成长的烦恼第二季:The Breakfast Club

(Jason and Maggie are watching a sad film at night. Someone climbs up a ladder outside the
house.)
Maggie: Did you hear that?
Jason: What that kind of scraping sound?
Maggie: Yeah.
Jason: Was it up on the roof?
Maggie: Yeah.
Jason: No, I didn't. I didn't hear that one either.
Maggie: Jason!
Jason: Ok, I'll handle it, wait...
Maggie: Ooh gosh!
Jason: Are you gonna let me handle this myself?
(Mike crawls through the window)
Mike: Alright!!
(Maggie and Jason jump out of a room shouting and Mike screams)
Mike: Errm, I was on my way home, and I figured I had plenty of time to get home before
midnight because as you know, I wouldn't miss my curfew. So there I was feeling pretty
obedient, when what do you think I saw?
Jason: A spaceship?!
Mike: Come on Dad, don't be ridiculous! I saw...fire. Yeah, I saw a towering fire.
Maggie: Oh my!
Mike: So then I said to myself, "Mike, you got two choices. Either you can turn your head the
other way and make your curfew, or you can be a measly two hours and ten minutes late, and
save a few lives.
Maggie: Wow.
Jason: What a kid.
Mike: So with no concern for my personal safety, or the time...
Jason: It's eleven thirty.
Mike: I know. So with no concern for...what?
Maggie: It's eleven thirty right now Mike. A whole half hour before your curfew.
Mike: Boner!
Jason: You might say that.
Mike: No no no no. Boner must have got the time wrong. Ha! I guess the jokes on all of us. I'll
be back before twelve.
Maggie: Oh no
Mike: Ok ok, so there was no towering inferno¹.
Maggie and Jason: No??
Maggie: So you admit that you lied to us?
Mike: "lie" is such an ugly word.
Jason: Hello Maggie!! Suitcases are in the car. We can go just as soon as your parents get
here. Oh come on honey, cheer up! In two hours you'll be cavorting² in Atlantic City with a
group of five thousand conventioning psychiatrists⁴. Come on, if you're ever gonna have a
breakdown⁵, this is the weekend to do it.
Maggie: Jason, it's not that Mike lies, it's that he does it so often.
Jason: Well, at least he doesn't do it well.
Maggie: I'm serious.
Jason: Oh come on Maggie, he's sixteen. I'm sure when you were sixteen, you must have lied
to your folks once in a while.
Maggie: I did not! I was never like Mike, never!
Ben: Is Grandpa here yet?
Jason: He'll be here any minute.
Ben: I'm gonna ambush⁶ Grandpa when he comes.
Jason: Well eat your breakfast first.
Ben: Oh!
Maggie: Let's ground him!
Ben: I'll eat, I'll eat.
Jason: We're talking about Mike.
Ben: Ground him.
Jason: But we can't, we're gonna be away at a psychiatric conference this weekend.
Maggie: But my parents will be here, and my Dad's been retired⁷ from the police force for over
three years now. I mean it would be really sweet to let him lock somebody up again.
Mike: Good morning Mother! Morning Dad! Morning little Ben! I guess you're all wondering
why I'm standing⁸ here wearing this wrinkled, tattered⁹ shirt.
Maggie: No.
Mike: Well...just let me explain. Ok now, I was up all last night with worry; thinking
about...what I did and why it was so wrong. And what I can do to make it up to you, the two
most important people in my life.
Maggie: Well we've been doing some thinking too Mike.
Mike: Oh! Well j...just let me run my thoughts by you.
Maggie: Mike, I really...
Jason: Wait wait Maggie, this might be good.
Maggie: Ben, maybe you better take your breakfast and get ready to go jump Grandpa.
Ben: I wanna watch Mike suffer!
Jason: Ben, your mother told you to please go ambush your grandfather.
Mike: Ok! Alright now one, I was actually on time. And two, I admitted openly and honestly
that I lied. And three...
Maggie: And three, you are grounded to this house for the remainder of the weekend, in bed
by eight, and no TV.
Jason: Well look at it this way Mike, you won two out of three points.
Carol: Mom, is it ok if I stay over at Wanda's while Grandma and Grandpa are here?
Maggie: Carol, is it really going to hurt you to spend one whole weekend here with your
grandparents?
Carol: Well not physically¹⁰, but...
Maggie: The answer is no.
Mike: Mom, you can't ground me this weekend.
