《查莉成长日记》精讲 20

Hey, dad, great news¹. I got² a job.

嘿 爸爸 好消息 我找到工作了

Stop right there. I'm having the greatest dream³ of my life⁴.

打住 我一生中最伟大的美梦成真了

The school's gonna pay⁵ me 100 bucks⁶ to DJ at the dance on Friday.

学校付给我一百块让我当星期五的舞会的DJ

The dream continues⁷.

美梦依旧

I just need you to give me $200 to rent⁸ the DJ equipment⁹.

所以你要给我两百块让我去租DJ要用的设备

And now I'm awake¹⁰.

梦醒了

Hey, what was¹¹ I doing in the dream?

嘿 在你的梦里我在干什么呢

You weren't saying¹² anything, which is why I thought¹³ it was a dream.

你全程闭嘴 所以我才会认为那是个梦

P.J., why would¹⁴ you take a job where you're gonna lose¹⁵ money?

P.J. 你为什么要接一个赔钱的工作呢

Does everything always have to be about money?

难道什么事都要和钱扯上关系吗

Are you giving me the 200?

你到底给不给我二百块钱

Sorry, son. You're gonna have to come up with the money some other way.

抱歉 儿子 你得自己去想办法搞到这笔钱

Like how?

怎么搞到

Oh, I know. Get a job.

噢 我想到了 找份工作

I'll be right back.

我马上回来

Wait, where's your sister?

等等 你妹妹在哪儿呢

Don't bother¹⁷ her, Emmett.

别去烦她了 Emmett

Okay¹⁸, where shouldn't I bother her?

好吧 她在什么我烦不到的地方呢

In the kitchen.

厨房

All right. Thanks

知道了 谢谢

Hey, Teddy bear.

嘿 泰迪熊

Hey, Emmett.

嘿 Emmett

You know this dance this Friday night is"girls ask guys," right?

你知道星期五的舞会是女孩邀请男孩的 对吧

Uh-huh.

嗯哈

You're a girl. I'm a guy¹⁹.

你是个女孩 而我是个男孩

Something you want to ask me?

你有什么想跟我说的吗

Okay, Emmett, listen,

Emmett 听着

P.J. is my brother and you're his best friend.

P.J.是我的哥哥 而你是他最好的朋友

So in a way you're kind of like my brother too.

所以从某种程度上来说 你也是我的兄弟

And I can't go to the dance with my brother.

而我不能和兄弟一起去舞会

You can see why that would be wrong, right?

你也会觉得那怪怪的 对吧

This is the longest conversation²⁰ we've ever¹⁶ had²¹.

这是咱俩之间有史以来最长的一次对话了

Did²² you hear anything I just said²³?

你有没有听我说话啊

Something about wanting to go to the dance with a brother.

你想和自己的兄弟去舞会之类的

Emmett, I want you to listen to me very carefully²⁴.

Emmett 我要你认真听我说

I'm not going²⁵ to ask you to the dance.

我是不会邀请你去舞会的

When you touch me it feels like electricity²⁶.

你碰到我的时候 那简直是触电的感觉

1 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

2 got   

v.(get的过去式)得到，猜到，明白

参考例句：

• I just got some bad news.我刚得到一些坏消息。
• I have got far too much work to do.我要做的事太多了。

3 dream   

n.梦；梦想；v.做梦；向往

参考例句：

• I remembered my grandfather in my dream last night.昨晚我梦见了我的外祖父。
• It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.我的理想是获得诺贝尔奖。

4 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。

5 pay   

v.付钱；n.付钱；薪金

参考例句：

• How much did you pay?你付了多少钱？
• His pay is below the average.他的工资低于一般水平。

6 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 continues   

v.继续，连续( continue的第三人称单数 )；持续；逗留；停留

参考例句：

• Inflation continues to accelerate. 通货膨胀不断加速。
• The road continues beyond the village up into the hills. 那条路经过村子后又往上延伸到群山中。

8 rent   

n.租金；vi.出租；vt.出租，租用

参考例句：

• I have rented a house and paid the rent.我已租了房子，并交了租金。
• He decided to rent the house.他决定租这房子。

9 equipment   

n.装备，设备

参考例句：

• In the new factory all the equipment was up to date.这个新工厂里的所有设备都是现代化的。
• The oil company will ship out the heavy equipment.石油公司将用船运送重型设备。

10 awake   

adj.醒的；v.唤醒，唤起，醒来

参考例句：

• The baby awake is looking here and there.醒着的婴儿东张西望。
• Please awake me at six.请6点钟唤醒我。

11 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

12 saying   

n.谚语，俗话，格言；动词say的现在分词

参考例句：

• Saying and doing are two things.说和做是两码事。
• I know a chinese saying.我知道一句中国谚语。

13 thought   

n.想法，思想，思维，思潮，关心，挂念；v.vbl.think的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• It was just a thought.这仅仅是一个想法。
• She thought he had a cold.她认为他感冒了。

14 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

15 lose   

v.丢失，失去，迷失，(钟表)走慢

参考例句：

• I always lose at cards, with my bad luck.我不走运，打牌总输。
• I can always lose myself in a good book.一本好书会使我爱不释手。

16 ever   

adv.曾经；永远；不断地；在任何时候；究竟

参考例句：

• Have you ever been to hangzhou?你曾经去过杭州吗？
• I will be young and strong and beautiful for ever.我将永远年轻、强壮，永远漂亮。

17 bother   

vt.烦扰，迷惑；vi.烦恼，操心；n.麻烦，纠纷，讨厌的人

参考例句：

• Don't bother about getting dinner for me.别为我做饭麻烦了。
• You needn't bother to lock the door.你不用费心去锁门。

18 Okay   

(=okey，O.K.)adj./adv.好，行，不错；n.同意

参考例句：

• The play is okay,but I still prefer the book.戏还可以，可我仍愿读原著。
• Is it okay with you if I borrow this book?我借这本书你不在意吧？

19 guy   

n.(美，口语)家伙；青年；男人

参考例句：

• She lost her heart to the handsome guy.她爱上了这个漂亮的小伙子。
• That guy is very hard to deal with.那家伙很难对付。

20 conversation   

n.谈话，交谈

参考例句：

• Conversation is one of pleasures of life.交谈是人生一大乐趣。
• We'll carry on a conversation with her tomorrow.我们将于明天与她会谈。

21 had   

vbl.have的过去式和过去分词；conj.有

参考例句：

• I just had a good idea!我有个好主意！
• The boy had a small branch of a tree in his hand.这个男孩手上拿一条小树枝。

22 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

23 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

24 carefully   

adv.仔细地；小心地

参考例句：

• If you watch carefully you will see how to do it. 如果你仔细观察，你就会看出如何做此事了。
• Now listen carefully everybody.请大家仔细地听。

25 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

26 electricity   

n.电；电学

参考例句：

• This room is lighted by electricity.这个房间用电照明。
• We use electricity to run machines.我们使用电力来运行机器。