看绯闻女孩学英语 162

Dan: Hey, Jen, you're not gonna believe this,

嘿，Jen，你不会相信的，

but, uh, Vanessa is back in town.

但是... Vanessa回来了。

So we're going to a movie tonight,

今晚我们一起看电影，

and I don't know if you're going to that ball or not,

我不知道你是否去参加那个舞会，

but I was wondering if you wanted to come with.

但我想知道你愿不愿意一起来，

So, uh, we're getting tickets online.

我们会上网买票，

Call me back.

打给我。

Gossip girl: Why is it that friends of Serena Van Der Woodsen have to search for her suitor?

为什么Serena Van Der Woodsen的朋友要帮她找约会对象?

Have fables¹ fallen so out of fashion that the princesses have to do everything themselves?

难倒童话现在已经如此落伍，公主们必须要亲力亲为?

Call us old school, but sometimes the fairytale ending requires the knight² to get off his ass³ and saddle up his steed.

我们或许是很念旧，但有时候童话般的结局需要骑士肯采取行动，策马扬鞭才行。

1 fables   

n.寓言( fable的名词复数 )；神话，传说

参考例句：

• Some of Aesop's Fables are satires. 《伊索寓言》中有一些是讽刺作品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Little Mexican boys also breathe the American fables. 墨西哥族的小孩子对美国神话也都耳濡目染。 来自辞典例句

2 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。