听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Boy Meets Girls-1

Hormones¹, the telegraph system of the body. Some time, between the ages of 9 and 16 they'll start to tell your body to change very fast.

This movie is rated H for hurl².

Mr. Matthews, calm down and watch the film.

The changes won't all be physical. Sometimes you will feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster. For instance, you may occasionally feel aggressive or weepy.

Shawn, I'm feeling so vulnerable. Do you have a tissue?

Hush³...

And remember girls, you will get your hormonal⁴ telegram well ahead of your boy classmates. Telegram for Miss Teenager. Girls, be patient while they catch up to you. Eventually everyone hears the Morse code of puberty.

I got your Morse code right here.

This film is meant to help you understand the metamorphosis your bodies will soon be going through.

How? That movie's a hundred years old. The telegram boy was played by George Burns.

I welcome the changes that will transform me from a caterpillar⁵ into a butterfly.

You say a butterfly. I say a hairball with wings.

Ha!

That's a beautiful outlook, Miss Laurence.

Beautiful? I've seen hormones turn a normal guy's face into Craters⁶ 'R Us

Yes, there will be side-effects, but those, thank goodness, will be the province of your seventh grade teacher.

If it happens.

Oh, it will happen.

Maybe, maybe not. I mean, I'm young enough. I am fast I can dodge⁷ hormones for days, years if I have to. I'm gonna stay twelve till I'm forty-two. And Shawn's in with me on this the whole way. Right, Shawn? Shawn? Shawn?

Words & Information:

roller coaster: If you say that someone or something is on a roller coaster, you mean that they go through many sudden or extreme changes in a short time.

province: If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.

1 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

2 hurl   

vt.猛投，力掷，声叫骂

参考例句：

• The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
• To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。

3 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

4 hormonal   

adj.激素的

参考例句：

• Some viral diseases are more severe during pregnancy, probably tecause of hormonal changes. 有些病毒病在妊娠期间比较严重，可能是由于激素变化引起的。
• She underwent surgical intervention and a subsequent short period of hormonal therapy. 他接受外科手术及随后短暂荷尔蒙治疗。

5 caterpillar   

n.毛虫，蝴蝶的幼虫

参考例句：

• A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.蝴蝶是由毛虫脱胎变成的。
• A caterpillar must pass through the cocoon stage to become a butterfly.毛毛虫必须经过茧的阶段才能变成蝴蝶。

6 craters   

n.火山口( crater的名词复数 )；弹坑等

参考例句：

• Small meteorites have left impact craters all over the planet's surface. 这个行星的表面布满了小块陨石留下的撞击坑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The battlefield was full of craters made by exploding shells. 战场上布满弹坑。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。