看绯闻女孩学英语 73

 

Dan: So, uh, what do you need to talk to Serena about?

那么 呃 我要和Serena谈什么呢

Nate: Nothing, just in the neighborhood. you?

没什么，只是我碰巧在这附近, 顺道过来看看 你呢

Dan: I am nowhere near the neighborhood

我肯定不是碰巧在这一区啦

but I'm working on a better excuse.

所以努力在编个借口

Nate: You guys, like...

你们好像

Dan: I...I don't know.

呃 我也不清楚

Nate: Yeah, well, that’s Serena. With her, you’ll never know.

对 那就是Serena的风格 跟她在一起你总是摸不透

Chuck: Nathaniel, There you are. What are you doing?

你在这儿 干什么呢

Nate: Nothing, waiting for you.

没什么 等你

Chuck: Him? Hey, what are you doing here?

他 你来这儿找碴吗

Dan: Why? What is, this, uh, your hotel?

怎么了 这酒店是你家不成

Nate: Actually, it is.

确实是

Chuck: Yeah, so unless you have a reason to be here,

除非你来这有事

I'll have to ask you to wait on the curb¹ with the rest of the trash.

否则我请你跟垃圾 一起到路边等着去

Dan: Trash? Look, man, I live in Brooklyn, all right?

垃圾 听着 老兄 我住在布鲁克林

Not the Ozarks, no, offense² to the Ozarks.

不是密苏里 无意冒犯密苏里

But don't you think we're taking this class warfare⁴ thing a little too far?

可你不觉得我们把这场阶级冲突弄得有点过火了吗

Chuck: I haven't even started, man.

我还没发作呢 小子

Nate: Okay, man, let's just go.

行了 老兄 我们走吧

Chuck: Don't tell me you're sticking up for Serena's new bitch.

别跟我说你是在护着Serena的新姘头

If anyone's got a reason to, kick his ass³, it's you.

如果说谁最该抽他 那就非你莫属了

Nate: He's not worth it. Not here.

他不值得你这样 也别在这现眼

Chuck: This isn't over.

我跟你没完

Dan: Hey, anytime, man. That one, black eye looks a little lonely.

随时奉陪 那一个黑眼圈看起来挺孤寂的

Nate: Come on, chill out.

行了 冷静点

1. So, uh, what do you need to talk to Serena about?

短语点拨：talk to somebody about something意思是“和某人谈某事物或某物”这个结构要注意人放于事件或事物的前面。例如：

I want to talk to your manager about an urgent matter.（我想和你们经理谈一件紧急的事。）

拓展点拨：talk with somebody about something意思也是“和某人谈及某事或某物”。它与talk to somebody about something的区别如下：

talk to sb 意思是对某人讲话，介词to 表示“方向”，表示一个人要对另一个人讲话，但是不表示对方也需要讲话，主要是强调告诉某人什么事。

而talk with sb 则表达的是和某人一起谈论什么事物，与某人一起交谈，双方都要发表言论，相互沟通，介词with表示“一起 ”。

Talk to 强调谈话的对象是”单向的”．如：I am talking to Tom.(强调"I"单方面的对"Tom 在谈话）

talk with 强调谈话的对象是”双向的”．如：I am talking with Tom.(强调"I"和"Tom"在相互谈话）

2. Nothing. Just in the neighborhood. You?

口语点拨：Nothing在这里的意思是“没什么东西”，是Nate回答Dan说在这里没有要找Serena说话。Nothing还可以在口语中可以表示“没关系”，“不大要紧”的意思。

短语点拨：in the neighborhood是一个固定的介词短语，意思是“在附近”。例如：

There are many factories in the neighborhood.（这一溜有许多工厂。）

Is there a Laundromat in the neighborhood?（附近有自助洗衣房吗？）

拓展点拨：要表示“在......的附近”，用这个短语in the neighborhood of。例如：

You'll find it somewhere in the neighborhood of the park.（你会在公园附近找到它。）

拓展点拨：in the neighborhood of后面加“数字”的话，意思是“大约”。例如：

She is in the neighborhood of fifty.（她大约五十岁了。）

He paid in the neighborhood of $ 5000 for the car.（这辆车他付了约5000美元。）

3. I am nowhere near the neighborhood, but I'm working on a better excuse.

短语点拨：work on是一个固定短语，是“从事，致力于”的意思。例如：

I've been in China to work on the new project.（我一直在中国搞一个新项目。）

句意理解：在这里可以理解为“想，编造”，因为“编造理由具有一定的难度性”，work on这个短语有表示“难度”的意思，所以这里用work on这个短语。work on an excuse意思就是“费尽心机编造一个理由”。

5. Yeah, so unless you have a reason to be here, I'll have to ask you to wait on the curb with the rest of the trash.

短语点拨：on the curb意思是“在街头”，curb有“路边”的意思。the rest of意思是“其余的”。例如：

How will we kill the rest of the time?（我们怎样消磨剩余时间?）

For the rest of the day, he reviewed his lessons.（在白天其余的时间里，他复习功课。）

语法点拨：on the curb with the rest of the trash这里是两个介词短语，其中的with the rest of the trash是修饰curb的，意思有“在有着余下的垃圾的街边”。

句意理解：I'll have to ask you to wait on the curb with the rest of the trash的实际意思是Chuck要揍Dan，使得他倒在垃圾了。

6. Trash? Look, man, I live in Brooklyn, all right? Not the Ozarks, no offense to the Ozarks.

口语点拨：man作为口语，它可以表示“老兄”的意思，还可以表示“天啊”的意思。例如：

Oh, man! Such a girl who has so many tricks.（天啊，这个女人手腕还真多的。）

句型点拨：No offense to somebody.意思是“无冒犯某人之意”。例如：

No offence to him.（无冒犯他之意。）

句意理解：No offense to the Ozarks. 中的Ozark是美国密苏里州的别名，这句话的意思是“不想在Ozarks惹出是非”。

7. Don't tell me you're sticking up for Serena's new bitch.

短语点拨：stick up是一个固定的介词短语，意思是“支持”，它通常和介词for搭配，表示“支持，捍卫某人或某事物”。例如：

They will stick up for their beliefs.（他们将捍卫自己的信仰。）

You' ve done wrong. Nobody will stick up for you.（你做错了。没有人会为你辩护的。）

8. Come on, chill out.

习语点拨：chill out是一个习语，意思是“冷静下来”。例如：

——Will you two please hurry it up?——Oh, chill out. Chill out.（——你们俩能快一点吗?--哦，别急，别急。）

 

1 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

2 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。