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绯闻女孩第二季第10集：虚荣的篝火 剧情简介：Blair想方设法让她的母亲远离Cyrus Rose。Jenny和Agnes住到了一起。Serena和Aaron相恋了，但是Aaron的一些事情可能会影响他们俩的关系。Dan和Chuck开战了，因为Dan对他的父亲Bart Bass很有兴趣。 |
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1. Blair: Cyrus has been one of my mom's attorneys since the divorce. He asked herout when they first met, but she didn't wanna mix business with pleasure.Finally, his amorous overtures wore her down, and she agreed todinner. She's been smitten ever since. amorous: 多情的，含情脉脉的，词根是拉丁语的amor，表示爱。 overture: 建议，行为 wear her down: wear down本身的含义表示“使某人筋疲力尽”，这里表示“难以抵挡对方的穷追猛打”。注意还有个词组叫做wear off, 表示消失，减弱。后面有一段Jenny在酒吧找到Agnes, Agnes说If my hangover ever wears off. (如果我的头疼好一点的话) smitten: smite的过去分词(smite - smote - smitten). 对一个人的迷恋。后面Aaron的老爸见到Serena,他对S说You know, I think he(Aaron) is quite smittenwith you.正是因为他的这句话，S大受鼓舞，就跑去Aaron的工作室找他了。 2. Serena: Oh, uh, Aaron's amazing. He's been sending me these maps to the mostbeautiful places. The other day I ended up in a private room in the cloistersoverlookingthe gardens. Blair: Spare them the details, Serena. Hazel will kill herself from envy. cloister: 修道院 Spare them the details: 细节就不用说了，注意spare的用法，表示省略，省下。这里提到的Hazel很好玩，前面B说要见她妈妈的男朋友，Hazel一脸怨妇状的说"Even moms have boyfriends, and I don't." 后面在B的生日会上，她又问起S和Aaron的事情，S说 "He's not exactly my boyfriend." Hazel马上就跟了一句You mean he's free? 这个时候Blair就说"Hazel Hazel, I can hear your desperationfrom the other room." 3. Manager: Who do you imagine your client will be? Jenny: Girls like us. Sophisticated girls with a bit of edge who can afford high-end product, and Iknow these girls and their style because I'm their peer, so that's what makesme unique as a designer. Manager: Hmm. What's the name of the label? edge: 这个以前讲过的，就是前卫的，新潮的 high-end: 高端 label: 品牌。名牌货就叫做label, 或者designer bag/cloths. 电影Sex and the City里的主题曲就叫做Labels or Love, Fergie唱的，很有意思的一首歌曲，有兴趣的可以看这里，我在里面还加了一个音频文件，专门介绍各种品牌的正确英文读法。 4. Jenny: We haven't fully decided yet, clearly, but, uh, it really doesn'tmatter, 'cause we're just here to take the work to the next level. take the work to the next level: 更上一层楼，更进一步，可以用来形容工作、关系等等方面。 5. Agnes: I mean, if Mr. Smith here wants to represent us, then he should know whohe's dealing with. Jenny: Except Mr. Smith might get the wrong idea about our professionalism. Agnes: Well, then cut the crap and start acting professional deal with: You have no idea what you’re dealingwith. 你根本不知道事情到底是什么样子的，你根本不清楚状况。deal with是很常用的一个词组，大家可以学习一下。 get the wrong idea about: 误解，误会，口语里好像很少用misunderstanding. cut the crap: 少废话，也可以说cut the bullshit或者cut it out. |
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6. 7. Blair: I told you to put the roses on the table next to Cyrus' seat. Cary Grant always lookedhis best with white roses. Dorota, are you insane? Dorota: I don't know. Blair: You used the everyday china. Cyrus will think we're just common uppermiddle class. look his best with: 白玫瑰总是能把他衬的很好看，注意英文表达语序跟中文是反的。Gary Grant是电影演员。 insane: 发疯除了freak out, 还可以说crazy, nuts, out of mind. 这个insane是发疯的“最高境界”，本意是神志不清。注意Dorota的回答，“怎么了”这句话，她没有回答what, 或者what happened, 而是说I don’t know. 我觉得这也是中文跟英文思维不同的一个地方。越来越觉得Dorota可爱了，不知道大家有没有跟我一样的想法。 8. Editor: If you're afraid of the man's wrath,we won't print your name, but if your reporting's as good as your fiction, I'llassign you another piece. Dan: Look, I'm--I'm sorry, sir, but he's not an idiot. If I milk him forinformation, and you print it, he's--he's gonna know It came from me. wrath: 愤怒 milk him for information: 这个milk用的非常好，像挤牛奶那样套取资料。另外还可以说dig up dirt，但是这里的dirt专门指绯闻或者负面的新闻，而information则比较中性，大家可以根据场合选择使用。 9. Dan: Well, I'm, uh, I'm newly interested in the construction business. Ithought your dad could show me the ropes. the ropes: 秘诀，规则，注意the ropes是固定搭配，必须一起使用。 10. Cyrus: $18 a flower? That's absurd. Blair: Yeah, yeah, it, uh, It is a bit steep. absurd和steep都表示不合理，贵的离谱的，所以除了expensive, 我们也可以多用用这两个单词。另外补充一点，cheap一般指价格便宜且质量很差的东西，真的“价廉物美”叫做it’s a bargain或者it’s a good deal. |
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