摩登家庭第三季 第57期:杰不懂浪漫

 Honey, what is all this? 亲爱的，你弄来些啥玩意儿啊？

Hey, Mam, I'm trying to write these stupid college essay questions. And I really even don't know how to start. OK, what's the question? Tell me. 老妈，我在纠结大学申请的论文题目。但我真不知道该如何下笔。好吧，告诉我是什么题目。

"What's the biggest obstacle¹ you've ever had to overcome?" "你有生以来遇到的需要克服的最大困难是什么？"

Didn't my third grade teacher say I had, like, A.D.D. or something? 我三年级的老师是不是说我有注意力不足症什么的？

Oh, no, honey. She said you couldn't ADD.And she put it that way because she also knew you couldn't s-p-e-l-l. 不，宝贝儿。她是说你不会做加法。她用字母说明 是因为她知道你也不会拼写。

Wait, slow down...Oh... 等一下，慢点，原来如此啊......

Sweet heart. What's this? 亲爱的。究竟啥玩意儿？

We talked about this last week. I said I'm building Luke a tree house. You said "fine." 我们上周讨论过了不是吗。我说要给卢克建个小木屋。你说"行"。

You know, sometimes I think you just tune² me out. 有时候，我觉得你总是否定我要做的事。

I never told her. She just would have said "No." 我从没跟她说过。因为肯定会被她一票否决。

I don't remember agreeing to this, Phil. This is like the time you backed down the driveway with a hang glider³ sticking out of the car. 菲尔，我不记得同意过这事儿。就像上次你在车上装滑翔翼扮大雁倒出车道一样，都是先斩后奏。

If you'd let me keep that, those geese would have followed me to the wetlands. 如果当初你不阻止我，那些鹅就会跟着我滑向湿地了。

You would have died. A hero. 你会死的。死的光荣。

So we spread out a nice blanket, opened up a bottle of vino, and watched the sun set over the water. 于是我们铺开毯子，打开一瓶红酒，然后欣赏日落海平线。

It was majestic⁴. Majestic. 好壮丽哦。非常壮丽。

Why? Why we never have the picnic? 为什么？我们从来不去野餐？

Who wants to sit on a blanket? There's no back support. It's majestic. 谁喜欢坐在毯子上啊？连个靠背都没有。但好壮丽的。

Last week, Shorty took me to see the cirque du soleil-- It's like a circus, but classy. 上周，"小短"带我去看太阳竞技团演出，有点像马戏团表演，不过更高雅。

So if you like elephants, don't hold your breath⁵. 所以如果你喜欢大象的话，赶紧去看吧。

She's so cute. 我老婆可爱吧。

Jay hates the crowds, the beach, the rainbows. 杰总是嫌人多，讨厌海滩，厌恶彩虹。

Rainbows? It's just colors in the sky. Do we have to pull over every time and take a picture? 彩虹？不就是天上多点颜色嘛。至于每次看到都停车拍照吗？

Shame. There's an expression in Italian, Jay-- Dammi la tua mano e corriamo uniti per tutta la vita. 真可惜。意大利有句俗话说得好，杰，"执子之手，与子偕老"。

"Give me your hand and we will run together our whole lives." "手牵手，我们一起走，把你一生交给我。"

Jay also hates running. 杰也不喜欢"走"。

 

1 obstacle   

n.障碍，障碍物，妨害

参考例句：

• She felt that her family was an obstacle to her work.她感到她的家庭妨碍她的工作。
• He is in the full flush of success;nothing was an obstacle.他的成就如日中天，锐不可当。

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 glider   

n.滑翔机；滑翔导弹

参考例句：

• The glider was soaring above the valley.那架滑翔机在山谷上空滑翔。
• The pilot managed to land the glider on a safe place.那个驾驶员设法让滑翔机着陆到一个安全的地方。

4 majestic   

adj.雄伟的，壮丽的，庄严的，威严的，崇高的

参考例句：

• In the distance rose the majestic Alps.远处耸立着雄伟的阿尔卑斯山。
• He looks majestic in uniform.他穿上军装显得很威风。

5 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。