Dialogue Script 3 对话原文 3

Jimmy: Mom!
Mom: What are you doing?
Jimmy: I'm playing with my new basketball! Watch this!
Mom: You are sick, young man. Get back in bed! I called you in sick today, so you're going to lie down and fight that flu.
Jimmy: But I feel better now.
Mom: Then maybe you should go to school. If you're feeling so much better, you'll ace that English test, right?
Jimmy: OK. I get it. I'm getting back into bed...
Mom: Come to think of it, you should get out your English books and catch up on your reading assignments.
Jimmy: But I don't have any reading assignments.
Mom: Then review your test. You'll do even better. And maybe reading will help you get to sleep.
Jimmy: Aw, Mom---you're such a drag.
Mom: You say that now, Jimmy, but you'll thank me later. I'm your mom, and mother knows best.

讲解：

1. 对话中，Jimmy的感冒好了一些了，就又生龙活虎起来，在房间里玩起了篮球，妈妈不同意，说他必须躺到床上去对抗感冒，而且替他向学校请了病假。call someone in sick 这个短语表示“打电话请病假”。但是Jimmy说自己现在觉得好多了，不想再躺在床上了。

2. 妈妈就吓唬他说，Then maybe you should go to school. If you're feeling so much better, you'll ace that English test, right? 那或许你该上学去了，如果你的病好了这么多，你的英文应该考的很好了，是吧。我们来看看ace这个词，是个动词，表示“得到最高分，考的很好”，比如说，She aced the exam. 她在考试中得了A。

3. Jimmy一听就害怕了，乖乖地回到床上躺着去了。妈妈又说，他应该把课本拿出来，把阅读作业做完。come to think of it 这个短语表示“…说起这个，就让我想到…”，在口语中很常用。catch up on something可以表示“用额外的时间来做某事，来弥补所耽误的时间”，比如说，I've got a lot of work to catch up on. 我有很多工作赶着做。

4. catch up on something 还可以表示“事后了解对某事物的情况”，例如，Come over for a chat so we can catch up on each other's news. 过来聊聊吧，说说彼此的近况。Jimmy说自己根本没有阅读作业需要做。妈妈就让他复习英语考试，这样他会考得更好。而且阅读还会让他很快入睡。

5. Jimmy很烦，说Aw, Mom---you're such a drag. 噢，妈妈，你好烦。drag 在这里是一个俚语，表示“累赘的或者让人讨厌的人或事物”，比如说，Walking is a drag ? let's get a taxi. 走路太费事，我们打个车去吧。She loves her family, but they're a drag on her career. 她很爱她的家庭，但是家庭却是她事业的累赘。

6. 妈妈回答说，You say that now, Jimmy, but you'll thank me later. I'm your mom, and mother knows best. 你现在是这样说，但你以后会感激我，我是你妈妈，而妈妈知道什么对你是最好的。Mother knows best. 妈妈知道什么对你最好。这可能是小孩子们最讨厌听到的一句话，因为一听到这句话，就表示妈妈又要叫他做什么讨厌的事情了。

7. 这句话也可以说成Mother knows what's best. 但是要注意best前面不能加定冠词the。那么可不可以说成Father knows best呢？应该是可以的，因为在美国五六十年代的时候有一部温馨的电视剧集，就叫做Father knows best。看来最前面的词，偶尔可以根据需要做些改动。

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