Eztalk美语【259】 you're not to blame不能怪你

Holly¹: You know, Taylor's been in the hospital for a couple of days.
Yi-jun: [Sad] And I'm the one who put him there with my football moves.
Holly: But you're not to blame for them keeping him there.
Yi-jun: Yeah, what was all that stuff about running tests about anyway?
Holly: I'm not sure, but we can find out. I bought some crosswords³ to keep him busy.
Yi-jun: Great, then let's go visit him. I want to give him some flowers, too, to say sorry.

blame (v.)
责备
I don't blame you for making your husband crazy.
我不怪你把老公搞得神经兮兮。

run tests
做检测
The doctor is running a test to see if I have brain damage.
医师要进行一些测试看我是否脑部受损。

crossword² (n.)
（纵横格猜字的）填字游戏
A: My brother does the crossword every day.
我哥哥每天都做填字游戏。
B: His vocabulary must be huge.
他的字汇量一定很多。

keep someone busy
让某人有事情做
The TV should keep Junior busy while we get a little more comfortable.
我们稍微休息一下的时候，儿子可以去看电视。

football moves
足球动作。move是指「动作」，因为跟运动相关的动作常是一连串的，所以大部分前面加运动名称时，都会用复数型。而在上期里，怡君为了接球撞倒泰勒，造成他送医急救，所以她才相当自责
I'm practicing football moves all day Saturday.
我星期六整天都在练习足球动作。

荷莉：你知道吗，泰勒已经住院好几天了。
怡君：（难过）而我正是那位没接好美式足球，害他住院的人。
荷莉：但那些人不让他出院，可不能怪妳。
怡君：对呀，那堆有的没的检验是要干嘛用的？
荷莉：我也不太清楚，不过我们可以去搞清楚。我买了些填字游戏，让他有事情忙。
怡君：不错喔，那我们去探望他吧。我也想送些花给他，跟他道歉

1 holly   

n.[植]冬青属灌木

参考例句：

• I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
• People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。

2 crossword   

n.纵横字谜，纵横填字游戏

参考例句：

• He shows a great interest in crossword puzzles.他对填字游戏表现出很大兴趣。
• Don't chuck yesterday's paper out.I still haven't done the crossword.别扔了昨天的报纸，我还没做字谜游戏呢。

3 crosswords   

纵横填字谜( crossword的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Doing crosswords gives the mind some exercise. 做纵横字谜游戏能锻炼脑筋。
• He spends all his time on crosswords and other trifles. 他把所有的时间都用在做纵横填字游戏和其他无聊的活动上。