《欲望都市》精讲 02他再也没有打给我

One warm spring day, he took¹ her to a town house he saw² in the New York Times.

阳春三月的一天，他带她去看一所从《纽约时报》上看到的房子。

How about if we start at the top and work our way down?

我们从楼上开始参观好吗？

There are four bedrooms upstairs³.

楼上有四间卧室。

Do you have any children?

你们有孩子吗？

Not yet⁴.

目前还没有。

That day Tim popped⁵ the question.

那天，蒂姆终于问道：

Would⁶ you like to meet my folks⁷ Tuesday night?

你愿意星期二晚上见见我的家人吗？

I'd love to.

当然愿意。

On Tuesday he called with some bad news⁸.

可是到了星期二，他打电话告诉了她一些坏消息。

My mother's not feeling⁹ very well.

我妈妈最近身体不太好。

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.

哦，真是太遗憾了。

Can we take a rain check?

我们改天再说好吗？

Of course¹⁰.

没问题。

Tell your mum I hope¹¹ she feels better.

转告你妈妈，我希望她早日康复。

When she hadn't heard from him for two weeks, she called.

而之后的两个星期蒂姆却音讯全无。伊利莎白就打电话过去。

Tim, it's Elizabeth.

蒂姆，我是伊利莎白。

That's an awfully¹² long rain check.

你这改天也改得太久了吧。

He said¹³ he was¹⁴ up to his ears and that he'd call the next day.

他说现在特别忙，第二天再打给她。

He never did¹⁵ call, of course, Bastard¹⁶.

他再也没有打给我。这个混蛋。

She told me one day over coffee.

这是有一天喝咖啡时，她告诉我的故事。

I don't understand. in England, look-ing at houses together would have meant something.

我真不明白。在英国，两个人如果一起看了房子这就有重大的意义了。

1 took   

vt.带，载(take的过去式)

参考例句：

• I took my dog for a walk along the river.我带着狗沿那条河散步。
• It took me about two hours to cook the meat.我花了大约两个小时来煮这些肉。

2 saw   

vbl.看见(see的过去式)；n.锯；v.用锯子锯

参考例句：

• Would you like to saw a tree for me?你能为我锯棵树吗？
• The moment I saw you,I knew you were angry with me.我一看到你，就知道你在生我的气。

3 upstairs   

adj.楼上的；adv.在楼上，往楼上，高水平地，上层地，头脑上地；n.楼上

参考例句：

• He would prefer to meet me downstairs rather than upstairs.他宁愿在楼下见我，而不愿在楼上。
• I think I'll go upstairs and have a sleep.我想上楼去睡一觉。

4 yet   

adv.还，仍然，即刻；conj.尽管，然而

参考例句：

• I am not ready yet.我还没有准备好。
• Beautiful as she is,she didn't find a boyfriend yet.尽管她很漂亮，但还没找到男朋友呢。

5 popped   

adj.被逮捕的，被警察局拘押的v.Point of Presence[Post Office Protocol]电话接入网（站）点( POP的过去式和过去分词 )；邮局协议，用于电子邮件的接收

参考例句：

• The bottle cap popped off and he got an eyeful of seltzer. 瓶盖砰地一声打开，喷得他满眼都是矿泉水。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He popped the balloon with a pin. 他用针戳破了气球。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 would   

aux.will的过去式；愿，要；常常；大概；将要，会

参考例句：

• Why would you say that?为什么你会这么说？
• Would you please help me?你能帮帮我吗？

7 folks   

n.人们；父母；亲人；家属；人们( folk的名词复数 )；亲属；大伙儿；民间音乐

参考例句：

• Ask yourself what the folks in Peoria will think of it. 想一想皮奥里亚的人会如何看待这件事。
• When good folks meet, evil men keep their distance. 好人相逢，恶人远离。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。

9 feeling   

n.感觉，知觉，感情

参考例句：

• I am feeling better now.我现在觉得好些了。
• I'm feeling kind of tired.我感到有点累。

10 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

11 hope   

vt.希望，期望；vi.希望，期待；n.希望，期望

参考例句：

• We hope you can come.我们希望你能来。
• Hope you'll enjoy yourself there.愿您度过愉快的一天。

12 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

13 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

14 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

15 did   

v.动词do的过去式

参考例句：

• How many goals did you score in the last game?上一场比赛你们进了几个球？
• Why did you choose basketball in the first place?你为何首先选择篮球呢？

16 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。