纯正地道美语(外教讲解)147：过份怀疑的

　　A: Dan, Dan， dude. You have to come over to my house right now!
B: Is everything OK?
A: Just get over here!
……
A: Come in! Quickly!
B: So, since when is your house a bank?
A: What do you mean?
B: I mean, what’s up with the locks and iron bars on your windows.
A: Security ,Dan, security! You can never be too safe you know! A lot of sickos out there. Just the other day they caught that peeping tom red handed! Had a high power telescope and binoculars¹ by his window.
B: What’s the matter with you?  Why are you acting² all paranoid?
A: Paranoid?  I’m not paranoid!  I’m cautious!  You see Dan, we have to be on guard at all time! People just invade your privacy as if they knew you! Telemarketers, solicitors³, even your bank!  They have way too much information! I like to keep everything on a need to know basis.
B: OK, well, what did you want to see me about?
A: You are being watched! Be careful Dan! Be careful!
sicko  n. 〈美国俚语〉有精神病的人,道德败坏的人
red handed 做坏事或违法的事
paranoid adj. 偏执狂的，过份怀疑的
invade vt. 侵害, 侵扰
I object to our privacy being invaded.
我反对我们的隐私权受到侵害。
need to know basis 只有自己知道
拓展词汇】
schizophrenia n.精神分裂症
the grid⁴ 能用来追踪别人的信息
trace vt.  跟踪，追踪
They traced the criminal to a house in  the city.
他们追踪罪犯到了城里的一座房子里。
peeping tom 偷窥者(特指喜欢偷看裸体女人的好色之徒)
delusion⁵ n.错觉，妄想
A;丹，丹，哥们。你必须马上到我家来。
B: 一切都正常吗？
A;快点来就是了。
……
A;快进！
B:什么时候你的屋子变成银行了？
A;你是什么意思？
B:我是说，在窗户上的锁和铁栅栏用来干什么。
A;安全，丹，为了安全。要知道你总是不安全的。外面有很多坏人。前几天他们逮到一个偷窥者在干坏事。他窗户边有高倍的望远镜和双目望远镜。
B:你怎么了？为什么如此多疑？
A; 多疑？我不是多疑！我很小心，丹，我们必须一直警惕。就如你所知道的哪有那个，人们喜欢窥探别人的隐私。电话推销，律师，甚至你的银行。他们有太多的信息。我喜欢只有自己知道一切。
B:好吧，你想告诉我什么？
A;你被监视了。要小心！丹，要小心！
 

1 binoculars   

n.双筒望远镜

参考例句：

• He watched the play through his binoculars.他用双筒望远镜看戏。
• If I had binoculars,I could see that comet clearly.如果我有望远镜，我就可以清楚地看见那颗彗星。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 solicitors   

初级律师( solicitor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Most solicitors in England and Wales are in private practice . 英格兰和威尔士的大多数律师都是私人执业者。
• The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation. 那家人已经指示律师起诉汤姆森，要求赔偿。

4 grid   

n.高压输电线路网；地图坐标方格；格栅

参考例句：

• In this application,the carrier is used to encapsulate the grid.在这种情况下，要用载体把格栅密封起来。
• Modern gauges consist of metal foil in the form of a grid.现代应变仪则由网格形式的金属片组成。

5 delusion   

n.谬见，欺骗，幻觉，迷惑

参考例句：

• He is under the delusion that he is Napoleon.他患了妄想症，认为自己是拿破仑。
• I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.我误认为他要娶我。