聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

Hello,這裡是地道英語,我是W!今天這個視頻來自Desperate Housewives的第一季第11集。作為四個孩子的母親Lynette唯一釋放壓力的方式就是瑜伽冥想課。這天她帶著生病的兒子和小女兒穿越大半個城市來到上課的地方,前臺的小姐姐Lauren卻告訴她因為日託班滿了,Lynette的孩子無處安放所以她就不能上瑜伽課了。一向心直口快不吃虧的Lynette怎麼能容忍呢?快來跟W一起看看裡面地道的英語表達吧!

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聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

LYNETTE: Here, blow. Good, all right. Come on, it's going to be fun. Follow me. 喔, 好, 好的,來吧. 這會很有趣的. 跟我來 all right: 好,行 come on: 趕緊,快點 fun: 有趣的事 follow: 跟隨

LAUREN: Excuse me. You can't do that. 不好意思。你不能這麼做。

LYNETTE: I'm here for the 10 a.m. yoga meditation class. 我來參加上午 10 點的瑜珈冥想課 a.m.:(縮寫)上午 yoga: 瑜伽 meditation: 沉思,冥想

聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

LAUREN: Unfortunately, the day care center is full. 不好意思, 日託中心滿了 unfortunately: 遺憾地,不幸地 day care: (託兒所的)日託

LYNETTE: Yeah, I noticed that, but every time I come here, it's full. 是啊, 我注意到了, 但我每次來都是滿的 notice: 注意

LAUREN: It's a popular class, and the other moms come early. Look, all I can tell you is plan ahead next time. 那課很熱門, 而且其它的媽媽來得更早。你看, 我能告訴你的就是下次早點來。plan: 計劃 ahead: 在…前面 plan ahead: 提前計劃

聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

LYNETTE: Uh, Lauren? I'm a mother of four. Today I had to get up at five, make lunches, make breakfast, drop the twins off at school, and get across town lugging a baby and a sick child. Telling me to plan ahead is like telling me to sprout wings. And it's things like being told to plan ahead that make me so crazy, that yoga is the only thing that relaxes me, except I show up here, and I can't get in, and you tell me to plan ahead. It's a vicious cycle. See how that works? Lauren, 我是四個孩子的母親。今天我不得不 5 點起床。做中飯, 做早飯, 送雙胞胎上學。拖著一個生病的孩子和一個嬰兒穿越城市。要我再早點來就像是要我長出翅膀。諸如此類的事情已經讓我快要瘋了。瑜珈是唯一能使我放鬆的方式。但我來到這兒卻不能進去,而你要我再早點來。那是個惡性循環,明白了吧? get up: 起床 drop off: 讓…下車 get across: 穿越 lug: 拖著 sick: 生病的 sprout: 使發芽,長出 wing: 翅膀 crazy: 瘋狂的 yoga: 瑜伽 relax: 使輕鬆 except: 把…除外 show up: 出現 get in: 進去 plan ahead: 提前計劃vicious: 惡毒的,惡意的 cycle: 循環 work: 起作用

聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

LAUREN: I get it, but if I broke the rules for you, I'd have to break them for the other moms too, and then the moms who actually follow the rules would get all pissed at me, and I'd have to get pissy right back, and before you know it, I don't have time to read my magazine. See how that works? 我明白了,但如果我因為你而違規,那麼我也要為其它的媽媽違規。而那些遵守規則的媽媽就會對我很生氣。然後我也會變得很生氣。在你知道前, 我沒有時間看雜誌了,明白了吧? break: 打破 actually: 事實上 follow: 遵照,聽從 pissed: 憤怒的 be pissed at: 生某人的氣 pissy: 低劣的,令人惱火的 magazine: 雜誌

LYNETTE: I hope someday, you have lots of children. Hello? Oh, hey Susan. Listen, I can't talk, I'm in the middle of something here. What? 我希望有一天你也會有很多的孩子。喂? 嗨, Susan. 我現在不能和你多說,我正忙著呢。什麼? lots of: 許多,大量 in the middle of: 在…中間

聽美劇學英語48期:All I can tell you is plan ahead next time

知識點:

【1】blow本意是吹的意思,Blow up a balloon,吹一個氣球。在這裡是家長幫小孩子擤鼻涕時說的,把紙放在鼻子前,然後告訴孩子呼氣的意思,非常實用的一個表達。

【2】yoga meditation class:瑜伽冥想課

【3】all I can tell you is plan ahead next time:我能告訴你的就是下次早點來。

【4】It's a vicious cycle:那是個惡性循環。《一分鐘英語口語229期》中提到小孩子感冒也是vicious cycle。I got a cold= I caught a cold= I came down with a cold 我感冒了。snot:鼻涕。run at the nose= have a runny nose:流鼻涕。blow one's nose:擤鼻涕。snuffle:抽鼻涕,說話帶鼻音。

【5】See how that works? 知道了吧?明白了吧?

【6】piss:[n]小便 [v]撒尿,下大雨。piss off 生氣,惱怒。piss oneself:大笑不止,笑破肚皮。pissed:生氣的,喝醉的。get pissed at sb:生某人的氣。pissy:低劣的,討人厭的。pistachio: 開心果,阿月渾子樹的果實。


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