成长的烦恼第六季:Ben's Sure Thing

TV: And coming up late tonight Steven Botchcoes cop Rock.
Maggie: Ok Chrissy, its time for us top leave.
Chrissy: Mum. Are you going to be home late, or am I going to have to miss Cop rock?
Maggie: Honey it's passed your bedtime.
Chrissy: But its breakthrough television.
Maggie: Go to bed. Goodnight. Chrissy. You won't be needing that. Carol, I'm counting on you
to make sure...
Carol: Chrissy's in bed by eight thirty. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jason: So why are you complaining about babysitting? It's not like you had a date tonight.
Carol: Just go.
Ben: Well, I'm all done on doing the dishes on a night that's not even my turn.
Jason: That's good Ben.
Ben: That was great bean salad mum. Interesting but not dangerous.
Maggie: Thanks Ben.
Ben: May I have your recipe.
Jason: It won't do you any good. We're still going top parents night.
Ben: Is that tonight?
Jason: Oh, should I ground him now or later.
Ben: This isn't like all those times I go in trouble, way back, when was that?
Jason: Oh, lat semester.
Ben: Hey look, what I'm saying is that I'm more mature. When was the last time you guys
saw me blow milk through my nose?
Maggie: Well,
Ben: Hey it doesn't count though, it wasn't milk. And just the other day I had gas and I kept it
all to myself.
Maggie: Ben!
Ben: hey not completely to myself, but…
Maggie: Ok, look honey, we have noticed that you are more mature. You haven't gotten into
any trouble for weeks, your grades are fine, and my guess is you've got all your teachers
buffaloed.
Ben: You bet I do.
Jason: Let's roll Maggie.
Ben: Remember these are bitter people who don't make a lot of money.

Maggie: Well thank you for your time Mrs. Crockmyer.
Jason: Yes, I'm glad we got to talk. Its great to hear Ben's finally buckling¹ down like that.
Teacher: Well I like teaching children and I like cutting up frogs.
Maggie: But isn't this an English class?
Teacher: Yes.
Maggie: Mrs. Crockmyer...
Jason: Wait, we're having a great night. That's the sixth teacher who's been glowing about
Ben.
Maggie: They sure must have lowered their standards since mike went her.
Principal: Attention parents. This is your beloved principle Willis Dewitt. Next period is lunch.
During this period you are welcome to come to my office to get your child's locker² combination.
So you can route through their personal belongings³.
Maggie: Oh!
Jason: Maggie, we don't have to route through bens locker.
Maggie: Of course we don't have to. We get to.
Jason: Maggie. Ben wouldn't hide anything from us.
Maggie: Because he's such a good student?
Jason: No because he's not slick enough to get anything passed us.
Maggie: Oh Jason, are you going to stand here and do nothing?
Jason: No. I'm going to go to the boy's room and do something.
Man: Hey, look up. Um, hu, force of habit.
Jason: Men, men, men, men, men. How can we be expected to have our children follow our
example if we ourselves don't set it? Come on, the surgeon generals report is a generation old.
Isn't it time that we need light?
Man: No thanks. It's lit.
Jason: Boy this takes me back. I remember in my school, this is where you get your real
education. Mr. little bites. Isn't that funny.
Man 2: No. I'm Mr. little.
Jason: I meant that it's ironic⁴ that they should say something so disrespectful and then still
use the traditional expression of "good will Mr.".
Man: What kind of goof⁵ ball are you?
Jason: Psychiatrist⁶.
Man: Uh hu.
Jason: Dr Seaver.
Ronda's Father: Dr Seaver!
Jason: Hello.
Ronda's Father: Ho. Hey, doctor Seaver. Hey!
Jason: Hey!
Ronda's Father: Hey mo.
Jason: Mo!
Ronda's Father: Mo Green.
Jason: Mo Green.
Ronda's Father: Ronda's dad.
Jason: That would be Ronda Green.
Ronda's Father: I know she is friends with Ben. Oh I love that knucklehead.
Jason: You do?
Ronda's father: If I didn't, how else could I put with him for six nights a week?
Jason: Six nights week?
Ronda's Father: Yeah, he's practically part of the family.
Jason: Ben Seaver?
Ronda's Father: Will you stop it, you're killing⁸ me. I'm going to compliment you. He's a great
kid, and such a hard worker. Cleaning the garage, washing the dishes, fixing the plumbing⁹.
Was it you that taught him all about transmissions?
Jason: S E A V E R?
Ronda's Father: I don't know. I can't spell. I'm illiterate¹⁰. I'm just so glad we're getting along
because I wouldn't be surprised if one of these days, you and me were related. If you know
what I mean?
Jason: What the hell are you talking about?
Ronda's Father: Ben and Ronda. Hey, now how come you're acting¹¹ like you don't know what's
going on when you threw them a big six-week anniversary party, hu?
Jason: Maggie! Come on in here, there's something I want you to hear.
Ronda's Father: Oh, I love this guy.

