【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语778期

FATHER：A movie.A movie.They’re making a movie.When?When will everybody forget you big mistake?First it was all over the papers,then they wrote a book about it,then the book on tape,then the board game(桌游),the spoons with your face on it...and the website,the commemorative（ [kə'mem(ə)rətɪv]纪念的） plates.You saw them ,right?

KID：Yes ,I saw them.

FATHER：Can’t eat off them.

KID：They’re not microwave -safe.

FATHER：You saw the billboards¹（广告牌 ['bɪlbɔːd]）?

KID:Saw them.

FATHER：Ha!There’s bumper²（ ['bʌmpə] 保险杆） sticker.I knew it was only a matter of time.Billboards I could live with.Posters I could even live with.But a bumper sticker .It’s ...It’s like glued on forever.

KID：It dosen’t matter .You know why? Because I’ve got a plan.

FATHER：Yeah,about that.Well,remember how I told you it would be better for you to lay low,don’t call attention to yourself?

KID：Yes,but I...

FATHER：See,it is like a game.Yeah,a game of hide-and-seek,except the goal is never to be found,ever!

KID：I...I

FATHER：Great!Now,we’ve got a plan ,right?I’ll see you later!Remember,lay low.

KID：Yeah,OK.

1 billboards   

n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
• Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

2 bumper   

n.(汽车上的)保险杠；adj.特大的，丰盛的

参考例句：

• The painting represents the scene of a bumper harvest.这幅画描绘了丰收的景象。
• This year we have a bumper harvest in grain.今年我们谷物丰收。