《爱情鸟》一

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Doug: Well, this is it. Let's go. OK. Now, no crapping on the carpet, alright?

Taylor: Mum! It's the loser duck guy.

Holly: Hi, Doug.

Doug: Hi.

Holly: I see you've already met my son, Taylor.

Doug: Your son.

Taylor: He lost my communicator.

Holly: You did?

Doug: Well... it was a misunderstanding.

Taylor: He's mean.

Holly: Well, no. I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose.

Doug: Course not. No, I'm gonna get you a new one.

Taylor: Whatever!

Holly: Come in. Come in.

Taylor: Oh, hello.

Holly: That's Artie. He's Taylor's friend. Oh, OK, Practically lives here. He's a bit different, but he's a good kid. Shall I put that in the fridge?

Doug: Yes. Please. It's chardonnay.

Holly: Ooh! Favorite.

Doug: So, what are you building? Is it a rock?

Artie: It's not a rock, it's actually an asteroid.

Taylor: It's NT7.

Doug: NT7.

Taylor: You wouldn't understand.

Doug: I wouldn't?

Taylor: It's an asteroid that's gonna destroy the Earth in 2019. It'll be the end of the world.

Doug: Really? Wow!

Taylor: There's nothing we can do to stop it.

Doug: OK, then.

Brenda: You're joking. Ugh! You're an idiot!

Brent: Hello, Brenda.

Brenda: Hello, Brent.

Brent: You look like you could do with a drink. Care to join me?

Brenda: OK.

Doug: You can pet him. He won't bite. Just, yeah, feel how soft he is under there, look.

Artie: He's like a duck.

Doug: It is a duck, isn't it?

Holly: OK, you lot. Dinner's ready.

Doug: There you go.

Artie: I've got a joke. What do you call a guy with a spade in his head?

Doug: Dunno.

Artie: Doug!

Doug: Very good. Haven't actually heard that one before.

Artie: Really?

Doug: No.

Holly: Taylor...before it gets cold.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. crap: 这里是告诉鸭子不要随地大小便，crap还可以指废话、垃圾, 比如：That's a lot of crap.（那真是一派胡言。）

I'm tired of eating the crap they serve in the canteen.（我已经吃腻了食堂里的劣质饭菜。）

2. mean: 低劣的，卑鄙的，也可以表示吝啬的。

在美国俚语中，mean还可以表示“出色的，很棒的”，例如：He played a mean game of chess yesterday.（昨天他下了一盘十分出色的棋。）

3. on purpose: 故意地，有目的地

4. Whatever!: 随你便吧！

5. chardonnay: 夏敦诶酒（一种类似夏布利酒的无甜味白葡萄酒）

6. asteroid: 小行星，“小行星带”就可以用asteroid belt来表示。

7. pet: 抚弄，爱抚

例如：Talk quietly to your kitten and gently pet her.（温柔的对它说话，轻轻的抚摩它。）

8. dunno: 口语，I don't know，我不知道。

9. before it gets cold: 趁热吃