Episode 15 Second Honeymoon ACT II 二度蜜月 第二幕

You call this clean?^{你管这叫干净？}

call something + 形容词 ^{管某物叫…… / 认为某物具有某种特征}

• The technical team always calls the platform interface outdated before the redesign. ^{在重新设计之前，技术团队总是管这个平台界面叫过时。}
• They plan to call the performance metrics successful if organic user interactions double. ^{如果自然用户交互翻倍，他们计划将这一业绩指标定义为成功。}
• Never call an unverified server backup safe until you run a full system audit. ^{在运行完整的系统审计之前，千万别把未经核实的服务器备份当成是安全的。}

Well, it isn't the Watermill Inn, but let's get a look at the view.^{好吧，虽说这儿比不上水车旅馆，但咱们好歹瞧瞧窗外的风景吧。}

get a look at ^{看一眼…… / 瞧瞧……（比简单的 look at 更具口语色彩，带有主动去打量或确认的意味）}

• Before renewing the domain registration, make sure to get a look at the historical traffic tracking logs. ^{在续费域名注册之前，一定要确保看一眼历史流量追踪日志。}
• The supervisor decided to get a look at the newly designed interactive toy prototype. ^{主管决定去瞧瞧新设计出来的互动玩具原型。}
• It’s hard to evaluate the property until you get a look at the actual layout in person. ^{在你亲眼瞧瞧实际的格局之前，很难对这处房产做出评估。}

Great, if you enjoy looking at a parking lot.^{景色好得很呢——如果你喜欢盯着停车场看的话。}

enjoy doing something ^{喜欢做某事 / 享受做某事的乐趣（后面必须接动词的 -ing 形式）}

• Most language students enjoy practicing oral skills using the automated back translation mode. ^{大多数语言学生都喜欢使用自动回译模式来练习口语能力。}
• If you enjoy monitoring daily revenue metrics, you will love managing this Google AdSense account. ^{如果你喜欢监控每日的收入指标，你一定会喜欢管理这个谷歌广告联盟账户的。}
• She didn't enjoy living in the noisy city center, so she moved back to the quiet suburbs. ^{她不喜欢住在嘈杂的市中心，于是便搬回了安静的郊区。}

Well, maybe we'll see the view in the morning.^{行啦，没准儿到了明天早上咱们就能看清风景了。}

in the morning ^{在早上 / 明天清晨（在特定语境中，尤其是结合将来时，常用来指代“明儿一早”）}

• The deployment team will verify the routing server cache in the morning. ^{部署团队将在明天一早核对路由服务器缓存。}
• Let's discuss the legal identity documentation details in the morning when our minds are fresh. ^{咱们明天早上头脑清醒的时候，再来讨论法定身份证明文件的细节吧。}
• If you maintain your streak tonight, you will see your updated progress report in the morning. ^{如果你今晚坚持打卡，你将在明天清晨看到更新后的进度报告。}

They begin to clean the room.^{他们开始打扫起房间来。}

begin to do / begin doing ^{开始做某事（通常两者可互换，但 begin to do 更侧重于动作即将发生的瞬间或状态的转变）}

• The independent channel started to generate traffic as users began to watch the interactive videos. ^{随着用户开始观看互动视频，这个独立频道开始产生流量。}
• As soon as the validation countdown hit zero, the server infrastructure began to process the backlog logs. ^{验证倒计时一归零，服务器基础设施便开始处理积压的日志。}
• She began to write down the phone number using the pencil Richard handed her. ^{她开始用理查德递给她的铅笔把电话号码记下来。}

It isn't the way I hoped it would be.^{这和我想象（期望）的一点儿都不一样。}

the way I hoped it would be ^{我原本期望的样子（使用过去将来时 would be 表达在过去某个时间点对未来的憧憬和设想，常用于现实与期望不符时的感慨）}

• The initial interface design layout wasn't the way I hoped it would be. ^{最初的界面设计布局根本不是我原本期望的样子。}
• Unfortunately, the revenue spike from the advertisement approved script wasn't the way they hoped it would be. ^{不幸的是，广告批准脚本带来的收入激增并不是他们原本期望的样子。}
• The weekend weather in this scenic area turned out to be disastrous—not at all the way we hoped it would be. ^{这个风景区的周末天气结果变得一团糟——完全不是我们原本期望的样子。}

