《查莉成长日记》精讲 146

Ha! -Mom. -Ha! -Dad! -Ha! -Mom. -Ha! -Dad! -Ha!

哈！-妈。-哈！-爸！-哈！-妈。-哈！-爸！-哈！

Can you please make it stop?

您能歇歇吗？

What are you doing?

你搞什么？

Practicing video tennis. Gabe crushed me today.

练习网球电子游戏。盖比今天把我虐了。

You know, it's about 11:00.

你知道现在已经十一点了。

Yeah, well, mama don't like to lose.

知道，可老娘我可不喜欢失败的滋味。

Didn't we used to have a lamp here?

以前这里是不是有盏台灯？

I don't think so.

绝对没有。

Dad, get her out of here. I have work tomorrow.

老爸，把她带走吧。我明天还要工作。

You got a job?

你要去上班？

Yeah, I am the puke-cleaning mermaid¹ at Otto's grotto². But of course if you give me my phone back I can still quit.

是啊，我现在是奥托游乐场的美人鱼专门清理呕吐物。但如果你把手机还给我我立马辞职。

Be sure and wear gloves.

记住一定要带手套。

Ha! Ha!

哈！哈！

All right, let's go.

好了，睡觉去吧。

Come on, give me the controller.

快点，给我球拍。

Not now. Mama's in the zone.

现在不是时候。老娘我状态正佳。

Yeah, mama doesn't know where the zone is.

是啊，老娘可从来找不到状态。

Hey. -Oh good. You're right on time.

嘿。-太好了。很准时啊。

Yeah, well, it's my first day. I didn't want to leave you floundering. So where's my mermaid suit?

是啊，毕竟这是我第一天上班。我可不想让你在这里痛苦地挣扎着。我的美人鱼套装呢？

No, that was for a girls' party. Today you are working a boys' party. They don't like mermaids³.

没有，那是为女生派对准备的。今天是男生派对。他们可不喜欢美人鱼。

All right, so what do they like?

好吧，那他们喜欢什么？

Hey hey, stop that. Ollie octopus⁴ is not a pinata.

嘿，嘿，住手。奥利章鱼可不是皮纳塔。

I know. Pinatas are fun.

我知道。但是皮纳塔很好玩。

Okay, guppies, grab your shoes...Or any shoes. And join your parents outside.

好了，小孔雀鱼们，带好你们自己的鞋，或者随手找双鞋。去外面找你们的父母。

Hey, lock up for me, will you?

嘿，你来最后锁门，好吧？

Wait, what? And don't forget to count the balls.

等下，什么？还有别忘了清点小球的数量。

All right, you heard the man. Everybody out.

好了，你们刚听见那个人说的了。全都出去。

Na na!

快看啊！

1 mermaid   

n.美人鱼

参考例句：

• How popular would that girl be with the only mermaid mom!和人鱼妈妈在一起，那个女孩会有多受欢迎！
• The little mermaid wasn't happy because she didn't want to wait.小美人鱼不太高兴，因为她等不及了。

2 grotto   

n.洞穴

参考例句：

• We reached a beautiful grotto,whose entrance was almost hiden by the vine.我们到达了一个美丽的洞穴，洞的进口几乎被藤蔓遮掩著。
• Water trickles through an underground grotto.水沿着地下岩洞流淌。

3 mermaids   

n.（传说中的）美人鱼( mermaid的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The high stern castle was a riot or carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs. 其尾部高耸的船楼上雕满了神仙、妖魔鬼怪、骑士、国王、勇士、美人鱼、天使。 来自辞典例句
• This is why mermaids should never come on land. 这就是为什么人鱼不应该上岸的原因。 来自电影对白

4 octopus   

n.章鱼

参考例句：

• He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
• One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。