Maggie: Well if he's been dating her for six weeks, why haven't we met her?
Jason: I don't know.
Maggie: And how could he sneak¹² out of the house very night for six weeks?
Jason: I don't know.
Maggie: Jason, what do you know?
Jason: I know I don't like getting noogied.

Maggie: Where's Ben?
Carol: No good evening? No thank you for babysitting? No gratitude¹³ for my time?
Maggie: That's right. Where's Ben?
Carol: Don't know, don't care.
Maggie: Hu. With an attitude like that its no wonder that little Ben is sneaking¹⁴ around with this
fourteen-year-old girl with pantyhose in his locker.
Carol: What? You think I have an attitude? Well hu!
Ben: Well, you guys must be really hungry after hearing all those great things about me.
Jason: Ben, I've never been more disappointed in you in my whole life.
Ben: Uh, hey, it wasn't my idea to Vaseline the toilet seats in the teachers lounge.
Maggie: Uh hu.
Ben: Hey they were going to throw out those dissected¹⁵ frogs anyway, so why could I use
them?
Jason: Let me give you a hint Ben. Ni ni ni ni ni.
Ben: You know mo.
Jason: Mo than you think.
Ben: Well I guess there's no reason for me to say anything but goodnight.
Maggie: Don't count on it Mr.
Jason: Why haven't we met Ronda?
Maggie: Six weeks!
Jason: Part of the family.
Maggie: Fixing transmissions without permission.
Jason: Don't just sit there. Say something.
Ben: I really, really, really love you guys.
Jason: Uh hu.
Ben: Ok look. I'm dating this girl named Ronda. There, it's out in the open. I feel better.
Maggie: From the beginning Ben, and include all the lies, falsehood and deceptions¹⁶.
Ben: Um...
Jason: I'm waiting for the old ripple¹⁷ dissolve Ben.

(Flashback)
Ben: Well, it was during the first or second week of school. I'm not sure, but I know it was
after my English class, because there was frog blood on my shoes. I was getting lunch from
my locker when I saw her.
Ronda: That's the last time I wear white shoes to English class.
Ben: You're in my class?
Ronda: Yeah. I had no idea high school English would be like this. Do you want to go out to a
movie?
Ben: Hu?
Ronda: Oh right. I'm Ronda Green, but you are probably busy so just forget I asked.
Ben: Wait, wait wait a minute. You're asking me out on a date?
Ronda: You're acting like it's never happened to you before.
Ben: Are you kidding? Usually it's groups of women asking me out.
Ronda: So, what night?
Ben: Any night.
Ronda: I'm free then too.
Ben: Ok, we'll work the details out after school. Behind the dumpster.
Ronda: The one that smells really bad?
Ben: I know it well.
Ronda: Oh and just so you don't worry, I'll pay for me. I'm not after your money.
Ben: I like your style. Dudes, dudes. Hey guys. What's happening?
Stinky: I started shaving today.
Ben: Yeah Stink¹⁸, but your back doesn't count. So uh, what do you guys figure we're doing this
weekend?
Friend: I don't know. I was going to stay home and let my big brother push me around.
Stinky: Will he push me too?
Ben: Sorry I can't join you guys but I got a date.
Friend: Ah, the circus is back in town. So Seaver, who did you ask out?
Ben: I didn't ask anybody out. She asked me.
Guys: No way!
Ben: You guys act like this has never happened to you before.
Stinky: I had a girl talk to me once. She said, "What smells in here?"
Friend: Yeah stinky, my brother will push you around.
Friend 2: Who asked you out?
Ben: Ronda Green.
Guys: Laughing.
Ben: What's so funny?
Friend 1: We thought you meant a real woman, like a cheerleader, or better.
Stinky: What's better than a cheerleader?
Friend 1: A gymnast.
Guys: Yeah!
Ben: You guys are just dumping on me because no one asked you out.
Friend 2: Bennie, Bennie, she's not on the A list. You go out with a girl who's not on the A list
and you're finished. Your social life is over and you'll end up with a girl in band.
Stinky: I'm in band.
Friend 2: Nough said.
Ben: But she's paying her own way.

