小紫带你轻松学美剧 第4期

 　　《绝望主妇》原句：

　　We were all singing carols and the dog was howling because everybody in my family sings off key except for me.

　　单词词组讲解

　　Carol:圣诞颂歌

　　Howling：怒吼的；猛烈的

　　怒吼着的风

　　A howling wind

　　我经理暴跳如雷。

　　My manager flew into a howling rage¹.

　　Sing off key:唱走调

　　我不喜欢唱歌，因为我总是唱走调。

　　I don’t like singing as I always sing off key.

　　Except for=except 除…之外

　　除了你，他们都来了。

　　They all came except you.

　　发音讲解（单词，连读和吞音）

　　We were all singing carols and the dog was howling because everybody in my family sings off key except for me.

　　单词

　　Were

　　Carols

　　Dog

　　Howling

　　Because

　　连读

　　Carols and the dog

　　Sings off

　　吞音

　　The dog was

　　最后翻译：我们家人都在唱歌，狗在叫着，因为我们家的每个人除了我以外唱歌都会走调。

1 rage   

vi.(烈火)熊熊燃烧；发怒；怒斥；季风

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• Haines got into a rage.海恩斯勃然大怒。