《GossipGirl》第二季第19集“祖父大人”学习笔记

1、Gossip Girl第二季第19集 祖父大人”学习笔记EPISODE OVERVIEWBlair explores her dark side!Devastated by her curre ntsituati ons, Blair tur ns to her wild side, caus ing Serena and Chuck tohave serious concerns about their frie nd. Van essa convin ces Nate thatit may be time to forgive and forget whe n it comes to hi

2、s mother'sKenn edyesque family, The Van derbilts, whoaba ndoned Nate and hismother when they needed them most. In an effort to be completelyhonest with each other, Lily and Rufus agree to share lists of their past lovers. WORDS & EXPRESSIONS1.Dan: You're gonna skip out on your family reu

3、nion? I appreciate the commitme nt to the gameNate: No, liste n, man, I'm not gonna go prete nd to bond with thepeople who shut me and my mom out when my dad gotbusted .skip out on (somebody) : to sudde nly leave some one,skip out (on/ of someth in g):to avoid someth ingshut somebody out : to pr

4、eve nt some one from being a part of someth ing2.Bex: Lily. I just want to tha nk you for han dli ng this sogracefully.the whole Rufus thing. the whole "Rufus and I used todate" thing? Oh, god. Please tell me that I'm notputting an enormousfoot in my mouth . He told you, right?put one&

5、#39;s foot in one's mouth: to say something that you regret;to say something stupid, insulting, or hurtful.这是句俚语，指的就是“说错话”。3.Dan: It's flying low. There must be a hospital nearby.Tripp: It's not amedevac . It's, uh, grandfather's ride .medevac : 救伤直升机ride : 座驾4.Chuck: What are yo

6、u doing with thisinsect ?Blair: Having the time of my life. Thank you very much.Chuck: Well, as much as I enjoybursting your bubble , he's just usingyou to get at me.insect : 笨蛋，无知的人，废人。 Someone who is extremely ignorant. burst your bubble : 挤碎泡沫，是梦想破灭 get at : 报复我，让我 不爽， irritate/ bother/ annoy

7、.5.Chuck: I'm the one trying to help you.我生活在水深火热中Blair: Help me? Is that what you were doing at your little gentleman's club while my life was going up in flames?my life was going up in flames6.Grandfather: So tell me, Nathaniel, what are your plans next year?Nate: Well, I'm waiting to

8、hear back from colleges. The only thing is, when everything went down with my father, it was around the time applications were due . So I didn't exactlyknock the essays out of thepark .go down : 倒下，垮台，破产 it was around the time : 正好是的时候 due : 到期，截止knock it out of the park : 来源于棒球比赛中的本垒打，意思是完成一件很了

9、 不起的事情，让被人瞩目的事情。7.Blair: Do you know how exhausting it's been being Blair Waldorf for the past 18years all the work, the planning?Serena: You mean plotting?Blair: Yes, exactly. I'm glad it allblew up in my face . It was a wake-up call. I wassuch an overachiever . I was headed for a quarterli

10、fe crisis at 18.Serena: Oh, B. You've had a couple ofsetbacks , but there must still be a way toget into a great college, and if anyone can do it, it's you.Blair: No, S., I've learned the hard way . I can't control everything, plan everything. Now with carter's help, I'm tryi

11、ng something different.blow up in my face:if a plan or situation blows up in your face, it has a badeffect on you instead of the result you expected.事情的结局和想象完全不一样，通常指坏的结果。 overachiever : 成绩超过预料的学生，高成就者 quarterlife crisis : 青年危机。二十来岁的年轻人（尤其是在完成学业后）对人生的迷惑、 自我怀疑及焦虑感。setback : 阻碍，挫折learn/ find out somet

12、hing the hard way especially by an unpleasant experience.: to learn something by experience,我从痛苦经历中学到了 8.Lily: Do you think he'll judge?Serena: I think you should just sneak a peek at his little black book before you drop the yellow pages on him. Just make sure your numbers are on par .sneak a p

13、eek : 偷看， peek 本身就有偷看，窥视的意思。 black book : 黑名单， a book containing names of people or organizations to blacklist.yellow pages : 黄页。 这里 Serena 说 Rufus 的情人名单是 “黑名单 ”，Lily 的则是 “黄页 ”， 其实就是说 Lily 的情人太多了，名单厚的都赶得上黄页电话本了。on par : equal to someone or something. 成正比，相抗衡。 Your effort is simply not on par with wh

14、at's expected from you.9.Rufus: It's just, well, I'm relieved.pleasedon't take that the wrong way. Lily:Oh, no.Rufus: It's just you've dated more people than I have, and I wasn't sure thatwe'd be in the same ballpark .Lily: Well, I'm glad that that is behind us.do

15、n't take that the wrong way: 不要误解了，不要想歪了in the same ballpark : of a similar natureI'm glad that that is behind us: 事情总算过去了10.Dan: Spill it. Vanessa: Spill what?Dan: Come on, the minute we dropped Nate off , you just ycoluammed up , and you got that look on your face.spill it : 说吧，有话就说 drop s

16、omebody off : 放下某人，让某人下车 clam up : 拒 不开口。 clam 是蚌的意思， clam up 形容人的嘴巴像合上的蚌那样，关的紧紧的。11.Serena: Why are we crashing Nate's family reunion? And why would Blair be here?Chuck: Well, Dorotatipped me off . She's coming. Maybe she's ready to relaunchherself into blue blood society.crash : 不请自来 t

17、ip somebody off : 泄漏消息 blue blood : 所谓的 “蓝血贵族 ”，上 流社会12.Gossip Girl: The danger with calling someone's bluff is that even if you win.You risk them walking away from the table for good.bluff : 打牌时候经常用，表示 “虚张声势 ”，比如你手上的牌明明很差，但是你却下了 很大的赌注， 让别人觉得你拿了一手好牌。 call someone's bluff 就是不相信对方的 bluff, 挑战对方

18、或者提出看对方的牌， to challenge someone to give proof of his or her claims13.Nate: Do you remember when you used to make us watch your favorite moviesover and over again? Like "Tiffany's" and "Holiday"? It used todrive me nuts.Blair: Is this a pep talk?drive me nuts : drive me crazy,

19、让我抓狂 pep talk : 鼓舞士气的话14.Dan: What? Why are you smiling?Serena: I don't know. I ammad , but that wasinvigorating .mad : 口语里一般指 “生气”而不是 “发疯”invigorating : 爽快的，发泄的挺爽，这里 S 是说刚刚那一巴掌打的很泄愤。ALLUSIONSEpisode title:Gran dfatherGodfather is extremely popular crime drama movie (1972) based on the no vel of the same n ame by Mario Puzo (who has also writte n a scree nplay for movie) and directed by Francis Ford Coppola; starri ng Marlo n Bran do,