听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Back 2 School - 1

Cory, let's go. You want to be late for your first day of high school?

Alan, don't yell at him. He's probably a nervous wreck¹.

Hey, Mom. Hey, Dad. How are you doing? Hey, Morgan, looking short.

Go back to camp, loser.

Core, you are not...

A nervous wreck? No, because I know my place. I understand where I am in the high school universe. See, I'm starting off a nothing, a zero.

A big burger.

You know how you tell me, "The earlier I do my homework the better on motive² stuff"?

You've done homework?

It's a metaphor³. But all summer long I bugged⁴ Eric about what high school is gonna be like? And I took notes.

Em, impressive.

Thank you. So how do I avoid years and years of abuse and humiliation⁵?

Don't get married. It's a metaphor.

Alright, here's my plan. Today I make friends with the most feared and influential⁶ senior in high school-Harley Keiner. And in one masterstroke, I go from lowly first-year victim to Harley's most trusted adviser⁷.

Cor, as proud as I'd be to see you become Harley's toady⁸ footstool, you don't have to reinvent yourself for high school.

Yeah, really, relax, go, enjoy it. You don't need a plan. Nobody else has a plan.

Cory, I lost my copy, the plan. I knew I shouldn't have left the old school. I was so cool in the old school. They had no right to pass me, I am an idiot.

See, Shawn's not reinventing himself.

Shawn, are those sideburns?

You...you mean the ones on my face?

It's just that when we saw you yesterday they weren't on your face, were they?

Mrs. Matthews, you just can't accept the fact that Cory and I are growing up. And we are old enough now to buy our own hair.

You've got a glue spot on your cheek.


Words & Information:

wreck: A person who is physically⁹ or mentally broken down or worn out. 废人，失魂落魄的人
burger: a Weak, lame¹⁰, clumsy, not slick person.
toady: A person who flatters or defers¹¹ to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant¹². 谄媚者
footstool: A low stool for supporting the feet. 脚凳
sideburns: 短络腮胡子

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 motive   

n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的

参考例句：

• The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
• He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。

3 metaphor   

n.隐喻，暗喻

参考例句：

• Using metaphor,we say that computers have senses and a memory.打个比方，我们可以说计算机有感觉和记忆力。
• In poetry the rose is often a metaphor for love.玫瑰在诗中通常作为爱的象征。

4 bugged   

vt.在…装窃听器（bug的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The police have bugged his office. 警察在他的办公室装了窃听器。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had bugged off before I had a chance to get a word in. 我还没来得及讲话，他已经走了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 humiliation   

n.羞辱

参考例句：

• He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。
• He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

6 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

7 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

8 toady   

v.奉承；n.谄媚者，马屁精

参考例句：

• He flung it in my teeth that I was a toady.他责备我是个马屁精。
• Arrogance has no defense against a toady.傲慢防不了谄媚者。

9 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

10 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。

11 defers   

v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的第三人称单数 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• She never defers to her parents' opinions. 她从来不听从父母的意见。 来自辞典例句
• Even in Iraq, America defers to the elected government. 即使在伊拉克，美国也要遵从他的民选政府。 来自互联网

12 sycophant   

n.马屁精

参考例句：

• The dictator is surrounded by sycophants who are frightened to tell him what he may not like.独裁者被一群不敢谏言的佞臣簇拥着。
• Bestowing favor on a dubious sycophant often leads to the downfall of dynasties.宠用奸佞是历代王朝亡国的重要原因。