Friend 2: Well because she has to.
Friend 1: Bennie, Bennie, check the wall of truth. There is something disgusting and horrible
about every girl on the A list, unfortunately you wont¹⁹ find anything pornographic about Ronda
Green.
Ben: Stinky Sullivan is a hunk!
Stinky: I wrote that. Wait till the girls read it.
Friend 1: Think stinky. When will the girls be in this room?
Stinky: When they use the bathroom.
Friend 2: Bennie, look, you can go out with her if you want. But you might as well become a
hall monitor.
Ben: Hall monitor. Me! I had to tell her that this date was off.

Ben: But how do you break a girls heart when she looks so cute holding her nose from the
stench? I know, I'll phone her. Rhonda, before you get mad at me for not meeting you at the
dumpster, I got to tell you something. The reason I cant²⁰ go out with you this Friday
is… because, I'm gay. Hey that will spare her feelings and keep me out of the army.
Mike: Hey Bennie.
Ben: Hi.
Mike: What are you doing?
Ben: Nothing.
Mike: Is your but making a phone call?
Ben: Mike, I'm a dead man. There's this girl who asked she's and me out not on the A list. And
if I go out with her I'm in terrible trouble. I'm at the end of my rope.

(Back to present)
Jason: Ben we want to know why you want to go out with this girl and you are telling us
ridiculous stories about not wanting to go out with her.
Ben: I was just getting to that.
Jason: Well get to it.
Ben: Ok. Well that's when mike got involved.
Mike: Wow.
Jason: Wait a minute Mike. Get back here.
Mike: No, I'm not responsible for this little guy. I mean I don't even like him. Whatever he
does, he does., I have no influence on his life what so ever.
Maggie: Mike, you better talk and talk now. What have you got to say?
Mike: I really, really, really love you guys.
Ben: Forget it mike. It's a tough room.
Mike: Ok, ok, I'll tell you everything and I wont hold back. How much have you told them? Ok,
alright. Now little Bennie came to me with a very tough problem. Now I could have ducked it,
but no. I asked myself what my father would have said in this situation. Only I'd make it
shorter and a little more interesting.

(Flashback)
Mike: Ben, what are you all bent²¹ out of shape for? I mean look, lets face it, you are never
going to date a girl on the A list. You'd be lucky to date a girl in band.
Ben: Mike, if you are going to say stuff like that, I might as well go talk to dad.
Mike: You're butts²² off the hook.
Ben: Thanks for nothing Mike.
Mike: Hey Ben. Look. Who ever told you that this girl was unworthy?
Ben: Veto, Harry²³ and Stinky.
Mike: Ignore them.
Ben: You're telling me to ignore my friends?
Mike: No, I'm telling you to get some new friends. I mean think Bennie. Somehow, some girl
finds you vaguely²⁴ attractive, and you are about to turn her down!
Ben: Well,
Mike: Look, let me put it this way. Did Mr. Hailey say I'll wait for the next comet?

(Present)
Maggie: Ben, it actually happened that way?
Ben: Yeah.
Jason: I don't know what to say. You really told him not to buckle²⁵ to peer pressure? To stand
up to his friends and do the right thing?
Mike: Yeah. And besides, if she's really desperate, the weenie might get lucky.
Jason: Get out Mike.
Ben: Well I've certainly learned my lesson. I'll never talk to mike again.
Maggie: Ben, the date.
Ben: Oh yeah.
Maggie: Ben!
Ben: I'm waiting for the ripple.

