Cam: Lily has no talent.
Lily沒有才能。
Mitchell: Because she's seven. No one has talent at seven.
因為她才七歲。沒有人七歲就有才能的。
Cam: I did. Tons of it. Sheepshearing, cornhusking, hay baling. It was hard for me to pick just one to showcase at my first Little Prince Pageant. In the end, I went with waltzing.
我有啊。很多呢。刮羊毛,剝玉米,卷干草。對于我來說,在我第一次小王子盛會里只能選一項目來表演是不容易的。最后我選擇了華爾茲。
知識點:
Sheepshearing 刮羊毛
相當于:Shear sheep
Cornhusking 剝玉米
相當于:Husk corn
Hay Balling 卷干草
相當于:Ball hay
Horse riding 騎馬
Let's go horse riding.
我們?nèi)ヲT馬吧。
Eyes rolling 翻白眼
I saw your eyes rolling.
我看到你翻白眼了。
繼續(xù)劇情:
Mitchell: You waltzed at seven?
你7歲就會跳華爾茲了?
Cam: Barely. My partner had two left hooves.
差不多,我的舞伴有兩只左蹄。
知識點:
Hoof 蹄
Hooves 復數(shù)形式
Have two left feet 笨手笨腳
在這里指“不會跳舞”。
例句一:
Ow! You keep stepping on my toes. Boy, you really do have two left feet.
你總是踩我的腳,天啊!你真的不會跳舞。
例句二:
A: Do you wanna dance?
你想跳舞嗎?
B: I don't think so. I've got two left feet. I'll look like an idiot.
不想跳,我根本就會跳舞,跳起來像個傻子一樣的。
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