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PATSY:We're going to invite the Bakers over for dinner. PATSY: 我们要请贝克一家来吃晚餐。 STEVEN:What? STEVEN:什么? BRYCE:I don't know, Mom. BRYCE:有点意外啊，妈妈。 CHET:I think that's a marvelous idea. CHET:这是个很棒的主意。 STEVEN:Patsy, what purpose does this serve? STEVEN:帕蒂，为什么要请他们? PATSY:Trina Baker is a very nice person. PATSY:蒂娜·贝克人很好。 LYNETTA:And Matt and Mark are really cool. LYNETTA:马特和马克也很酷。 STEVEN:I hate cool. STEVEN:我讨厌酷。 PATSY:Something we should've done years ago. PATSY:几年前就该请他们过来了。 STEVEN:Yeah, but we didn't. And now we can't. The statute oflimitations has run out. STEVEN:对啊，当初没有，现在就更不请不了了，时机已经过了。 PATSY:We're having the Bakers over for dinner. PATSY:我们要请贝克一家来吃晚餐。 STEVEN:If this is about what I said last night, I'm sorry, okay? But, you know, havingthem over for dinner is not gonna fix hisbrother. STEVEN:如果是因为我昨晚说错话了，我道歉，好吗。但是，请他们吃饭又治不好他弟弟。 PATSY:It's going to be a sit-down dinner. And I expect everyone to dress accordingly. PATSY:这将是个正式晚宴，我希望大家衣着得体一点。 STEVEN:Oh, God. Can't we just have a barbecue? STEVEN:天哪，就弄个烧烤不行吗? PATSY:It's going to be a sit-down dinner. PATSY:是正式晚宴。 STEVEN:Just shoot me now. STEVEN:杀了我吧。 CHET:Careful what you wish for. CHET:这话可不能乱说。 [笔记] 1. invitesb over (for sth.) 请某人过来; 邀请某人（参加…） 2.marvelous [ˈmɑ:vələs] adj. 了不起的；非凡的；令人惊异的；不平常的 3. serve the purpose 管用；有助于解决 [例] It wouldn't serve the purpose ofimproving your English if you don't know how to watch it. 若你不懂怎么看电影，这不会有让你英文进步的功能。 4. statute of limitations〈美〉限制法令，时效法 5. run out 用完；耗尽；跑出；到期 6. fix (vt.) 修理，这里译为治愈（某人） 7. dress accordingly 有相应的打扮。因为是正式晚宴，相应的着装应该是正式得体的。 8. (Be) careful what you wish for. 抱怨的时候觉得还不如怎么怎么样就好了，但是其实并不是真希望“愿望成真”，成真了也不一定是好事。 [BRYCE]So that was it. A dress-up, sit-down dinner with Juli Baker was in my immediatefuture. And that made seeing Juli at school more uncomfortable. I found myselfstaring at her in class. And the way her hair fell back over her shoulders… shelooked just like the picture in the newspaper. Dana Tressler caught mewatching. If I didn't do something fast, this couldspread like wildfire. [BRYCE]于是就这样了。想到不久就要和朱莉·贝克参加正式着装的正式晚宴，在学校看见她我就更不自在了。我发现上课时我总爱盯着她看，她头发散落在肩上的样子像极了她在报纸上那张照片。戴娜·切斯勒发现我在看她，要是我反应慢点的话，又得风言风语了。 [笔记] 1. spreadlike wildfire 像野火般迅速传播；迅速传播 BRYCE:There was a bee in her hair. See, there it goes. BRYCE:她头发里有只蜜蜂。看见没，飞走了。 DANA:There's no bee. DANA:没有蜜蜂。 BRYCE:It flew out the window. BRYCE:从窗户飞出去了。 [BRYCE]I convinced myself I'd dodged a bullet. I had toput Juli out of my mind. Keep the focus on the important stuff like schoolwork.My weakness was unnerving. [BRYCE]我总算躲过了一劫。我必须把朱莉从脑海中抹去，还是把注意力集中到最重要的学业上来吧。我却总是身不由己。 [笔记] 1. dodge[dɒdʒ] 闪躲, 躲避 3. unnerve (v.) 使焦躁，使失常 LYNETTA:I need your sharpener. LYNETTA:借你的卷笔刀一用。 BRYCE:You ever heard of knocking? BRYCE:你没学过敲门吗? LYNETTA:Hey, what you got there? Dad's Playboy? LYNETTA:在看什么呢! 爸爸的"花花公子"吗? BRYCE:None of your business. BRYCE:不关你事。 