听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Boy Meets Girls-8

Hey, guys.
Here he is, young me. How's your second date?
Went on another date?
Yeah, my last one.
Oh, second date's slump¹. I have seen it happen 1000 times. Not to me.
You know, you know, I'm thinking it's deeper than that. See, each one of us was born with a certain amount of coolness. Now a guy like Minkus could live to be 1000 years old and never use a drop of this cool. And me, I'm a 13-year-old burnout.
Shawn, get a grip, you are still cool. It's just the planet Mercury in retrospect².
What are you babbling³ about?
Some astrology thing. Topanga was explaining it to me.
Hey, that's right, how was your date?
What date? I didn't have a date. I cancelled it.
Oh, come on. Cory, when I got home from work, you and Topanga were looking pretty cozy⁴ on the couch there.
That was not a date. She just came over to bring me some aura juice.
And?
And nothing. I told her how to shoot basket.
OK, so let's recap. Point A she brought refreshments⁵. Point B you chose the activity.
Sounds like a date to me.
Read my lips. There was no date. We talked about what we are getting our moms for Mother's Day.
Aha, Point C shared interests.
Sixteen to base, we have a confirmed date, send backup.

Oh, Topanga. You and I have to get something straight.
Yes, Cory?
Friday night when you came over to my house, that was not a date.
I'm not into labels.
Yeah, but if you were, what we had Friday night would not be labeled a date 'cause if you recall the circumstances of that evening, I cancelled what would have been labeled a date.
That's fine, Cory. It was not a date. Well, I'll see you later.
OK. Hey, Topanga, you know, your idea about writing my mom a poem for Mother's Day really worked out great. She cried.
Tears are the thank-you notes of the soul.
You know a lot about women?
Well, I am going to grow up to be one.

Face it. Minkus was right.
Don't you hate it when that happens?
No matter how you look at it, there's gonna be hormones⁶, and there's gonna be girls.
Important girls are gonna come into our lives and stay for days at a time.
You know what's cool, we made it through our first dates and we are still best friends.
And we are gonna stay best friends through second dates, proms, engagements, marriages.
Second marriages.
Whatever comes along, we are gonna stand through and face it together, shoulder to shoulder.
Hi, Shawn.
Hi, Cory.
Liar⁷.

Words & Information:
babble : If someone babbles⁸, they talk in a confused or excited way.

1 slump   

n.暴跌，意气消沉，（土地）下沉；vi.猛然掉落，坍塌，大幅度下跌

参考例句：

• She is in a slump in her career.她处在事业的低谷。
• Economists are forecasting a slump.经济学家们预言将发生经济衰退。

2 retrospect   

n.回顾，追溯；v.回顾，回想，追溯

参考例句：

• One's school life seems happier in retrospect than in reality.学校生活回忆起来显得比实际上要快乐。
• In retrospect,it's easy to see why we were wrong.回顾过去就很容易明白我们的错处了。

3 babbling   

n.胡说，婴儿发出的咿哑声adj.胡说的v.喋喋不休( babble的现在分词 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• I could hear the sound of a babbling brook. 我听得见小溪潺潺的流水声。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Infamy was babbling around her in the public market-place. 在公共市场上，她周围泛滥着对她丑行的种种议论。 来自英汉文学 - 红字

4 cozy   

adj.亲如手足的，密切的，暖和舒服的

参考例句：

• I like blankets because they are cozy.我喜欢毛毯，因为他们是舒适的。
• We spent a cozy evening chatting by the fire.我们在炉火旁聊天度过了一个舒适的晚上。

5 refreshments   

n.点心,便餐;(会议后的)简单茶点招 待

参考例句：

• We have to make a small charge for refreshments. 我们得收取少量茶点费。
• Light refreshments will be served during the break. 中间休息时有点心供应。

6 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

7 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

8 babbles   

n.胡言乱语( babble的名词复数 )；听不清的声音；乱哄哄的说话声v.喋喋不休( babble的第三人称单数 )；作潺潺声（如流水）；含糊不清地说话；泄漏秘密

参考例句：

• She always babbles about trifles. 她总是为一点小事唠叨个没完。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Nobody likes a chatterbox who babbles about every little thing they do. 没有人喜欢一个爱唠叨的人整天对一些所做的小事胡言乱语。 来自互联网