（上接 第四部分 ）

1.  Shannon: It's just, he's still supporting me . （只是我在经济还要依赖他。）

解析：

support: to provide enough money for someone to pay for all the things they need 养活

例：

I have a wife and two children to support. （我还要养活老婆和两个孩子。）

support somebody by (doing) something

She supports her family by teaching evening classes. （她靠在夜校教书养家糊口。）

support oneself

I have no idea how I am going to support myself. （我不知道要怎么养活自己。）

2. Shannon: Look, he's coming by soon to talk about it. （而且，他很快就要过来谈这事。）

解析：

come by: to make a short visit to a place on your way to somewhere else 顺路拜访某地

例：

He said he'd come by later. （他说他待会儿会过来。）

I'll come by the house and get my stuff later, OK? （我待会儿过来拿我寄存的东西，好吗？）

3. Barney: She was in the middle of a heated argument with her dad. （她正和她爸爸激烈地争论着。）

解析：

be in the middle of (doing) something: to be busy doing something  正在忙着（做某事）

例：

Can I call you back—I'm in the middle of a meeting. （我稍后给你回电话好吗？我正开着会呢。）

I was in the middle of sorting some papers when the phone rang. （电话响的时候，我正忙着整理文件。）

4. Marshall: Barney, that was really embarrassing for both of us. We just earned a huge chunk of story. （巴尼，这对我俩来说都很尴尬。我们有一大堆故事可讲（希望你能多说点）。）

解析：

a (huge/large) chunk (of): a large part or amount of something  大量的某物

例：

The rent takes a large chunk out of my monthly salary. （我月薪很大一部分要用来付房租。）

A huge chunk of the audience got up and left before the end of the show. （演出还没结束就有很多观众起身离开了。）

5. Shannon: You should go to the Peace Corps and forget about me . （你应该去参加和平队，然后忘了我。）

解析：

forget: 忘记，既可以做“及物动词”，也可以做“不及物动词”。

（ 1 ）及物动词：

例：

I'm sorry; I’ve forgotten your name. （抱歉，我不记得你名字了。）

What happened that day will never be forgotten. （那天发生的事人们都永远忘不了。）

（2） 不及物动词：

例：

Karl says he forgot about our date. （卡尔说他忘了我们约了见面。）

She forgot all about their anniversary. （她把周年纪念的事完全忘了。）

I know you told me, but I forgot. （我知道你跟我说过了，但是我忘了。）

6. Barney: She and Greg dated for a while and then split up . （她和格雷格拍拖了一阵，然后就掰了。）

解析：

split up: if people split up, or if someone splits them up, they end a marriage or relationship with each other 分手

例：

Steve's parents split up when he was four. （史蒂夫的父母在他四岁时离婚了。）

split up with

I thought she'd split up with her boyfriend. （我以为她会跟男朋友分手。）

split somebody up

Why would she try to split us up? （她为什么想拆散我们？）

7. Barney: But here's the real kicker : Shannon is a mom. （不过出乎意料的是，香农当妈了。）

解析：

kicker: a surprising or important ending to something 惊人的事

备注： ''kicker'' 常用于美式英语中。

例：

The kicker came when the reporter asked the runner whether she was tired. （记者问她比赛完累不累，她的回答出人意料。）

8. Barney: I could be cooped up in some tiny apartment... （我原本可能被困在一间很小的公寓。）

解析：

cooped up: adj. having to stay for a period of time in a place that is too small 蜗居

例：

It isn't good for you to be cooped up in the house all day. （你整天窝在家里不出去不好。）