《摩登家庭》第1季第10集 第19期:撒谎精

 Wait a- You were going to take 等等  你本打算因为一件我们都

Christmas away for something that none of us did? 没做过的事情  而不让我们过圣诞节吗

Well, um, Christmas is about moving forward. 圣诞节意味着放下过去朝前看

I've never heard that. 我可没听过那个说法

Actually, honey, you did kinda shoot your mouth off. 确实  亲爱的  你似乎是信口开河的

You called us all liars¹. 你还说我们是撒谎精

Yeah, you did, and then... 没错  你就是那样说的

Let's not all get worked up. I made a mistake! 我们别越说越起劲了  是我的错

I made a mistake. And people make mistakes. 我犯错了  人难免会犯错的

And they make up for those mistakes- 但人们会弥补犯下的错误

by... taking their family to Italy! 通过  带全家人去意大利来弥补

Oh, my God²! Yeah! 我的天呐

We talk a lot about tradition³ this time of year. 每年的这个时候  我们就会经常谈论传统

But as much as we love our traditions⁴, 尽管我们深爱着自己的传统

sometimes our best memories come 但有时候我们最美好的回忆

from the times that are the most untraditional. 却来自最颠覆传统的时刻

 

1 liars   

说谎者( liar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
• Honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。

2 god   

n.上帝，神；被极度崇拜的人或物

参考例句：

• God knows how the cat got up on the roof.只有天知道那只猫是怎样爬上房顶的。
• God wills that man should be happy.上帝愿人类幸福。

3 tradition   

n.传说，传统，惯例，引渡，交付

参考例句：

• This tradition has lasted until our own time.这一传统一直保持到我们这个时代。
• They still follow the tradition of their fathers.他们仍然继承着他们祖先的传统。

4 traditions   

n.传统( tradition的名词复数 )；惯例

参考例句：

• one of the theatre's most hallowed traditions 戏院最受尊崇的传统之一
• He said that the new building merely aped the classical traditions. 他说那栋新建筑只是模仿古典传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》