纯正地道美语(外教讲解)204：与女婿见面

　　Cindy: Mother, father, I’d like to introduce you to my fiance, Bob.
Miranda: Hello, Bob. Welcome.
Bob: Thanks for having me. Nice to meet the both of you. I’ve heard so much!
Thurston: So Cindy told you about bringing home her last boyfriend, then? Hah, that idiot...
Miranda: Shhh! Thurston, you’re going to scare the poor boy. Come in and have a drink. Dinner will be on in just a bit.
Thurston:What’ll you be having?  Whiskey?  Bourbon? Pick your poison!
Bob: If you have a lemonade that’d be great.
Thurston: Lemona...?
Miranda: Why sure, there’s some in the fridge!
Cindy: Mother makes her own lemonade from scratch. It’s the best!
Thurston: So what are your hobbies, son?  If you want, we can do some hunting tomorrow.  I’ve just picked up a new rifle I’ve been meaning to try out. Should be a real hoot¹!
Bob: Um. I’m not really. eh. I don’t really hunt.
Thurston: You don’t hunt? Well I’ll be...
Cindy: Bob is an animal rights activist². He doesn’t believe in harming animals.
Miranda: Dinner’s ready! Let’s go out to the patio³ where the pig is roasting.
Bob: Roast pig? I’m a vegetarian⁴.
scratch v. 划破,抓
pick your poison 选择你喜欢的
pick up 买
roast v.烤
well I’ll be 表示惊讶
activist n. 活动分子, 积极分子
vegetarian n.  素食者
Cindy: 妈妈，爸爸，我向你们介绍我的未婚夫，鲍勃。
Miranda:你好，鲍勃，欢迎。
Bob: 谢谢邀请我。见到你们很高兴，我久仰大名。
Thurston: Cindy告诉你带她上一个男朋友回家的事了吗？那个白痴……
Miranda: Thurston，你会吓坏那个可怜的男孩。来这喝点东西吧，晚饭马上就好。
Thurston:你想喝点什么？威士忌？波本威士忌？
Bob: 要是有柠檬水就太棒了。
Thurston: 柠檬水？
Miranda:冰箱里有些。
Cindy: 妈妈自己做的柠檬水，很棒。
Thurston: 那你有什么爱好？如果你喜欢的话，明天我们可以去打猎。我刚买了一支新来复枪，我一直想去试试。那一定是很棒的打猎。
Bob: 我实际上并不打猎。
Thurston:你不打猎？真的？
Cindy: 鲍勃是维护动物权益的积极分子，他不想伤害动物。
Miranda: 晚饭做好了，我们去露台吧，在哪儿烤乳猪.
Bob: 烤乳猪？我只吃素。
 

1 hoot   

n.鸟叫声，汽车的喇叭声； v.使汽车鸣喇叭

参考例句：

• The sudden hoot of a whistle broke into my thoughts.突然响起的汽笛声打断了我的思路。
• In a string of shrill hoot of the horn sound,he quickly ran to her.在一串尖声鸣叫的喇叭声中，他快速地跑向她。

2 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

3 patio   

n.庭院，平台

参考例句：

• Suddenly, the thought of my beautiful patio came to mind. I can be quiet out there,I thought.我又忽然想到家里漂亮的院子，我能够在这里宁静地呆会。
• They had a barbecue on their patio on Sunday.星期天他们在院子里进行烧烤。

4 vegetarian   

n.素食者；adj.素食的

参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。