【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语051期

 Rossi: I mean, talk about a total surprise. I'm not just a dad, I'm a granddad.

M: Oh, congratulations, that's fantastic.

Rossi: So, how's Karen?

M: She's great.

Rossi: You know, I gotta tell you. It's admirable, that you two have made it work. What's your secret?

M: Uh, simple, really. I know I'm a better person with her beside me. And she knows that I won't stop doing everything I can to make the world a safer place for our kids to grow up in.

Rossi: And how are the kids?

M: Ryan just got into the academy¹.

Rossi: No kidding！

M: Yeah, it's just all I ever wanted is to protect my children from all we've seen and now Ryan will be right in the line of fire.

Rossi: Well, he's learned² from the best.

M: How are the Sullivans ?

Hotchner: They are better.

Rossi: So how many of these do you think we've solved?

W: Mm, enough for another best-seller.

Hotchner: These are the endings we want.

M: Amen to that.

W: Cheers.

1 academy   

n.(高等)专科院校；学术社团，协会，研究院

参考例句：

• This is an academy of music.这是一所音乐专科学院。
• I visited Chinese Academy of Sciences yesterday.我昨天去访问了中国科学院。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。