I wanted this weekend to be special for you.^{我本想让这个周末对你来说变得特别一些。}

want someone/something to be + 形容词 ^{想要某人/某事变得……（动词不定式 to be 复合结构充当宾语补足语）}

• The marketing department wants the next video generation strategy to be highly aggressive. ^{营销部门想要让下一阶段的视频生成策略变得极具攻击性。}
• I want our educational web domain tracking scripts to be absolutely flawless. ^{我想要让我们教育网域的追踪脚本变得绝对完美无瑕。}
• He didn't mean to complicate matters; he just wanted the platform deployment to be safe for users. ^{他不是故意要把事情搞复杂；他只是想让平台部署对用户来说变得很安全。}

They don't have room service at Old Country Inn.^{老乡村旅馆这儿压根儿不提供客房送餐服务。}

room service ^{客房送餐服务 / 客房服务（特指酒店、旅馆中将食物、饮料送至客人房间的服务）}

• We can just call room service and order a warm tuna fish sandwich if the coffee shop is closed. ^{如果咖啡店关门了，我们可以直接叫客房送餐服务点一份热腾腾的金枪鱼三明治。}
• The desk clerk told us that room service isn't available after ten o'clock Friday night. ^{前台文员告诉我们，周五晚上十点之后就不提供客房送餐服务了。}
• Does the daily rate of the luxury river view suite include complimentary room service? ^{那间豪华河景套房的每日房价里包含免费的客房送餐服务吗？}

You're being a really good sport about this, Marilyn...^{玛丽琳，在这件事上你可真是太通情达理（输得起/输得漂亮）了……}

be a good sport ^{输得起 / 没架子 / 通情达理 / 态度大度（口语极其高频。指在面对糟糕、倒霉的现状或在游戏中失利时，依然能保持幽默、随和、不抱怨的积极态度）}

• Thank you for being such a good sport about the server infrastructure crash during our demonstration. ^{非常感谢在我们演示期间服务器基础设施崩溃时，你还能表现得如此大度不计较。}
• Even though the rain ruined the tennis match, Harry was a good sport and offered to play a word game instead. ^{尽管大雨毁了网球比赛，哈里还是很输得起，主动提议改玩文字游戏。}
• She was a really good sport about moving out of the suburbs into the busy city center. ^{对于从郊区搬到繁华市中心这件事，她表现得非常通情达理。}

But I think we should face the truth.^{但我觉得咱们还是应该面对现实。}

face the truth / face reality ^{面对现实 / 直面真相（口语和书面均极高频，指不再逃避已经发生的客观事实）}

• It’s time for us to face the truth: our current cloud host billing strategy is completely unsustainable. ^{我们是时候面对现实了：我们目前的主机账单策略完全是不可持续的。}
• Richard stopped complaining and decided to face the truth about the old country room's quality. ^{理查德停止了抱怨，决定直面这间老乡村房间质量糟糕的现实。}
• You need to face the truth that learning a language takes more than just keeping an 842-day streak. ^{你需要面对现实，那就是掌握一门语言绝不仅仅是靠坚持连续842天打卡就能堆出来的。}

Why don't we get in the car and drive home?^{咱们干嘛不干脆上车，直接开车回家呢？}

Why don't we...? ^{我们干嘛不……呢？ / 咱们不如……吧？（极其经典的口语建议句型，后面必须紧跟动词原形，语气委婉且极具说服力）}

• Why don't we call grandmother together to check how little Max is doing right now? ^{咱们不如一起给奶奶打个电话，问问小麦克斯现在怎么样了吧？}
• Why don't we optimize the primary domain configurations through Cloudflare first thing tomorrow? ^{咱们不如明天一早首先把主网域的配置通过 Cloudflare 优化一下吧？}
• If the balcony view is just a parking lot, why don't we check out immediately? ^{既然阳台风景就只是个停车场，那咱们干嘛不干脆立马退房呢？}

