看绯闻女孩学英语 101

Jenny: Way to go, dad. Wait. So who's the entertainment?

好样的 爸爸 等等 谁来助兴

Rufus: Uh, since it was such short notice,

哦 鉴于时间紧迫

the only person I could get was myself.

我唯一能联系到的就是我自己了

Dan: Kind of a staid affair for early '90s, post punk math rock, don't you think?

对于90年代早期后朋克慢摇来说，这会不会太过庄重了你不觉得吗

Rufus: I'm bringing a couple of the guys. It'll be Rufus unplugged.

我会再召集一些人的 今晚将上演Rufus木吉他演奏会

Jenny: Need a roadie?

需要巡回乐队管理员吗

Rufus: Thanks, sweetie.

谢谢 甜心

Dan: Should I call mom and we can just make this a full-fledged Humphrey affair?

我要给妈妈打电话吗 这样就能全家出动了

Rufus: Look, I did the best I could.

瞧 我已经尽力了

At least you get to officially be a part of this thing.

至少你可以正当地参加宴会了

You can talk to that author you love, ask him anything you want.

你可以和你喜欢的那本书的作者交谈啊 可以问他任何事

Dan: Like his, uh, preference¹ for soft drinks?

比如 问他喜欢喝什么

台词精解：

1. Way to go, dad. So who's the entertainment?

短语点拨：way to go是一个固定短语，意思是“干得真棒”，相当于“good job”。

口语提炼：Who's the entertainment? 表演者是谁？

2. Uh, since it was such short notice, the only person I could get was myself.

口语提炼：It is short nitice. 事情来得太仓促了。

短语点拨：short notice是指“临时通知”，其实short是短时间的，在这里可以理解为“临时的”，notice作为名词有“通知，布告”的意思。它还以引申为“时间匆促”，表示在短暂的时间里，和介词at搭配使用，即：at short notice。再如：

We went on holiday at such short notice that I didn't say goodbye to Eric. 我们动身去休假之前十分仓促，我来不及向埃里克告别。

He finds it difficult to get a hotel room at short notice . 要在这么短的时间里找到一个房间，对他来说也太难了。

3. I'm bringing a couple of the guys.

短语点拨：a couple of指数量，除了有“2个”的意思，还有“几个”的意思。在这里是指“几个”。再如：

The doctor ordered him to stay in bed for a couple of days. 大夫嘱咐他卧床一两天。

We picked up a couple of girls at the pub² last Friday. 上星期五我们在酒吧结识了几个女孩。

I have come up with a couple of rather philosophical³ questions that are perhaps worth considering. 我提出几个相当原则性的问题或许值得考虑。

4. Should I call mom and we can just make this a full-fledged Humphrey affair?

词语理解：full-fledged是个复合词，有形容词full和过去分词fledged构成，意思是“羽毛丰满的”“成熟的”，这里比喻为“全家出动的，全家参与的”。

短语结构点拨：make+something+something意思是“使某事或者某物如何”。

台词中的make this a full-fledged Humphrey affair中的this是指代在常青藤宴会上的Rufus的娱乐活动以及Dan作为茶点服务生的事情，整个短语的意思是“使这个活动成为Humphrey家庭全家参与的活动”。

文学赏析：由此看得出Jenny一家并不因为身处低层社会就自暴自弃，而是群策群力去做贵族子弟的事情，把它做好，为家族争光。

5. Look, I did the best I could. At least you get to officially be a part of this thing.

短语点拨：do the best as sb can意思是“竭尽全力”。再如：

having done the best as I could in study, we, as your parents, won’t blame you even though you fail in the finals. 如果你尽力学习了，即使你期考不及格，我们父母也不责骂你。

短语点拨：at least是“至少”的意思，这个“至少”的意思可以指“数量”，也可以指“程度”。例如：

This was at least a temporary relief from the impasse⁴. 这至少使我暂时摆脱了僵局。

They spend at least nine months of the year on the wing. 他们每年至少飞行九个月。

1 preference   

n.偏爱，优先，优先权，优先的选择

参考例句：

• What is your preference?你有什么嗜好？
• A teacher should not show preference for any one of his pupils.老师不应偏爱任何一个学生。

2 pub   

n.[英]旅馆，小店，酒馆

参考例句：

• He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
• They saw that four large men marched into the pub.他们看到四个彪形大汉走进了酒吧。

3 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。

4 impasse   

n.僵局；死路

参考例句：

• The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
• Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。