《查莉成长日记》精讲 82

Great news¹, you guys²... my friend's grandma died³.

大好消息 我朋友的奶奶死了

That's nice, P.J.

那很好 PJ

You didn't hear what he said⁵, did⁴ you, dad?

你根本没听他在说什么吧 老爸

That's nice, Gabe.

很好 盖比

P.J., how is it good news that an old lady died?

PJ 一个老太太死掉了 怎么是好消息呢

It's good news because now I can buy her car.

因为我可以买她的旧车了 所以就是好消息

And they're only asking $1000,Which dad will help me out with.

他们只要价一千块呀,也就是说老爸可以帮我一把买下来

No, I won't.

我不会帮你买的

Amazing⁶. How do you only hear what you want to hear?

神奇啊 你是怎么就能只听到你想听到的呢

Hey, I've been married⁷ to your mother for 20 years.

喂 我跟你们老妈结婚都20年了

It's called survival⁸.

这种就是求生本能

Come on, dad, I've saved⁹ up $700.

拜托了 老爸 我自己存了700块

All yo have to do is give me...The rest.

你只要给我那个,总之是剩下的就好嘛

No no. I'm your dad.

不行不行 我是你爸

I'm not Santa claus and I'm not a bank.

但我可不是圣诞老人也不是提款机

Well, you're built¹⁰ like both of them.

我说 您的架式看上去就是兼容两者呀

Dad, please please.

老爸 求你了

I really need my own¹¹ car.

我真的很需要有自己的车呀

Driving girls around in the bug¹² truck.Just isn't working.

开着杀虫车去载女生们兜风完全没效果啊

Yeah, that's what's not working... the bug truck.

没错 那东西完全失效了 说的就是杀虫车

Look, P.J., I'm sorry, but I'm not gonna give you the money.

儿子听好 很抱歉 但我是不会给你钱的

So I guess you're out of luck¹³ on this one.

我看你这事儿是没好运气了

Way to go, dad.

算你狠 老爸

You just took¹⁴ an old lady's death¹⁵ And turned it into something sad.

你是把一个老妇人死亡这种事变成很悲伤的事情了

1 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

2 guys   

n.家伙，伙计( guy的名词复数 )；（架设天线、支撑帐篷等用的）牵索；[复数]各位；一群男人（或女人）

参考例句：

• Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
• A few of our guys were thinking about going over the hill. 我们的人中有几个在开小差。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 died   

vbl.死亡，消逝v.死亡，枯萎( die的过去式和过去分词 )；死时处于（某种状态）或具有（某种身份）adj.死亡的，消逝的

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was utterly bereft when his wife died. 他的妻子去世时，他十分凄凉。

4 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

5 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

6 amazing   

adj.令人吃惊的；令人惊异的

参考例句：

• The news is quite amazing.这消息十分惊人。
• Our trip to the mountain was amazing.我们的登山之行真是太妙了。

7 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

8 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。

9 saved   

v.拯救( save的过去式和过去分词 )；收集；保留；避免

参考例句：

• They scrimped and saved to give the children a good education. 他们省吃俭用，为的是攒钱让孩子受到良好的教育。
• She had saved a few titbits for her cat. 她给猫留了点好吃的东西。

10 built   

v.build的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work.我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• Ten years later,the school built out two buildings.10年后这个学校又增建了两栋建筑。

11 own   

v.拥有，持有；adj.(属于)自己的，特有的

参考例句：

• I need my own space.我需要自己的空间。
• Everything I own is yours.我所有的一切都是你的。

12 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

13 luck   

n.运气，幸运，吉祥之物；v.侥幸成功

参考例句：

• I'll try my luck.我要碰碰运气。
• Good luck! We'll keep our fingers crossed for you.祝你好运！ 我们将为你祈祷。

14 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

15 death   

n.死，死亡

参考例句：

• His death was a great shock to the family.他的死对他的家庭是一个很大的打击。
• I was shocked at the news of her death.我听到她去世的消息十分震惊。