《摩登家庭》第1季第10集 第4期:连精灵都同意我的话

 We're the New Greensleevers. 我们是"新"绿袖子颂歌班

The New Greensleevers? 新绿袖子

Is there a slap¹ mark on my face? 简直是狠狠抽了我一巴掌嘛

I mean, why is Edna singing the low harmony²? 为什么让埃德娜唱低声部的合音

It's like people are applauding³ out of shock. 观众像是因为震惊才鼓掌一样

Let it go.  Why would- 随他们去吧  为什么

Okay, next. Ah, finally. 好的  下一个  终于啊

Whoa! I'm- I'm sorry. Can I- Could you- 抱歉  我能  你能

What happened to the other Santa? 另一个圣诞老人怎么了

Listen, we've been waiting in this line for a really long time, 听着  我们排队真的排了很久

and we just want a Santa that actually looks like Santa. 我们只想要一个有圣诞老人样子的圣诞老人

Mitchell, it's okay. 米奇尔  没事的  

No, no, no. Cam, it's not okay. 不不  小卡  不行

This is Lily's first Christmas. 这是莉莉过的第一个圣诞节

I want to make sure everything is perfect. 我想确保一切都很完美

We're gonna wait for the fat Santa. All right? 我们要等那个胖圣诞老人  明白吗

I knew this would happen. 我就知道会这样

I-I don't even know why we hired this guy. 我  我真不知道我们为什么雇佣这家伙

See? Even his elves agree with me. Thank you. 瞧  连他的精灵都同意我的话  谢谢

I didn't know Christmas made you so petty⁴. 没想到圣诞让你变得如此龟毛

Lackluster! 逊毙了

I hate you! 我恨你们

This is unacceptable, and I want to know who did this. 我绝对不能接受你们吸烟  到底是谁

Nobody, huh? 没人吗

 

1 slap   

n.掴，侮辱，拍击声；vt.拍击，侮辱，惩罚，申斥；adv.正面地，直接地，突然地

参考例句：

• He sent the horse forward with a slap on its rump.他拍了一下马尾，马便向前跑去。
• He gave her a slap on the cheek.他打了她一耳光。

2 harmony   

n.调合，协调；和睦，和平相处；(音乐)和声

参考例句：

• The couple lives in perfect harmony.这对夫妇和睦地生活着。
• His ideas were no longer in harmony with ours.他同我们的想法不再一致了。

3 applauding   

v.鼓掌( applaud的现在分词 )；称赞，赞许

参考例句：

• A low and applauding murmur ran through the assembly. 会众中响起了一阵轻轻的赞美声。 来自辞典例句
• The audience showed its approval by applauding. 观众鼓掌以示赞许。 来自辞典例句

4 petty   

adj.小的，琐碎的，不重要的，心胸狭窄的

参考例句：

• The removal of petty restrictions has made life easier.对一些琐碎规定的取消使生活更自在了。
• It was petty of her not to accept the apology.她气量太小，连道歉也不接受。