【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语904期

EMILY：Igoogled "Friendship" on the interwebs. Apparently¹, when you have afight with a friend... You're supposed to apologize.

NOLEN： Word of advice-- leave the joke cracking to me. Yousuck at it.

EMILY：Andthe apologizing, how am I doing there?

NOLEN：I'mno expert, but I think an apology involves the words "I'm sorry"?

EMILY：Look...I actively² taught myself not to trust people. What happened with you and Tyler caughtme off guard, but I do believe you never set out to sabotage³ me.

NOLEN： No,on the contrary. All I ever set out to do was to help you and your dad. As muchas I hate to admit it, you were right about Tyler. I'm a terrible judge ofcharacter.

EMILY： Weall have our weaknesses. Tyler is just really good at exploiting them.

NOLEN：Yeah,now he's got all the ammo he needs. He stole my whale cam.

EMILY：Withall the video files in it?

NOLEN： Includingeverything that happened to Lydia, and now he's got all the physical evidencehe needs to extort⁴ Conrad--

EMILY： Or,if we play it right, all the rope necessary to hang himself. Believe it or not,this could be good news.

 

NOLEN： Blackmail⁵...Itisn't just for breakfast anymore. Speaking of which... How's Amanda?

EMILY： Hopefullynot long for this part of the world. I made sure Victoria found out she's intown.

NOLEN： Devious⁶.

EMILY： Firstthings first. We need to find out where Tyler is.

NOLEN： Covered.That red dot is the gps from his cell.

EMILY：Sowhere is he?

NOLEN： Thesouthfork inn. I'm guessing the Grayson's block of business suites⁷.

EMILY： Willyou let me know where to find it when he's back on the air?

NOLEN： Youstill haven't said you're sorry.

EMILY： I'm sorry.

1 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

2 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

3 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

4 extort   

v.勒索，敲诈，强要

参考例句：

• The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
• They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。

5 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。

6 devious   

adj.不坦率的，狡猾的；迂回的，曲折的

参考例句：

• Susan is a devious person and we can't depend on her.苏姗是个狡猾的人，我们不能依赖她。
• He is a man who achieves success by devious means.他这个人通过不正当手段获取成功。

7 suites   

n.套( suite的名词复数 )；一套房间；一套家具；一套公寓

参考例句：

• First he called upon all the Foreign Ministers in their hotel suites. 他首先到所有外交部长住的旅馆套间去拜访。 来自辞典例句
• All four doors to the two reserved suites were open. 预定的两个套房的四扇门都敞开着。 来自辞典例句