摩登家庭第六季 第169期:我联系不上海莉了

 What's the best first-person shooter about genetically¹ modified space marines? 关于基因改良过的星际战士最棒的第一人称射击游戏是什么？

Halo! 侬好呀！（光晕游戏）

Honey, have you been playing your new little video game all day? 亲爱的，你是不是玩了你新买的游戏一整天了吗？

When you say it in that tone, it implies that Luke and I haven't been spending quality time together. 你用这种语气说出来，表明卢克和我没有好好共度父子亲密时光。

Which we have. - Can I talk to him? 其实是有的。-我能跟他说话吗？

Sure thing. Luke! 当然了。卢克！

I don't think he's here. 我觉得他好像不在。

I mean, I-I know he's not here. 我是说 ...我知道他不在。

Where is he? 他去哪儿了？

I am certain he is probably out with his usual crew of cut-ups. 我相信他一定和他的小伙伴一起出去了。

You're not doing laundry, are you? 你没有洗衣服吧？

God, no. 没。

But I'm about to if I'm supposed to. 你叮嘱过我洗的话，我马上就去洗。

No, no. Don't. Don't. 不不，不要洗。

But can you vacuum out the dryer² vent³ before I get home? 但你能在我回家前把通风管道清理干净吗？

I will absolutely do that. 我一定会清理的。

Thanks. 谢了。

I can't get in touch with Haley. 我联系不上海莉了。

I haven't talked to her since we got in that fight. 自从我们吵架后，我就没跟她说上话。

She around? 她在吗？

I think she slept at a friend's house. 我觉得她好像去朋友家过夜了。

What friend? 什么朋友？

Not a normal name, starts with a vowel⁴, possibly foreign. 不是个常见的名字，是元音开头的，很可能是个外国人。

Oh, maybe Alex knows. Is she home? 或许艾丽克斯知道，她在家吗？

Nope. I have not seen her for hours. 不在，我已经好几个小时没见到她了。

Does Haley know an Arjibarge? 海莉认识一个叫阿杰巴的人吗？

 

1 genetically   

adv.遗传上

参考例句：

• All the bees in the colony are genetically related. 同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。
• Genetically modified foods have already arrived on American dinner tables. 经基因改造加工过的食物已端上了美国人的餐桌。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 基因与食物

2 dryer   

n.干衣机，干燥剂

参考例句：

• He bought a dryer yesterday.他昨天买了一台干燥机。
• There is a washer and a dryer in the basement.地下室里有洗衣机和烘干机。

3 vent   

n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄

参考例句：

• He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
• When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

4 vowel   

n.元音；元音字母

参考例句：

• A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
• The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。