光看美剧学英文是不够滴!^o^口语也要扎实学

1.
Vanessa: What's the emergency?
Jenny: Do you consider Muddy Watters blues or classic rock? I'm reorganizing my Dad's record collection by genre.
genre: 类型,流派,曲风。要特别注意这个单词的读音,它是法语单词,所以不能根据英文的发音规则来念(音标无法显示,所以请大家自己看一下字典)
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2.
Okay, would you stop putting so much pressure on yourself? You're back home and you're still a great designer. The future will work itself out.
The future will work itself out
: 船到桥头自然直

3.
Lily: Hey, thanks for offering to help out. It's really been fun.
Rufus: Well, when you just happened to mention my background in sound systems and lack of volunteer hours at the last P.T.A. meeting...I sort of got your signal.
P.T.A.: Parent-Teacher Association, P.T.A. meeting就是家长会。
I sort of got your signal: 我会意了,我听出了话外音,就是上海话说的“结翎子”

4.
Nate: Look, I know you guys are close, and I'm the last person who wants to come between friends. But believe me. Jenny doesn't care. I mean, she pretty much blew me off.
come between friends: 夹在朋友中间
blow off: to ignore, to break up,有点“甩了我”的意思。

5.
Jenny: Um, nothing even happened between us, so...
Penelope: I wouldn't beat yourself up about it. I mean, you had to know it was doomed from the start. He's upper east side, and you're, well...here.
beat up: incorrect, to be wronged in some way. I wouldn’t beat yourself up about it.意思就是“我不会认为你说的是错的,我觉得你是对的,你说的是实话”。
doom: 一切都是注定的,缘分天注定

6.
art:I just want you to know that I fired Andrew Tyler that private investigator who gathered all those files. No more snooping. No more trying to control you and the kids.
snoop: 做动词表示调查,名词表示私家侦探,也就是Private Investigator(PI).

7.
Aaron: I know Lexi can be a bit much.
erena: Blair Waldorf is my best friend. I can handle "much", but that felt personal.
much
: 她可能有点过分,她说话有点恶毒
personal: 这里的意思是说“她完全就是针对我,她对我有意见”,personal就是私人恩怨,冲着某人来的,针对某人。


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