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[JULI]Sunday mornings are peaceful in our house. My dad lets himself sleep in. My mother lets herself not fix breakfast. If my brothers have been out lateplaying with their band you won't even know they're around till noon. But thisSunday, I woke up feeling weird. I had to do something to shake off the confused feelingsabout Bryce that were starting to creep back in. [JULI]每到周日早晨 我家就充满祥和宁静。爸爸会睡到自然醒，妈妈懒得做早餐，如果我两个哥哥出去玩乐队，中午之前你都找不到他们在哪儿。但这个周天，我一觉醒来就觉得不自在。我必须摆脱自己对布莱斯的困惑，这种困惑越来越强烈了。 [笔记] 1. sleepin 睡懒觉；睡过头；(佣人)住在东家家里 2. fix breakfast 特指准备（火）煮饭 [例句] Mother decided to fix them lunch/ameal. 妈妈打算给他们准备一顿（午）饭。 3. shake off摆脱（坏习惯等）; 甩掉，摆脱（跟随的人）; 甩开，甩掉（使不接触） 4. feelings about 对…的感受 5. creep back in 悄悄回来，潜回 RICHARD:You really did it, didn't you? Heh. Proud ofyou. RICHARD:你干得真不错啊，为你骄傲。 JULI:Thanks, Dad. Where you going? JULI:谢谢爸爸。你要去哪儿? RICHARD:To see Daniel. It's his birthday. RICHARD:去看丹尼尔，今天是他的生日。 JULI:I wanna come with you. JULI:我也想去。 RICHARD:Oh, honey, just enjoy the morning, stay with your mom. RICHARD:宝贝，享受这个早上吧，和妈妈一起呆着。 JULI:No, Dad. I wanna come. JULI:不，爸爸，我想去。 RICHARD:Sweetheart, listen. Sometimes, with Daniel... RICHARD:宝贝，听着，有时跟丹尼尔... JULI:I'm coming, Dad. JULI:我要去，爸爸。 RICHARD:Okay. We'd better leave a note for your mother. RICHARD:好吧，我们该给妈妈留张纸条。 [笔记] 1. proudof 为…而自豪 2. had better do 最好做某事 3. leave a note 留便条 [JULI]In all the years, I'd never visited my UncleDaniel. I don't know why. It was always something my dad did alone. We didn'tsay much to each other on the drive toDevonhurst, but I didn't care. I just liked being with my dad. Somehow thesilence seemed to connect us in a way that wordsnever could. [JULI]这些年来我从没拜访过丹尼尔叔叔，我不明白为什么，爸爸总是一个人去的。去德文赫斯特的路上我们没怎么说话，但我并不介意，我就喜欢和爸爸呆在一起，有时沉默对我们而言，无声胜有声。 [笔记] 1. hadnever done (过去)从未做过某事 2. on the drive to + 地点 开车去…的路上 3. in a way在某种程度上；在某一点上 RICHARD:The residents tend to the grounds as part oftheir therapy. It takes some getting used to. They're good people, though. Daniel? RICHARD:让病人料理草坪也是其中一种治疗方法，有人要花些时间才能适应，但他们都是好人。丹尼尔? [笔记] 1. tend to倾向于；tend sb/sth = care for sb/sth 照顾，照料 2. therapy [ˈθerəpi] n. 治疗; 疗法 3. get used to sth. 习惯于 DANIEL:Richard! You're here! Richard for my birthday. Who? Richard, who? Who? Who?Who? DANIEL:理查德！你来啦，理查德来给我过生日啦。她是谁? 理查德，她是谁？ RICHARD:Daniel, Daniel, it's Julianna. It's my daughter. Your niece. RICHARD:丹尼尔，丹尼尔，她是朱莉安娜，我女儿，是你的侄女。 DANIEL:Julianna. Ha, Julianna. DANIEL:朱莉安娜，朱莉安娜。 JULI:Happy birthday, Uncle Daniel. JULI:生日快乐，丹尼尔叔叔。 DANIEL:Ha-ha-ha. Richard. It's my birthday. I have your pictures, Julianna. I haveyour pictures. DANIEL:理查德，今天是我的生日。我有你的照片，朱莉安娜，我有你的照片。 RICHARD:We have a present for you. RICHARD:我们给你准备了一份礼物。 DANIEL:A puzzle? A puzzle, Richard? DANIEL:拼图吗？是拼图吗，理查德？ RICHARD:Not just a puzzle. A puzzle and a pinwheel. RICHARD:不仅仅是拼图。有拼图 还有...风车。 DANIEL:A pinwheel! Thank you, Richard. DANIEL:风车! 谢谢你，理查德。太好了。 RICHARD:Yes. RICHARD:嗯。 DANIEL:Orange. Outside? Outside, Richard? DANIEL:橙色的，出去玩不？出去玩吧理查德。 RICHARD:You wanna go outside? All right, we'll go to, uh, McEIliot's. RICHARD:你想出去吗？好，我们就去麦克艾略特餐厅。 DANIEL:We'll walk out there for an ice cream. Ice cream! DANIEL:我们走过去吃冰激凌，冰激凌！ RICHARD:Oh, no. No, no, we can't. Daniel doesn't like ice cream. RICHARD:哦，不行不行，我们不能去。