【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1004期

 -Dan: Well, I can see why your brother would wantto leave. That place is, uh, is very depressing¹.

-Serena: And yet, it's designed to treat depression.

-Dan: He's a good kid-- Eric. He is.

-Serena: Yeah. Jenny's not so bad either.

-Dan: Yeah?

-Serena: Yeah.

-Dan: Yeah, I-I-I know. I know. I just worry abouther sometimes.

-Serena: Well, worry looks cute on you. Look, I've seen Jenny inaction, and my hunch² is she doesn't let herself get pushed in anything shedoesn't want to do.

-Dan: No, I-I know. I know. It's just... she's never mentioned that her idea of agreat Friday night consists of painting her face full of makeup³,  andstumbling out to a hip⁴ Bar in high heels and hanging out with a bunch of drunk⁵ wallstreeters who don't even care if she has a name.

-Serena : Well, maybe that wasn't her idea of a great Friday night.

-Dan: What do you mean?

-Serena: It's okay for her to want to be friends with the peopleshe goes to school with.

-Dan: Why? I'm not.

-Serena: Uh-huh, and if you made half the effort she did, maybe wewould have met a long timeago.

-Dan: That's true.

-Serena: Then so maybe you would have kissed me already.

-Dan: No five-star restaurants. No town car.

-Serena: No smoky pool hall or bad '80s music.

-Dan: Looks like we finally found common ground.

1 depressing   

a.令人沮丧的；令人忧愁的

参考例句：

• Laundromat is really depressing. 自助洗衣店真闷。
• The retrospect was depressing. 回想起来令人沮丧。

2 hunch   

n.预感，直觉

参考例句：

• I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.我有这么一种感觉，他并不真正想去。
• I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽。

3 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

4 hip   

n.臀部，髋；屋脊

参考例句：

• The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
• The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。

5 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。