时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:听美剧学英语-《淘小子看世界》


英语课
So in the end, Hester Prynne is faced with a pretty tough decision, huh? Does she rat on the person who's responsible for her predicament or does she keep his secret and face the scorn of society? A relevant stuff, hey, Matthews, hey, Hunter.
Sir! It stood for adultery, sir! I was practicing for military school.
Matthews, hang on for a minute, will you?
I can't, sir, I've got a date with destiny.
You could be a couple of minutes late. What's Feeny gonna do? Suspend you?
He's going so psycho all over this, don't you think?
I think when you are new at a school like you and me, first impressions really stick, they decide your reputation. What if tomorrow you raised your hand, then I said, what do you want, booger?
Would you do that?
It'll probably follow you all through high school. Maybe all your life, people would call you booger.
Would you do that?
I'm the teacher, I can do whatever I want. I wield 1 the power to inform, and to influence, so do people who make funny newspaper headlines about the principal, who's new in school, like you and me.
So you are saying I should squeal 2 on my friend?
No, I'm not.
So, I should cover for him?
I'm not saying that either.
So, what are you saying?
I was hoping you'd know.

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Listen, about the headline you know, well, I'm sorry for what happened. Must have hurt being called, you know.
How is it I never heard before? It was practically my nickname growing up. Er, that's not to leave this room.
I guess it's more of a big deal than I thought.
As principal of this high school, I'm expected to keep order, and check these pranks 3 undermine my authority and breed disrespect.
So, I guess I'll get punished for something I didn't do.
Name the person who did, and you walk out of here scot-free.

Words:

scot-free: If you say that someone got away scot-free, you are emphasizing that they escaped punishment for something that you believe they should have been punished for.


1 wield
vt.行使,运用,支配;挥,使用(武器等)
  • They wield enormous political power.他们行使巨大的政治权力。
  • People may wield the power in a democracy.在民主国家里,人民可以行使权力。
2 squeal
v.发出长而尖的声音;n.长而尖的声音
  • The children gave a squeal of fright.孩子们发出惊吓的尖叫声。
  • There was a squeal of brakes as the car suddenly stopped.小汽车突然停下来时,车闸发出尖叫声。
3 pranks
n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )
  • Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
  • He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句
学英语单词
abatement claim
Adansonia digitata L.
after booster pump
agnominal
anoxia-photometer
autography
automated radar enroute services
Ayinyo
battery backup board
billy-oes
bosilka
bourcicault
carpentry shop
ceramic sensor
charcoal-burner
closed court
code compare
coherent accelerator
Colonia Morelos
combined machining
condensation compound
coprolalomania
depth of probe
Diagnostic Drawing Series
dingwad
dispersed latex
drop the veil
eidesis
entry condition(s)
establishment day
exciter armature
eyerolls
FACO
fancy plated stitch
FBG (fractional breeding gain)
fireproof structure
frequency deviation of sound carrier
gazella thomsonis
goofball
Gray Thursday
greasier
Hi-vision
highly detergent oil
histonuria
historical Marxism
horse latitude high
HTCIA
inglobing
Jubilate Sundays
lactoferricins
LAN parties
lanoconazole
likely as not
make good execution
metalloid oxidation
microbial breeding
mower rake
mud anchor
negotiation support system
newt gingrich
nixers
norheim
not give a dime a dozen
oared
oatman
one cycle process
pantaleones
Pekinologist
pipeline partitioning
plane of datum
protostrongyluss
pulmonary tuberculosis rate
punch drunk
put an end to
receiver decoder
research and design
right-eared
rights-of-way
run ticket
scancode
scotospore
separate curves
set against
sharon stone
stage balls
sul ponticello
telemetry modulation system
terdecamycin
to someone's surprise
trachelomonas hispida crenulatocollis
traumatic heart disease
tungsten pentachloride
unempathetic
unsunken
vaudeville
Wafangdian
wait state
washcoating
wet-on-wet painting
Xi Jiang
zero-g