丹尼尔不喜欢吃冰激凌。 DANIEL:I do like ice cream, Richard. DANIEL:我喜欢冰激凌，理查德。 RICHARD:Daniel, I'm only kidding. I know you like ice cream. You love ice cream. Allright, come on. RICHARD:丹尼尔，我只是开玩笑。我知道你喜欢吃冰激凌。你喜欢吃冰激凌。好了，走吧。 [笔记] 1. have apresent for sb 有礼物给某人 2. puzzle[ˈpʌzl] 七巧板；智力拼图玩具；谜题，难题；pinwheel [ˈpɪnwiːl] n. 纸风车 RICHARD:Here you go. Got it? RICHARD:给你，拿着。 DANIEL:Ah! DANIEL:哇！ RICHARD:Here you go. RICHARD:给你。 DANIEL:It's my birthday. Lollipop. It's my birthday. DANIEL:今天我生日，棒棒糖，今天我生日。 RICHARD:You like it? Oh! RICHARD:你喜欢吗? 啊! RICHARD:All right, Daniel. Okay, wait, wait. RICHARD:没事，丹尼尔，等等。 DANIEL:Ice cream. Ice cream. My ice cream. My ice cream. Ugh! DANIEL:冰激凌，冰激凌。我的冰激凌，我的冰激凌。 RICHARD:It's okay. Daniel. Daniel! Daniel! Leave it, I'll get y... RICHARD:没事，丹尼尔。丹尼尔！丹尼尔，别要了，我再给你买。 DANIEL:Ice cream on the floor. Ice cream on the floor. DANIEL:冰激凌掉地上了，冰激凌掉地上了。 RICHARD:Would you go get him another cone? RICHARD:你再去给他买一支吧。 JULI:Yeah. JULI:好的。 DANIEL:I need ice cream, Richard! It's my birthday, Richard. It's my birthday! Icecream, Richard! Ice cream, Richard! DANIEL:我要冰激凌，理查德。今天是我生日，理查德，今天我生日。冰激凌，理查德！ RICHARD:Stop! Stop it! RICHARD:停下，停下！ DANIEL:I need it! DANIEL:我要冰激凌！ RICHARD:Stop! Stop it! Here we go. Ice cream! RICHARD:停下，停下！看，冰激凌！ DANIEL:Richard! Okay, okay. I've got some ice cream. Birthday ice cream. That's good,Richard. DANIEL:理查德! 好了，这有冰激凌。生日的冰激凌，太好了，理查德。 RICHARD:I'm so sorry. He hasn't done anything like that… RICHARD:对不起，他以前不是这样的。 [笔记] 1. hereyou go 给你；干得好；就是这样 2. lollipop [ˈlɑːlipɑːp] n. 棒棒糖 [JULI]I'd often heard my father talk about how difficult life was for Daniel. But Inever really understood it until now. [JULI]我经常听爸爸提起生活对丹尼尔来说有多么困难，但直到现在，我才真正体会到了。 JULI:Yeah, there you go. JULI:嗯，转得不错。 DANIEL:Heh. Orange. DANIEL:橙色风车。 [笔记] 1. thereyou go 几种用法：
[JULI]On the walk back, Daniel acted like nothing hadhappened. [JULI]在回去的路上，丹尼尔表现得跟没事人一样。 [笔记] 1.act like 装作；表现得像；举止像 JULI:Other way. Other way. JULI:吹这边，吹这边。 [JULI]On the ride home, my dad told me that Uncle Daniel usedto live with him and Mom before we were born. But after a while, itbecame too difficult. When we got home, everything looked the same. But itwasn't. Before today, Daniel had always been just a name to me. Now he was partof the family. [JULI]回家的路上爸爸告诉我丹尼尔叔叔在我们出生前跟他和妈妈一起住，但过了一段时间就不那么容易相处了。回到家中，一切看上去和平常一样，但实际上已经不是了。今天以前，丹尼尔对我来说只是一个名字，但现在，他是我们家庭的一份子了。 [笔记] 1.used to (用于过去持续或经常发生的事)曾经 TINA:How'd it go? TINA:今天怎么样？ JULI:I'm glad I went. JULI:很高兴我去了。 TINA:I'm glad you went too. TINA:我也很高兴。 RICHARD:Trina, it's Sunday. What are you doing mopping the floor? RICHARD:蒂娜，今天周日，你拖地板干嘛？ TINA:Patty Loski invited us over for dinner Friday night. TINA:帕蒂·罗斯基邀请我们周五去她家吃晚餐。 RICHARD:Shouldn't she be mopping her floor? Or did she ask to borrow ours? RICHARD:那应该她在家拖地板啊，难道她要借我们的地板? TINA:Nervous energy. TINA:我就是有点激动。 JULI:Did she invite all of us? JULI:她邀请我们所有人了吗? TINA:Yes, she did. TINA:是啊。 RICHARD:Even our friend Sal Monella? RICHARD:连我们的沙门氏菌朋友也邀请了? TINA:Richard. TINA:理查德。 RICHARD:Why, after all these years? RICHARD:这么多年了，她什么意思？ TINA:Well, she said she felt really bad that they hadn't invited us before …and apparently they want to get to know us better. TINA:她说她很抱歉，以前都没请过我们。