《查莉成长日记》精讲 39

Well, Charlie, here I am waiting for you and mom,

好啦 小查莉 现在我在这儿等你和妈妈呢

'cause mom said I have to see this, whatever this is.

因为老妈说我一定要看看这个 不管是什么

Here we come.

我们来啦

Look at you two!

哎呀 看你们两个美的

Why are you dressed like that?

你们为什么穿成这样啊

Well, we had a casting¹.

呃 因为我们有个角色通告

In the professional² modeling business,

是专业模特事业

That's what an audition³ is called...

这个就叫做试镜了

A casting.

一个通告

So you're a professional model now?

那你俩现在算是专业模特了吗

Oh, don't act surprised, Teddy.

哦 别表现的太惊奇 泰迪

I think we all knew this day was coming.

我想大家都知道这一天迟早会到来的

She's a model now.

她现在是模特了

If I knew raising parents was gonna be this hard,

如果我早知道赡养父母会这么难的话

Never would've done it.

我一定会缩手不干的

But soon enough it'll be your turn

不过很快就会轮到你的责任了

So good luck, Charlie.

祝你好运啰 查莉

1 casting   

n.铸造，铸件；角色分配；投掷；[动]脱落物v.扔掉(cast的现在分词)；铸造；投掷；选派演员

参考例句：

• A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues. 用黏土模具来浇铸青铜塑像。
• Please stand to one side; you're casting your shadow over my work. 请你往边上站一站，你挡着我的光线了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 professional   

adj.专业的；职业的；n.专业人员；职业运动员

参考例句：

• He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
• I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。

3 audition   

n.(对志愿艺人等的)面试(指试读、试唱等)

参考例句：

• I'm going to the audition but I don't expect I'll get a part.我去试音，可并不指望会给我个角色演出。
• At first,they said he was too young,but later they called him for an audition.起初，他们说他太小，但后来他们叫他去试听。