【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语958期

ELENA：Whatare you doing here?

STEFAN：Um, Lexi said that you came by and you--youseemed upset.

ELENA：Right.The girl in the towel.

STEFAN：The towel? Oh. No, no. no, no, no, no.Um... Not like that. No. Uh, she's not exactly a girl. Lexi's--Um, she's 350years old.

ELENA：Youmean she's a...

STEFAN：And she's my oldest friend. Nothingromantic. Ever.

ELENA：Ok,well... She kept staring¹ at me. It was weird².

STEFAN：Well, you know, I've talked about you Alot, so... Guess she felt like she knew you. So why'd you come by?

ELENA：I,uh--It was a mistake.

STEFAN：Elena, talk to me.

ELENA：Ican't. Stefan, I can't, and that's the problem. I'm keeping all these secretsfrom everyone. I can't even tell my best friend. Do you know how hard that is?It's like I need to talk to someone, But the only person I can talk to is you,And...

STEFAN：I want you to know That I will always behere for you. You can come to me about anything, ok?

ELENA：Well,thank you for coming by.

STEFAN：Hey, do you need a rideto the grill³ tonight?

ELENA：Are you going tocaroline's party?

STEFAN：Lexi's dragging⁴ me.  And... It's my birthday.

ELENA：Really? Happy birthdaythen.

STEFAN：Thank you.

ELENA：Actually, I, um-- I thinkI'm gonna stay in tonight.

STEFAN：Ok.

ELENA：Well, have-- Have agood night.

1 staring   

adj.目不转睛的；凝视的；显眼的；（毛发）竖立的v.凝视，瞪视( stare的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling. 她仰卧着凝视天花板。
• She was staring into space, her mouth slack. 她双唇微张，失神地望着前方。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 grill   

n.烤架，铁格子，烤肉；v.烧，烤，严加盘问

参考例句：

• Put it under the grill for a minute to brown the top.放在烤架下烤一分钟把上面烤成金黄色。
• I'll grill you some mutton.我来给你烤一些羊肉吃。

4 dragging   

adj. 拖曳用的, 拖延的 动词drag的现在分词

参考例句：

• It's the high fever that's been dragging him down. 是这场高烧把他的身体拖垮的。
• They're dragging the river for the body of the missing boy. 他们在河底打捞失踪男孩的尸体。