一大家子十几口人热热闹闹地准备过圣诞节。小Kevin又闯祸了,他和哥哥在争吵中把餐厅搞得一塌糊涂。妈妈赶过来劈头盖脸就开始教训Kevin,让他去楼上一个人去反省,舅舅也在旁边敲锣边。Kevin当然很委屈了,本来就不是他一个人的错嘛——
Mom: Stop! What´s the matter with you? Kevin: He started it! He ate my pizza on purpose! He knows I hate sausages and olives... Uncle Frank: Look what you did, you little jerk! Mom: Kevin, get upstairs right now. ![src=../../upimg/allimg/20060913/1410401.jpg]() Kevin: Why? Brother: Kevin, you´re such a disease. Kevin: shut up! Dad: Kevin, upstairs! Mom: Say good night, Kevin. Kevin: Good night, Kevin. Why do I always get treated like scum? Mom: Oh, I´m sorry, this house is just crazy. We got all these extra kids running around and my brother-in-law´s in from Ohio today. It´s just nuts. Kevin: How come you didn´t bring more cheese pizzas? Pizza boy: Nice tip, thanks a lot! Mom: Thanks. Henry: Having a reunion or something? Mom: No, my husband´s brother transferred to Paris last summer and the kids still went to school here and I guess he missed the whole family so he´s giving us this trip to Paris for the holiday...so we´ll be together. Henry: You´re taking a trip to Paris? Mom: Yes, we hope to leave tomorrow morning. Henry: Excellent, excellent. Mom: If you´ll excuse me, this one´s a little out of sorts. I´ll be right back. Henry: Don´t worry about me. I spoke to your husband already. And don´t worry about your home. It´s in good hands.
重点讲解
妈妈赶过来,气冲冲地问:“你们俩怎么回事?”(What´s the matter with you?)。Kevin说,哥哥明明知道他不喜欢吃香肠(sausage)和橄榄油(olive),还故意(on purpose)吃了他的奶酪比萨。妈妈却不分青红皂白让Kevin立刻到楼上反省。Jerk是弗兰克舅舅说Kevin的,原意是性情古怪的人,这里可以说成是“小麻烦、小杠头”之类。
妈妈、舅舅、爸爸都不向着他说话,Kevin自言自语,为什么他总是像垃圾一样被对待。scum的意思是浮渣、泡沫、糟粕;treated是一个过去分词做状语,前面与系动词get连用。
妈妈接着向警察亨利解释,家里太乱了,一下子多了许多孩子,是个棘手的问题(nut),因为她哥哥从俄亥俄州赶过来。文中的用法是be in from Ohio,其中的in不是通常理解的“在里面”,而是“在家、已经到达”的意思;nut本意是坚果,这里指不好解决的、闹心的问题。送比萨的小男孩在回答Kevin关于下次多送些奶酪比萨的建议时,回答说“Nice tip”,tip这里的意思就是“暗示、提示”。
下面出现的亨利其实是个惯偷,他表面的职业是片警。妈妈说请他谅解(excuse),要去处理一下Kevin的问题,其中,be out of sorts是个惯用的短语,意思是“不守规矩的”。之后,妈妈向亨利解释圣诞节全家都要去巴黎以后,他保证说,你们家会被照料得很好。be in good hands本意是在可靠的人手里,这里一语双关,实际亨利心里正在打着坏主意——圣诞节来家里行窃。 |