听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 I Dream of Feeny - 8

Knock, knock.

Mr Matthews? What a surprise! Where're your parents?

They didn't bring me. I took the bus. Actually they don't even know I'm here. I've brought you a germanium.

Geranium.

Didn't I say germanium?

Yes, you did. In fact, germanium is a chemical element. Atomic¹ weight, 72.59, it's used as a semi-conductor.

Your brain must weigh so much.

A geranium is a lovely plant. In California, they can grow to the size of a bush. Huh.

So this is a hospital, huh?

Ah, is this your grandson?

No.

No way.

Not at all.

What he said.

This is one of my students, Cory Matthews. Cory, this is Nurse Jill.

Well, it's nice to see one of your students came to visit you, George.

She calls you by your first name?

Don't blow it for me, you little weasel.

Huh.

I stashed² two bottles of that pineapple juice you like, in case you and your none-grandson wanna have one.

I am eternally³ grateful.

Cory, you stay as long as you like. And if a big dragon in a hat that says headnurse tries to kick you out, you tell her you are a friend of Jill, OK?

OK.

See you later, George.

She seems nice.

Yes, indeed. Very nice.

Did we just have like a guy moment?

Yes, I suppose we did. Why are you here, Mr Matthews? I mean a hospital is a very scary place.

I guess I want to see with my own eyes that you are OK.

Thank you for your good thoughts.

And that you're not dead.

Oh, I can't die, Mr Matthews. I have too much work left undone⁴, too many students left untaught.

Like me?

Especially you. In a strange way, you've kept me alive.

I'm glad, because there still might be some stuff⁵ you are gonna teach me that I'm gonna need someday.

Like what?

Like say, I'm walking down the street, and some guy comes up to me and says, "what's the atomic weight of geranium?" Thanks to you, I'll be able to say, "that's a plant, you idiot⁶!"

Huh...

Dragon alert⁷. Lay low.

Maybe I'd better go so I don't get Nurse Jill in trouble.

Thank you very much for coming, Mr Matthews. You've made me feel much better.

I feel better too.
Mr Feeny, thank you!

For what?

I don't know yet.

1 atomic   

adj.(关于)原子的；原子能(武器)的

参考例句：

• The atomic theory is important.原子理论很重要。
• We should take part in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.我们应该参与原子能的和平应用。

2 stashed   

v.贮藏( stash的过去式和过去分词 )；隐藏；藏匿；藏起

参考例句：

• She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她有一大笔钱存在几个不同的银行账户下。
• She has a fortune stashed away in various bank accounts. 她在不同的银行账户上秘密储存了一大笔钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 eternally   

adv. 不朽地, 永久地

参考例句：

• I'm eternally grateful that we managed to go there before the war. 我们设法在战争爆发前到了那里，我对此永生感恩。
• Only Janet, eternally hopeful, thought it was worth trying again. 只有永远满怀希望的珍妮特认为值得再试一次。

4 undone   

a.未做完的，未完成的

参考例句：

• He left nothing undone that needed attention.所有需要注意的事他都注意到了。

5 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

6 idiot   

n.白痴，傻子，笨蛋

参考例句：

• Only an idiot would make such a thoughtless remark.只有草包才会说出这样没有头脑的话来。
• You are behaving like a perfect idiot.你表现得像个十足的白痴。

7 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。