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本期影视片花选自《丑女贝蒂》第四季第四集。

影视片花：

台词欣赏：

（B=Betty M=Mar）

M: Very mature.

真是成熟

Just because I'm your temporary assistant

虽然我是你的临时助理

does not mean I'm getting you coffee.

但不表示我会为你倒咖啡

Got it?

明白吗

I could have been an editor at "V"!

我本来可以当《V》的编辑

B: V?

《V》

M: A certain magazine whose name shall not be said rhymes with rogue.

一本名字不能说的杂志 和Rogue押韵

Dante Nelli Jr. himself offered me a job,

Dante Nelli Jr.亲自邀请我到他那工作

a man, so fabulous, he wears a caftan every day of the year.

一个帅气的男人 他每天都穿阿拉伯上衣

And I said no, thanks, Dante.

我说不 谢了 Dante

I'd rather be at Mode, doing grunt work for Betty Suarez.

我更想待在风尚替Betty Suarez打杂工

B: You know what, Marc? This is awkward for me, too

你知道吗 Marc 这对我来说也很别扭

But I could actually use your help.

不过我确实需要帮助

I need to trim a hundred words from the trends column.

我得从时尚专栏里删掉两百个字

Maybe you could help me with that.

你能不能帮忙做一下

M: I could do that in my sleep!

我睡着觉都能干这个
重点讲解

第一、重点词汇：

1. awkward

双语释义：making you feel embarrassed

尴尬的; 难为情的; 不好意思的; 狼狈的

词性：形容词

典型例句：I realized they wanted to be alone together so I felt very awkward.

我意识到了他们想要单独在一起，所以我觉得很尴尬。

I felt awkward because they obviously wanted to be alone.
There was an awkward silence.

2. trim

双语释义：remove sth or reduce sth by cutting

（用切﹑ 割﹑ 剪﹑ 砍等方式）除去或削减某物

语法用法：~ sth (off sth/off)

典型例句：The article's too long. Can you trim it by a quarter?

这篇文章太长，你能删减四分之一吗?

Please trim the excess fat off the meat.

请把过多的肥膘从肉上切掉。

I trimmed an inch off the hem of this skirt.

我把这条裙子的下摆剪短了一英寸。

We had to trim a lot off our travel budget.

我们当时只好大量削减旅行预算。

第二、重点短语：

1. rhyme with：和......押韵

例句：What words rhyme with"school"?

哪个词与school押韵？

Can we rhyme “hiccups” with “pick-ups”?

我们能把hiccups同pick－ups放在一起押韵吗？

2. grunt work：单调乏味的苦差使；辛苦的体力劳动

讲解：这是美国俚语，属于名词性短语，作为与和do搭配，即：do grunt work，意思是“做单调乏味的苦差事”。

例句：It is sp boring to to death do such grunt work.

这些苦差事让我烦得要死。

3. be awkward for：对于某人来说感到尴尬

讲解：awkward是“尴尬的”的意思，表示对于某人来说尴尬的，用介词for，不要用to。

例句：It would be rather awkward for me to call on you.

如果去拜访您呢，对我有些不便。

You didn't see how awkward this is for me.

你不知道这让我多为难。

4. help sb with sth：帮助某人做某事

例句：I am on vacation now. I go to my father and help him with the tailor work.

现在是假期，我回家帮父亲做点剪裁。

He cheered up at once when I promised to help him with his lessons.

当我答应帮他做功课时，他立刻高兴起来了。

5. in one’s sleep：在睡梦中

例句：He's rammed his opinions down my throat so many times that I could repeat them in my sleep.

他一次次地往我耳朵里灌输他的想法以致于我睡梦中都能复述出来。

I memorized my speech so thoroughly that I could have recited it in my sleep.

我把我的讲演稿背得滚瓜烂熟，就是睡觉时也能背出来。

第三、其它短语：

1. offer sb a job：提供某人一份工作

2. wear a caftan：穿有带子的长袖衣服

3. a temporary assistant：暂时助理

第四、情景口语

1. 情景：在一些聚会场合，显得你有礼貌教养，就要帮别人端茶倒水的，添加饮料等，可以用这个句型：

Get somebody something.

源于台词：Just because I'm your temporary assistant does not mean I'm getting you coffee.

2. 情景：一件事情做起来对于你太简单了，可以这么夸张地说：

Sb. can do something in his sleep.

源于台词： I could do that in my sleep!

3. 情景：你本来可以成为一个教授的，本来可以成为一名教师的，但是多钟因素而没能成功，可以用这个句型：

Sb. could have been +名词。

源于台词：I could have been an editor at "V"!

4. 情景：由于各种原因，说道某人或某物，但是你不想说出这个人的具体名词或者物体的具体名字，可以这么说：

It’s (one’s) name shall not be said.

源于台词： A certain magazine whose name shall not be said rhymes with rogue.