《查莉成长日记》精讲 60

Uh-oh, Charlie, look at your tummy.

喔唷，查莉，快看你圆滚滚的西瓜肚

I think somebody's had enough pancakes. No no.

看来有人吃了太多的煎饼吧 不许再吃了

Oh my goodness,Somebody loves her blankie.

哎呀我的天，看来有人太爱她的小毯子了

Whoo!

变出来了

All right, dad, now pull out your blankie.

好啦 ，老爸，现在该拉出你的毯子了

Sure thing, son,Right after I drop you off at a military school.

当然可以了，儿子，等我把你送到军校去之后再说

Oh, hey, look what's gonna happen on Saturday.

哎呀，快看这礼拜六是什么日子

Oh, yeah, the truck from the thrift¹ store is coming.

啊对了，旧货店的捐贈车会过来

And it's your wedding anniversary².

根本就是你们的结婚周年纪念日好不好

Right.What time is the truck coming?

对哦，那捐赠车几点来啊

So how are you guys gonna celebrate this year?

那你们今年到底要怎么庆祝嘛

There's no better way to celebrate than the tax deduction³.

最好的庆祝方式就是能报税少一点

We're gonna get from donating old clothes.

所以我们要去捐献旧衣服

Bob, remember the deduction from our 10th anniversary?Ooh!

老公，还记得我们结婚十周年的时候减了多少税吗？强大啊

Guys, guys, guys, you know what? I think we should do something for mom and dad on their anniversary.

兄弟们，兄弟们，你们看这样行不。我觉得我们得给爸妈的周年纪念日好好策划一下

Don't we do enough for them on mother's and father's day?

我们在母亲节父亲节做的还不够多吗

You never do anything for them.

你根本啥也没做过吧

Excuse me, I was born, which made them a mother and a father.My work is done.

谁说的，正是我的出生才让他们成为了父亲母亲。我的使命算是完成了

Well, I think. We should surprise them with a romantic dinner.

那个，我想啊我们可以给他们制造一次浪漫的惊喜晚餐

You're gonna make a dinner?

你也会做晚餐吗

I think we should surprise them.And order a romantic dinner.Then we can serve it to them like waiters.

那好，我是说我们要给他们惊喜以预订浪漫晚餐的方式也行。然后我们可以做服务生伺候他们啊

Why do girl ideas always take so much work?

为什么女生的点子总是要我们干很多活

I get it.If we do something nice for them,They have to do something nice for us.

我懂了，只要我们好好伺候他们，他们就也能给我们很多好处

Like give us presents. Yes.

好比会买礼物给我们呀，说的对

Why can't we just do it because we love them?

为啥你们就不能想着是因为我们要恪守孝道呢

Because then we don't get stuff⁴. Duh.

因为那样啥也得不到呀，笨阿姐

1 thrift   

adj.节约，节俭；n.节俭，节约

参考例句：

• He has the virtues of thrift and hard work.他具备节俭和勤奋的美德。
• His thrift and industry speak well for his future.他的节俭和勤勉预示着他美好的未来。

2 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

3 deduction   

n.减除，扣除，减除额；推论，推理，演绎

参考例句：

• No deduction in pay is made for absence due to illness.因病请假不扣工资。
• His deduction led him to the correct conclusion.他的推断使他得出正确的结论。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。