《查莉成长日记》精讲 152

Come on, Charlie. Go tinkle-winkle. Make the poo-poo for the mama. No no?

加油啊，查莉。快嘘嘘。快给妈妈拉便便。不拉吗？

All right, I'll tell you what...Five bucks¹ for a number one, 10 bucks for a number two. All right?

好吧，咱商量下...小便给五块，大便给十块。成不？

Uh uh uh, excuse me, what are you doing?

嘿，请问，你们要干吗？

Playing a video game. That's how kids² from our generation³ entertain⁴ themselves⁵.

玩电子游戏啊，这就是我们这一代孩子的娱乐方式。

Charlie is watching her favorite⁶ show. It's the only way we can get her to sit on the potty.

查莉正在看她最喜欢的节目呢。这是唯一能让她坐在小马桶上的办法。

Charlie has to watch "the gurgles" in order⁷ to do her business⁸?

难道查莉得看“咯咯笑”才能解决内急？

Yes, "the gurgles" help Charlie the same way that the sports section⁹ helps your dad.

没错，“咯咯笑”对查莉的帮助就像体育专栏对你们你们的老爸的帮助一样。

Look at this garbage¹⁰...brightly colored singing and dancing shapes.

看这一群废物...又唱又跳色彩鲜艳的二维图形。

Would¹¹ you guys¹² just go upstairs¹³? If she isn't potty-trained by tomorrow, she won't get into the good preschool.

你哥俩能上楼呆着去吗？如果明天前查莉还不会自己上厕所，那她就进不去好的幼儿园了。

-Come on! But then we're gonna have to unhook the game system¹⁴ down here and rehook it up there.

-别这样！那我们就要在楼下把游戏机拆了然后再到楼上给安装好。

We already¹⁵ walked all the way down here. Are we supposed¹⁶ to rewalk all the way up there?

我们已经费劲的走下来了。难道我们还要费劲的走上去吗？

You know, we wouldn't have this problem¹⁷ if we had¹⁸ a tv in our room.

其实，如果我们的房间里有台电视这事就不会发生了。

Okay¹⁹, for the millionth²⁰ time, I am not buying a tv for your room.

好了，我再不厌其烦的跟你们说一遍，想要电视没门。

Fine. Let's go, P.J.

好吧。我们撤，PJ。

Ooh, hold on. The circle and the square are fighting²¹ over a grape. I want to see how this turns out.

别急。圆圈圈和方块块正在为一颗葡萄而大打出手。我想看看结果会是如何。

1 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》

2 kids   

n.小孩( kid的名词复数 )；年轻人；小山羊；小山羊皮

参考例句：

• My funny drawings amused the kids. 我的滑稽图画把孩子们逗乐了。
• The neighbours' kids are the bane of my life . 街坊邻居的孩子让我生活得很不安宁。

3 generation   

n.产生，发生，一代，一代人

参考例句：

• This book was handed down from generation to generation.这本书世代相传。
• People of my generation all think the same way about this.关于这件事，我们这代人都有同感。

4 entertain   

vt.招待，款待；使欢乐，使娱乐；vi.款待，请客

参考例句：

• Emma will be happy to entertain you.爱玛会很高兴招待你的。
• They entertain a great deal.他们常常招待客人。

5 themselves   

pron.他们自己，她们自己，它们本身；他们亲自；他自己

参考例句：

• They finished the work by themselves.他们自己完成了这项工作。
• The boys didn't know what to do with themselves after school ended.男孩们不知道放学后该做些什么。

6 favorite   

n.特别喜爱的(人)物；adj.特别喜爱的

参考例句：

• Spring and autumn are my favorite seasons.春秋是我喜欢的季节。
• Her most favorite fruit is orange.她最喜欢的水果是桔子。

7 order   

n.订单；命令；n.顺序，整齐；勋章；阶级，决议；vt.命令； 调整；定购

参考例句：

• His desk is always in order.他的书桌上总是整整齐齐的。
• You pay for it at the time you order it.订购时就得付款。

8 business   

n.商业， 买卖， 交易， 生意， 事情， 事物， 营业， 商行

参考例句：

• My father built his business on years of hard work. 我父亲多年奋斗创立了自己的事业。
• We must finish up this business in a day or two. 我们必须在一两天内把这事结束。

9 section   

n.部分，章节，地段；断面，剖面；部门，科；阶层，界；vt.把…分成段

参考例句：

• There is one section of very long road to leave. 有一段很长的路要走。
• How many people work in your section?你部门有多少人？

10 garbage   

n.垃圾；费料

参考例句：

• Garbage pollutes our rivers and streams.垃圾使大小河流遭受污染。
• Have you taken the garbage out yet?你把垃圾扔掉了吗？

11 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？

12 guys   

n.家伙，伙计( guy的名词复数 )；（架设天线、支撑帐篷等用的）牵索；[复数]各位；一群男人（或女人）

参考例句：

• Sorry, guys. I goofed. 对不起，各位。我搞砸了。
• A few of our guys were thinking about going over the hill. 我们的人中有几个在开小差。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 upstairs   

adj.楼上的；adv.在楼上，往楼上，高水平地，上层地，头脑上地；n.楼上

参考例句：

• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.他宁愿在楼下见我，而不愿在楼上。
• I think I'll go upstairs and have a sleep.我想上楼去睡一觉。

14 system   

n.系统，体系，制度，方式，秩序，分类原则

参考例句：

• He is good at the subject of social system.他擅长于社会制度问题。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

15 already   

adv.已经

参考例句：

• We have eaten already.我们已经吃过了。
• I've been there already,so I don't want to go again.我早已去过那里了，所以我不想再去了。

16 supposed   

adj.（按规定、法律、协议等）（不）应当；假定的；（只用于否定句）不准；（对某人所说的话表示气愤或不大理解）那是什么意思v.料想( suppose的过去式和过去分词)；意味着；[用于被动语态]认为应该；[用于祈使句]让

参考例句：

• Journalists are supposed to be politically neutral. 新闻工作者在政治上应持中立态度。
• I was supposed to be writing a letter but I'm afraid I got sidetracked . 我本来应该在写信，但后来恐怕是分心干别的去了。

17 problem   

n.问题；难题

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• This problem is too hard for me to solve.这个问题太难，我解决不了。

18 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。

19 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？

20 millionth   

n.第一百万，百万分之一adj.百万分之一的；第一百万的

参考例句：

• This is a map in the scale of one-millionth. 这是一张比例尺为1比100万的地图。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Each burst of waves lasts only about a millionth of a second. 每个电波脉冲群仅持续约一百万分之一秒的时间。 来自辞典例句

21 fighting   

adj.战斗的；好战的；作战用的；适于打斗的n.战斗；斗志；宣战言论；微小但值得一搏的机会v.战斗( fight的现在分词 )；斗争；打架；吵架

参考例句：

• He is now fighting his addiction to alcohol. 他现在正努力戒酒。
• There is growing apprehension that fighting will begin again. 人们愈来愈担心会重开战火。