看绯闻女孩学英语 238

Hey. And hello to you. Big national holiday.

嘿 你好啊 伟大的国定假日

You excited? Kind of I am.

兴奋吗 有点儿吧

Might be the first thanksgiving in a while that I actually remember.

也许是好久以来 第一个我能记住的感恩节

Yeah, I bet¹. Huh? Nothing.

是的 我猜也是 什么 没什么

Uh, you...uh, you at Blair's?

呃 你在Blair家

Almost. Her dad's gonna be home for the first time since he left, so she's really excited.

差不多到了 这是他爸打从离开之后第一次回来 所以她真的很兴奋

Oh, well, family reunions are all around then.

哦 太好了 现在到处都在一家团圆了

Uh, we, too, have a full Humphrey household.

呃 我们家也是一家子姓Humphrey的总算全了

Hopefully, it'll stick.Well, it seems like your mom is really trying.

希望这家子能保持完整 好的 看上去你妈妈是真的在努力

Better thanksgiving than never.

有感激的事情 怎么都好过没有

Call me between every course? Okay. Bye.

每吃一道菜都打个电话给我 好的 拜

Mom, is it really okay to cook with this much heavy cream?

妈妈 用那么多全脂奶油来做 真的可以吗

Our arteries² give us a free pass on turkey day.

我们的动脉在火鸡大餐日会畅通无阻

It's a shame our family doesn't have a few hundred more members.

可惜我们家没几百号人

Do you think I bought too much?

你觉得我买的太多了

Only by several tons.

多了几吨而已

But it's our first holiday back.

但这是我们复合后的第一个节日

I wanted to make sure it was special.

我想保证它特别一点

I think they call that guilt³.

我想人们称之为内疚

Yeah, I guess they do.

是的 我猜他们是这么说的

But if it means more midnight turkey sandwiches for all of us, then so be it.

但是如果这意味着我们大家有更多火鸡三明治作夜宵 何乐而不为呢

Yeah, see, Dan?

没错 明白了 Dan

Uh, we on this side of the kitchen choose to be positive.

呃 厨房这边的我们决定要乐观积极点

Yeah, Dan. What's it gonna be?

是的 Dan你选哪边

You with us or against us? Fine. Fine.

加入我们还是与我们为敌 好吧 好吧

But only if I can take the cranberry⁴ sauce out of the can.

如果由我来把酸梅酱从罐头里弄出来的话

That is my specialty⁵.

这是我的特长

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

4 cranberry   

n.梅果

参考例句：

• Turkey reminds me of cranberry sauce.火鸡让我想起梅果酱。
• Actually I prefer canned cranberry sauce.事实上我更喜欢罐装的梅果酱。

5 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。