【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语814期

MARLIN:Wait,wait,wait.I have definitely（清楚的/明确的） seen this floating speck¹（小斑点/灰尘） before.That means we’ve passed it before,and that means we’re going in circles and that means we’re not going straight!

DORY:Hey,hey!

MARLIN:Get to the surface.Come on ,we’ll figure it out up there.

Let’s go.Follow me! 

DORY:Hey!

MARLIN:What?

DORY:Relax.Take a deep breath.Now,let’s ask somebody for directions.

MARLIN:Fine.Who do you want to ask,the speck?There’s nobody here?

DORY:Well,there has to be someone .It’s the ocean,silly.We’re not the only two in here.Let’s see .OK,no one there.Nope.Oh,there’s somebody.Hey!Excuse....

MARLIN:Dory,Dory!Now it’s my turn.I’m thinking of something dark and mysterious（神秘的）.It’s a fish we don’t know.If we ask it directions,it would ingest（咽下） us and spit（吐） out our bones!

DORY:What is it with men and asking for directions?

MARLIN:I don’t want to play the gender² （性别）card right now.Let’s play the “Let’s Not Die”card.

DORY:You want to get out of here?

MARLIN:Of course I do.

1 speck   

n.微粒，小污点，小斑点

参考例句：

• I have not a speck of interest in it.我对它没有任何兴趣。
• The sky is clear and bright without a speck of cloud.天空晴朗，一星星云彩也没有。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。