純正地道美語 第204期(外教講解):與女婿見面
Cindy: Mother, father, I’d like to introduce you to my fiance, Bob.
Miranda: Hello, Bob. Welcome.
Bob: Thanks for having me. Nice to meet the both of you. I’ve heard so much!
Thurston: So Cindy told you about bringing home her last boyfriend, then? Hah, that idiot...
Miranda: Shhh! Thurston, you’re going to scare the poor boy. Come in and have a drink. Dinner will be on in just a bit.
Thurston:What’ll you be having? Whiskey? Bourbon? Pick your poison!
Bob: If you have a lemonade that’d be great.
Thurston: Lemona...?
Miranda: Why sure, there’s some in the fridge!
Cindy: Mother makes her own lemonade from scratch. It’s the best!
Thurston: So what are your hobbies, son? If you want, we can do some hunting tomorrow. I’ve just picked up a new rifle I’ve been meaning to try out. Should be a real hoot!
Bob: Um. I’m not really. eh. I don’t really hunt.
Thurston: You don’t hunt? Well I’ll be...
Cindy: Bob is an animal rights activist. He doesn’t believe in harming animals.
Miranda: Dinner’s ready! Let’s go out to the patio where the pig is roasting.
Bob: Roast pig? I’m a vegetarian.
scratch v. 劃破,抓
pick your poison 選擇你喜歡的
pick up 買
roast v.烤
well I’ll be 表示驚訝
activist n. 活動分子, 積極分子
vegetarian n. 素食者
Cindy: 媽媽，爸爸，我向你們介紹我的未婚夫，鮑勃。
Miranda:你好，鮑勃，歡迎。
Bob: 謝謝邀請我。見到你們很高興，我久仰大名。
Thurston: Cindy告訴你帶她上一個男朋友回家的事了嗎？那個白癡……
Miranda: Thurston，你會嚇壞那個可憐的男孩。來這喝點東西吧，晚飯馬上就好。
Thurston:你想喝點什麼？威士忌？波本威士忌？
Bob: 要是有檸檬水就太棒了。
Thurston: 檸檬水？
Miranda:冰箱裏有些。
Cindy: 媽媽自己做的檸檬水，很棒。
Thurston: 那你有什麼愛好？如果你喜歡的話，明天我們可以去打獵。我剛買了一支新來複槍，我一直想去試試。那一定是很棒的打獵。
Bob: 我實際上並不打獵。
Thurston:你不打獵？真的？
Cindy: 鮑勃是維護動物權益的積極分子，他不想傷害動物。
Miranda: 晚飯做好了，我們去露臺吧，在哪兒烤乳豬.
Bob: 烤乳豬？我只吃素。
