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[JULI]I'd never been embarrassed by where we livedbefore. I also never really thought about money. I knew we weren't rich, but Ididn't feel like we were missing anything. Thatis, until Bryce Loski called our home a complete mess. [JULI] 我从未因家庭的遭遇感到不幸，我也从没想过钱的问题。虽然我们并不富有，但是也不觉得生活贫乏，直到布莱斯·罗斯基说我家简直一团糟。 [笔记] 1. beembarrassed by 因……窘迫 2. feel like + 句子（= feel asif/as though + 句子）感觉…… [Mattand Mark are singing a song] *What's your name? * * What's your name? * *你叫什么名字? * * 你叫什么名字? * *Is it Mary or Sue? * *玛丽还是苏? * *What's your name? * *你叫什么名字? * *Do I stand a chance with you? * *我们能否在一起? * *It's so hard to find a personality * *我从未如此 * *With charms like yours for me * *对他人感到着迷 * [笔记] 1. stand achance有机会; 有可能 [例句] It doesn't matter how wellqualified you are, if your face doesn't fit, you don't stand a chance. 资历多好也没用，如果人家看你不对眼，你就不会有机会。 If we try hard, we may still stand a chance ofwinning. 要是再努力点，我们仍有希望赢。 2. personality [ˌpɜːrsəˈnæləti] 性格; 个性; 人格; 魅力; 气质 [例句] John doesn't do too well in thepersonality stakes. 论人格魅力，约翰很一般。 3. charm [tʃɑːrm] n.魅力; 魔力; 吸引力; 迷人的特征; 吸引人的特性 [例句] His charm doesn't work on me. 我不为他的魅力所动。 [JULI]I had to do something and I knew what it was. [JULI]我必须有所行动，我很清楚应该怎么做。 TRINA:Oh, you're sounding really good. TRINA:你们唱得真棒。 MATT:We'll record it in Skyler's garage. MATT:我们会去斯凯勒家的车库录音。 TRINA:That's a wonderful project. TRINA:这计划真不错。 JULI:Speaking of projects, I was thinking it might becool to fix up the yard. JULI:说到计划，我想把院子修整一下。 RICHARD:What? RICHARD:什么? JULI:I mean, how much can grass seed cost? I could plant a lawn, maybe some flowers.I could even put up a fence. JULI:草种子应该不贵吧? 我可以种块草坪，再种点花，甚至可以筑道篱笆。 RICHARD:Honey, that's a major undertaking. RICHARD:宝贝儿，那可是笔大开销。 JULI:I could pay for it with my egg money. JULI:我可以用卖鸡蛋的钱来支付。 RICHARD:No. That's your money. The landlord should be the one takingcare of all this. RICHARD:不行，那是你的钱。这事应该由房东来打理。 JULI:But he doesn't. And we live here. And it looks so bad. JULI:可他不是毫无行动么，住在这里的人是我们。院子看上去乱糟糟的。 RICHARD:Jules. What's going on? RICHARD:朱莉，出什么事了? JULI:Nothing, Dad. JULI:没什么，爸爸。 RICHARD:It's okay, sweetheart. You can tell us. RICHARD:没事的，宝贝儿，跟我们说说吧。 JULI:The Loskis have been throwing away my eggs because they're afraid ofsalmonella. Because our yard is such a mess. JULI:罗斯基他们家把鸡蛋都扔了，他们担心会有沙门氏菌，因为我们家院子乱糟糟的。 TRINA:Did Patsy say that? TRINA:这话是帕蒂说的吗? JULI:No. Bryce did. JULI:不是，布莱斯说的。 TRINA:But it must have been a family discussion. A boy doesn't come up with that on his own. TRINA:但他们全家肯定都这么想，小男孩是不会思考这种问题的。 [笔记] 1. record[ˈrekərd , rɪˈkɔːrd] n. 