《摩登家庭》第1季第10集 第12期:打散工

 Guess what? Christmas is still canceled. 猜猜会怎样  圣诞节依旧取消

That's fine by me. 我是无所谓的

Let's start working on next year. 我们明年再过吧

Hey, and memo¹ to New Year's Eve... and Easter- 别忘了还有除夕  复活节  都不过了

Watch your back! 小心点

So, after I left the marines, I just kinda traveled the world. 我从海军退役后  算是开始环游世界了

Now I go from town to town picking up odd jobs. 现在我游走在各城之间  打些临时工

Oh. Kinda like the Hulk. 有点像绿巨人

That's weird². That was my nickname in the corps- 真巧啊  那正是我在部队时的绰号

'cause of my bad temper. 因为我的暴脾气

Anyway, thanks for having me over, 不管怎样  谢谢你们请我过来

having me for dinner, letting me do my laundry. 请我吃晚饭  帮我洗衣服

It's not been a good day. 今天本来很不顺

Um, Scott, I-I have a confession³ to make. 斯科特  我有事要跟你坦白

Um, I didn't, uh- 我没有

I didn't clean the lint⁴ tray, 我没有清洗洗衣槽

so, um, your clothes might be a little pilly. 所以你的衣服可能会沾上些毛

Oh, no problem. That's the least of my worries. 没关系  我不在乎

Thanks for everything. You guys made my day. 谢谢你们做的一切  我今天很开心

It's the least we could do. - What do you mean? 至少可以以此补偿你  -什么意思

I don't know... what I was saying. 我不知道我在说什么

 

1 memo   

n.照会，备忘录；便笺；通知书；规章

参考例句：

• Do you want me to send the memo out?您要我把这份备忘录分发出去吗？
• Can you type a memo for me?您能帮我打一份备忘录吗？

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 confession   

n.自白，供认，承认

参考例句：

• Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
• The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。

4 lint   

n.线头；绷带用麻布，皮棉

参考例句：

• Flicked the lint off the coat.把大衣上的棉绒弹掉。
• There are a few problems of air pollution by chemicals,lint,etc.,but these are minor.化学品、棉花等也造成一些空气污染问题，但这是次要的。