Episode 7 Man's Best Friend ACT II 人类最好的朋友 第二幕

Let me think. ^{让我想想。}

Let me... ^{让我...（提出建议或请求）}

• Let me check my schedule first. ^{让我先查查我的日程。}
• Let me give you a hand with those bags. ^{让我帮你提这些袋子吧。}
• Let me see what I can do for you. ^{让我看看能为你做点什么。}

Give me your paw. ^{伸爪子。 / 握个手。}

paw ^{（动物的）爪子 / 伸手}

• The cat is licking its paw. ^{猫正在舔它的爪子。}
• Keep your paws off my cake! ^{（幽默/粗鲁）别把你的脏手伸向我的蛋糕！}
• The puppy paws at the door when it wants to go out. ^{小狗想出去时会用爪子挠门。}

This dog is well trained. ^{这狗训练得真好。}

well trained ^{训练有素的 / 教养好的}

• A well-trained dog is a joy to have. ^{拥有一只训练有素的狗是一件乐事。}
• The staff here are all well trained. ^{这儿的员工都受过良好的培训。}
• She is a well-trained opera singer. ^{她是一位受过专业训练的歌剧演員。}

So how are we going to find the owners? ^{那咱们打算怎么找到主人呢？}

be going to ^{打算 / 准备 / 即将（侧重计划或迹象）}

• Are you going to apply for that job? ^{你打算申请那份工作吗？}
• It is going to rain, look at those clouds. ^{要下雨了，看那些乌云。}
• I'm not going to tell him the truth yet. ^{我还不打算告诉他真相。}

They're the ones. ^{找他们准没错。 / 他们就是干这个的。}

the ones ^{（特指）那些人/物}

• These shoes are the ones I saw in the window. ^{这双鞋就是我在橱窗里看到的那双。}
• You're the ones who made all this possible. ^{是你们让这一切成为了可能。}
• I think these keys are the ones you lost. ^{我觉得这些钥匙就是你丢的那几把。}

She was caught in the branches of our tree. ^{她被卡在咱家树杈子上了。}

be caught in ^{被困住 / 被卡住 / 遭遇}

• We got caught in a sudden downpour. ^{我们突然遇上了一场大雨。}
• His coat was caught in the car door. ^{他的外套被车门夹住了。}
• I was caught in a difficult situation. ^{我陷入了一个两难的境地。}

They came and solved the problem. ^{他们过来把问题解决了。}

solve the problem ^解决问题

• We need a creative way to solve the problem. ^{我们需要一个有创意的方法来解决这个问题。}
• Did you manage to solve the problem with the server? ^{你把服务器的问题搞定了吗？}
• Talking it over helped us solve the problem. ^{通过商量，我们解决了这个问题。}

Robbie, let's call them. ^{罗比，咱们给他们打电话吧。}

Let's... ^{咱们...吧（包含说话人在内的提议）}

• Let's grab a coffee after work. ^{咱们下班后去喝杯咖啡吧。}
• Let's not talk about that right now. ^{咱们现在先别聊那个了。}
• Let's see what happens next. ^{咱们看看接下来会发生什么。}

How late are you open? ^{你们营业到几点？}

How late are you open? ^{询问营业时间}

• How late are you open on weekends? ^{你们周末营业到几点？}
• I need to know how late they are open before I drive there. ^{我开车去之前得先搞清楚他们开到几点。}
• Excuse me, how late is the gym open? ^{请问健身房开到多晚？}

I'll bring the dog over by nine. ^{九点前我会把狗送过去。}

bring ... over ^{带某人/某物过来}

• Why don't you bring your new girlfriend over for dinner? ^{要不你带你新女朋友过来吃个饭？}
• I'll bring the documents over to your office this afternoon. ^{我下午把文件送到你办公室去。}
• Can you bring over some extra chairs? ^{你能顺便带几把椅子过来吗？}

Let's take Gemma by there now. ^{咱们现在就把 Gemma 送过去吧。}

take (someone) by ^{带某人顺便去某地}

• I'll take you by the new library on our way home. ^{咱们回家路上我顺便带你去看看新图书馆。}
• Let's take the car by the car wash. ^{咱们把车开去洗车场洗一下。}
• Can we take the kids by the park? ^{咱们能不能带孩子顺便去趟公园？}

I'm sure they 'll find the owner. ^{我肯定他们能找到主人的。}

I'm sure (that)... ^{我确定/肯定...}

• I'm sure you'll do a great job. ^{我肯定你能干得非常棒。}
• I'm sure that I left my keys on the table. ^{我敢肯定我把钥匙落在桌子上了。}
• Are you sure about this? ^{你对这事儿有把握吗？}