记录; 记载; 唱片 v. 记录; 录(音); 录(像); 灌(唱片) 2. Speaking of sth. 说起……；谈到…… 3. fix up 安排; 装饰; 修饰; 整理 [例句] I wrote back to Meudon at once tofix up a meeting. 我马上给缪顿回信安排会面。 4. put up 建起; 竖起; 举起; 抬起 5. undertaking [ˌʌndərˈteɪkɪŋ] n. (重大或艰巨的)任务，项目，事业，承诺 v. 承担; 从事; 负责 [例句] He had no great hopes for thesuccess of his undertaking. 他对自己事业的成功不抱太大希望。 6. take care of 处理；应对；照顾；照看 7. come up with sth. 想出，提出（计划、想法等）; 设法拿出（所需钱款） [例句] No one has come up with adefinitive answer as to why this should be so 对于为什么应该是这样，还没有人想出最终确定的答案。 MARK:Who cares what they think? MARK:他们怎么想关我们什么事? MATT:Yeah, who cares? MATT:就是啊，关我们什么事? TRINA:I care. TRINA:我在意。 RICHARD:Trina. Let's not get into this. RICHARD:蒂娜，别往心里去。 TRINA:No, I'm tired of living like this, Richard. I'mtired of having to take temp jobs just to make endsmeet. I'm tired of having to push a chair up against the washing machinejust to keep the door shut. I'm tired of having to borrow Mrs. Steuby's vacuum cleaner every time ours breaks down. TRINA:不，我受够了，理查德。我受够了为了把账单付清，不得不去打小工。我受够了必须把椅子放在洗衣机上才能想办法把门关紧。我真的受够了，每次吸尘机一出毛病，就不得不厚着脸皮向斯特比太太借。 RICHARD:Do you think this is the life I pictured for us? Sometimes you have to sacrifice to do the right thing. We always end up agreeing that Devonhurst is the right thing forDaniel. RICHARD:你以为这是我想要的生活吗? 有时我们为了正确的选择不得不做出牺牲。我们每次商量后都一致认为，送丹尼尔去德文赫斯特是应该的。 TRINA:Well, maybe we should start thinking about what's right for us. Our daughter issuffering because we won't fix up our own yard. TRINA:也许我们该想想什么是该为自己做的了，女儿因为我们没有修理自己的院子受耻笑。 RICHARD:It's not our yard. RICHARD:这不是我们的院子。 TRINA:How can you say that, Richard? How? We've lived here for 12 years and for 12years we've been saying it's temporary, but it'snot. This is our home. Is it wrong to wanna live somewhere you can be proud of? To have enough to send your kids tocollege? Maybe it's time we considered government care. TRINA:你怎么能说这种话 理查德? 你良心何在? 我们在这足足住了12年。我们口口声声说是暂居于此，但事实截然相反，这就是我们的家。想住一个可以引以为豪的地方有错吗? 想供孩子上大学有错吗? 是时候考虑选择政府救济了。 RICHARD:We are not moving my brother. RICHARD:绝不能把我弟弟送到那里去。 TRINA:He's more important than your own children? TRINA:他比你自己的孩子还重要? JULI:Dad! JULI:爸爸！ RICHARD:How dare you! RICHARD:你竟敢这样说！ JULI:Stop it, Dad! Please, just stop. JULI:别吵了，爸爸，求你了，别这样。 RICHARD:I'm sorry. Julianna, this is not your fault. We'll workthis out, I promise. RICHARD:对不起，朱莉安娜，这不是你的错。我们会想办法解决的，我向你保证。 [笔记] 1. getinto 陷入到…之中；因接触而受到…影响 2. be tired of sth厌烦; 厌倦 3. make ends meet使收支相抵；勉强维持生计 [例句] Last month he couldn't make endsmeet. 上个月他钱花超了。 4. vacuum cleaner [ˈvækjuːm kliːnər] n. 真空吸尘器 5. break down（机器或车辆）出毛病，损坏 6. sacrifice [ˈsækrɪfaɪs] n. 牺牲; 祭献; 祭祀;祭品; v. 