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家宴上宣布订婚:a meal ticket

安德鲁带老板玛格丽特回老家,饭桌上冷不丁宣布两人订婚。父亲一句 She's your meal ticket(她是你的饭票),把儿子说成靠女人上位的人;玛格丽特被点名讲求婚经过,只好现编一段故事救场。想用英文阴阳一句「靠人上位」,meal ticket(饭票)这个说法刚刚好。

发生了什么

安德鲁带着老板玛格丽特回到阿拉斯加老家,家宴上突然宣布两人订婚,全家措手不及。父亲不买账,一句 She's your meal ticket(她是你的饭票)把儿子说成靠女人上位;玛格丽特又被点名讲求婚经过,只好当场现编,说安德鲁早就 itching to(迫不及待想)求婚,只是没胆量开口,还编出他紧张得像一只小鸟的桥段。能拿到三个实用表达:meal ticket 指被人当成饭票、供养者的人;pick up on(察觉到)常用来讲听懂别人的暗示;doting(百般宠爱的)形容宠溺的伴侣或长辈。家宴寒暄、亲友打趣、当面拆台,这几个词都用得上。

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这场戏看什么

  • 留意订婚公布时全家的反应
  • 观察 Margaret 如何抢回叙事权
  • 听出礼貌话背后的挖苦

留意这几个短语

a meal ticketpick up ondotingitching to

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a meal ticket

饭票,能供养自己或带来好处的人a person or thing seen as a source of income

父亲把玛格丽特说成安德鲁的 meal ticket,意思是她不过是他攀附的饭票。

He treats the job like a meal ticket, not a craft.他只把这工作当成饭票,而不是一门手艺。

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  • pick up on

    察觉到、领会到(暗示或言外之意)

  • doting

    百般宠爱的、溺爱的

  • itching to

    迫不及待想(做某事)

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150 句台词里标了 26 处

短语 · B2some kind of ...

某种像……一样的人物

Why didn't you tell me you were some kind of Alaskan Kennedy?
短语 · B2have got to stop

必须停止了

This bickering Bickerson thing has got to stop.
短语 · B1pretend to be something

假装成某种样子

I can pretend to be the doting fianc. That's easy. But for you it's going to require...
短语 · B2pick the right moment

挑个合适的时机

I'll pick the right moment.
短语 · B2get bombed

喝得烂醉

Besides taking writers out to lunch and getting bombed?
发音getting bombed

getting 里的 t 和 bombed 相连时被吞掉,听起来像 gedding-bombed。

Besides taking writers out to lunch and getting bombed?
俚语 · B2getting bombed

喝得烂醉——口语里指喝到酩酊大醉;朋友聚会上能说,工作或正式场合别用。

Besides taking writers out to lunch and getting bombed?
短语 · B1no wonder ...

难怪

No wonder you like being an editor.
发音No wonder

No 的元音直接滑向 wonder,中间不停顿,重音稳稳压在 wonder 上,常连成 /noʊˈwʌndər/。

No wonder you like being an editor.
短语 · C1a hell of a ...

糟糕或厉害得要命的……

That's a hell of a first impression, Dad.
短语 · B2what the hell

搞什么鬼

What the hell, Andrew?
俚语 · B2What the hell

搞什么鬼,搞什么——表达震惊、恼火或不解的粗口式感叹;熟人之间常见,正式场合要换说法。

What the hell, Andrew?
短语 · C1throw the kitchen sink at someone

把能砸的都砸向对方,火力全开互相攻击

Can we wait two seconds before we throw the kitchen sink at each other?
短语 · C1sleep one's way to something

靠跟人上床往上爬

Just never figured you for a guy who slept his way to the middle.
语法 · B2who slept his way to the middle

定语从句:who 引导的从句修饰前面的 a guy,把一句羞辱直接贴到身份上,骂得不带脏字却更狠。

Just never figured you for a guy who slept his way to the middle.
短语 · B2a meal ticket

饭票,能供养自己或带来好处的人

父亲把玛格丽特说成安德鲁的 meal ticket,意思是她不过是他攀附的饭票。

She's your meal ticket and you brought her home to meet your mother.
短语 · B2not a ... person

