《摩登家庭》第1季第9集 第2期:中高手泡美妞

 Hey, Gloria, 嘿  歌洛莉亚

you got any idea how to wrap one of these things? 你知道怎么包装这玩意儿吗

Is that a crossbow? - Yeah. 那是个十字弓吗  -是啊

Am I the greatest grandpa in the world or what? 我是不是堪称世上最好的外公

We can't give Luke a crossbow. 我们不能送十字弓给卢克

He pokes¹ himself in the eye every time he uses a straw. 他每次用吸管都能戳到眼睛

Are you kidding? I had one when I was his age. 开什么玩笑  我像他那么大的时候就有一把

My dad used to give me a quarter for every crow I bagged. 我每射杀一只乌鸦  我爸就会给我25美分

And I used to have a machete. 我曾经还有大砍刀呢

But times have changed. - He'll be fine. 但时代已经变了  -他会没事的

I'll teach him how to use it. 我会教他怎么用的

Hey, pal², how's it going? 嘿  老弟  过得怎么样

Am I charming³? 我有魅力吗

Oh, boy. Of course you're charming. 靠  你当然有魅力了

Who said you were not charming? - No one. 谁说你没魅力了  -没人

But there's a girl in my school, and I want her to like me. 学校里有个妹子挺好  我想让她喜欢我

I need your advice, Jay. - Really? 我需要你的建议  杰  -真的吗

She's gonna be at Luke's party. 她会去参加卢克的派对

Well, I'm a little thrown. 我真是  有点受宠若惊

I mean, you don't usually come to me for advice. 我是说  你一般不会向我征询建议

Well, this is one area in which you've done pretty well. 在泡美妞这方面  您老可算个中高手啊

He has a point. 他说的很对

I've tried everything to get her attention- 我试过用各种方法吸引她的注意

opening doors, having a milk sent over in the cafeteria. 为她开门  在餐厅为她递上一杯牛奶

Nothing's worked. - Here's the deal. 全都不奏效  -事实上

Girls don't go for all that romantic stuff⁴. 女孩子不吃浪漫那一套

They go for power and success. 她们喜欢有权势的或成功的男人

And since you don't have either one of those things, 既然这两样你都不沾边

you're gonna be the funny guy. 那你就得做个风趣幽默的男人

 

1 pokes   

v.伸出( poke的第三人称单数 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• He pokes his nose into everything. 他这人好管闲事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Only the tip of an iceberg pokes up above water. 只有冰山的尖端突出于水面。 来自辞典例句

2 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。

3 charming   

adj.迷人的，可爱的

参考例句：

• She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.她看起来小巧文雅,十分迷人。
• She has charming manners.她具有媚人的风姿。

4 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。