牺牲; 献出; 以（人或动物）作祭献 [例句] Her parents made sacrifices sothat she could have a good education. 为了让她受良好的教育，她的父母作了很多牺牲。 7. end up doing 以(做)……而告终；结果变成…… 8. temporary [ˈtemprəri] adj. 短暂的; 暂时的; 临时的; n. 临时工; 临时雇员 [例句] Your debt situation is onlytemporary, and it is within your power to resolve it. 你的债务情况只是暂时的，你有能力解决好。 9. be proud of sth./sb. 为……感到自豪 10. work sth out 想出，得到（解决方法） [JULI]That was the first time I ever heard my parents really yell at each other. [JULI]那是我第一次看到父母大动干戈。 [笔记] 1. yell atsb. 对着某人大叫 RICHARD:I'm sorry about tonight. RICHARD:今晚的事我很抱歉。 [JULI]That night they each came into my room. My father talked about his brother andhow much he loved him and how he promised his parents he'd always take care ofhim. My mother talked about how much she loved my father for his strength andkind heart. When she kissed me good night she whisperedthat of all her many blessings, I was herbest. I felt sorry for my father. I felt sorry for my mother. But most of all, I felt lucky for me that they were mine. [JULI]他们都先后来到我房间，我爸爸说了叔叔的遭遇，说他很爱他。他曾经答应父母会永远照顾他。妈妈说她很爱爸爸，她爱他的坚强与善良。她亲吻我向我道晚安，在我耳边说道，我是她最大的骄傲。我为爸爸感到难过，也为妈妈难过。但更重要的是，我庆幸能成为他们的女儿。 [笔记] 1.whisper [ˈwɪspər] v. 耳语; 低语; 私语; 小声说 n. 耳语(声); 低语(声); 私语(声) [例句] Her voice fell to a whisper. 她的声音变小，成了耳语。 2.blessing [ˈblesɪŋ] n. 上帝的恩宠;祝福; 祝颂; 赞同; 许可; 好事 [例句] I must have been naive to thinkwe would get my parents' blessing. 我一定太天真了，竟认为我们会得到我父母的祝福。 3. most of all 最重要；尤其是 [JULI]I wanted to think the reason I started working on my yard had nothing to do with Bryce. It was about making ourhouse better. After what he did with the eggs, why should I care what hethought? But I did. [JULI]我觉得自己下决心整理院落和布莱斯的话毫无关系，我只想让这个家更为温馨。他既然能扔掉我送的鸡蛋，我又何必在乎他的想法? 但我始终还是在意。 [笔记] 1. havenothing to do with 和……无关 CHET:Are you pruning that or trying to hack it to death? Hi. I'm Chet Duncan, Bryce'sgrandfather. Sorry it's taken me so long to comeover and introduce myself. CHET:你到底是想修剪枝桠，还是想把它劈死呀? 嗨，我是切特·邓肯，布莱斯的外公。很抱歉过了这么久才来打招呼。 JULI:Nice to meet you. JULI:很高兴认识你。 CHET:So are you trimming all these to the sameheight? CHET:你是想把它们修剪平整吗? JULI:Well, yeah, that's what I was thinking, but I don't know. Do you think it wouldlook better to take them out? JULI:没错，我就是这么想的，但是不知如何下手。你觉得把它拔了会不会好看一点? CHET:Oh, these are Hicksii shrubs. These will pruneup nicely. CHET:这是红豆杉灌木，修剪好了会很棒的。 CHET:Listen, Mr. Duncan. CHET:听我说，邓肯先生。 CHET:Call me Chet. CHET:叫我切特就好。 JULI:Chet. If you're here because of what Bryce said, I don't need your help. JULI:切特, 如果你是因为布莱斯说的那些话而来，那就大可不必了。 CHET:Read about you in the paper. Renee would've sat up in that tree with you. Shewould've sat up there all night. CHET:我在报纸上看到关于你的报道。