不爱好、不习惯某种东西的人

It's the texture. I'm not a fish person.
短语 · B1make an announcement

一项重要宣布

Ladies and gentlemen, I have a very important announcement to make.
短语 · B1be about to do something

即将庆祝某事

Andrew and I were about to celebrate our first anniversary together. Aw.
语法 · B1were about to celebrate

be about to 表即将:were about to 表示当时正要发生的事,配上过去时,把一段没走到终点的关系停在门口。

Andrew and I were about to celebrate our first anniversary together. Aw.
发音about to

about to 里的 t 闪音化,听起来像 abou-da,to 也压得很轻。

Andrew and I were about to celebrate our first anniversary together. Aw.
短语 · C1be itching to do something

急不可耐地想做某事

And I knew that he'd been itching to ask me to marry him.
短语 · B2have the guts to do something

有胆量开口

Because I knew he wouldn't have the guts to ask, but... That's not exactly how it happened.
短语 · C1about as subtle as ...

一点也不含蓄,直白得吓人

This woman's about as subtle as a gun.
语法 · C1about as subtle as a gun

as ... as 比较:about as subtle as a gun 用比较结构下结论:她的暗示直接到像枪一样藏不住,讽刺藏在 as ... as 的对称里。

This woman's about as subtle as a gun.
短语 · B2choke back tears

强忍住眼泪

And he was choking back soft, soft sobs.

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这一章能学到

  • 学会用 meal ticket 表示经济靠山
  • 掌握 about to 表示即将发生
  • 听懂 have the guts to 的胆量语气
  • 识别 brilliant timing 的反讽

发音重点

  • getting bombed — getting 里的 t 和 bombed 相连时被吞掉,听起来像 gedding-bombed。
  • No wonder — No 的元音直接滑向 wonder,中间不停顿,重音稳稳压在 wonder 上,常连成 /noʊˈwʌndər/。
  • about to — about to 里的 t 闪音化,听起来像 abou-da,to 也压得很轻。
This woman s about as subtle as a gun

这个女人直白得跟一把枪一样,半点不含蓄。 用最不温柔的比喻夸一个人的直接:她的暗示不是暗示,是顶着你脑门的枪。损人又逗笑,一句话把她的性格钉死。

Margaret will you marry me

玛格丽特,你愿意嫁给我吗? 在满屋荒唐的铺垫之后,这句问话反而干净得只剩真心;名字先出口,问题才落下,像把整场表演按下暂停。

Can we wait two seconds before we throw the kitchen sink at each other

我们能不能先缓两秒,别一见面就把所有狠话都砸向对方? 用厨房水槽这种最重最乱的家当比喻互相投掷的攻击,把家人的积怨写成一幅滑稽又心酸的画。

Why didn t you tell me you were some kind of Alaskan Kennedy

你怎么没告诉我,你们家是阿拉斯加版的肯尼迪家族? 用举国皆知的政治豪门来调侃对方的家世,夸张得恰到好处;一句惊叹就把小镇望族的排场和她的震惊全说清了。

关于这一章的问题

a meal ticket 是什么意思?

指被当成「饭票」的人,也就是能供养自己、给自己带来好处的人。戏里父亲用它讽刺儿子,等于说玛格丽特是他的老板和靠山,他是靠这个女人往上爬。

「察觉到别人的暗示」英语怎么说?

pick up on。它专门指听出话里的言外之意。台词里 I picked up on all her little hints 就是「她那些小暗示我全都看出来了」,日常聊天和职场沟通都很常用。

doting 是什么意思?

「百般宠爱的、溺爱的」。doting fiancé 就是百般宠爱未婚妻的未婚夫。戏里安德鲁自嘲可以装得很宠,用来形容长辈或伴侣都合适。

itching to 后面接什么?

接动词原形,表示迫不及待地想做某事,比如 itching to ask 就是急着开口问。台词里她形容安德鲁 itching to ask me to marry him,意思是「他一直急着向我求婚」。

父亲为什么看不起安德鲁?

安德鲁在纽约给玛格丽特当编辑助理,父亲认定儿子只是靠这个女人往上爬,还说他是 slept his way to the middle(靠上床爬到中层)。这是父子长年积怨,不只是针对玛格丽特。

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