【跟着美剧练发音】吸血鬼日记61

ELENA: I... I'm sorry for barging in.The door was... Open.

DAMON:  You must be Elena. I'm Damon,Stefan's brother.

ELENA: He didn't tell me he had a brother.

DAMON: Well, Stefan's not one to brag¹.Please, come.  I'm sure Stefan will be along any second.

ELENA: Wow. This is your living room?

DAMON: Living room, parlor², Sotheby'sauction. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why my brother's so smitten³.It's about time. For a while there, I never thought he'd get over the last one.Nearly destroyed him.

ELENA: The  last one?

DAMON:Yeah. Katherine, his girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exesconversation yet.

ELENA:Nope.

DAMON:Oops. Well, I'm sure it'll come up now. Or maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound⁴. We all know how those relationships end. 

ELENA: You say it like every relationship is doomed⁵ to end.

DAMON: I'ma fatalist.

1 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

2 parlor   

n.店铺，营业室；会客室，客厅

参考例句：

• She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上。
• Is there a pizza parlor in the neighborhood?附近有没有比萨店？

3 smitten   

猛打，重击，打击( smite的过去分词 )

参考例句：

• From the moment they met, he was completely smitten by her. 从一见面的那一刻起，他就完全被她迷住了。
• It was easy to see why she was smitten with him. 她很容易看出为何她为他倾倒。

4 rebound   

v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回

参考例句：

• The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
• Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。

5 doomed   

命定的

参考例句：

• The court doomed the accused to a long term of imprisonment. 法庭判处被告长期监禁。
• A country ruled by an iron hand is doomed to suffer. 被铁腕人物统治的国家定会遭受不幸的。