《查莉成长日记》精讲 127

P.J., I have a question.

P.J 问你个问题

Was dad out of control when he was teaching you how to drive?

爸爸教你开车的时候很抓狂吗

No no, he was very mellow¹.

没啊 不 他脾气很好

Then what is his problem?

那么他到底怎么了

Well, hair loss, kills bugs² for a living...There's so much to choose from.

嗯 因为脱发、杀虫谋生...答案可真多

Well, whatever it is, why did he have to take it out on me?

好吧 不管为什么 他为什么拿我当出气筒

I don't know.Maybe you're a bad driver.

我怎么知道 或许你开得太烂

No, I'm a good driver.

不 我开得很好

I was the only kid in driver's ed.

我是考驾照这群人中唯一的一个

Who didn't barf during the splattered brains movie.

看了暴力凶杀片儿没有呕吐的

Actually I have a question for you.

正好我也有问题要问你

I have a friend who is turning 16.And I have to buy her a birthday present.

我有个朋友快16了,我得给她买个生日礼物

Mm, well

嗯 明白了

I know your friend wouldn't want a sock puppet.

我知道你朋友一定不想要袜子玩偶

Okay.

好吧

Well, what would she want?

话说 她到底会想要什么

Well,She'd probably like boots,Like from that cool store at the mall,

嗯,她或许喜欢靴子,像商场里很炫的店里的那种

But not the black ones with the purple trim.She already has those.

但别买黑底紫色流苏的,她已经有了双

I'm just guessing.

我只是瞎猜罢了

1 mellow   

adj.柔和的；熟透的；v.变柔和；(使)成熟

参考例句：

• These apples are mellow at this time of year.每年这时节，苹果就熟透了。
• The colours become mellow as the sun went down.当太阳落山时，色彩变得柔和了。

2 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》