Maggie: Oh yes I can. You have to learn that lying is wrong.
Mike: Mom! I have got major plans this weekend.
Maggie: Wanna bet?
(phone rings)
Maggie: Hello. Oh Susan, what's up? Oh, I thought Christopher was gonna cover that story
this weekend. Today? Well I can't do it. I know you can make it an order, but see I'm going to
Atlantic City with...it's not a flimsy excuse. Erm...See I'm going to my Aunt Marjie's wedding,
I'm...I'm in the wedding. I'm sorry too Susan. Any other weekend I'd be available. Right you
too. Bye bye.
Mike: "Lie: A deception¹¹, a fabrication, an untruth, a falsehood."
Jason: Well, I admit we do have something of a dilemma¹² honey, but it's not a problem that
can't be solved. In fact the solution is really very simple, you're grounded too.
Maggie: Very funny!
Jason: Yes.
Maggie: But seriously honey we...you are serious!
Jason: Well!
Maggie: Oh Jason that's absurd.
Jason: You're right.
Maggie: I don't see how it would help anything. I don't believe we are even discussing it.
Jason: You are right.
Maggie: I hate it when you say "you're right" when you really mean "you're wrong".
Jason: Forget I even mentioned you being grounded. Forget that it would teach Mike that lying
is wrong for everyone. Forget that...
Maggie: Jason! I hate this, more than I hate the other thing.
Jason: You're right.
Maggie: You're doing it again.
Jason: I'm sorry. I will go and tell Mike that it's alright to lie, as long as you don't base it on
an Irwin Allen disaster movie.
Maggie: Jason.
Jason: Yes.
Maggie: I don't want to be grounded.
Jason: Honey, it's only two days of workshops on schizophrenia, paranoia¹³, phobias, fetishism.
Maggie: Sounds fun.
Jason: Well just imagine the look on Mike's face when we tell him that his sure fire escape
from punishment doesn't work.
Mike: You should have seen that look on Mom's face when I caught her in that lie. I love that
look! It's that look of defeat.
Jason: Right Mike, your Mom and I have been discussing the situation...
Mike: I'll bet.
Jason: And we both agree that it's not fair for you to be grounded while she spends the
weekend in Atlantic City.
Mike: Hey, I'm glad to see you guys came around!
Jason: So, your mother's been grounded too.
Carol: Excuse me?
Mike: You're kidding, right?
Maggie: No Mike. I'm grounding myself for lying to my boss.
Mike: Wow wow wow wait a minute. You're grounding yourself?
Maggie: That's right. I saw the chance to nail myself to the wall and I took it.
Grandpa: Did you realize this front door's standing wide open?
Ben: Stick 'em up, copper¹⁴!!
Grandpa: Alright, shoot if you want to. But I'm giving you a hug.
Maggie: Daddy!!!
Grandma: Good to see you. Hi sweetheart, how are you? Oh Mikey!! Ohh!!
Jason: And it's good to see you...
Grandpa: Carol, haven't you got a "hello" for your old grandpa?
Carol: Hey!!!
Jason: Kate!!!
Grandma: Oh Jason, it's so good....Maggie, I'm so sorry we're late, Ed had to pick up a little
surprise for you.
Maggie: Oh Daddy, What?
Grandpa: I...now not so fast. How do little girls ask for something from their pop? (singing)
Maggie: Pretty pretty please with cherry on top! (singing)
Carol: I'm gonna gag.
Grandpa: Sinatra tickets!
Maggie: What?
Grandpa: Well I knew you had to be dreading¹⁵ that shrink convention, so when I found out that
Sinatra was gonna be playing in Atlantic City, well I just pulled a few strings¹⁶.
Grandma: We know how much you love "old blue eyes".
Maggie: Oh Jason, Sinatra!!
Jason: Yeah, and I've been knocking myself out trying to get these.
Grandpa: Yeah, I'm sure you did.
Maggie: Oh Daddy thank you so much.
Mike: Ah excuse me Mother but aren't you grounded?
Grandpa: What was that Mikey?
Mike: Well Mom was just saying before you got here, how she was grounding herself for this
weekend.
Grandma: Maggie?
Maggie: That's right, I did.
Grandpa: Sounds like another one of your screwball shrink deals.
Jason: It's good to see you too Ed.
Maggie: Dad, we're grounding Mike for lying to us, and just this morning he caught me lying
to my boss. So, I've grounded myself.
Grandma: You lied in front of the children?
