看绯闻女孩学英语 71

 

Blair:Dorota, I told you I didn't want to see anyone.Hi, Jenny.

Dorota 我跟你说过我不见任何人嗨 Jenny

Jenny:Hi.

嗨

Blair:What do you want？

有什么事吗

Jenny:I realized that I still have your calligraphy¹ pens from the party invitations,

我还没把写派对邀请函的书法笔还给你

and thought you might need them for something.

我想你可能会用到它

Blair:That is the lamest³ excuse I've ever heard.

这是我听过最烂的借口

You wanna know what Chuck Bass⁴ is saying about you.

你想知道Chuck Bass是怎么说你的

Jenny:No. Is he saying things? Is anyone?

不知道 他说了些什么 有人说过什么吗

Blair:No. Not yet, anyway.

不 至少现在还没有

Chuck likes to brag⁵ about this conquests, not his victims.

Chuck喜欢跟人吹嘘他的战果 可不是窘态

Come on. You can help me get ready for brunch⁶.

来吧 你可以帮我准备早午餐

Jenny:Okay. Sure. Nice flowers. They're hydrangeas.

哦 好的 真漂亮这是绣球花

精彩点拨

1.I realized that I still have your calligraphy pens from the party invitations and thought you might need them for something.

短语点拨：calligraphy pens是指一种特殊的笔，用于书法，翻译为“书法笔”；party invitations意思是“派对请柬”。

词汇理解：from在这里表示原因，其英文解释为：used to show the reason for sth。例如：

I felt tired from sickness.（我因为病了，所以感到疲乏无力。）

句中说的have your calligraphy pen from the party invitations的意思是“因为要写派对请柬拿着你的笔用”，have这个词的意思非常多，在这里确切地意思是“保持拿着”。

2.That is the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

词汇点拨：lame²的意思是“站不住脚的”“无说服力的”的意思。句中提到的the lamest excuse是指“站不住脚的借口”“无说服力的理由”，在这里可以理解为“无可置信的借口或理由”。例如：

Stephen made some lame excuse.（Stephen找了个不可置信的借口。）

3.You wanna know what Chuck Bass is saying about you.

词汇点拨：brag在这里做动词用，意思是“吹嘘，自夸”，它通常和介词about搭配表示“吹嘘或自夸......”。例如：

Stop bragging⁷!（别吹牛!）

He's been bragging about his new car.（他一直夸他的新汽车。）

She bragged⁸ that she could run faster than me.（她夸口说她比我跑得快。）

短语点拨：say about是“述说关于......的情况，谈及”。例如：

He doesn' t give two pins for what the critics say about his work.（他毫不在乎别人对他作品的批评。）

We shall have more to say about these solutions in the next section.（我们将在下一节中对这些解作进一步的讨论。）

If you have anything to say about the problem,you can take the floor.（如果你对这个问题有什么要说，你可以发言。）

4.Chuck likes to brag about this conquests, not his victims.

词汇理解：conquest是“战利品”的意思，在这里确切地理解为“成果，成就”的意思；victim是“牺牲品”的意思，在这里可以理解为“失败，得不到的东西等”的意思。

5.You can help me get ready for brunch.

短语结构点拨：help sb do sth意思是“帮助某人做某事”。这个结构中的do something是做动词help后的宾语的补足语，表示宾语的动作行为，这里直接用动词原形，不要用动词不定式。例如：

Could you please help me get the car repaired.（你可以帮我把车子修好吗？）

短语点拨：get ready for sth意思是“为......做好准备”“准备好......”。例如：

This guy's a nut and you'd better get ready for rainy days.（这个家伙是一个难对付的人，你最好是未雨绸缪。）

Then please get ready for an English interview with the department manager.（那么就请准备参加部门经理对你进行的英语口试吧。）

 

1 calligraphy   

n.书法

参考例句：

• At the calligraphy competition,people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上，人们请他留字。
• His calligraphy is vigorous and forceful.他的书法苍劲有力。

2 lame   

adj.跛的，(辩解、论据等)无说服力的

参考例句：

• The lame man needs a stick when he walks.那跛脚男子走路时需借助拐棍。
• I don't believe his story.It'sounds a bit lame.我不信他讲的那一套。他的话听起来有些靠不住。

3 lamest   

瘸的( lame的最高级 )； 站不住脚的； 差劲的； 蹩脚的

参考例句：

• You can check out some of the lamest excuses ever used to dump. 你可以挑着看看那些曾被用来甩人的最蹩脚理由。

4 bass   

n.男低音(歌手)；低音乐器；低音大提琴

参考例句：

• He answered my question in a surprisingly deep bass.他用一种低得出奇的声音回答我的问题。
• The bass was to give a concert in the park.那位男低音歌唱家将在公园中举行音乐会。

5 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。

6 brunch   

n.早午餐

参考例句：

• They eat much the same thing for brunch every day.每天早午餐他们总是吃同样的东西。
• What did you have for your brunch?你早午饭都吃些什么？

7 bragging   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的现在分词 )；大话

参考例句：

• He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer. 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。 来自辞典例句
• Now you're bragging, darling. You know you don't need to brag. 这就是夸口，亲爱的。你明知道你不必吹。 来自辞典例句

8 bragged   

v.自夸，吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
• Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》