(Flash back)
Cinema: I think we're lost Mindy. This maze²⁶ is so confusing. We're never going to get out of
here.
Ronda: Ben, you really like the fuzzy wuzzy bears?
Ben: Yeah, they're cool.
Ronda: Wouldn't it be more fun to go over to cinema four and see Wild At Heart?
Ben: No. Excessive sex and violence upsets me. Violence anyway.
Cinema: I love you Windy bear.
Veto: There they are. Just like I said.
Harry: I can't believe it.
Children: Shhh! Quiet.
Ben: Oh!
Ronda: What's wrong?
Ben: Excuse me. I have to go to the bathroom. Pick up some raisonettes. What are you guys
doing at a G rated movie?
Harry: What are you doing with Ronda Green?
Ben: She's here too.
Veto: Nice try Bennie. So you guys think that he should wear that hall monitor sash over his
left shoulder or his right?
Ben: (in his mind) I was cornered. I was dead. My honor was at stake. So I lied.
Ben: You guys have got it all wrong about Ronda. She's the kinda girl who makes guys happy.
If you know what I mean. I'd say more but there are little fuzzy bears on the screen.
Harry: but she looks so moral.
Ben: Look, I don't care what you guys think, cos I'm happy. Ha ha ha ha ha h a!
Ben: (in his mind) The next couple of hours were a blur²⁷. All I am sure of is by the time Ronda
bought me that second chilidog later that night, we were going steady. I had no idea that one
lie could spread so fast. It changed my life so much. People were looking at me. And they
weren't laughing.
Kids: Applause. Bennie, Bennie!
Ben: (in his mind) For the first time in the history of Dewey High, a freshman's name had
been added to the wall of truth. My name. I was sincerely touched. By the end of the first
week, she'd moved into my locker. It was a little inconvenient²⁸, but I didn't mind, cos everyone
at the school was now treating me with respect. Including janitor²⁹ bob. He even let me touch
his keys.

(Present)
Jason: So you are going out with a girl that you don't even like just to keep your friends
fooled?
Ben: Yeah. Now you see.
Jason: Alright, do you plan on marrying the girl, just to keep up the charade³⁰ Ben?
Ben: No, see in three years I graduate. Then there's always the army.
Jason: You see this is really out there.
Ben: Hey, it's not all bad. Mrs. Green is a great cook.
Maggie: You eat dinner there too?
Ben: Yeah, but only after I eat dinner here first.
Jason: Ben!
Ben: Hey, it's their way of thanking me for doing all those chores.

Maggie: But that's another thing Ben. When was the last time you did a chore around here?
Ben: Its just I'm always so tired.
Jason: I guess so.
Ben: And about fixing his transmission, I got lucky.
Maggie: Well your luck just ran out Ben.
Jason: This cannot go on.
Ben: What did I do that was really wrong?
Maggie: Dating a girl we never met.
Jason: Going steady with a girl we haven't met.
Maggie: When you aren't allowed to go steady in the first place.
Jason: Sneaking out of this house forty two times without permission.
Maggie: Eating two dinners every night.
Ben: How's that wrong?
Maggie: It's wrong. It's just wrong.
Jason: And what about all the rumors³¹ you are starting about this girl?
Ben: You don't have to worry about the rumours³² dad. I made them up.
Jason: Ben has it occurred to you that you might be damaging this girls reputation?
Ben: I don't see how. She's on the A list now.
Jason: So what do you think you should do now?
Ben: I don't know. I know its not having dinner.

(And so the next morning)
Ronda's father: Here Robbie. Eh do we have a dog.
Ronda: No.
Ronda's father: If we did I'd call it Robbie. Ben, you knuckle⁷ head! How long have you been
here?
Ben: Since dawn.
Ronda: Then why didn't you say something? We could have got an early start on digging the
pool.
Ben: Mr. Green, is Ronda home?
Ronda: Yeah, but she's not much good with a shovel³³. Mighty³⁴ handy with a pick axe³⁵ though.
Like I need to tell you. Ha ha ha ha.
Ben: Can I talk to her?
Ronda: f Sure. Come in and have some breakfast.
Ben: Um no, I cant I already ate.
Ronda: So.
Ben: It's wrong. I can't tell you why, it's just wrong. Can I speak to Ronda?
Ronda: I got you. You devil. Ronda, your boyfriend's here. Hey, we do have a dog. Come
here Robbie. Come on fellow. Ho ho ho. Doggie noogies, doggie noogies. I love this little knucklehead. Hey Ronda, look who's here.
Ben: (in his head) How am I going to explain this to her? Ok, I've got no choice. I've got to be
honest. I'll tell her I'm not attracted to her, I never was attracted to her, and the only reason
I'm dating her is because my friends believe my lies about her.
Ronda: (in her head) Oh, what's he doing here this early? This is the last straw. Today is the
day I tell him that the only reason I went out with him was to get on the A list.
Ronda: Ben.
Ben: Ronda.
Ben and Ronda (in their heads): It's now or never.
Ben: Look I know I'm here early, I don't want breakfast. Do you want to break up?
Ronda: I'm not hungry either. Great, let's break up.
Ben: When?
Ronda: Now's good.
Ben: Ok, see you in school.
Ronda: See you in school.
Ben: (in his head) For the first time in six weeks, she's made me happy.
Ronda: (in her head) Me too.

