【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语717期

Mona: You know, you should tell our aunt to pack you a better lunch. You can't live off potato chips and chocolate milk.

 

Lisa: Yes I can. That's what pirates² eat.

Mona: Why do you like pirate¹?

Lisa: My dad took me on a real pirate ship when I was really, really little. Can I live with you when my mom dies?

Mona: My apartment is small.

Lisa: I'm not that big.

Mona: You can't, because it wouldn't be fair to the other students. I mean, I could help you with your math homework. And it just wouldn't be fair.

Lisa: Makes sense.

 

Mona: I really like your hair.

Mom: You can't catch cancer.

Mona: Lisa asked me to bring her here today.

Mom: Yeah, she doesn't like my sister very much. But she likes you.

Mona: I like her too. Her dad got her into pirates, she said.

Mom: No. Lisa never knew her father.

Mona: Well. I thought..

Mom: Would you look in on Lisa from time to time?

Mona: Of course.

 

Lisa: I got nine stitches³.Mona: I got 27.

Lisa: 9 times 3 equals 27.

Mona: You are correct. What're you doing? I'm doing what you do. I used to imitate⁴ you at lunch. The bench makes the same sound as your desk. Why do you do it?

Mona: Why..um..I do it when I feel..alone.

Lisa: Then that's why I do it. I want to be like you.

Mona: Don't do that. Don't be like me.

Lisa: But I'm alone, I'm all alone.

1 pirate   

n.海盗，每盗船

参考例句：

• The pirate chief commanded that the prisoners should be shot.海盗头子下令枪毙俘虏。
• The shore batteries fired at the pirate boat.海岸炮兵向海盗船开火。

2 pirates   

n.海盗( pirate的名词复数 )；剽窃者；侵犯版权者；非法播音的人（或组织）

参考例句：

• Children dressed (themselves) up as pirates. 孩子们假扮成海盗。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The pirates treated their captives with barbarity. 海盗们残暴地对待他们的俘虏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 stitches   

n.（缝纫或编织中的）一针( stitch的名词复数 )；缝法；衣服；（缝合伤口的）缝线v.缝，缝补，缝合( stitch的第三人称单数 )；[引申]把某物连在一起

参考例句：

• Try to keep the stitches small and straight. 针脚要尽量缝得小而直。
• Knit the next two stitches together to make the garment narrower. 下两针织在一起，把衣服弄瘦点儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 imitate   

vt.模仿，仿效，摹拟，学样；仿制，仿造，伪造

参考例句：

• James can imitate his father perfectly.詹姆斯能逼真地模仿他父亲。
• Parrots imitate human speech.鹦鹉学人说话。