追美劇《生活大爆炸》學(xué)口語(3)

劇情梗概：眾好友參與Rajesh的尋寶游戲，各個(gè)家庭被打亂分組，沉穩(wěn)的Leonard與一驚一乍的Bernadette 搭檔會(huì)是什么結(jié)果呢?

對(duì)話文字：

Leonard: Do you think Penny’s mad at me?

Bernadette: Because you’re in the right lane behind a bus and you won’t go around it? I’m sure she finds it charming.

Leonard: No, because I didn’t want her on my team.

Bernadette: I’m starting to think she *dodged a bullet, the slowest bullet in the world.

Leonard: Geez, I never realized you were so competitive.

Bernadette: Yeah, I know. It’s- it’s probably because I grew up with five brothers and sisters so I had to fight for every… Oh, my God, you did not just slow down for a bird! You know they fly right!?

對(duì)話精講：

dodge a bullet: dodge在英文里表示“躲開，閃避”的意思，字面上看，這個(gè)短語想說“躲過一顆子彈”，意思就是“躲過一劫”。 這里Bernadette是嫌Leonard開車太謹(jǐn)慎，表示Penny幸好沒跟他分在一組。我們?cè)賮砜匆粋€(gè)例句：The island dodged a bullet when the hurricane turned south.(颶風(fēng)轉(zhuǎn)向南方，小島才逃過一劫。)