《GossipGirl》第二季第18集“混亂年代”學習筆記

1、GossipGirl第二季第18集混亂年代”學習筆記EPISODEOVERVIEWTheConstanceBillardandSt.Judeseniorshavetheproductionof"TheAgeofInnocence".Serenahasacrushontheplay'sdirector,Julian,andenlistsVanessa'sknowledgeoftheatertohelphergettheguy'sattention.Blairreceivesbadnewsaboutherfuturethatleadsheronawitc

2、h-huntforthepersonresponsible.DanandRachelagreetostayawayfromeachotherintheaftermathofbeingdiscoveredasmorethanteacherandstudent,butfinditimpossibletokeepthatpromise.Chuckfindhelponanunlikelyfriend,CarterBaizen.NatehasaconflictwithVanessaandturnstoBlairforhelp.Chuckisdealingwithhisfather'stroubl

3、epast.Danseemstohavenogrieffromhisbreak-upcomingfromhisactionsandLilyandRufusarequestioningwheretheirrelationshipisheaded.WORDS&EXPRESSIONS1.Blair:Atlast,mylifeisperfect.Myonlyproblem.Howtorelatetomycharacter,CountessOlenskaisaruinedwomanwithnoprospects,andlet'sfaceit.Ihavetheworldonastring.

4、Ofcourse,thereistheodioustaskofplayingoppositeDanHumphrey.Countess:伯爵夫人havesomebodyonastring:tocompletelycontrolsomeone'sbehavioure.g.Shecangethimtodoanythingshewants-she'sgothimonastring."I'veGotTheWorldonaString"isa1933popularsongcomposedbyHaroldArlen,withlyricswrittenbyTedKo

5、ehler.odious:討厭的，可憎的2.Elle:Carter,Ihavetousetheladies'room.Getmeadrink?Chuck:Just.justwaitasec.Carter:Comeon,Bass.Don'tcauseascene.Don't cause a scene不要惹是生非3.Queller:Thisisjustadressrehearsal.Therearepeopleoutthere.Don'tletthe.Blair:Headmistress!Thereyouare.NellyYukiclaimedshegotinto

6、Yaleearly.TheremustbesomemistakeQueller:I'msorry,Blair.There'snomistake.IwasonmywaytotellyouthatreceivedacallfromDeanBerube.They'verescindedyouracceptanceandgiventhespottoNelly.dressrehearsal:afullrehearsalshortlybeforethefirstperformance帶妝彩排Iwasonmywaytotellyouthat:我正要告訴你,這里的onmyway表示“正

7、打算，正準備”，不是“在路上”的意思。rescind:取消，作廢4.Vanessa:SohowdoesitfeeltoplayMayWelland?Serena:Well,itfeelslikemycharacter'srubbingoffonme.May'sfiancpaysnoattentiontoher,andasforme.Vanessa:AreyoutalkingaboutJulian?Well,theplayopenstomorrow.He'sjustdistracted.Serena:Julian,hey.Iwasjustthinking,itwouldb

8、ereallyhelpfulformyfriendVanessa'sdocumentarytohearmoreaboutyourvisionfortheshow.Whydon'tweallgrababitetoeat?Julian:Isupposeitcouldn'thurtto,uh,givemyactorsalittlemoreinsightintomyintentions.rubbingoffon:因接觸/相處而對產生影響，Serena扮演的May在小說里被自己的未婚夫忽視，Serena說自己受到角色的影響，也被自己暗戀的導演Julian忽視。He'sju

9、stdistracted:他只是有點心不在焉grababitetoeat:去吃點東西，隨便吃點，沒有l(wèi)unch/dinner那么正式。grab這個單詞本身就有很隨意的意思，比如買單可以說paythecheck,也可以用grabthecheck.Isupposeitcouldn'thurt:那樣也無妨5.Blair:Calmdown,Serena?ShegotmeaxedfromYale.You'reseriouslytakingherside?Fine.Butawordofadvice.Shewillbedestroyed,andyoudon'twanttobecome

10、collateraldamage.ax:Toremoveruthlesslyorsuddenlytakeherside:站在她那一邊collateraldamage:附帶損害unintentionalciviliancasualtiesordamagetocivilianpropertycausedbymilitaryaction6.Julian:Thanks,ladies.Don'tworry.It'stakencareof.Serena:And,uh,it'sbeenalotoffun.Ithas.Uh,youknow,allthistalkaboutBetteDa

11、vishas.hasreallygotmethinkingaboutmycharacter.Youknow,IthinkIcouldusesomemorecoachingbeforetheshow.Whatdoyousay?Julian:Sure.Say4:00?Textmeyouraddress.Serena:Great.Vanessa:Sowhatareyouupto?Serena:Youmeanwhatweareupto.Imaynotbeahugeclassicfilmbuff,butIhaveread"Cyrano."It'stakencareof:Jul

12、ian付完帳單后說了這句話，意思是單已經(jīng)買好了Whatdoyousay:你說呢，你覺得如何？后面的那個say4:00里的say是whatabout的意思，say還可以表示“比如”，用法跟forexample一樣。whatareyouupto:這里Vanessa的意思是“你想干嘛，你有什么預謀？”，在其他場合這句話可以當問候語來用，表示“近來如何，最近在忙什么呢”的意思。buff:Onewhoisenthusiasticandknowledgeableaboutasubject,filmbuff就是很對電影很有研究的人。Cyrano:電影CyranodeBergerac（大鼻子情圣），講述的是貴

13、族青年Cyrano既是一個劍客又是一名詩人，暗戀著表妹，但由于他長著山一樣的鼻子，自漸形穢。而表妹愛著他的朋友-英俊的Christian，Cyrano強忍心中的痛苦，為朋友代寫情書，把心中的真情寫入信中，成全了他們。直到Cyrano臨終之前，才把真相告訴了表妹。Serena從電影里獲得靈感，V通過藍牙耳機聽到S和Julian之間的對話，并教S如何應答。Serena在電視里用的就是這款Jawbone藍牙耳機，很漂亮的香檳粉紅色。7.Blair:Doyouknowhowharditistogetrevengewhenyourenemyischangingeveryfiveminutes?Dorot

14、a:Youneedtocalmnervesandwarmvocalchord.Youwanttea?Blair:No,IwantDanHumphrey'sheadonaplatter.onaplatter:用盤子端上來。這段對話超好玩，所以一定要摘錄一下。8.Dan:Iknowyouwerejustlookingoutforme.AndRachel.well,she,uh,sheturnedouttobenotwhoIthoughtshewasoratleastnotanymore.Rufus:I'msorry,too,son.lookoutfor:tofeelresponsibilityforsomeoneorsomething;watchoutforsomebody/something.9.Serena:B,I'vebeenlookingeverywhereforyou.IknowthatwasRachelthatsentthe"gossipgirl"blast.sendtheblast:爆料，超常用的