Mike: Yes she has. And look what it's done to little Ben.
Maggie: Oh I bet Jason and Carol are probably getting ready for the dinner show about now.
Ben: Eight o' clock and the perimeter¹⁷ is secure Grandpa! Mike's not sneaking¹⁸ out tonight!
Grandpa: Good job, Deputy Ben. Carry on. Oh that Benny's gonna make a great cop.
Mike: If he lives that long.
Grandma: Ooh, I got a six letter word, triple word score, "sexual".
Maggie: Mom!?!?
Grandma: My tiles are all gone. I win.
Mike: Well, that's six in a row Grandma.
Maggie: Well Mike, it's time for you to go to bed.
Mike: What? It's eight o'clock.
Maggie: Well you are being punished, you're not supposed to be having fun.
Mike: I'm not! I'm hanging out with you guys.
Maggie: Mike! Bed!
Mike: Ok ok ok, I'll go. But I just want you to know, that if I ever do spot a towering inferno,
I'm just gonna let those people die.
Maggie: Mom, Dad, more coffee?
Grandpa: Yeah!
Grandma: No! Ed you know how it keeps you awake.
Maggie: Well tonight's the night to stay awake. It's all "love week" on channel eight, and
tonight's late night movie is, "Love Story two".
Grandma: Maggie, I thought you were grounded too.
Maggie: Well sure but, well I don't want to get carried away.
Grandma: You can do what you want.
Maggie: Mom! Dad will you explain to her how silly this is.
Grandpa: I don't understand anything about this grounding business; or why you listen to one
of you husband's half-baked ideas. And for that matter why you'd even marry him in the first
place.
Maggie: Thanks Dad.
Grandma: If I were you, I'd go to bed and take my punishment like an adult.
Maggie: I am an adult!
Grandma: Well you're not acting¹⁹ like it now, are you?
Grandpa: Margaret Catherine, don't argue with your mother.
Ben: Eight O five and all is well!!
Maggie: That's what you think.
Waiter: Will this table be satisfactory sir?
Jason: Oh this is great, thank you.
Waiter: Are you absolutely certain that this table is to your satisfaction?
Jason: Are you kidding? What's not to like, we're practically ring side.
Waiter: Because I do have a lovely table back there, behind that pillar.
Jason: So...Carol, what do you think of the gambling²⁰ capital of the East?
Carol: I think it's the most disgusting place I've ever been.
Jason: Are you not having fun?
Carol: Are you kidding? I love it!
Waiter 2: Cocktails²²?
Carol: Yeah, shrimp²³.
Waiter 2: Shrimp?
Jason: Oh she means the little crustaceans²⁴, not you.
Waiter: I didn't think she did. One shrimp cocktail²¹, and you sir?
Jason: Ah, I'll just have a Vodka gimlet on the rocks please, just make it a short one...no..not,
I'm sorry nothing, nothing, nothing.
Waiter 2: Psychiatrist³?
Jason: Yes.
Waiter 2: Figures.
Jason: Wow! Sinatra live.
Carol: Yeah!
Jason: You know the greatest thing about it is that any or all of his friends could show up. We
could see Dean Martin or Sammy Davis Junior. Maybe even Joey Bishop²⁵.
Carol: Dare we dream.
(Maggie sneaks²⁶ downstairs to watch TV)
TV: Tonight's "Love Week" continues with "Love Story 2", Oliver's story. Last night in "Love
Story 1" Ali McGrath died of a mysterious disease after calling Ryan O’Neil a series of insulting
names.
(Mike sneaks downstairs to go out)
Maggie: Going somewhere?
Mike: I was sleepwalking. Can you beat that? Look at this Mom, I'm fully²⁷ dressed!!
Maggie: Michael Aaron Seaver!! Don't you dare compound your escape from your punishment
for lying, by using deception!!
Mike: I didn't understand a word of that.
Maggie: Sit down!! Michael what are you thinking? Is it really that hard to do as you're told?
You had a simple punishment, but can you be trusted? No...every single time...
Mike: Hey!! What's this?
Maggie: Forget that.
Mike: No, that's a Kleenex!! You've been watching "Love Story".
Maggie: I have not! It was "Love Story 2"!
Mike: Excuse me, but aren't you supposed to be grounded?
Maggie: Michael, we are discussing you.
Mike: Oh, ok I get it. It's ok for you to skip out on your punishment but it's not ok for me.
Maggie: Michael, if you think I get some great pleasure from punishing you, you're wrong.
