绯闻女孩第二季第13集"Bart的葬礼"学习笔记

8.
Dan: Did you, uh, did you think of going today?
Rufus: To the funeral? Nah.
Dan: Why not? I mean, you're one of Lily's oldest friends.
Rufus: No, I know. It's just better this way.

It's just better this way: 这样就可以了，就这样吧。

9.
Nate: You're really sweet with him.
Blair: Me? Sweet? No.
Nate: No, you are. I mean, worrying about him, offering him food. It's downright maternal.
Blair: I'm not maternal. I've just been spending too much time with Cyrus, and I'm turning Jewish.

It's downright maternal: downright相当于absolutely, maternal表示母性的意思。这里Nate说Blair“母性大爆发”，有时候中文里我们也会说“母爱泛滥”，这里的母爱英文对应的单词就是maternal. 大家可以注意一下后面Blair的回答，我觉得蛮有趣的，调侃了Cyrus一下。

10.
Cece: Excuse me, may I please steal my daughter for a moment?
Lily: Mother, if you want to talk, now is not the time.
Cece: What does chuck know?
Lily: Did you not hear what I just said? He knows something about you and Rufus. You should find out what.
Lily: Mother, I just came from burying my husband. I do not have the time, inclination or frankly, the mental capacity to go head-to-head with chuck.

steal: 这个单词在聚会场景里经常听到，如果你要把某人从正在谈话的人群里拉出来，就可以用这个句型。类似的还有Can you guys excuse us for a moment? / May I borrow her? / Can I have a word with you?(这句话通常是对方单独一个人的时候使用)
now is not the (good) time: 现在不是好时机(通常潜台词是“我现在心情不好，不要打扰我”)
have the inclination to: 兴致，倾向
go head-to-head with: 正面冲突

光看美剧学英文是不够滴！^o^口语也要扎实学

11.
Eric: I just lost my stepfather. I don't want to lose my brother, too.
Chuck: When are you going to get it? We are not related.

We are not related: 我们没有血缘关系

12.
Cece: Andrew Tyler was just here.
Lily: Bart's P.I.? Don't tell me he was here to pay his respects.
Cece: No, he wanted me to pay him. He knows about the hospital in France.

P.I.: Private Investigator, 私家侦探
pay his respect: 这里是哀悼死者的意思，通常也说pay last respect to someone. 这里的私家侦探掌握了Lily的秘密，所以借此要勒索他们，所以后面Cece说的pay是付钱的意思，这里用了pay的两个用法，大家可以注意一下。

13.
Lily: You have to stop him.
Cece: Do I? I'm not sure.
Lily: You can't be serious. Well, after all this time, now you decide that the right thing to do is to tell the truth?
Cece: The truth is out. That changes everything, doesn't it?
Lily: No, it doesn't have to.
Cece: There could be no better time for a clean slate.
Lily: There could be no worse time, mother. This is the last thing I want to come out. Pay him.

The truth is out: 这里的“泄漏”用out就可以搞定了，很简洁的说法。后面出现的come out，表示真相大白，用人做主语的话，就表示坦白的意思。此外，come out还有一个特殊含义表示“出柜”，就是某人坦白自己是gay的身份的话，英文就是he came out.
clean slate: an opportunity to start over without prejudice

14.
Cece: What are you going to do about the fact that you're in love with Rufus Humphrey?
Lily: Well, I'm not sure I'm gonna do anything, At least not right away.
Cece: So you are in love with him? I was fishing.
Lily: Oh. Well, you caught me. Considering the circumstances, I have tried with all of my strength to fight it. It is a curse I do not wish on my worst enemy. But I love Rufus.
Serena: So that's why chuck was so upset.
Lily: Serena. Let me explain
Serena: Don't bother. You love Rufus. You always have.

I was fishing: 我诈你的。fish做动词，表示to catch or try to catch fish, 引申含义就是To seek something in a sly or indirect way.
You caught me: 被你看穿了。
You always have: 那句经典的”I love you. Always have, always will.” 很多台词里都引用过。

15.
Serena: Hey, you're gonna be fighting me for that neck pillow when your chin is on your chest and there's drool all over your shirt.
Aaron: How did you know that I drool?

drool: 可作名词也可作动词，流口水的意思。中文里当你馋涎某件东西的时候，我们会说“看着都流口水了”，英文里就是drool over something. 口水还可以说saliva和water, 不过saliva是医学用语，相当于“唾液”。英文中说something is mouth-watering, 意思就是让人垂涎三尺的意思。

补充几个生理动作的英文：

流鼻涕是I have a running nose. 或者动词snivel. 名词的鼻涕叫做nasal mucus, nasal是鼻子的，mucus则是黏液。snot也表示鼻涕，但是就是有点粗鲁，你说“你的鼻涕流下来了”，英文就是your snot is dripping down.

挖鼻子叫做pick nose, 鼻屎就是booger. 挖耳朵既可以说pick ear, 也可以用scratch your ear, 耳屎呢就是earwax. 挖耳朵的东西叫做earpick, 不过老外通常用棉花棒，那个叫做cotton swab或者Q-tip, 后者是一个著名的牌子。如果你要跟老外说挖耳朵的东西，建议你说后面那两个。