《摩登家庭》第1季第13集 第7期:抓住恋爱机会

 Phil Dunphy.  Hey, it's me. 菲尔·邓菲  嗨  是我

Hey.  Listen, I've got a bunch of moms over here... 嗨  听着  我这儿有很多妈妈

who wanna watch the talent show DVD, 她们都想看选秀比赛的DVD

and I can't get the sound to work. 我调不出声音来

Is there a picture? Yes. 有图像吗  有

Be honest. Did you do that thing where you get frustrated¹... 说实话  你是不是像每次受挫的时候那样

and you start pressing all the buttons? 开始狂按各种按键了吧

No. 没有

I have a theory that Phil installs... 我觉得菲尔在家里

overly complicated things in the house... 装那些操作复杂的要死的东西

just so he has an excuse to talk to me like a child. 就是希望把我当小孩训

Last month, it was the thermostat². 上个月是自动调温器

The snowflake button makes it cold, cold, cold 雪花按键降降温

"Set temperature" makes it hold, hold, hold 温度设置恒恒温

The little flame makes it hot 小火苗按键升升温

This is so humiliating. 太丢人了

I am sorry. It's okay. 对不起  没事

He just seemed so mature online. 他在网上给人感觉很成熟

How could I be so stupid?  You're not stupid. 我怎么会这么傻  你不傻

"Stupid" is not following your heart and taking a chance on love. 不跟着感觉抓住恋爱的机会才叫傻

I mean, what kind of 11-year-old talks like that? 你看  哪个11岁小孩能说出这样的话

Manny's an old soul. 曼尼内心很成熟

 

1 frustrated   

adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧

参考例句：

• It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
• The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 thermostat   

n.恒温器

参考例句：

• The thermostat is connected by a link to the carburetor.恒温控制器是由一根连杆与汽化器相连的。
• The temperature is controlled by electronic thermostat with high accuracy.电子恒温器，准确性高。