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学习7个真实场景中使用的英语短语,如make a stand和rainmaker,适合练习日常对话和表达观点。
If you have ever watched Modern Family, you already know our today's English assistant.
如果你曾经看过《摩登家庭》这部电视剧,那么你就已经认识了我们今天的英语助手了。
Welcome to English Take One.
欢迎来到“English Take One”节目。
Our today's assistant is ladies and gentlemen, Phil Dunphy.
今天我们的助手是菲尔·邓菲(Phil Dunphy),女士们、先生们。
How are you?
你最近怎么样?
The fun dad who turns every mistake into a life lesson.
这位充满乐趣的爸爸总能将每一个错误转化为人生中的宝贵经验。
If you get pulled over for speeding, tell the policeman your spouse has diarrhea Phil's sophosy.
如果你因为超速被警察拦下,就告诉警察你的配偶正在腹泻——这是菲尔提出的“高招”(或者说是一种“策略”)。
And of course, behind every great Phil, there is a Claire Dunphy.
当然了,在每一个了不起的菲尔(Phil)背后,都有一位克莱尔·邓菲(Claire Dunphy)。
They really are like lock and key.
它们真的就像“锁和钥匙”一样,彼此完美匹配。
Let's get started.
我们开始吧。
My mom started drinking these cocktails called Horny Colombians with some of Gloria's uncles whom apparently the drink was named after.
我妈妈开始和一些格洛丽亚的叔叔们一起饮用这种名为“Horny Colombians”的鸡尾酒;显然,这种鸡尾酒的名字就是以他们的名字命名的。
Oh, come on.
哦,拜托了。
They were funny.
他们很有趣。
They kept patting my butt.
他们不停地拍我的屁股。
Somebody's full of herself.
有些人真是自以为是、傲慢无礼。
It's a It's a Colombian wedding tradition they said.
他们说,这是哥伦比亚婚礼中的一个传统习俗。
be full of yourself means thinking that you are very important in a way that annoys other people.
自以为是”指的是过分高估自己的重要性,这种态度会惹恼他人。
For example, don't mind him.
例如,别理他。
He's full of himself today because he got a promotion.
他今天非常自大,因为他得到了升职。
In that scene, Phil is telling Claire not to take it personally.
在那个场景中,菲尔告诉克莱尔不要把这件事往心里去。
Not everything is about her.
并不是所有事情都和她有关。
Naive as he is, he believes that those guys were doing it out of tradition.
尽管他很天真,但他仍然认为那些人这么做是出于传统的原因。
I was going to invite you to dinner, but now I see you're full of yourself.
我本来想邀请你共进晚餐的,但现在看来你自以为是、傲慢无礼得很。
She Oh, God.
哦,天哪。
I hope she hasn't seen that video of me.
我希望她还没有看到那段关于我的视频。
Or people back here either.
或者这里的其他人也是这样。
I would die.
我会死的。
Don't get too full of yourself.
别太自以为是了。
People around here have other things to worry about.
这里的人们有更多其他事情需要担心。
And I jokingly said, I made an altar to myself that I pray to daily.
我开玩笑地说,我为自己设立了一个“祭坛”,每天都会在那里祈祷。
Trust me, I'm not that full of myself.
相信我,我并没有那么自大。
People, you're the one who always says I shouldn't be such a pushover with the kids.
大家听着,正是你们总对我说:“我对孩子们不应该这么软弱、这么容易让步。
So, this is where you decide to make your stand.
所以,这就是你需要表明自己立场的时候了。
Really?
真的吗?
Okay.
好的。
Okay.
好的。
Look, don't worry.
听着,别担心。
Make a stand means to take a firm position on an issue, often in opposition to something, to stick up for what you believe in.
表明立场”意味着在一个问题上采取坚定的态度(通常这种态度是与某些观点或做法相对立的),从而捍卫自己所信仰的东西。
For example, she joined the protest in favor of freedom, making a stand for what she believed in.
例如,她参加了支持自由的抗议活动,坚定地捍卫自己所信仰的理念。
Harold had made it decided this is the time to make a stand against women in the in the locker room.
哈罗德已经下定决心:现在就是对更衣室里的女性采取强硬态度的时候了。
You won't stop until all of hell is wiped out.
你们不会停下来,直到所有的邪恶势力都被彻底消灭为止。