听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Notorious - 2

Hey, look at this. His name's Feeny. They wrote Weeny. I'm laughing. You're laughing?
Oh, yeah, I was just thinking of laughing. I would have been laughing already but I was too busy listening to you, Harley. I think I'm ready now. Hehe.
Oh guy, who could cook up something like that? Now that's a guy I'd like that hanging with me.
It would be a great addition to our organization.
Oh yeah, he can stand right here.
I'm thinking he could stand right where you are standing¹.
But then where would Joey stand?
Am I going for a ride? (黑手党jargon，当一个人要被取代的时候，他通常会被绑架拉进车子里，然后被痛扁或者拉到偏远的地方弄死)
Excuse me, Harley. Sir, about that guy you wanted to meet?
Did I say you could eavesdrop² on a senior conversation? Did you little seventh-grade years hear something they shouldn't have heard? For your sake, I truly hope not.
Yeah, 'cause Harley's got a whole lot of ears from guys who've done the same thing. Their glasses are crooked³ now 'cause they got no ears.
How much to keep the ears?
A buck⁴.
Thank you.
Shawn, are you farther gone than I ever would have imagined?
No, no, I'm not gone. I've arrived. I am known, I rule this school. My fame here will live forever.
Except nobody knows you did this.
What, well, you think that bothers me?
I know I did it and that's good enough for me.
I wonder who did this. If it was my boyfriend, I would do anything for him.
Oh, it's killing⁵ me.

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Ok, "The Scarlet⁶ Letter", Hester Prynne has a red letter A on her dress. Now everybody knows what the A stands for, right?
Boring?
Hey, everybody, don't laugh at Matthews, OK? He's never seen an A before. Ok, the buzz is all over the Massachusetts colony that Hester has taken the pure out of Puritan. It's scandal. It's gossip. Could have come right out of today's headlines.
Mr. Feeny, good morning.
Actually, Mr. Turner, I've had better. You see, I have been forced on this particular morning to go from room to room asking anyone with information about this little journalistic prank⁷ to come forward. Hum? I will go a lot easier on the perpetrator if he or she or they voluntarily confess. No? Very well, I will now return you to your lecture on... on the letter A. Keep up the good work.

Words and Phrases:

cook up: If someone cooks up a dishonest scheme, they plan it.
eavesdrop : If you eavesdrop on someone, you listen secretly to what they are saying.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 eavesdrop   

v.偷听，倾听

参考例句：

• He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop.他藏在壁橱里，以便偷听。
• It is not polite to eavesdrop on the conversation of other people.偷听他人说话是很不礼貌的。

3 crooked   

adj.弯曲的；不诚实的，狡猾的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He crooked a finger to tell us to go over to him.他弯了弯手指，示意我们到他那儿去。
• You have to drive slowly on these crooked country roads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上你得慢慢开车。

4 buck   

n.雄鹿，雄兔；v.马离地跳跃

参考例句：

• The boy bent curiously to the skeleton of the buck.这个男孩好奇地弯下身去看鹿的骸骨。
• The female deer attracts the buck with high-pitched sounds.雌鹿以尖声吸引雄鹿。

5 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

6 scarlet   

n.深红色，绯红色，红衣；adj.绯红色的

参考例句：

• The scarlet leaves of the maples contrast well with the dark green of the pines.深红的枫叶和暗绿的松树形成了明显的对比。
• The glowing clouds are growing slowly pale,scarlet,bright red,and then light red.天空的霞光渐渐地淡下去了，深红的颜色变成了绯红，绯红又变为浅红。

7 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。