《查莉成长日记》精讲 37

We have several options¹ at Shady² Hills:

我们荫园疗养院提供好几种计划可供选择

There's the one-year plan, the three-year plan and the fi...

有一年计划 三年计划 还有五

How old is your father?

令尊多大年纪了

You might want to go month to month.

那也许你可以选择按月续费的

Okay. Bye-bye.

好的 再见

Welcome to Shady Hills. How can I help you?

欢迎光临荫园疗养院 有什么可以效劳

We're here to see Mel Duncan.

我们来看望梅尔·邓肯

Have you signed in?

你们预约登记了吗

No.

没有啊

Are you waiting for a formal invitation?

那你们是在等待一份正式邀请函吗

No, we just got here.We're happy to sign in.

没有 我们刚到这儿 很愿意先登记一下

I'd be most honored³.

很荣幸 请吧

Let me page Mel for you.

我给你们呼叫梅尔过来

Mel, you have a visitor!

梅尔 你有一个访客

Somebody here to see me?

居然有人来看我啊

Hi, Uncle Mel.

你好 梅尔叔公

I'm your great-niece Teddy. I'm Bob's daughter.

我是你的侄孙女泰迪 是鲍伯的女儿

You're kidding. Bob made you?

没开玩笑吧 鲍伯生得出这样漂亮的女儿

Yeah, well, my mom's pretty hot.

哦 是啊 我妈很靓的

Oh, this is my friend Ivy⁴.

哦 这是我的朋友艾薇

Hi. My mom's hot too.

你好 我老妈也很靓

Okay.

好吧

Hey, everybody, this is my niece...

喂 乡亲们 看看我的侄孙女

What did you say your name was again?

你刚才说你叫啥名字来着

Teddy

我叫泰迪

...Hedy.

哦 是海蒂

No no, Teddy. Teddy.

不不 是泰迪 泰迪

That's a weird⁵ name.

真是个奇怪的名字

Weirder⁶ than hedy?

不比海蒂奇怪吧

This is my niece Teddy

这是我的侄孙女泰迪

And... do you like music?

那么 你喜欢音乐吗

I love music.

我很爱音乐啊

Hey, everybody, my niece is gonna sing us some songs.

嘿 乡亲们 我的侄孙女要给大家唱几首歌

I am?

我要唱吗

Yeah

对的

Ivy, help.

艾薇 快帮忙

Hi, everybody.

嗨 各位父老乡亲

And welcome to...

欢迎来到

The room that we're in.

来到这个我们现在呆着的房间现场

We're gonna start off with a little...

首先 我们开场先来点

Maestro?

大师你说呢

I think I remember "Swanee River."

我觉得我还会弹弹《故乡亲人》

"Swanee River."

那就《故乡亲人》吧

Way down upon the Swanee River

沿着斯旺尼河而下

far far away...

旅程多么遥远

I don't remember the words.

我不记得歌词了

I only know the dirty ones from third grade.

自从三年级后我就没弹过正经的曲子

It's such a funny name for a river

这条河的名字真是有趣呀

And that's all I have to say, hey.

是我唯一能给的评语了 嘿嘿

Okay, that's enough of that. Let's try something else.

好了 这首唱够了 我们唱点别的吧

Any requests?

有要点歌吗

"Swanee River."

《故乡亲人》

1 options   

n.选择(option的名词复数 )；选项；选择权，选择能力；[经济]买卖的特权

参考例句：

• She considered her options. 她仔细考虑了自己的各种选择。
• We are considering the options available to us in this no-win situation. 在这种取胜无望的情形下，我们在考虑有什么选择。

2 shady   

adj.成荫的，多荫的，可疑的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• This is a shady avenue.这是条林阴大道。
• He's a rather shady person.他是个相当靠不住的人。

3 honored   

adj.光荣的：荣幸的v.尊敬，给以荣誉( honor的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I hope to be honored with further orders. 如蒙惠顾，不胜荣幸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is a time-honored custom. 这是一个古老的习俗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

5 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。

6 weirder   

怪诞的( weird的比较级 )； 神秘而可怕的； 超然的； 古怪的

参考例句：

• Actually, things got a little weirder when the tow truck driver showed up. 事实上，在拖吊车司机出现后，事情的发展更加怪异。