1.Time sure does move fast / slow
【原句】Time sure does move fast. Time sure does move slow.(S05E13)
【翻譯】一日三秋。度日如年。
【場(chǎng)景】Caroline和Max回到Han餐廳碰到Earl,Earl很驚奇地看著她倆,問著是不是已經(jīng)去過好萊塢,還感嘆時(shí)間好快。隨后Caroline回復(fù)他還沒出發(fā)正準(zhǔn)備去,Earl又感嘆時(shí)間過得慢,看似有些恍惚。
【講解】
Do+動(dòng)詞原形,涉及強(qiáng)調(diào)句。sure do move fast真是飛快,sure對(duì)應(yīng)“真是,確實(shí)是”的意思。
關(guān)于時(shí)間補(bǔ)充短語(yǔ),no time to lose沒時(shí)間耽擱。
【例句】
Time sure flies. It's already the final deadline today.
時(shí)間過得可真快。今天已經(jīng)是最終截稿日了。
Come on, there's no time to lose, we have to get home before John finds out.
趕快,沒有時(shí)間耽擱了,我們必須在約翰發(fā)現(xiàn)之前趕到家。
2. bump up
【原句】Go. I just got bumped up to first.(S05E13)
【翻譯】你走吧,我剛被升級(jí)到頭等艙。
【場(chǎng)景】Max和Caroline在洛杉磯酒店住下,由于一些事情讓他們?cè)诰瓢刹蛷d先待一會(huì)兒。本是登記在餐廳賓客單上,但Max詢問無果,剛好一位男士出頭幫了Max,交談后兩人合得來。有事先走的Caroline折回來跟這位男士打招呼,Max攔住后表明這是她的獵物。
【講解】
bump up 增加,提高(數(shù)量或尺寸)。如bump up the price價(jià)格猛漲;I could bump you up to first-class您可以升級(jí)到頭等艙。
補(bǔ)充bump n. [ C ] (INCREASE)增加。
【例句】
The distributors will probably bump up the price of the software when the next version is released.
該軟件的下一版本發(fā)行時(shí),經(jīng)銷商很可能要提價(jià)。
There had been a bump in the number of students with learning disorders.
有學(xué)習(xí)障礙的學(xué)生數(shù)量增加了。
(來源:滬江英語(yǔ))