【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1031期

Andy: Don't pick up. Don't pick up. Don't pick up. Don't pick... 

Emily: Hi.

Andy: Emily?

Emily.Hi, hi. Sorry I'm late. It's just Miranda wanted some scarves from Hermes. And she did tell me yesterday, but I forgot like an idiot. And so I                   , of course.

Andy: Emily, Emily, l-I need to talk to you.

Emily: I called Martine at home, and she opened the shop early. (Emily ran into a passerby¹ ) Whoa! I'm sorry. (Continued to talk with Andy)She opened the shop early for me, so I got them, which is great.

Andy: Okay. Um, Emily, wh-when you come in... there's something I have to talk to you about.

Emily: Well, I hope it's not another Miranda problem.

Andy: Not exactly.

Emily: Well, good, because I've got so much to deal with before I go. I swear to God...

(Emily was knocked off by a car...and was sent to hospital. )

Andy:Emily?

Emily: I don't care if she was gonna fire you or beat you with a red-hot poker（['poʊkər]炙热的拨火棍）!                                         

Andy: Emily, I didn't have a choice. You know how she is.

Emily: Oh please. That is a pathetic （ [pə'θetɪk] adj. 可怜的、可悲的）excuse. Do you know what really just... gets（在口语中有激怒、惹恼的意思） me about this whole thing... is that, you know, you're the one who said you don't really care about this stuff. And you don't really care about fashion. You just wanna be a journalist.

Andy: Emily,                    . I don't                 you.

Emily: Face it, Andy, you sold your soul the day you put on that first pair of Jimmy Choo's. I saw it. And you know what really just kills me about this whole thing... is the clothes that you're gonna get. I mean, you                 . You eat carbs （淀粉质食物）, for Christ's sake. God, it's so unfair!

Andy: Emily.

Emily: Just go.

Andy: Emily, I...

Emily: I said go!

 

Answer Keys & Words Challenge

1. freaked out,  疯了；吓坏了

2. You should have said no.

3.I know you're mad

4. blame

5.don't deserve them

 

Topics for Scene #1

1. What happened the last time you freaked out?

2. How do you control your mood when you are very mad at someone/something?

3. H7N9 broke out recently. Thousands of fowls² were killed in order to get this infectious decease under control. Do you think those fowls deserved the slaughter³?

1 passerby   

n.过路人，行人

参考例句：

• We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
• A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫，便冲过去帮助她。

2 fowls   

鸟( fowl的名词复数 )； 禽肉； 既不是这； 非驴非马

参考例句：

• A great number of water fowls dwell on the island. 许多水鸟在岛上栖息。
• We keep a few fowls and some goats. 我们养了几只鸡和一些山羊。

3 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。