【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语884期

(Alicia的丈夫Peter事发入狱后，婆婆Jackie来家帮忙，不过这位固执的老太太跟孩子们关系并不融洽)

laundry ['lɔːndrɪ] n. 要洗的衣服

inappropriate [‚ɪnə'prəʊprɪət] adj. 不适当的

pants [pænts] n. 裤子

slim [slɪm] adj. 瘦的, 微小的, 苗条的

Alicia: Hi, Jackie. What’s wrong?

Jackie: Nothing’s wrong. I was going through the laundry. And I think some of Grace¹’s school clothes you would find inappropriate. 

Alicia: We just moved away. Grace has left all her friends. I need you to go easier on her. 

Jackie: All I said was, I could take her shopping and help her find pants that would make her look slimmer. 

Alicia: She’s at a perfectly² healthy weight. I don’t want her to have body image issues. 

Jackie: She’ll only have body image issues if she keeps gaining weight. 

Alicia: Um...I’ll talk about this when I get home later, okay?

Jackie: All right.

Alicia: Bye.

1 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

2 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。