听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 I Dream of Feeny - 4

Free barbel, love Arny?

"Feel better, love, Amy".

Oh, that's what you think you wrote.

Cory, read this.

Fried baloney, love Elvin.

Just sign it.

What is it?

It's a get-well card for Mr. Feeny. Here, you sign it too.

I don't think so, Mom.

Suit yourself. I just want him to get out of hospital faster.

How's a card gonna do that?

Oh, Cheer him up, power of positive thinking.

Wait a minute, mom, mom, mom. You are saying someone can get better just because someone wishes they will?

Yeah.

Does the opposite of that work too? Can someone get sick just because someone says they will?

Well, that is the principle behind Voodoo curses.

But you'd have to go to like a voodoo academy to pull off something like that, wouldn't you? I mean you average 12-years-old on the street couldn't go around making people drop like flies, could he?
No reason, no interest, my lips are just moving and words are coming out.

Eric, we've got to talk. Alright, I wished really hard for Feeny to get sick, so I wouldn't have to take this geography test, and he got sick.

So?

So I did this to him. I have the gift.

What gift?

I can make people sick.

Now see I've always known that, Cor. Why do you think I sleep in the buff bag?

Eric, I'm serious.

Yeah, like you are the one who made Feeny's appendix¹ blow.

He has appendicitis²?

Yeah, He's got operated on right now.

An operation, that's bad. Remember Fluffy³ our cat? He died during an operation.

Cory, Fluffy fell out of a tree there, they were trying to sew his head back on. It's big odds⁴ going in.

Look, I know I did not cause Mr. Feeny to get sick. But it will make me feel a heck of a lot better, if you would just give me some sort of sign that he is gonna be alright.

Words & Information:

Voodoo : Voodoo is a form of religion involving magic which is practised by some people in the West Indies, especially Haiti.
a heck of: People use a heck of to emphasize how big something is or how much of it there is.

1 appendix   

n.附录，附属物，阑尾，盲肠

参考例句：

• I have recently had my appendix removed.我最近切除了阑尾。
• There is an appendix at the back of the book.该书末尾处有一附录。

2 appendicitis   

n.阑尾炎，盲肠炎

参考例句：

• He came down with appendicitis.他得了阑尾炎。
• Acute appendicitis usually develops without relation to the ingestion of food.急性阑尾炎的发生通常与饮食无关。

3 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。

4 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？