She's hard to resist. ^{她让人没法抗拒。/ 谁见了她都稀罕。}

hard to resist ^难以抗拒

• That chocolate cake is hard to resist. ^{那巧克力蛋糕简直让人欲罢不能。}
• He has a charm that's hard to resist. ^{他身上有一种让人难以抗拒的魅力。}
• It's hard to resist buying things when they are on sale. ^{打折的时候真是很难忍住不剁手。}

Don't you just love her? ^{难道你不觉得她超可爱吗？}

Don't you just...? ^{难道你不觉得...吗？（反问表强调）}

• Don't you just love this weather? ^{你不觉得这天气简直绝了吗？}
• Don't you just hate it when that happens? ^{碰到这种事难道你不觉得特别烦吗？}
• Don't you just love the smell of fresh coffee? ^{难道你不喜欢新鲜咖啡的味道吗？}

I'll be going home at the end of the semester. ^{这学期结束我就要回希腊了。}

at the end of ^{在...的末尾}

• I'll get paid at the end of the month. ^{我月底发工资。}
• There is a quiz at the end of each chapter. ^{每章末尾都有一个小测验。}
• We'll meet at the end of the hallway. ^{咱们在走廊尽头碰头。}

Atta girl! Let's go. ^{真棒！咱们走。}

Atta girl / Attaboy ^{（口语）好样的 / 真棒}

• Atta girl! You caught the ball! ^{好姑娘！你接住球了！}
• Attaboy, keep up the good work. ^{好样的，继续努力。}
• That's it, atta girl, take one more step. ^{这就对了，好样的，再走一步。}

We're off to the animal shelter. ^{我们要出发去动物收容所了。}

be off to ^{出发去某地}

• I'm off to work now. See you later! ^{我上班去了，回头见！}
• They're off to Paris for their honeymoon. ^{他们出发去巴黎度蜜月了。}
• Where are you off to in such a hurry? ^{你急匆匆地要去哪儿呀？}

Your name will do, Mr. Stewart. ^{报个名字就行，斯图尔特先生。}

will do ^{行 / 够了 / 可以}

• That old coat will do for gardening. ^{那件旧外套干园艺活儿穿就行。}
• "Is five dollars enough?" "That will do nicely." ^{“五块钱够吗？”“足够了。”}
• Any day next week will do for our meeting. ^{下周哪天开会都行。}

Oh, we'll try, believe me. ^{噢，我们会尽力的，相信我。}

believe me ^{相信我 / 真的（用于强调）}

• It's a lot of work, believe me. ^{这活儿可不少，真的。}
• Believe me, I've tried everything. ^{相信我，我什么办法都试过了。}
• He's not the right person for you, believe me. ^{相信我，他不是你的良配。}

If the owners don't claim the dog in forty-eight hours... ^{如果主人在48小时内没来认领这只狗……}

claim ^{认领 / 索取}

• You can claim your luggage at the carousel. ^{你可以在行李转盘处认领行李。}
• Did anyone claim the lost keys? ^{有人来认领丢的钥匙吗？}
• He failed to claim the prize before the deadline. ^{他没能在截止日期前领奖。}

...then you can apply for adoption. ^{……那你就可以申请领养了。}

apply for ^申请

• I'm going to apply for a new job next month. ^{我打算下个月申请一份新工作。}
• You should apply for a scholarship. ^{你应该申请奖学金。}
• How many people applied for the position? ^{有多少人应聘这个职位？}

How do I do that? ^{我该怎么办理呢？}

How do I...? ^{我该如何……？（询问操作步骤）}

• How do I open this file? ^{这个文件怎么打开？}
• How do I get to the nearest subway station? ^{去最近的地铁站怎么走？}
• How do I set up my new iPhone? ^{新手机怎么设置？}

Yes, I'm serious. ^{是的，我是认真的。}

be serious ^{认真的 / 不是开玩笑的}

• Are you serious about quitting your job? ^{你是当真要辞职吗？}
• I'm dead serious, I saw a UFO! ^{我没开玩笑，我真看见UFO了！}
• You can't be serious! ^{你不是在逗我吧！ / 怎么可能！}

It's not difficult. ^{这倒不难。}

difficult ^{困难的 / 费劲的}

• The math homework is very difficult. ^{数学作业特别难。}
• It's difficult to explain why I'm late. ^{挺难解释我为什么迟到的。}
• She is a difficult person to work with. ^{她是个很难相处的工作伙伴。}