看绯闻女孩学英语 99

Eric: But maybe I'm not ready yet.

但也许我还没准备好

Serena: Hey, what about for a few hours?

嘿 要不先出去个几小时看看呢

You can be my date to the Ivy¹ week party tonight.

你可以和我一起去今天的常春藤周宴会

Lily: Serena, that party is an important event for you.

Serena 那个宴会对你来说很重要

Serena: Well, he'll be around people he knows.

他可以跟认识的人交谈啊

It'll be fun, comfortable.

会很有趣很惬意

Eric: Uh, actually, that sounds great.

这听起来不错

Woman: Well, there we go. Compromise².

恩 那就去吧 做点让步吧

That wasn't so hard, was it?

其实没那么糟糕 对吧

Lily: You know what?

你知道吗

I have to go, help them set up for tonight at the school.

我得走了 帮他们准备晚上今晚学校的宴会

It's my job as both parent committee chair and responsible mother.

这是我作为家长委员会主席，也是个负责的妈妈的职责所在

Serena: It'll be great, okay?

会很好玩的 好吗

台词精解

1. Hey, what about for a few hours?

句型活用：What about......？（用于征询他人的意见时用，翻译为：......怎么样？）about是介词，它后面可以接名词，代词和动名词短语。例如：

They are very splendid. What about the price? 这些非常不错。价格怎么样呢？（about后面跟名词）

What about me ? Aren' t you going to give me one ? 我呢？你不打算给我一个吗？（about后面接代词）

What about leaving it here and collecting it on the way back? 把它先放在这里等回来时再取走怎么样？（about后面接动名词短语）

2. Serena, that party is an important event for you.

短语点拨：be important for sb的意思是“对于某人来说很重要”，注意介词用for，不要用to。

弦外之音：Serena的母亲用此事想劝阻她不要因Eric而影响她将来的前程，实质上就是阻止Eric离开医院。

3. Well, he'll be around people he knows.

口语提炼：Sb. is around people.（译文：人们簇拥在某人周围。）

4. Well, there we go. Compromise.

口语提炼：There we go.（我们去吧。）

词汇精学：Compromise是“妥协，折中”的意思，其英文解释为：

give up some of your demands after a dispute³ with sb, in order to reach an agreement。

它的固定用法：~ with sb on sth，意思是“在某事情上与某人让步，妥协”。例如：

I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain, so we compromised⁴ on Italy. 我想去希腊, 可我妻子想去西班牙, 于是我们折衷了一下去意大利。

They were unwilling⁵ to compromise with the Communists.

5. I have to go, help them set up for tonight at the school.

短语点拨：set up是一个固定短语，意思很多，在这里的意思是“办理，处理(日常事务等)”。再如：

I asked my sister to set up one's E-mails when I was ill. 我病的时候我叫我妹妹处理我的邮件。

短语辨析：at the school是指在学校要举办的活动，in the school是指在学校的设施，at school是指“上学，在学校读书”。

6. It's my job as both parent committee chair and responsible mother.

句型提炼：It is one’s job as... （是某人作为......的职责。）

短语点拨：both...and...的意思是“两者都”“既......又......”，用于连接两个表示并列关系的名词或代词。。再如：

Both New York and London have traffic problems. 纽约和伦敦都存在交通问题。

The secretary both speaks and writes Spanish. 这位秘书不但能讲而且能写西班牙语。

1 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

2 compromise   

n.妥协；妥协方案；vt.损害；vi.妥协，让步

参考例句：

• The spokesman made it clear that no compromise was yet in sight.发言人表明，目前还不会妥协。
• The probable outcome of the talks is a compromise.会谈的结果很可能是妥协。

3 dispute   

n.争端，分歧；v.争论，争吵，辩论，辩驳

参考例句：

• They are trying to find a way of settling the dispute.他们正设法寻找解决争端的办法。
• The parties to the dispute should be more polite to each other.争执双方应相互礼貌些。

4 compromised   

[医]妥协，让步的，缺乏抵抗力的，缺乏免疫力的，妥协的

参考例句：

• They compromised by going to the cinema. 他们采取折中的办法去看电影。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has compromised with its critics over monetary policies. 政府已经就货币政策向批评人士作出让步。 来自辞典例句

5 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。