Mike: Oh come on Mom. I've seen that little glimmer²⁸ of excitement in your eye when you
catch me doing something wrong. I've heard that happy ring in your voice when you call me
by my full name.
Maggie: Michael, you don't understand what a parent goes through.
Mike: And you sure don't understand me.
Maggie: No I don't. Not when you act like this.
Mike: And because you're confused, I have to miss out on the biggest party of the year!
Maggie: I thought you said last weekend's party was the biggest party of the year.
Mike: What? What? You keep transcripts²⁹ of our conversations now.
Maggie: Michael, when you're sixteen, every party is the biggest party of the year!
Mike: That's easy for you to say. I mean what do you know about being sixteen and having a
parent who's always right?
Maggie: A lot! Have you met my father?
Mike: Pleasant man.
Maggie: Pleasant man?! You know once he grounded me for no reason at all.
Mike: No??
Maggie: And all I did was say "damn" at the dinner table.
Mike: You?
Maggie: And even though he was known to say that, and a lot worse, he still grounded me!
Mike: Well of course, he was an adult.
Maggie: I mean you want to talk about unfair?
Mike: I believe I have been.
Maggie: Grounded. Forget the fact it was Vicky Tamara’s sweet sixteen party. It was a pizza
party. I mean she was my best friend. I mean what was I supposed to do? So I climbed out
the window and went to that party anyway!
Mike: Wow.
Maggie: And it was a truly...great...party.
Mike: Because you got away with it.
Maggie: Yeah, and I ...
Mike: I understand.
Maggie: And I'm beginning to. Come on!
Mike: Where?
Maggie: Out! I'm in the mood for pizza.
Mike: But Mom Mom, we're grounded remember.
Maggie: I won't tell me what I did, if you don't.
Mike: This is deeply weird³⁰.
Carol: So when does the show start?
Jason: Carol, a superstar like Frank Sinatra never performs while they're still serving food.
Carol: Does it make him hungry, or what?
Jason: Oh, sshhhh. Show time!
Announcement: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Jack³¹ Pot room of the Ballbrook Hotel in Atlantic
City is proud to present the unique, one-of-a-kind song stylings of a living legend...Mr. Frank
Sinatra Junior!
Jason: Junior?
Carol: I suppose this means no Joey Bishop either.
Mike: Sshhh.
Maggie: Thanks for the pizza Mike. It hasn't tasted this good since I was sixteen.
Mike: Yeah well thanks for making getting grounded, fun.
Maggie: Michael, that wasn't the point of any of this.
Mike: Do I detect a sound of mother in your voice?
Maggie: Michael Aaron Seaver!
Mike: Yes I do. I knew this was too good to last. You're gonna tell yourself on me, aren't you?
Maggie: Nope.
Mike: Hey, you do understand me!
Maggie: Yeah, I guess I do.
Mike: I don't think I like this.
Maggie: Me either.
Mike: Hey Mike honey, what do you say we just cancel the grounding for the rest of the
weekend?
Maggie: No Mike.
Mike: I thought you knew rotten is was to be grounded.
Maggie: I do, but I also remember that every time it was done to me when I was a kid, they
were lessons I never forgot. And I think it helped mould me into a mature responsible person.
Come here. Come on.
Ben: You're busted³²!!!!
Grandpa: Will you listen to this? Some French actor by the name of..er..Y Ves Monta....
Grandma: Oh, I love him!!
Grandpa: Oh yeah? Well he's running for President of France! Why would anybody be dumb
enough to vote for an actor to be President?
Grandma: Reagan was an actor.
Grandpa: Well yeah, but not a good one.
Jason: Ha ha hey hi! Ed! Kate!
Grandpa: Yo.
Grandma: Tell me, you lucky people. How was Atlantic City?
Carol: Really vabbit.
Grandma: Oh, that's wonderful.
Grandpa: How was Frank?
Jason: Well...Ed, he looks a lot younger in person.
Grandpa: Ringyding ding, ah?
Jason: The only way we could thank you for getting those tickets, was by having him
autograph the menu.
Grandma: Oh Eddy³³!!
Grandpa: Oh. "Ed, I was so sorry that you missed the show. It made my day to find out you
were a fan. Your pal³⁴, Frank." Oh wow..."pal". You know when a big guy like this has time for a
regular Joe like me...oh....it kind of brings back my faith in the world.

