《美少女的谎言》第4季第5集 第1期上更好的大学

 I just spoke¹ to Melissa. 我刚跟梅丽莎通过话

She started her internship² today. 她的实习今天开始

Yeah? 是吗

What did she say? 她说什么了

London is beautiful, but very cold. 伦敦很美  但是很冷

Sounds like a perfect match. 听起来很搭

This is for you. 这是给你的

What is that? 这是什么

It's what you need to read 这是你

before your meeting with Brendan Mcgowan. 在见布兰登·麦高恩之前需要读的

Who's that? 那是谁

He's a private admissions counselor³. 他是一名私人入学顾问

He's going to help you with college. 他会帮你进入大学

How? 怎么帮

The Carlyles hired him after Nora got that DUI. 卡莱尔夫妇在诺拉酒驾被查到后就雇了他

With Brendan she was still able to go to her second choice. 在布兰登的帮助下  她仍进入了第二志愿学校

But I don't have a DUI. 我可没酒后驾车

No. 是没有

But you have Radley. 但你进过拉德里

Brendan will know which schools to target 布兰登知道哪些该作为目标学校

and how to make you most attractive to them. 并知道怎么让学校更想要你

Oh, he's like an ivy⁴ league pimp. 他就像个藤校的皮条客一样

Sweetie, you've worked hard 宝贝  你一直很努力

and you deserve to go to a good school. 值得去一所好大学

We just need to re-position you. 我们只需要对你重新定位

Mom, I am not a sofa, okay? 妈  我又不是个沙发

And nobody is more upset than I am that I didn't get into UPenn, 我没去成宾大  没人比我更沮丧了

but that doesn't mean that I can't get into other good schools. 但这不说明我去不了别的好学校

I agree, and so does Brendan. 我同意  布兰登也这么想

 

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 internship   

n.实习医师，实习医师期

参考例句：

• an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
• a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习

3 counselor   

n.顾问，法律顾问

参考例句：

• The counselor gave us some disinterested advice.顾问给了我们一些无私的忠告。
• Chinese commercial counselor's office in foreign countries.中国驻国外商务参赞处。

4 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。