《摩登家庭》第1季第7集 第5期:篮球是属于我的运动

 What are you guys doing? 你们要干什么?

Pursuing¹ excellence³. 追求卓越啊

We made a list of areas the boy might excel² at,and... Baseball. 我们把男孩擅长的地方列了张表 得出的结论就是...棒球

Love it.Yeah. 我喜欢 好啊

I read it only takes 10,000 hours to achieve excellence. 我读过 只要10000小时 就能变得出色

You've already got,like,what,how many hours playing ball? 你已经打了多少个小时啦?

Well,i played,like,one season. 我玩了一个赛季了

So,like,6,000 hours? 差不多6000小时吧

Yeah,i can see why you ruled out math. 我知道你为什么排除学数学了

Claire: yeah,of course i want luke to be successful. 我当然盼望Luke会变成功了

But i don't think that a parent can just force that. 但我想为人父母不应该强迫孩子

I think you just have to have faith that the kid's gonna find his own way. 抱有一份望子成龙的信念就够了

Besides,luke already is the best at something -- being my son. 而且 Luke成为我儿子 已经过人一等了

It sounded aot less lame⁴ in my head. 这话儿在心里可没那么俗

I have got a good feeling about this. 我有种强烈的感觉

This is gonna be your sport. 这是属于你的运动

Last year,you said basketball was my sport. 去年你说篮球是属于我的运动

Look,i've said a lot of things i wish i could take back,but i can't. 我说了很多我想收回的话 但这不可能

What i  can  do is be the dad you need me to be to help you become masterful. 我作为父亲能做的 就是让你很出色

 

1 pursuing   

v.继续( pursue的现在分词 )；追求；进行；追捕

参考例句：

• He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him. 他指责媒体长期跟他过不去。
• He was still doggedly pursuing his studies. 他仍然顽强地进行着自己的研究。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 excel   

v.胜过，优于，杰出，善于，擅长于

参考例句：

• If your talent combines with diligence,you can excel in your pursuit.如果你把天赋与勤奋结合起来，你所追求的事业便会出类拔萃。
• He is working hard to excel his predecessors.他正努力超越他的前任。

3 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

4 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。