看绯闻女孩学英语 243

Celia: There is my magnificent granddaughter.

我高贵漂亮的孙女。

Serena: Grandma.

外婆。

Lily: Oh,hello,mother.

你好，妈妈。

Celia: Is there a bar in this place?

这儿有酒吧吗？

Guest: No!

没有。

Celia: I should have known I had to bring the party myself.So this must be Daniel.

我早该知道得自己带来全套东西，这位肯定是Daniel了。

Dan: Dan, actually.Dan Humphrey, yeah. Hi.

Dan 是Dan Humphrey，你好。

Celia: My granddaughter told me that you were delighted when she decided¹, not to make her debut² this weekend?

我孙女说当她决定周末不参加她的初次社交时，你很开心？

Serena: Yeah,go ahead, tell her what you think. Grandma loves honesty, it’s okay.

来吧，告诉她你怎么想的。外婆喜欢诚实的人，没关系的。

Dan: Well, cotillions just seem antiquated³ to me. You know, remnant of a different age.

交谊舞对我来说就像古董一样，不同年代的东西。

Celia: Well, do go on.

继续吧。

Dan: People spend all this money to have their daughters basically Dance in front of others for attention.

父母花大笔金钱让女儿跳舞给人看，就是为了引起别人的注意。

Uh, when, if you ask Serena, I bet she'd do that for you right now, free of charge.

可对Serena来说我敢打赌，她可以随时吸引任何人的眼球。

Celia: The cotillion teaches the good graces that women should always have in their Arsenal⁴.

交谊舞的老师所教的礼节能让女孩子变得高雅。

Dan: I think Serena’s graces are pretty spectacular as they are.

我想Serena比他们任何一个都要更高雅了。

Serena: Oh, besides, grandma, you haven't used your graces in a while.

另外，外婆，你可是好久都没用上你的高雅礼节了。

Celia: Right, oh, you.

小家伙。

Serena: Oh, isn't she great?

她是不是超棒的？

Dan: She's...s he's great, she's something.

她很......很棒，不同寻常。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

3 antiquated   

adj.陈旧的，过时的

参考例句：

• Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving.很多工厂过于陈旧落后，已不值得挽救。
• A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding.一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。

4 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。