《摩登家庭》第1季第18集 第1期:不同的教育方式

 What's my favorite way to relax? 我最喜欢的放松方式是什么

Throw on my wireless¹ headphones 戴上我的无线耳机

and disappear into the Nature Channel. 沉浸在自然频道的节目中

The young flatback turtle searches for food on the ocean floor. 年幼的平背海龟在海底搜寻着食物

This flatback, however- 然而这只平背海龟却  

The fascinating thing about nature... 自然的美妙之处在于

is how, in the blink² of an eye, 在眨眼之间

it can go from a scene of total tranquil³ beauty... 可以从绝对的宁静美

to raw, primal⁴ violence. 变到原始的暴力场景

Can you seriously not hear me with those things on? 你带着这玩意儿真的听不到我说话吗

It's noise-canceling technology. Give it a spin. It's got- 这是消除外界杂音的技术  你来试试

- Sweetie, focus, now. - Mom, -亲爱的  专注  -妈

why are you freaking out on everyone? 你为什么对每个人都一惊一乍的

Because you are acting⁵ very irresponsibly- all of you. 因为你表现的很不负责任  你们全都是

Listen, honey. 听着  亲爱的

Luke has a giant project due tomorrow for school 卢克有个大型的课题研究要做  明天就得交  

that he hasn't even started, 但他到现在都没开始

and Haley just informed me 而海莉刚通知我

she needs 40 cupcakes for her school fund-raiser, 她要为学校的募捐会准备40个纸杯蛋糕

also due tomorrow. 也是明天要

I'd like to point out 我想指出一下

I completed all my assignments on my own and on time. 我独立按时地完成了全部学校作业

- Not now, Alex.  -Ok, look, -不是得瑟的时候  艾丽克斯  -听着

I will take the cupcakes. You do the project. 我来做纸杯蛋糕  你去做课题研究

- It's on Vincent Van Gogh. - Done! -主题是文森特·梵高  -成交

Ok, I need you to really stay on him. 好的  我需要你好好监督他 

Keep him focused. 让他保持专注

All right. I'm actually gonna take a different approach, but- 好吧  我打算采用一种不同的教育方法

Actually gonna insist that you don't. 我强烈要求你别那么做

 

1 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

2 blink   

vi.眨眼睛，闪烁；vt.眨（眼睛），使闪烁

参考例句：

• In a blink of an eye he had disappeared.一眨眼的工夫他就没影了。
• The boy disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye.一眨眼，这男孩就在拐角处不见了。

3 tranquil   

adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的

参考例句：

• The boy disturbed the tranquil surface of the pond with a stick. 那男孩用棍子打破了平静的池面。
• The tranquil beauty of the village scenery is unique. 这乡村景色的宁静是绝无仅有的。

4 primal   

adj.原始的；最重要的

参考例句：

• Jealousy is a primal emotion.嫉妒是最原始的情感。
• Money was a primal necessity to them.对于他们，钱是主要的需要。

5 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。