【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语707期

H:     I’ll say good night, Mr. Carson.

C:     Look at that scratch¹. I’ll have to get that sorted out when they’re up in London.

H:     You can hardly see it.

C:     Well, I’ll know it’s there.

H:     Are you all right now? Only you seemed a little upset earlier.

C:     Yeah. I’m sorry about that. I’m just…I’m a bit tired.

H:     And no wonder. Did the dinner go well?

C:     Oh, well enough. Although they won’t make a match between them  if that’s what they’re thinking.

H:     Lady Mary doesn’t like him?

C:     And why should she like the man she’s been passed over for? And why has she been? That’s what I’d like to know.

H:     It’s the law.

C:     Well, it’s a wicked² law.

1 scratch   

n.草稿，抓痕，搔，抓，擦伤，刮擦声，乱写，零，起跑线，未中的一击；vt.搔，抓，挖出，擦

参考例句：

• Scratch my name out please.请把我的名字划掉。
• The suggestion is that they should start from scratch.提出的建议是，他们从头开始。

2 wicked   

adj.邪恶的，恶劣的，缺德的；淘气的

参考例句：

• Let everyone know all the wicked things she has done.把她干的坏事给大家抖搂抖搂。
• The wicked must be wiped out.恶人必须除掉。