很显然，他们想进一步了解我们。 RICHARD:And you wanna go? RICHARD:你想去吗? TINA:Well, she insisted. And I think it would be really nice. TINA:她坚持要请。我觉得我们会相处得很好的。 RICHARD:All right. We'll go. RICHARD:好吧，我们去就是了。 [笔记] 1.mop the floor 拖地 2. apparently [əˈpærəntli] adv. 显然地；显然；看来 [JULI]I wasn't too thrilled about dinner with theLoskis but I could see it meant a lot to mymother. At school the next day, I couldn't seem to concentrate.My thoughts kept running back to Daniel. I wondered what my grandparents had gone through having a son like him when reality interrupted. [JULI]我不太想去和罗斯基一家吃晚餐，但我知道，对妈妈来说这很重要。第二天在学校，我没法专心学习，我不停地想起丹尼尔，我在想，我的祖父母养育他这样的儿子经受了多少困难。突然我的思路被打断了。 [笔记] 1.be thrilled about 对...很兴奋，激动 2. mean a lot to sb. 对...有很大的意义 3. concentrate [ˈkɑːnsntreɪt] v.集中(注意力)；聚精会神 4. go through 经历，经受 5. reality [riˈæləti] n. 现实；实际情况 6. interrupt [ˌɪntəˈrʌpt] v. 打断；打扰；插嘴 DANA:Bryce Loski likes you. DANA:布莱斯·罗斯基喜欢你。 JULI:What? JULI:什么? DANA:He's got a big crush on you. DANA:他对你超有感觉。 JULI:What are you talking about? Bryce Loski does not have acrush on me. JULI:你在说什么? 布莱斯·罗斯基对我没好感的。 DANA:Oh, yeah? In science, I caught him staring atyou. He said it was because there was a bee in your hair. Is that the lamest cover-up or what? DANA:是吗? 自然课上我看见他盯着你看，他说因为你头发里有只蜜蜂，这简直是最傻的借口。 JULI:Maybe there was a bee. JULI:可能真的有蜜蜂吧。 DANA:The only bee you're attracting is B-R-Y-C-E. I'mtelling you, that boy is lost in love land.Come on. DANA:你唯一吸引的蜜蜂就是布莱斯。告诉你吧，这孩子已经陷入爱河了。跟我来。 JULI:Where? JULI:去哪儿？ DANA:I saw him sneaking off with Garrett. Come on. DANA:我看见他和加利特溜到那边去了，来吧。 [笔记] 1.have a crush on sb. 迷恋… 2. catch sb. doing 发现某人正在做某事 3. lame [leɪm] adj. 瘸的；站不住脚的；无说服力的 4. cover-up 掩饰；掩盖 5. I'm telling you 我可以肯定的说，我敢说 6. be lost in love land 坠入情网 7. sneak off 开小差，偷偷溜走 GARRETT:Are you freaking mental? Juli Baker. You hateher. GARRETT:你疯了吗? 朱莉·贝克，你讨厌她的。 BRYCE:That's what's so 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，我总是在想她。 GARRETT:You got it bad, man. GARRETT:你完了。 BRYCE:What do I do? BRYCE:那我该怎么办? GARRETT:You gotta nip this in the bud. These aren't realemotions. GARRETT:你要把这种感情扼杀在萌芽状态，它是假的。 BRYCE:They're not? BRYCE:为什么是假的? GARRETT:You feel guilty because of the 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. The place is a dump anyways. GARRETT: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, that ought to tell you something. GARRETT:智障？你也该看出来一些事吧？ BRYCE:About what? BRYCE:什么事? GARRETT:About Juli. GARRETT:朱莉啊。 BRYCE:What are you saying? BRYCE:你说什么? GARRETT:The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, myfriend. GARRETT:所谓上梁不正下梁歪，朋友。 BRYCE:BRYCE: Oh, heh. Yeah. Right. BRYCE:哦，原来如此，对啊。 GARRETT:Yeah. GARRETT:是啊。 BRYCE:I'll talk to you later. BRYCE:回头再聊吧。 GARRETT:Okay. GARRETT:好的。 DANA:I'm sorry. I thought... DANA:对不起 我以为... JULI:It's okay. It's fine. JULI:没事，我很好。 [笔记] 1.freaking (adv.) 非常，十分，极 2. mental (adj.) 精神病的 3. nip sth. in the bud 把…扼杀在萌芽状态 4. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 有其父必有其子 [JULI]And it was. Because now my confusion was gone. I was sure I no longer likedBryce Loski. [JULI]我真的没事，因为现在我的困惑消失了，我确定自己不再喜欢布莱斯·罗斯基了。 [笔记] 1.confusion [kənˈfjuːʒn] n. 混乱; 混淆; 困惑 2. no longer 不再 |
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