看绯闻女孩学英语 179

Blair: You want your dad to invest in a strip joint¹?

你想要你的父亲投资脱衣舞酒吧?

Chuck: How midtown, a burlesque² club——a respectable place

市中心怎么样?一家脱衣舞俱乐部--在那个神圣的地方，

where people can be transported to another time,

人们会被带到另一个世界，

where they can feel free to let loose.

在那里他们会尽情享受自由。

No judgment³, pure escape.

没有评判，纯粹的避风港。

What happens at Victrola stays at Victrola.

把开心和不快都留在维克多拉。

Blair: Well, it does have franchise⁴ potential.

恩，确实是有经营的潜力。

Chuck Bass⁵, I do believe all your years of underage boozing

Chuck Bass，看来你多年喝酒泡妞的生活经历。

Truly, I am proud.

真的，我很骄傲。

Chuck: And you are my toughest critic. well,second toughest.

这是我收到的最苛刻的评价，厄...... 应该是第二苛刻的。

Blair: So do you think your father will go for it?

可是你觉得你爸爸会投资吗?

Chuck: It is exactly the kind of innovative⁶ thinking upon which the Bass empire was built.

这种创新的理念绝对是。

It is the perfect thing. I’ve been waiting for this.

这太完美了，我等的就是这个时刻。

Blair: We are so late. Are you coming?

我们要迟到了，你来吗?

Chuck: Gotta pitch it to Bart. Victory party here tomorrow.

我得把这个给我老爸。明天在这会开庆功派对的。

Blair: I wouldn't miss it.

我不会错过的。

Chuck: I'll send a car.

我会派车去接你。

Blair: Don't be nervous. He’s gonna love it.

别紧张哦，他会喜欢这个计划的。

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 burlesque   

v.嘲弄，戏仿；n.嘲弄，取笑，滑稽模仿

参考例句：

• Our comic play was a burlesque of a Shakespearean tragedy.我们的喜剧是对莎士比亚一出悲剧的讽刺性模仿。
• He shouldn't burlesque the elder.他不应模仿那长者。

3 judgment   

n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见

参考例句：

• The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
• He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。

4 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

5 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

6 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。