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Gossip Girl,《绯闻女孩》

A:I don't really feel like seeing Jenny.

甲:我真不想见珍妮。

B:Well, I'm pretty sure she's not coming, so you can take her chair. I didn't realize it was still that between her and your dad.

乙:嗯，我肯定她不会来了，你可以坐她的位子。我不知道她跟你老爸还闹得这么僵。

A:Where is she having Thanksgiving? With Nate?

甲:她在哪儿过得感恩节？跟奈特一起？

B:No, uh, Nate and Jenny aren't spending time together anymore. So how about it?

乙:没有，呃，奈特和珍妮不在一起了。这样怎么样？

A:A Fassbinder and freezer-free, Thanksgiving at my place?

甲:感恩节到我家来部法斯宾达的电影，吃点冷冻食品，怎么样？

B:Well, when you put it that way…

乙:我，你都这么说了…

A:I know.

甲:我知道。

B:Agnes' mother just told me that Agnes is on a modeling assignment in Tokyo and she hasn't seen Jenny for a week.

乙:艾格尼丝的妈妈刚刚告诉我，艾格尼丝正在东京做模特，她有一周没见过珍妮了。

A:Then where is she?

甲:那她在哪儿？

B:I don't know. I think I have to call the cops.

乙:我不知道。我想我要去报警。

A:You know, uh, when I asked Serena this afternoon she said that Jenny's been spending a lot of time with Eric.

甲:你知道，嗯，今天下午我问赛瑞娜的时候，她说珍妮最近经常跟艾瑞克在一起。

生活口语

I want to call the cops.

我想去报案。

Calm down.Let me make an explanation.There must be some misunderstanding.

冷静点。让我解释一下，一定有什么误会。

重点讲解:

I want to report the case to the police.

I want to call the cops.

根据字面意思将“报案”翻译为report the case to the police从语法上来看没有问题，不过老外看到这种表达的时候可能会觉得有些啰唆。在口语中，我们可以将“报案”简单表达为call the cops,其中cop表示的就是“警察”。