1 inferno   

n.火海；地狱般的场所

参考例句：

• Rescue workers fought to get to victims inside the inferno.救援人员奋力营救大火中的受害者。
• The burning building became an inferno.燃烧着的大楼成了地狱般的地方。

2 cavorting   

v.跳跃( cavort的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The photos showed her cavorting on the beach with her new lover. 这些照片展现了她和新情人在海滩上放荡嬉戏的情景。
• If her heart would only stop bumping and drumming and cavorting. 要是她那颗心停止冲撞、轰鸣、急跳，那该多舒服啊！ 来自飘（部分）

3 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

4 psychiatrists   

n.精神病专家，精神病医生( psychiatrist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They are psychiatrists in good standing. 他们是合格的精神病医生。 来自辞典例句
• Some psychiatrists have patients who grow almost alarmed at how congenial they suddenly feel. 有些精神分析学家发现，他们的某些病人在突然感到惬意的时候几乎会兴奋起来。 来自名作英译部分

5 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

6 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。

7 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

8 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

9 tattered   

adj.破旧的，衣衫破的

参考例句：

• Her tattered clothes in no way detracted from her beauty.她的破衣烂衫丝毫没有影响她的美貌。
• Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。

10 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

11 deception   

n.欺骗，欺诈；骗局，诡计

参考例句：

• He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception.他承认曾与人合谋骗取财产。
• He was jailed for two years for fraud and deception.他因为诈骗和欺诈入狱服刑两年。

12 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

13 paranoia   

n.妄想狂，偏执狂；多疑症

参考例句：

• Her passion for cleanliness borders on paranoia.她的洁癖近乎偏执。
• The push for reform is also motivated by political paranoia.竞选的改革运动也受到政治偏执狂症的推动。

14 copper   

n.铜；铜币；铜器；adj.铜(制)的；(紫)铜色的

参考例句：

• The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
• Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。

15 dreading   

v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
• This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。

16 strings   

n.弦

参考例句：

• He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。

17 perimeter   

n.周边，周长，周界

参考例句：

• The river marks the eastern perimeter of our land.这条河标示我们的土地东面的边界。
• Drinks in hands,they wandered around the perimeter of the ball field.他们手里拿着饮料在球场周围漫不经心地遛跶。

18 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

19 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

20 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

21 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

22 cocktails   

n.鸡尾酒( cocktail的名词复数 )；餐前开胃菜；混合物

参考例句：

• Come about 4 o'clock. We'll have cocktails and grill steaks. 请四点钟左右来，我们喝鸡尾酒，吃烤牛排。 来自辞典例句
• Cocktails were a nasty American habit. 喝鸡尾酒是讨厌的美国习惯。 来自辞典例句

23 shrimp   

n.虾，小虾；矮小的人

参考例句：

• When the shrimp farm is built it will block the stream.一旦养虾场建起来，将会截断这条河流。
• When it comes to seafood,I like shrimp the best.说到海鲜，我最喜欢虾。

24 crustaceans   

n.甲壳纲动物（如蟹、龙虾）( crustacean的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These crustaceans provide a valuable food source for some fish. 这些甲壳纲动物是某些鱼类重要的食物来源。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans. 退潮时，它便成为甲壳动物居住的岩石区潮水潭。 来自辞典例句

25 bishop   

n.主教，（国际象棋）象

参考例句：

• He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
• Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。

26 sneaks   

abbr.sneakers (tennis shoes) 胶底运动鞋（网球鞋）v.潜行( sneak的第三人称单数 )；偷偷溜走；（儿童向成人）打小报告；告状

参考例句：

• Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails. 环境卫生搞不好，伤寒就会乘虚而入。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Honest boys scorn sneaks and liars. 诚实的人看不起狡诈和撒谎的人。 来自辞典例句

27 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

28 glimmer   

v.发出闪烁的微光；n.微光，微弱的闪光

参考例句：

• I looked at her and felt a glimmer of hope.我注视她，感到了一线希望。
• A glimmer of amusement showed in her eyes.她的眼中露出一丝笑意。

29 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

30 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

31 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

32 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

33 eddy   

n.漩涡，涡流

参考例句：

• The motor car disappeared in eddy of dust.汽车在一片扬尘的涡流中不见了。
• In Taylor's picture,the eddy is the basic element of turbulence.在泰勒的描述里，旋涡是湍流的基本要素。

34 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。