摩登家庭第六季 第205期:你就是个超级明星

 Get straight A's for 10 years, spend your summers building houses, drag your cello¹ to school every day, write the perfect essay, and for what? ! 十年成绩全优，暑假去盖房子，每天拖着大提琴去上学，写完美的论文，都为了什么？

No, thank you, Alex! 不，谢谢，艾丽克斯！

We don't want you, Alex! 我们不想录取你，艾丽克斯！

Okay, you are drawing more attention to yourself than the guy wearing a ferret as a scarf. 好了，注意你的人，比注意那个拿雪貂当头巾的人还多。

I don't care anymore! 我不在乎了！

I've spent my entire life trying to be perfect, and where did it get me? 从小到大我都试图做到完美，结果得到什么了？

I am in a field with 6,000 idiots! 我和六千个傻子在这片空地上！

Know what? I think that this is a good thing for you. 知道吗？我认为这对你来说是件好事。

Can you just spare me today? - No. 今天能不能别管我。-不能。

You're obviously going to get into one of those snooty schools, and sometimes you're gonna come in second...or fourth, or maybe even tenth. 你一定会考上其中一所傲慢自大的学校的，偶尔你可能会考第二名，或第四名，甚至第十名。

But you're gonna dust yourself off, maybe put on some lipstick² for once, and keep going. 但你会振作精神，也许涂点唇膏，继续向前走。

I'm allowed to feel bad about this, okay? 我可以为此而难过，是吗？

Look, you are a superstar! 瞧！你就是个超级明星！

I've been saying since you were 10 you're gonna be on the Supreme³ Court. 从你十岁大我就一直说，你以后会站在最高法院里。

Thanks. 谢谢。

But for the record, I'm gonna be a scientist. 不过声明一下，我会成为一名科学家。

Lab coat, robe -- as long as something's covering up your outfit⁴, you're gonna be just fine. 实验服还是法官袍，只要能盖住你的衣服就行，你会没事的。

I...don't want to talk about it. 我，不想谈这个。

I had killed with that song at three amateur productions, two gay weddings, and a two-hour gate hold on a 747,  我曾在三场业余演出，两场同志婚礼和被延误的航班上完美地表演过那首歌，

but I could tell the audience thought that I had sabotaged⁵ Kaplan to grab the spotlight⁶, and my confidence caught in my throat like a three-day furball. 但我能看出今天的观众们觉得我为了上台，对卡普兰先生使坏，而我的自信卡在喉咙里就像玩了三天的毛球。

I couldn't have stunk⁷ up the place worse if I'd performed in a litter box. 我的表演臭到家了，臭过在猫砂盆里唱。

Thank you. Thank you very much. 谢谢，谢谢你们。

 

1 cello   

n.大提琴

参考例句：

• The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
• She plays a melodious cello.她拉着一手悦耳的大提琴。

2 lipstick   

n.口红，唇膏

参考例句：

• Taking out her lipstick,she began to paint her lips.她拿出口红，开始往嘴唇上抹。
• Lipstick and hair conditioner are cosmetics.口红和护发素都是化妆品。

3 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

5 sabotaged   

阴谋破坏（某事物）( sabotage的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The main pipeline supplying water was sabotaged by rebels. 供水主管道被叛乱分子蓄意破坏了。
• They had no competition because competitors found their trucks burned and sabotaged. 他们之所以没有竞争对象，那是因为竞争对象老是发现自己的卡车遭火烧或被破坏。 来自教父部分

6 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

7 stunk   

v.散发出恶臭( stink的过去分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• Those rotten eggs have stunk the place. 那些臭蛋把这个地方弄得恶臭。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• A stunk made a bad smell in our yard last night. 昨天臭鼬在我们院子里弄得好臭。 来自互联网