作者：Jennyliubai
编辑：榴莲万岁
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如何才能有激情，当然是要做喜欢的事情！学英文也一样，对于Jenny来说，如果不能欢笑，又不实用,就真的没有动力开始！ 要学就要选一部爆笑又实用的剧集边乐边学，我喜欢《摩登家庭》。
一直想要拿它好好练习一下口语和听力，茶余饭后一小乐，还能学点英语，多开心的事！
返过头从第一季开始，当年的小朋友们都好Q啊。我们从第一集开始，算是家庭整体的一个介绍。
首先出场的是Phil &Clair一家
我们来看一下Wiki上对Claire Dunphy的描述，是很不错的英文描述类型的文字哦
“She was once a wild child who made a lot of mistakes over the years, and she is fearful that her children could make the same mistakes, especially her oldest daughter, Haley.
She is often exhausted from stress created by her family but is still a loving mother.
When it comes to her kids she has difficulty controlling Haley's independenceand irresponsibility, Alex's manipulative nature, and Luke's lack of commonsense. She also gets annoyed with her husband, Phil, constantly.”
这段话说的非常好，首先说Claire年轻时候犯过错误，所以害怕孩子们也犯同样的错误
She was once a wild child who made a lot of mistakes over the years, and she is fearful that her children could make the same mistakes
家庭压力大，但还是个很有爱的母亲
She is often exhausted from stress created by her family but is still aloving mother
大女孩Haley太自由且不负责任，二女儿聪明，爱操控人，小儿子Luke极度缺乏生活常识（看，没说小儿子笨，silly，或者dumb，而用了lack of common sense.这个委婉词学起来吧）
Haley's independence and irresponsibility, Alex's manipulative nature,and Luke's lack of common sense.
孩子的这些特质她有些难以控制，经常还觉得自己的老公有些烦
When it comes to her kids she has difficulty controlling… She also gets annoyed with her husband, Phil, constantly
下面的这一小段精准的描写了Claire和老公，以及三个孩子的关系，最后还有她对自己的判断。很有意思，看一下吧。
几个短语强化一下：
Point 1
把他们叫来行吗？Would you get them？
Jenny点评：get这个词在这里又简洁又有力。Would you...让某人做某事，相对客气
Point 2
我们远远的在楼上We are way upstairs
Jenny点评：way这个副词这里说明感情倾向，强调特别,后面还有说Haley的裙子的类似的话it’s way too short，也是这么个feel
Point 3
你针对…有什么话要说吗do you have anything to say about ….
Jenny点评：还有什么好说的，太可以用到的句式了吧
Point 4
我长大那会儿特别无法无天I was out of control growing up
Jenny点评：out of control反义词当然是in control了。用was一般就是强调是过去的事情，当年怎么怎么样了。一个小窍门，我们就直接把was翻译成“当年是”,就不太容易出现和is用混的状况了。
Point 5
瞧，我说出来了there, I said it.
Jenny点评：很好用的小词。一般表示一种感情，承认了一些难以启齿的事情。
很不容易的呢，面对和承认，是改进的第一步。就怕不敢承认自己有问题（lol），所以在Claire心中应该觉得自己诚实又勇敢，美丽又善良吧。当然我们观众能看到她还有好多毛病，哈哈。
今天就说到这里吧，好好练习这些句子，每天五分钟，点滴积累终会有大的进步喔。
