【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语735期

A story in abandoned¹ hospital, what happened there

 

 

Maggie: Susan~

Susan: What are you doing up??

Maggie: She's coming.

Susan: For goodness² sake³, I told you I didn't want to talk about that any more!

Maggie: But I can feel it.

Susan: Get back to bed! This is our last night! We'll all have left by tomorrow. Come on!

 

 

Amy: How are you?

Maggie: We're sick.

Amy: What's your name? Maggie.

Maggie: Reynolds.

Amy: Did you see your parents today?

Maggie: I haven't got any.

Amy: Me neither. These blocks must be a lot of fun to keep you playing akk by yourself.

Maggie: They're not playing with.

Amy: What're they for then?

Maggie: Talking.

Amy: To who? See you later, Maggie.

 

 

Amy: Maggie. What're you doing awake?

Maggie: I can't sleep.

Amy: It's pretty. You know when I was a little girl I used to have one too.

Do you know what I used to call it? Mr.Sleepy. Because it used to help me go to sleep. So come on know~

Maggie: Charlotte

['ʃɑːlət]

Amy: Sorry??

Maggie: The blocks, they're for talking to Charlotte.

Amy: Who's Charlotte?

Maggie: I think she's a girl.

Amy: Can't she talk?

Maggie: No, she's different. She is mechanical⁴.

Amy: Oh, a mechanical girl. What do you talk about?

Maggie: Nothing. She hardly ever talks now.

Amy: Oh well, then maybe we should go and see her. Do you know where she is?

Maggie: Upstairs.

Amy: Oh, I didn't think anybody could live upstairs. I'll tell you what, if this Charlotte comes back, you and I can have a word with her ok??

Maggie: Ok.

Amy: Good night!

1 abandoned   

adj.被抛弃的，废置的

参考例句：

• The baby had been abandoned by its mother. 这个婴儿被母亲遗弃了。
• The child was found abandoned but unharmed. 该弃儿被人们发现时安然无恙。

2 goodness   

n.善良，善行，美德

参考例句：

• Would you have the goodness to turn off the radio?劳驾，请你把收音机关上好不好？
• Thank goodness,we've found a cure for the disease.好了，这病有救了！

3 sake   

n.缘故，理由

参考例句：

• He loves poetry for beauty's sake.他因为爱美而喜欢诗歌。
• We can't risk big things for the sake of small ones.我们不能因小失大。

4 mechanical   

adj.机械(学)的；力学的；机械似的；手工操作的

参考例句：

• He borrowed a mechanical book from me.他从我这儿借了一本力学方面的书。
• He looks very mechanical.他看上去非常呆板。