【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语889期

Edith: Three times in one week! I might have to write you back into my will. What’s wrong?

Mike: Plavix… stuck in my head, so I looked it up. Something that you take when you have a heart problem?

Edith: Michael, I’m 82 years old. I have an everything problem.

Mike: Why didn’t you tell me?

Edith: That getting old sucks¹? You’ll find out. And I don’t tell you every little thing because I don’t want you to worry. And if you looked it up, you’d know that it’s-it’s for preventive /pri'ventiv/ purposes. Did you read that part?

Mike: Yeah, I kind of panicked² /'pænikt/ when I got to the heart problem part.

Edith: I hope you do a more thorough³ /'θʌrə/ job at work.

Mike: Okay, I make the trip down here to express some serious concern /kənˈsɜrn/, and you mock⁴ /mɔk/ me?

Edith: … with love.

Mike: Okay. Enough of your stupid health problems, let’s get down to business, deal with some of my real ones.

Edith: You’re young. You don’t have any real problems.

Mike: Wrong. I am making way too much money and I don’t have a girlfriend to spend it on.

Edith: I know a few single ladies.

Mike: Really? I can’t go older than 70 though. It’s a ground rule.

 

1 sucks   

v.吸，吮( suck的第三人称单数 )；舐，吮吸

参考例句：

• She still sucks her thumb when she's worried. 她在忧虑时仍然会吸吮大拇指。
• Plant sucks from the soil. 植物从土壤中吸取养分。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 panicked   

vt.使恐慌（panic的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The gunfire panicked the baby. 炮声使婴儿受到了惊吓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government panicked into imposing a kind of cultural homogeneity. 政府在恐慌下开始强制实施某种文化统一政策。 来自辞典例句

3 thorough   

adj. 彻底的，完全的，精心的

参考例句：

• He made a very thorough analysis on the situation.他对形势的分析很透彻。
• The committee reported its findings after a thorough investigation.委员会在彻底调查以后报告了调查结果。

4 mock   

n.嘲笑，戏弄，模仿；adj.假的，伪造的；vt.嘲弄，模仿，轻视；vi.嘲弄

参考例句：

• Those who mock history will be mocked by history.嘲弄历史的人必将被历史所嘲弄。
• The students have done mock A levels at school.学生们在学校参加过模拟高级考试。