LYNETTA:Give my best to Miss October. LYNETTA:代我向十月的封面女郎问好。 BRYCE:Get out. BRYCE:出去。 LYNETTA:Or should I say your best? Ha, ha. LYNETTA:或者应该说是代你自己向她问好? BRYCE:You're disgusting. BRYCE:你恶不恶心。 [笔记] 1. sharpener['ʃɑrpənɚ] 卷笔刀 2. hear of 听说，听说过 [BRYCE]Another disaster avoided. My life had become a minefield. [BRYCE]又躲过一劫。我的生活俨然布满了危险。 [笔记] 1.minefield [ˈmaɪnˌfi:ld] 布雷区;充满隐伏危险的事物 GARRETT:Hey, man. GARRETT:嗨，伙计。 BRYCE:Hey. BRYCE:嗨。 GARRETT:What's this? GARRETT:这是什么? BRYCE:It's not what you think. Okay, it is what you think, but I can explain. Okay, Ican't explain. Can we just talk about it later? BRYCE:不是你想的那样。好吧就是你想的那样，但我可以解释。好吧我没法解释，这事能晚点再聊吗？ GARRETT:Whatever you say. GARRETT:随便你了。 [BRYCE]I had to talk to someone. Why not Garrett? Maybe he could help me get back on track. Garrett was surprisingly sensitive in matters of the heart. [BRYCE]我必须找人聊聊。不如就加利特吧，也许他能让我重回正轨。清醒过来。从内心情感方面来说，加利特的确比较感情细腻。 [笔记] 1. geteverything back on track 重回正轨 2. sensitive ['sensɪtɪv] adj. 有细腻感情的;易受影响的; 敏感的; 易生气的 3. in the matter of 就…而论，在…方面 GARRETT:Are you freaking mental? Juli Baker. You hateher. GARRETT:你疯了吗? 朱莉·贝克，你讨厌她。 BRYCE:That's what's weird. I don't think I do. I can't stop thinking about her. BRYCE:所以才奇怪啊，我觉得我不讨厌她了，我就是忍不住总在想她。 GARRETT:You got it bad, man. GARRETT:你完了。 BRYCE:Well, what do I do? BRYCE:那我该怎么办? GARRETT:Well, you gotta nip this in the bud. Thesearen't real emotions. GARRETT:你要把这种感情扼杀在萌芽状态，这不是真正的感情。 BRYCE:They're not? BRYCE:不是吗? GARRETT:You feel guilty because of the whole egg thing. GARRETT:你是因为扔鸡蛋的事有负罪感。 BRYCE:Yeah, and I insulted her yard. BRYCE:嗯，我还侮辱她的院子了。 GARRETT:Exactly. Of course, the place is a dump anyways. GARRETT:对啊。当然，那地方的确像个垃圾场。 BRYCE:It's not her fault. Her dad's got a retarded brother and all their money goesto helping him. BRYCE:这不是她的错。她爸爸有个智障弟弟，家里的钱都拿去给他治病了。 GARRETT:A retard? Well, shoot, that ought to tell you something. GARRETT:智障? 那你就该明白了。 BRYCE:About what? BRYCE:明白什么? GARRETT:About Juli. GARRETT:朱莉啊。 BRYCE:What are you saying? BRYCE:什么? GARRETT:The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. GARRETT:所谓上梁不正下梁歪，朋友。 [笔记] 1.freaking (adv.) 非常，十分，极 mental (adj.) 精神病的 2. nip sth. in the bud 把…扼杀在萌芽状态 3. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 有其父必有其子 [BRYCE]I couldn't believe it. I wanted to yell at him.Tell him that he didn't know Juli like I did. But all that came out was: [BRYCE]真让人不敢相信，我真想骂他一顿，告诉他他不像我这样了解朱莉。但一张口就变成了: [笔记] 1. yell atsb. 冲着某人吼叫 BRYCE:Heh, oh. Right. BRYCE:哦，对哦。 GARRETT:Yeah. GARRETT:对吧。 BRYCE:Right. Um, I'll talk to you later. BRYCE:好，我先走了，回头再聊吧。 [BRYCE]I was supposed to go to Garrett's after school but I couldn't be around him.He'd crossed the line. And standing right nextto him across that line was my father. I didn't care what they thought. I likedJuli Baker. [BRYCE]放学后我本该去找加利特的，但是我不想见他了。他太过分了。跟他一样过分的还有我爸爸。我才不在乎他们是怎么想的，我喜欢朱莉·贝克。 [笔记] 1. crossthe line 做得太过分了 |
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