Do you want to stick it out for the whole weekend?^{你真的还想在这儿咬牙坚持死撑过整个周末吗？}

stick it out ^{坚持到底 / 熬下去 / 咬牙死撑（口语极地道。指在环境恶劣、不舒服或极其困难的境遇下，坚持把一段时间熬完或把事情做完）}

• The language textbook assignment notes were incredibly lengthy, but she decided to stick it out. ^{英语教科书的功课笔记虽然长得吓人，但她还是决定咬牙坚持把它写完。}
• Even though the platform migration script was full of errors, the team stuck it out until midnight. ^{尽管平台迁移脚本里全是报错，但团队还是咬牙死撑着一直熬到了半夜。}
• I know the tiny double room is uncomfortable, but can we stick it out for just one more night? ^{我知道这巴掌大的双人间很不舒服，但咱们能不能再咬牙坚持死撑最后一晚？}

And I do feel bad about your mother having to take care of the baby all weekend.^{而且一想到你母亲得帮着带一整个周末的宝宝，我心里确实挺过意不去的。}

feel bad about... ^{对……感到内疚 / 觉得过意不去 / 心里难受（口语中用于表达歉意、内疚或不安，about 后面可接名词或动名词短语）}

• I feel bad about missing your call regarding the foreign exchange membership update. ^{关于外汇会员身份更新的事错过了你的电话，我心里真的挺过意不去的。}
• Marilyn does feel bad about imposing on Richard's mother for the entire anniversary weekend. ^{一想到要在整个纪念日周末都去麻烦理查德的母亲，玛丽琳心里确实觉得挺过意不去的。}
• You shouldn't feel bad about changing the website layout; the old design was generating zero traffic. ^{你完全没必要为改动了网站布局而感到内疚；旧的设计根本带不来任何流量。}

Why don't we just check out?^{那咱们干嘛不干脆办理退房手续呢？}

check out ^{办理退房手续（在酒店结账离店）；在其他语境中也常指“去查看、去核实某物”}

• We need to go to the front desk and check out before ten o'clock tomorrow morning. ^{我们明天早上十点之前得动身去前台把退房手续给办了。}
• Since the daily rate is too high and nothing is available, let's check out immediately. ^{既然每日房价高得离谱而且要啥啥没有，咱们干脆立马退房走人。}
• The family packed their bags, handed the keys to the clerk, and checked out. ^{一家人收拾好行李，把钥匙交给了服务员，接着便办理了退房。}

Yes, this is she.^{是的，我就是。（接电话时的女性标准答语，如果是男性则用 "This is he."）}

This is she / This is he ^{我就是 / 正是本人（在英语电话电话口语中，当对方询问“请问某某女士/先生在吗？”时，接电话者如果是本人，最地道、最规范的回答）}

• "May I speak to the manager of the https://www.google.com/search?q=ncego.com website?" "Yes, this is he." ^{“请问我可以和 https://www.google.com/search?q=ncego.com 网站的负责人通话吗？”“是的，我就是。”}
• "Hello, is this Mrs. Ellen Stewart?" "Speaking. Yes, this is she." ^{“喂，请问是艾伦·斯图尔特夫人吗？”“请讲，是的，我就是。”}
• When the bank clerk called regarding the Blue Member status, she answered, "Yes, this is she." ^{当银行职员打来电话告知蓝星会员身份的事时，她回答道：“是的，我就是。”}

How nice of you to remember 我们!^{你还能记得我们，真是太好了！ / 难为你还惦记着我们！}

It is nice of someone to do something ^{某人做某事真是太好了 / 谢谢你这么热心（口语中句首常省略形式主语 It，用来由衷地感激他人的体贴、善意或礼貌举动）}

• How nice of you to share these English oral practice lesson notes with the group! ^{你把这些英语口语练习课文笔记分享给大伙儿，真是太好、太热心了！}
• It was very nice of grandmother to take care of Max for the entire weekend. ^{奶奶能在整个周末帮忙照顾小麦克斯，真是太慈祥、太好了。}
• How nice of the host manager to waive the database routing validation fees for us! ^{托管经理居然帮我们免去了数据库路由验证的费用，人真是太好了！}

I give up.^{我认输。 / 我猜不着。}

give up ^{认输 / 放弃（在猜谜、文字游戏或面对困难死撑不下去时，口语里表示“不猜了、投降”）}

• "Can you figure out this seven-letter word puzzle?" "No, I give up." ^{“你能琢磨出这个七个字母的单词谜题吗？”“不行，我认输，猜不出来。”}
• After trying to clean up the messy backup files for three hours, the developer almost gave up. ^{在尝试清理混乱的备份文件整整三个小时后，开发人员差点就放弃了。}
• Don't give up on your language learning habit; you've already maintained a huge streak! ^{可千万别放弃你的语言学习习惯，你明明已经坚持打卡这么长天数了！}

