odd one out in the club.
他衣冠楚楚，在俱乐部中如鹤立鸡群。
2.Banana, grape, apple, daisy which of these is the odd one out?
香蕉、葡萄、苹果、雏菊－－这几样东西哪一样与众不同？
3.It's very odd that she didn't reply to our letter.
她没有回我们的信是件很奇怪的事。
4.He does odd jobs for me from time to time.
他有时给我干点零活。
二.disease：n. 疾病
【词义辨析】
1.decease, disease,
decease: ／di'si: s／是“死亡”、“去世”；与death相比，decease是正式用语，常见于法律条文中。
Upon the decease of so-and-so，the sum of money will pass to his wife and children.
某某死后，整笔钱归他妻子及儿女所有。
The decease rate in that country is very high.
那个国家的死亡率很高。
The general's decease left the army without a leader.
将军死亡使这支军队群龙无首。
disease: ／di'zi:z／是“患病”、“疾病”。acute disease是“急性病”；chronic disease是“慢性病”； family disease是“遗传病”。
The task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases.
医生的职责是预防或冶疗疾病。
Nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture.
如今愈来愈多人用针灸治疗疾病。
Your right lung is diseased.
你的右肺有病。
2.illness, sickness, disease, complaint,
illness: 不具体指，而是泛指一切疾病，强调生病的时间或状态，语体较sickness正式一些。
sickness: 较口语化，可与illness换用，但还可表示“恶心”。
disease: 指具体的疾病，且通常较严重，发病时间也较长。
complaint: 现代英语中，既可指症状，也可指疾病。
【例句用法】
1.The rapid spread of the disease is alarming the medical authorities.
这种疾病的迅速蔓延使医疗当局感到忧虑不安。
2.The treatment arrested the growth of the disease.
治疗抑制了病情的发展。
3.The entire population was wiped out by the terrible disease.
所有的居民都被可怕的疾病夺去了生命。
4.It is reported that this disease attacks the central nervous system.
据报道说这种疾病破坏中枢神经系统。
5.He postulated that a cure for the disease will have been found by the year 2000.
他推断到2000年能研究出治愈该病的方法。