听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Back 2 School - 5

OK, I'm here for homeroom. I'm here for English and I'm here anytime you just wanna talk.

Cool.

Did I say you could talk?

I thought so.

You (are) trouble Matthews? You (are) the guy who's gonna bring down the new teacher?

No, sir. That would be Shawn. I, I mean that...

No, good man. Good man. Shawn. Wait. Don't tell me. Don't tell me. Now if Shawn is real trouble, Shawn is really gonna try to avoid making eye contact with... Hi, Shawn.

How are you doing?

I'm good. So Shawn, buddy¹. You know anything about the Odyssey²?

Yes, I do.

Yeah, besides it's a book.

No, I don't.

OK, who knows what Odyssey means? What's your name?

Topanga.

Topanga.

It means a difficult journey.

Yes, it does. An epic³ journey about a guy just trying to get home alive, in fantasy worlds with characters and these ancient notions about loyalty⁴ and heroism⁵.

Yeah, who wants to read that?

Yeah. Apparently⁶ you do. What is that, X-Men?

No, it's...

What, I don't know X-Men? I wanna see it. It's a great issue, isn't it?

You read X-Men?

Do I read X-Men? Fantasy worlds, epic heroism. Well, yeah, I read X-Men. In fact, let's all read X-Men. Your assignment is to read the Odyssey and this issue of X-Men.

Finally, a cool teacher.

My friend Mr. Matthews will lead the discussion on the similarities and the differences.

Feeny was an era.

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So, where is the next stop on this misery⁷ bus?

Er, earth science. Let's go.

Wait, I don't have earth science. I've got history.

You mean?

We are gonna be separated?

No.

Shawn.

Cory.

Friday, Dylan's parents are going out of town and...

Hey, Eric.

You know me?

I've heard of you. Eric Matthews, right? Cool junior, only child, yeah, everybody's heard of you, even insignificant⁸ specks⁹ like me who are having the worst possible day of their lives.

I don't care.

Thanks. See ya.

So Harley, nice to see you at high school again, er. Think about going to college?

Yeah, this year I might even take the SOTs.

Harley Keiner? How the heck are ya?

How the heck am I? Kill him.

Hey, look. It's a gift from when you was gay. What?

I need time.

1 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

2 odyssey   

n.长途冒险旅行；一连串的冒险

参考例句：

• The march to Travnik was the final stretch of a 16-hour odyssey.去特拉夫尼克的这段路是长达16小时艰险旅行的最后一程。
• His odyssey of passion, friendship,love,and revenge was now finished.他的热情、友谊、爱情和复仇的漫长历程，到此结束了。

3 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

4 loyalty   

n.忠诚，忠心

参考例句：

• She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。
• His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

5 heroism   

n.大无畏精神，英勇

参考例句：

• He received a medal for his heroism.他由于英勇而获得一枚奖章。
• Stories of his heroism resounded through the country.他的英雄故事传遍全国。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

8 insignificant   

adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的

参考例句：

• In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
• This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。

9 specks   

n.眼镜；斑点，微粒，污点( speck的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Minutes later Brown spotted two specks in the ocean. 几分钟后布朗发现海洋中有两个小点。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• Do you ever seem to see specks in front of your eyes? 你眼睛前面曾似乎看见过小点吗？ 来自辞典例句