芮妮如果还在，一定会陪你坐在树梢，她可以在上面坐上整夜。 JULI:Renee? JULI:芮妮? CHET:My wife. CHET:我妻子。 CHET:You remind me a lot of her. CHET:你让我想起她。 [笔记] 1. prune[pruːn] v. 修剪树枝; 打杈; 裁减; 削减; 精简 n. 干梅子; 西梅干; 李子干 [例句] The hedge needs pruning back. 树篱需要修剪了。 2. hack [hæk] v. 砍; 劈; 猛踢; 非法侵入(他人计算机系统) [例句] He hacked away all night. 他整夜乱砍乱劈的。 3. take sb some time to do sth 花费时间做某事 4. trim [trɪm] v. 修剪; 修整; 切去，除去(不必要的部分) [例句] Care must be taken when trimmingaround woody plants like shrubs and trees. 修剪灌木和乔木这样的木本植物时必须小心。 5. shrub [ʃrʌb] n. 灌木 [例句] The man hacked a shrub down withan axe. 那男子用斧头砍倒了一株矮树。 [JULI]We worked on the yard for weeks. And the whole time we worked, we talked. [JULI]我们在院子里忙活了几个星期，我们一边干活一边聊天。 CHET:Right there? CHET:就这儿吗？ JULI:Perfect, yeah. JULI:对，很好。 [JULI]He wanted to know more about the sycamore tree. He knew exactly what it meantabout the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. He said it was thesame with people but sometimes with people, the whole could be less. I thoughtthat was pretty interesting. I started looking at people I'd known sinceelementary school trying to figure out if theyweremore orless than the sum of their parts. Chet was right. A lot of them were less. Ofall my classmates, the one person I couldn't seem to place was Bryce.Until recently, I would've said with absolute certainty that he wasgreater, far greater, than the sum of his parts.But now I wasn't so sure. [JULI]他想了解无花果树。他非常清楚整体胜于部分的总和是什么意思。他说人也如此，只不过对于人，有时候整体反而更小。我觉得很有意思，我开始重新审视从小学就认识的人们，想知道他们是不是整体胜于全部。切特说得对，很多人作为整体反而更小。在所有同学中，我唯一不确定的是布莱斯。要是以前，我会极其肯定地说，他的整体远远好于全部，但现在我不确定了。 [笔记] 1.figure out想出; 理解; 弄清 [例句]Try to figure out what feelingunderlies your anger. 努力找出你的愤怒之下潜藏的情感。 2. would have done 是虚拟语气。表示对过去事情的假设，意为“本来想做；要做但没做”。 3. with absolute certainty 十分肯定，斩钉截铁 4. far 作为副词修饰比较级，表示程度上的更、非常、极等意思。例如: He isgetting far better. BRYCE:It's looking good, Juli. Nice job. BRYCE:看起来真不错。朱莉，干得好。 JULI:Thanks. Chet did most of it. JULI:谢谢，大部分都是切特做的。 BRYCE:I'm sorry for what I did. BRYCE:我为我的行为道歉。 JULI:I just don't get it, Bryce. Why didn't you just tell me? JULI:我真不明白，布莱斯，你为什么不直说呢? [JULI]Was he really sorry? Or was he just saying these things to make himself feelbetter? Then I thought maybe I just wanted him to be more than the sum of hisparts. But as I looked into his eyes… those dazzling eyes… for the first time I was pretty sure that Bryce Loskiwas less. [JULI]他是真的感到抱歉吗? 还是他这样说只是为了让自己好受一点?或许我只是希望他的整体比部分之和大吧。但当我直视他的双眼，那双明亮迷人的眼睛，有生以来第一次，我第一次确定布莱斯作为整体更小。 [笔记] 1.for thefirst time 第一次 |
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