【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1006期

Jack¹:Emily.

Emily: It's about time.

Jack:That's funny.  That's what I was thinking on the way overhere.

Emily: Hi.

Jack: These are from Sammy, as a way of sayingthank you for bringing him home last week...Twice.

Emily: Well,that's very nice of Sammy, but--

Jack: Oh. I should've called first. You're inthe middle of something.

Emily: Yes,I am in the middle of something, and that happens to be an exceptionally goodbottle of pinot. Do you drink wine?

Jack: Well, when it's exceptional, Sure.

Emily: Cheers.So have you made any decisions? About the bar, I mean.

Jack: Actually, I'm, uh, I'm gonna hold on to itfor now. Postpone² any major decisions till the end of the season.

Emily: Why isthat?

Jack: Well, I guess I'm...just hoping to find areally good reason to stick around.

Emily: Abetter³ reason than the stowaway⁴?

Jack: If I'm lucky

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

3 abetter   

n.教唆者，怂恿者

参考例句：

• Make them SMAART goals andand you'll have abetter chance of attaining them. 制定SMAART目标，那么你实现这些目标的机会将更大。 来自互联网
• Betty beat abit of butter to make abetter butter. 贝蒂敲打一小块奶油要做一块更好的奶油面。 来自互联网

4 stowaway   

n.（藏于轮船，飞机中的）偷乘者

参考例句：

• The stowaway masqueraded as a crew member.偷渡者假扮成乘务员。
• The crew discovered the stowaway about two days into their voyage.船员在开船约两天后发现了那名偷乘者。