【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1035期

ELENA:Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier.

STEFAN: No, no. I'm gladyou're here. The way we left things... I didn't like it.

ELENA:See, the thing is, I got home tonight planning on doing what I always do, writein my diary, like I have been since my mom gave me one when I was 10. It'swhere I get everything out, everything I'm feeling. It all goes in this littlebook that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous¹ ceramicmermaid. But then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I shouldprobably be telling you.

STEFAN: What would youwrite?

ELENA:I would write... "Dear diary,today I convinced² myself it was ok to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with thestatus quo. No drama³, now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons,they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth, and the truth isthat..." I'm scared, Stefan. I'm scared that if I let myself behappy for even one moment that... the world's just going to come crashing down,and I... I don't know if I can survive that.

STEFAN: Do you want to knowwhat I would write? "I met agirl. We talked. It was epic⁴. But then the sun came up and reality set in.Well, this is reality. Right here."

1 hideous   

adj.丑陋的，可憎的，可怕的，恐怖的

参考例句：

• The whole experience had been like some hideous nightmare.整个经历就像一场可怕的噩梦。
• They're not like dogs,they're hideous brutes.它们不像狗，是丑陋的畜牲。

2 convinced   

adj.确信的；深信的；有坚定信仰的v.使确信(convince的过去分词)；说服

参考例句：

• I am convinced of her innocence. 我坚信她是清白无辜的。
• I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car. 我看这辆汽车是灾星。

3 drama   

n.戏剧；戏剧艺术

参考例句：

• He acted his part very well in the French drama.他在这出法国戏剧中演得很成功。
• The college published a drama review.学院出版了一份戏剧评论刊物。

4 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。