【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1044期

Elena: You know, you're kind ofthe talk of the town.

Stefan: Am I?

Elena: Mm-hmm. Mysterious new guy, oh, yeah.

Stefan:Well, you have the mysterious thing going, too.Twinged in sadness.

Elena: What makes you think that I'm sad?

Stefan:Well, we did meet in a graveyard¹.

Elena: Right. Well, no, technically² we met in the men's room. You don't want to know, it's…It's not exactly partychit-chat.

Stefan: Well, I've never really been very good at, uh, Chit-chat.

Elena:Last spring...My parents' car drove off of abridge³, into the lake. And I was in the backseat. And I survived, but...They didn't. So that's my story.

Stefan: You won't be sad forever, Elena.

       I like Bonnie, she seemslike a good friend.

Elena: Best friend in the world.          

Stefan: And Matt. He can't seem to, uh, take his eyes off of us.

Elena:Matt's that friend since childhood. That youstart dating. Because you owe it toyourselves. To see if you can be more.

Stefan: And?

Elena:And then my parents died. And everythingchanges. Anyway, Matt and I. Together wejust, I don't know. It wasn't, um...It wasn't...

Stefan: Passionate⁴.

Elena: No. No, it wasn't passionate.

1 graveyard   

n.坟场

参考例句：

• All the town was drifting toward the graveyard.全镇的人都象流水似地向那坟场涌过去。
• Living next to a graveyard would give me the creeps.居住在墓地旁边会使我毛骨悚然。

2 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

3 abridge   

v.删减，删节，节略，缩短

参考例句：

• They are going to abridge that dictionary.他们将要精简那本字典。
• He decided to abridge his stay here after he received a letter from home.他接到家信后决定缩短在这里的逗留时间。

4 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。