They have an opening.^{他们那儿正好腾出空房来了。}

have an opening ^{有空缺 / 有空房 / 出现名额（在酒店、服务业中指“刚好有客人退订腾出了位置或房间”；在职场则指“有职位空缺”）}

• The desk clerk called to say they had an opening for a double room with a view of the Hudson River. ^{前台文员打来电话说，他们那儿刚好腾出了一间能看哈德逊河风景的双人间。}
• If the primary language school has an opening in the morning session, please enroll Michelle immediately. ^{如果那家主语言学校的早班刚好有名额空缺，请立刻帮米歇尔报名。}
• The technical department currently has an opening for a specialist in cloud routing infrastructure. ^{技术部门目前在云路由基础设施领域正好有一个职位空缺。}

Someone just checked out.^{刚好有人办理了退房。}

check out ^{办理退房并离店（此处为不及物动词用法，指结算账单后离开酒店房间）}

• We can get the honeymoon suite right now because a foreign exchange client just checked out. ^{我们现在就能拿到蜜月套房，因为刚好有一位外汇客户刚刚办理了退房。}
• Remember to lock the balcony door before you check out from the country inn. ^{从乡村旅馆办理退房离开之前，记得把阳台的门锁上。}
• They packed their text documentation and interactive toys, then walked down to check out. ^{他们收拾好文本文件和互动玩具，接着便走下楼去办理退房手续。}

And Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us.^{而且蒙特菲奥里夫人已经特意把那间蜜月套房为咱们留下来（预订好）了。}

reserve something for someone ^{为某人预留/预订某物（比普通的 book 更强调特定对象、特意保留的尊贵感或专属性）}

• The platform system automatically reserved the web properties' database domain for us. ^{平台系统自动为我们预留了网站资产的数据库网域。}
• Could you please reserve a nice balcony table for two near the river view rail? ^{能否请您在靠近河景栏杆的地方，帮我们特意预留一张漂亮的双人阳台桌位？}
• The supervisor has reserved the latest edition language textbooks for your students. ^{主管已经为你的学生们特意留出了最新版的语言教科书。}

You're kidding!^{你开玩笑的吧！ / 真的假的？！}

You're kidding! ^{你是在开玩笑吧！/ 别逗了！（口语中面对突如其来的天大好消息、意外转折或让人不敢相信的事实时的标配口头禅）}

• "The Google AdSense team just approved our meishiq.com monetization profile!" "You're kidding!" ^{“谷歌广告联盟团队刚刚批准了我们 meishiq.com 的获利配置文件！”“你开玩笑的吧！”}
• You're kidding! Did he really manage to complete the advanced language translation project using only automated workflow scripts? ^{真的假的！他真的光靠自动化工作流脚本就完成了那个高级语言翻译项目？}
• "We don't have to stay near this dusty parking lot anymore." "You're kidding! Let's pack up." ^{“我们再也不用呆在这落灰的停车场附近了。”“真的假的！赶快收拾行李。”}

Now all it has to do is stop raining.^{现在万事俱备，就盼着这雨能赶紧停了。（剩下的唯一一件事就是天晴了。）}

All... has to do is... ^{……唯一需要做的就是…… / 万事俱备只欠……（经典的高级口语表达结构。句中 all 作主语，后面常接定语从句，由于前面有动词 do，后面的表语不定式 to stop 往往会省略 to，直接用动词原形，用来表达“某事极其简单”或“万事俱备，只差临门一脚”）}

• Now all you have to do is verify your identity documentation and click the submit layout button. ^{现在你唯一需要做的就是核对你的身份证明文件，然后点击那个提交布局按钮。}
• The script is fully automated; all the engineering team has to do is monitor the traffic logs. ^{这个脚本完全是自动化的；整个工程团队唯一需要做的就是监控流量日志。}
• Since grandmother agreed to baby-sit Max, all Richard and Marilyn have to do is enjoy their anniversary. ^{既然奶奶答应照顾麦克斯了，理查德和玛丽琳唯一需要做的就是尽情享受他们的纪念日。}