一.对白 10遍练习
-Walter: The tall one with red hair is your cousin Irene. ✔
红发的是你表姐Irene。（艾琳）
-Annie: You'll recognize her by the disappointed look on her face. ✔
她老哭丧着脸。
-Walter: Who was married to........ Harold, who ran off with his secretary.
她老公Harold和女秘书跑了。
-Annie: But came back because Irene threatened to put the dog to sleep if he didn't.
Irene威胁要杀狗，他才回来。(但是又回来了，因为若不然他老婆扬言要小三儿杀了）
-Walter: Your brother Dennis is a professor at Johns Hopkins.
你哥Dennis是大学教授。
-Annie: Who's married to Betsy.
娶了Betsy。
The most competitive woman in the world.
什么都爱比的女人。(这个世界上最好胜的女人）
-Walter: I don't see how I'm gonna remember all this.
我看我记不了这些（我怎么可能把这些都记得了呢）。
-Annie: Oh, well, Walter, you will. ✔
你会的，Walter。（哦，沃特，你可以的）
-Walter: You’re Uncle Milton lost all of his money… ✔
你叔叔（密尔顿）赔尽家产……
-Annie: And some other people's. ✔
还害了别人。
-Walter: In a pyramid scheme. ✔
因为老鼠会。（搞传销）
Don't mention the IRS or the federal prison system. ✔
别提国税局或监狱。（不能提美国财政局或者联邦商业系统）
Your mother's Barbara. Your father's Cliff. ✔
你妈叫Barbara（芭芭拉），你爸是Cliff。
-Annie: My father has electric trains. ✔
我爸收集电动火车。（我父亲有电动火车）
-Walter: Really? Am I what they had in mind? ✔
我算乘龙快婿吗？（真的，我现在是他们头脑中的样子么？）
-Annie: Oh, Walter, they're gonna love you. ✔
他们会越看越满意的。
二.单词
cousin:堂兄妹，堂姐妹，表姐妹 recognize:识别，认出
disappointed: 失望的，沮丧的 be married to:和……结婚，嫁给某人
marry: 结婚 secretary: 秘书
threaten:威胁 professor:教授
competitive:竞争的，求胜心切的 remember:记得
pyramid scheme:金字塔骗局，非法传销 pyramid: 金字塔
scheme: 计划，阴谋 mention:提及，说起
federal: 联邦的 prison: 监狱
system: 系统，制度 electric:电的，电动的
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