本文选自Kyle XY 《神奇凯尔》,Nicole尝试用菊花茶帮助Kyle入睡,Kyle的奇异举动引起了Josh的兴趣。
Nicole: Chamomile always does the trick for me. It's very soothing. It's gonna help you sleep.
Josh: Tastes like horse pee.
Nicole: Josh...
Josh: It does.
Kyle: What does horse pee taste like?
Josh: How would I know?
Kyle: You just said ...
Nicole: It's an expression. A rude one ... Here, Kyle, try the tea. It's hot though...be careful.
Nicole: No, not the teabag. The water ... you drink the tea.
Josh: Alien...
Nicole: What are you doing?
Josh: “Eats teabag” I'm keeping a list. What makes Kyle an alien.
Nicole: It's good?
Kyle: It's good.
重点讲解:
1.chamomile 苹果菊,春黄菊,甘菊
2.soothing 让人感到安慰的,暖和的
例如:a soothing voice 让人感到安慰的嗓音
3. pee=urinate, urine vi. 撒尿,尿尿
例如:I need to pee. 我要撒尿。
4. do the trick for sb. 奏效,起作用,达到目的
例如:A bit more flour should do the trick. 再加点面粉会管用的。
5. It's an expression. 这是一种表达方式。对话中Josh说菊花茶喝起来味道像马尿,这只是一种表达方式,意思是说这种茶味道不好,而不是字面的意思。相当于figure of speech的意思,是一种修辞方式,例如:I didn't really mean she was in outer space, it's just a figure of speech. 我不是说她真在外层空间,这只是打个比方。