《小鬼当家1》：又被妈妈教训了_影视英语

一大家子十几口人热热闹闹地准备过圣诞节。小kevin又闯祸了，他和哥哥在争吵中把餐厅搞得一塌糊涂。妈妈赶过来劈头盖脸就开始教训kevin，让他去楼上一个人去反省，舅舅也在旁边敲锣边。kevin当然很委屈了，本来就不是他一个人的错嘛——




mom: stop! what's the matter with you?
　　kevin: he started it! he ate my pizza on purpose! he knows i hate sausages and olives...
　　uncle frank: look what you did, you little jerk!
　　mom: kevin, get upstairs right now.
　　kevin: why?
　　brother: kevin, you're such a disease.
　　kevin: shut up!
　　dad: kevin, upstairs!
　　mom: say good night, kevin.
　　kevin: good night, kevin. why do i always get treated like scum?
　　



mom: oh, i'm sorry, this house is just crazy. we got all these extra kids running around and my brother-in-law's in from ohio today. it's just nuts.
　　kevin: how come you didn't bring more cheese pizzas?
　　pizza boy: nice tip, thanks a lot!
　　mom: thanks.
　　henry: having a reunion or something?
　　mom: no, my husband's brother transferred to paris last summer and the kids still went to school here and i guess he missed the whole family so he's giving us this trip to paris for the holiday...so we'll be together.
　　henry: you're taking a trip to paris?
　　mom: yes, we hope to leave tomorrow morning.
　　henry: excellent, excellent.
　　mom: if you'll excuse me, this one's a little out of sorts. i'll be right back.
　　henry: don't worry about me. i spoke to your husband already. and don't worry about your home. it's in good hands.
　　
重点讲解




妈妈赶过来，气冲冲地问：“你们俩怎么回事？”（what's the matter with you?）。kevin说，哥哥明明知道他不喜欢吃香肠（sausage）和橄榄油（olive），还故意（on purpose）吃了他的奶酪比萨。妈妈却不分青红皂白让kevin立刻到楼上反省。jerk是弗兰克舅舅说kevin的，原意是性情古怪的人，这里可以说成是“小麻烦、小杠头”之类。




妈妈、舅舅、爸爸都不向着他说话，kevin自言自语，为什么他总是像垃圾一样被对待。scum的意思是浮渣、泡沫、糟粕；treated是一个过去分词做状语，前面与系动词get连用。




妈妈接着向警察亨利解释，家里太乱了，一下子多了许多孩子，是个棘手的问题（nut），因为她哥哥从俄亥俄州赶过来。文中的用法是be in from ohio，其中的in不是通常理解的“在里面”，而是“在家、已经到达”的意思；nut本意是坚果，这里指不好解决的、闹心的问题。送比萨的小男孩在回答kevin关于下次多送些奶酪比萨的建议时，回答说“nice tip”，tip这里的意思就是“暗示、提示”。




下面出现的亨利其实是个惯偷，他表面的职业是片警。妈妈说请他谅解（excuse），要去处理一下kevin的问题，其中，be out of sorts是个惯用的短语，意思是“不守规矩的”。之后，妈妈向亨利解释圣诞节全家都要去巴黎以后，他保证说，你们家会

被照料得很好。be in good hands本意是在可靠的人手里，这里一语双关，实际亨利心里正在打着坏主意——圣诞节来家里行窃。