【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语728期

 It was the last party I ever had. There were two things I loved more than anything in this world. Running and math. My dad was a mathmatician, so loving math was loving my dad. We both found safety in numbers. In my family, 1 1=3. Life was good. My father was a track¹ star in college, and I dreamed of that day I would really and truly² run faster than he did. But on the last good day, my father had nobody won. That's when I started to knock on wood. Each knock was a num, and each num kept me safe. Without them, I'd be alone. They know how to fix a body, but would they able to fix his mind? 

 

My dad looked gray and gone, but I knew he was in there somewhere, and I was determined³ to get him back. So I made a deal with the universe. I would give up everything that I cared about, and the universe would give me back my father. I quit⁴ dessert, I quit goin~to movies, I quit my friends, I quit flipping⁵ through atlases⁶. I even quit running. The more I liked sth, the more I needed to ruin⁷ it. the only thing I didn't quit was nums. If I could jump rope 43 times without missing⁸, or if I could catch the ball 27 times in a row. If the num of falling leaves I counted equal⁹ the num of letters in my dad's name, then maybe I would give him back. I never stopped counting. I never stopped hoping. Nums, safe, reliable¹⁰, perfect.

 

Miss Grey: You're kicking me out?? 

Mom: You don't have friends, you don't have a job. It's time for you to go. 

Miss Grey: But I love it here. 

Mom: You're lying, Mona. And what's worse is, you don't even know it. I have to take care of him, you don't. 

Miss Grey: By the third night, my math book and I called it quits¹¹. 

Mom: We can help you with the first month's rent. I'v saved a little, and Dad has his disability¹² check. 

Dad: She'll never find an apartment with a toilet as strong as ours.

 

Miss Grey: What??

BG: You told us to say our name and our favor¹³ num. Yeah, get with the programme¹⁴.

Miss Grey: And you're..

BG: Ann DiGanno.

Miss Grey: Lisa, how about choosing a num between 1 and 9?

Lisa: 9..I mean..2..no 7.

Miss Grey: 7??

Lisa: For sure 7!

Miss Grey: Ok, do I have any other volunteers?

BG: My name is Levan Beeze, and my favor num is 1.

Miss Grey: Ok, Levan, you and Lisa. Come to the front and form your nums with your bodies. What's the total of Levan and Lisa?

Lisa: 8!

Miss Grey: That's right! All right, who wants to be the 8?

BG: What are we gonna do now?

Miss Grey: How about if we..how about..um..what if we make nums out of nature? One of you will bring in a num every Friday. Kinda like show-and-tell with nums. And we'll call it nums and materials.

1 track   

n.轨道；足迹；痕迹；磁轨；途径；vt.循路而行；追踪；通过；用纤拉；vi.追踪

参考例句：

• The new race track is nearly six miles in extent.这条新跑道将近六英里长。
• The police are on his track.警察在跟踪他。

2 truly   

adv.真正地，真实地，真诚的，不假

参考例句：

• You must speak truly.你必须说实话。
• He is a truly good man.他是个真正的好人。

3 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

4 quit   

n.退出；vi. 离开，辞职，停止；vt.离开，放弃，解除，表现，停止

参考例句：

• If I don't get a pay rise,I'll quit.若不给加薪，我就不干了。
• I got my present job when I quit the army.我退伍后得到了现在这份工作。

5 flipping   

讨厌之极的

参考例句：

• I hate this flipping hotel! 我讨厌这个该死的旅馆！
• Don't go flipping your lid. 别发火。

6 atlases   

地图集( atlas的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Besides the two novels, I have bought two atlases. 我买了两本小说，另外还买了两本地图册。
• The facts of monsoon climate have been presented in a number of texts and atlases. 季风气候的一些事实已在一些教科书和气候图集中加以介绍。

7 ruin   

vt.（使）毁坏；（使）毁灭；n.(复)废墟；遗迹

参考例句：

• How can you stand by and watch the country go to ruin?你怎么可以看着国家将亡而无动于衷呢？
• The old empty house soon went to rack and ruin.这所旧的空房子很快就毁坏了。

8 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

9 equal   

adj.相等的；平等的；胜任的；vt.等于；比得上

参考例句：

• Men and women enjoy equal pay for equal work.男女同工同酬。
• Women in our country enjoy equal rights with men.在我国妇女享有同男子平等的权利。

10 reliable   

adj.可信赖的；可靠的

参考例句：

• I'm afraid the information is not reliable.恐怕消息不可靠。
• Do you think she's reliable?你看她这个人可靠吗？

11 quits   

adj.互不欠债的，抵消的v.从（某处）离开，离去( quit的第三人称单数 )；停止；戒掉；离任

参考例句：

• If I give you this ￡10, then we're quits, aren't we? 如果我把这10英镑给你，我们就两清了，对吧？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Death quits all scores. 一死百了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 disability   

n.无力，无能，残疾

参考例句：

• His disability caused this thing to fail.他的无能导致了这件事失败。
• As a matter of fact,many people have a disability.事实上，许多人身体都有某种缺陷。

13 favor   

n.好感；赞同；好事；vt.赞同，喜爱；有利于

参考例句：

• She is out of favor with her employer.她失去了雇主的欢心。
• The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.那位新老师很受家长的欢迎。

14 programme   

n.节目；项目(美program)

参考例句：

• Does Betty like that programme?贝蒂喜欢那个节目吗？
• The programme is interesting.但是这个节目很好看。