英语悠选脱口秀 第43期:什么才叫真正的小公主

 　　讲解

　　Today’s key word is Princess

　　Princess 公主；王妃

　　A princess is a female¹ member of a royal family, usually the daughter of a king or queen or the wife of a prince.

　　Here is an example：

　　She was like a princess in a fairy tale.

　　她就像童话里的公主。

　　今天我们要说的这个princess即不是童话里的公举，也不是皇室家族的公主。她是活生生被妹控的哥哥们宠溺出来的Princess。

　　Once upon a time, 有一对甜蜜的夫妇Cher and Stephen Lair². Having a cute baby daughter has always been their dream.结婚十几年，集齐6个儿子后，终于召唤出了a little girl.

　　Her name is Ruby³ Jane. 6个哥哥简直乐疯了。还专门做了一个视频。Let’s listen to what they say about this newborn princess.

　　13-year-old Jackson 'She's so small. I didn't even think babies were this little '

　　她好小呀，我都不知道原来宝宝会这么小。

　　4-year-old Shepard 'This is Ruby and I love her’。

　　这就是ruby,我太爱她了。

　　10-year-old Campbell 'I'm excited that she's here but I'm scared because it's a girl.

　　矛盾的哥哥，一方面觉得有了妹妹好激动，一方面又好怕怕，因为她是个女孩。

　　7-year-old Sawyer She is as precious⁴ as a Ruby. And if I lost her I would join the police force and I would definitely⁵ get whoever⁶ did it. And who ever did it I would probably lock them up in jail⁷ for 1,000 years.

　　她跟红宝石一样珍贵。万一将来谁敢伤害她，我就当警察，然后把它抓起来关1000年。

　　I look forward to grow up with her. Because I just don’t how this is going to be. I have grown up with boys like 6 times over and over again. It happens every 2 years or 3 years. But I have never grow up with a girl before. So it is a new experience for me.

　　好期待跟她一起长大，我跟男孩一起长大6次了，跟女孩一起长大还是第一次呢。

　　5-year-old， Houston Lair I worried about the pink. When she is 5 or 6 or 7, she might paint pink everywhere. I don’t like pink because it’s a girl’s color.

　　我就是有点担心这娃会把家里都刷成粉色，我不喜欢粉色因为那是女孩的颜色。

　　I am definitely gonna protect her. Like, when she gets old enough and she has a boy friend. She brings him home. All she is gonna say is meet my brothers, to have me you need to go through them.

　　我超想保护她，如果将来她带男朋友回家，她得告诉她男朋友，想跟我在一起，必须先过了我哥哥们这关。

　　话说，此刻我已经能看到这位Princess的未来了。想必这位Princess的感受只有小贝家的小七可以领会了。只想对她未来男友说一句，保重！在被别人欺负的时候能告诉比别人我让我哥来用天马流星拳揍你！

1 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

2 lair   

n.野兽的巢穴；躲藏处

参考例句：

• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• I retired to my lair,and wrote some letters.我回到自己的躲藏处，写了几封信。

3 ruby   

n.红宝石，红宝石色

参考例句：

• She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
• On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。

4 precious   

adj.宝贵的，珍贵的，过于精致的，珍爱的

参考例句：

• Each life is precious.生命都是宝贵的。
• Spring rain is as precious as oil.春雨贵如油。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

6 whoever   

pron.无论谁，不管谁；任何人

参考例句：

• I'll find the person who did this,whoever he is.我要找出干这件事的人，不管他是谁。
• Whoever does best will get the prize.谁做得最出色谁就得奖。

7 jail   

n.监狱，看守所；vt.监禁，拘留

参考例句：

• The castle had been used as a jail.这城堡曾用作监狱。
• If she carries on shoplifting,she'll end up in jail.她如果还在店铺里偷东西，最终会被抓进监狱的。