【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语967期

Emily: You hired a bodyguard¹?

Nolen:  You would, too, ifFrank had almost blown your kneecaps off. But as peculiar² as it may sound, Ihappen to like my life.

Emily: Oh, and so did my father,until the Graysons stole it. Where's your loyalty³ to him?

Nolen: Perhaps I could step back into more of aconsulting role.

Emily: Fine. I need you to hack⁴ into the hospital'scomputer files.

Nolen: Lydia's out of critical condition, but she'sstill comatose⁵. I couldn't help myself.

Emily: Good. That buys us some time to get back ontrack.

Nolen: And what horrible fate do you have in storefor young Daniel?

Emily: Daniel's not a target. You know that.

Nolen: You know how much easier your life would beif you just dropped all this and went to go live happily ever after with jack⁶? Unless...Of course... You're actually falling for Daniel?

Emily: You're just a consultant,remember?

1 bodyguard   

n.护卫，保镖

参考例句：

• She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
• The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。

2 peculiar   

adj.古怪的，异常的；特殊的，特有的

参考例句：

• He walks in a peculiar fashion.他走路的样子很奇特。
• He looked at me with a very peculiar expression.他用一种很奇怪的表情看着我。

3 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

4 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

5 comatose   

adj.昏睡的，昏迷不醒的

参考例句：

• Those in extreme fear can be put into a comatose type state.那些极端恐惧的人可能会被安放进一种昏迷状态。
• The doctors revived the comatose man.这个医生使这个昏睡的苏醒了。

6 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。