《查莉成长日记》精讲 47

Give him dry food twice a day，And make sure his water bowl is always filled.

每天喂两次猫粮，并确保它的水碗里总是加满水

Oh, and my sister Virginia is coming by later for a play date.

还有我妹妹维吉妮亚稍后会过来一起玩

You want me to have a play date with your sister?

你想要我和你妹妹一起玩

Not you-- Caboodle.

不是你 是卡不多

Virginia brings her cat Stanley over.

维吉妮亚会带来她的猫斯坦利

What a ridiculous name for a cat.

猫的名字这么滑稽啊

Caboodle?

你说卡不多吗

Stanley

我是说斯坦利

Oh, I should go.

哦，我要走了

But so my little Caboodie won't make a scene,You need to distract¹ him.

但我的小卡不多多可就要不高兴了，你要逗逗他让他分心

Should I pretend to be a mouse?

我要装成耗子吗

Yes.

当然

I was joking.

我是说笑的

I wasn't.

我可不说笑

The cat seems fine to me.

我看这猫现在就挺好啊

I'm paying you.

我可是付钱让你干事的

Now put him down and act like a mouse.

现在放下他然后去扮耗子吧

Squeak² squeak.

吱吱 吱吱

You can do better than that.

你能扮得更像一点么

Bare your teeth, wiggle your nose,And act like you're eating a piece of cheese.

要龇牙咧嘴皱鼻子扮成你正在偷奶酪吃

Now keep doing that for 20 minutes,And he should be fine. Goodbye, my Caboodle.

现在继续这样扮二十分钟,他就会很安分的.再见了,小卡不多宝贝

Teddy honey, did you lose something?

泰迪宝贝,你在找什么东西吗

Only my dignity.

找我刚丢的尊严

1 distract   

vt.分散注意力，转移注意力，使分心

参考例句：

• Don't distract my attention.不要分散我的注意力。
• It was all a ploy to distract attention from his real aims.那纯粹是障眼法,用以分散人们对他真正意图的注意力。

2 squeak   

n.吱吱声，逃脱；v.（发出）吱吱叫，侥幸通过；（俚）告密

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another squeak out of you!我不想再听到你出声！
• We won the game,but it was a narrow squeak.我们打赢了这场球赛，不过是侥幸取胜。