1 buckling   

扣住

参考例句：

• A door slammed in the house and a man came out buckling his belt. 房子里的一扇门砰地关上，一个男子边扣腰带边走了出来。
• The periodic buckling leaves the fibre in a waved conformation. 周期性的弯折在纤维中造成波形构成。

2 locker   

n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人

参考例句：

• At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
• He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。

3 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

4 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

5 goof   

v.弄糟；闲混；n.呆瓜

参考例句：

• We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross.上周我们采访歌手安妮·罗斯，结果到快结束时犯了个愚蠢的错误。
• You will never be good students so long as you goof around.如果你们成天游手好闲，就永远也成不了好学生。

6 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

7 knuckle   

n.指节；vi.开始努力工作；屈服，认输

参考例句：

• They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
• You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试，你确实应专心学习。

8 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

9 plumbing   

n.水管装置；水暖工的工作；管道工程v.用铅锤测量（plumb的现在分词）；探究

参考例句：

• She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。
• They're going to have to put in new plumbing. 他们将需要安装新的水管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 illiterate   

adj.文盲的；无知的；n.文盲

参考例句：

• There are still many illiterate people in our country.在我国还有许多文盲。
• I was an illiterate in the old society,but now I can read.我这个旧社会的文盲，今天也认字了。

11 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。

12 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

13 gratitude   

adj.感激，感谢

参考例句：

• I have expressed the depth of my gratitude to him.我向他表示了深切的谢意。
• She could not help her tears of gratitude rolling down her face.她感激的泪珠禁不住沿着面颊流了下来。

14 sneaking   

a.秘密的，不公开的

参考例句：

• She had always had a sneaking affection for him. 以前她一直暗暗倾心于他。
• She ducked the interviewers by sneaking out the back door. 她从后门偷偷溜走，躲开采访者。

15 dissected   

adj.切开的，分割的，（叶子）多裂的v.解剖（动物等）( dissect的过去式和过去分词 )；仔细分析或研究

参考例句：

• Her latest novel was dissected by the critics. 评论家对她最近出版的一部小说作了详细剖析。
• He dissected the plan afterward to learn why it had failed. 他事后仔细剖析那项计划以便搞清它失败的原因。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 deceptions   

欺骗( deception的名词复数 )； 骗术，诡计

参考例句：

• Nobody saw through Mary's deceptions. 无人看透玛丽的诡计。
• There was for him only one trustworthy road through deceptions and mirages. 对他来说只有一条可靠的路能避开幻想和错觉。

17 ripple   

n.涟波，涟漪，波纹，粗钢梳；vt.使...起涟漪，使起波纹； vi.呈波浪状，起伏前进

参考例句：

• The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.石子在湖面上激起一个涟漪。
• The small ripple split upon the beach.小小的涟漪卷来，碎在沙滩上。

18 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

19 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

20 cant   

n.斜穿，黑话，猛扔

参考例句：

• The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
• He knows thieves'cant.他懂盗贼的黑话。

21 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

22 butts   

笑柄( butt的名词复数 )； （武器或工具的）粗大的一端； 屁股； 烟蒂

参考例句：

• The Nazis worked them over with gun butts. 纳粹分子用枪托毒打他们。
• The house butts to a cemetery. 这所房子和墓地相连。

23 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

24 vaguely   

adv.含糊地，暖昧地

参考例句：

• He had talked vaguely of going to work abroad.他含糊其词地说了到国外工作的事。
• He looked vaguely before him with unseeing eyes.他迷迷糊糊的望着前面，对一切都视而不见。

25 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。

26 maze   

n.迷宫，八阵图，混乱，迷惑

参考例句：

• He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
• She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。

27 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

28 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

29 janitor   

n.看门人，管门人

参考例句：

• The janitor wiped on the windows with his rags.看门人用褴褛的衣服擦着窗户。
• The janitor swept the floors and locked up the building every night.那个看门人每天晚上负责打扫大楼的地板和锁门。

30 charade   

n.用动作等表演文字意义的字谜游戏

参考例句：

• You must not refine too much upon this charade.你切不可过分推敲这个字谜。
• His poems,despite their dignity and felicity,have an air of charade.他的诗篇虽然庄严巧妙，却有猜迷之嫌。

31 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

32 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

33 shovel   

n.铁锨，铲子，一铲之量；v.铲，铲出

参考例句：

• He was working with a pick and shovel.他在用镐和铲干活。
• He seized a shovel and set to.他拿起一把铲就干上了。

34 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

35 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。