Hello，这里是地道英语，我是W！今天这个视频来自Desperate Housewives的第一季第11集。作为四个孩子的母亲Lynette唯一释放压力的方式就是瑜伽冥想课。这天她带着生病的儿子和小女儿穿越大半个城市来到上课的地方，前台的小姐姐Lauren却告诉她因为日托班满了，Lynette的孩子无处安放所以她就不能上瑜伽课了。一向心直口快不吃亏的Lynette怎么能容忍呢？快来跟W一起看看里面地道的英语表达吧！
【243】3-S1E12 00_04_44-00_06_25.mp31:41
来自地道英语那些事
LYNETTE: Here, blow. Good, all right. Come on, it's going to be fun. Follow me. 喔, 好, 好的，来吧. 这会很有趣的. 跟我来 all right: 好，行 come on: 赶紧，快点 fun: 有趣的事 follow: 跟随
LAUREN: Excuse me. You can't do that. 不好意思。你不能这么做。
LYNETTE: I'm here for the 10 a.m. yoga meditation class. 我来参加上午 10 点的瑜珈冥想课 a.m.:（缩写）上午 yoga: 瑜伽 meditation: 沉思，冥想
LAUREN: Unfortunately, the day care center is full. 不好意思, 日托中心满了 unfortunately: 遗憾地，不幸地 day care: (托儿所的)日托
LYNETTE: Yeah, I noticed that, but every time I come here, it's full. 是啊, 我注意到了, 但我每次来都是满的 notice: 注意
LAUREN: It's a popular class, and the other moms come early. Look, all I can tell you is plan ahead next time. 那课很热门, 而且其它的妈妈来得更早。你看, 我能告诉你的就是下次早点来。plan: 计划 ahead: 在…前面 plan ahead: 提前计划
LYNETTE: Uh, Lauren? I'm a mother of four. Today I had to get up at five, make lunches, make breakfast, drop the twins off at school, and get across town lugging a baby and a sick child. Telling me to plan ahead is like telling me to sprout wings. And it's things like being told to plan ahead that make me so crazy, that yoga is the only thing that relaxes me, except I show up here, and I can't get in, and you tell me to plan ahead. It's a vicious cycle. See how that works? Lauren, 我是四个孩子的母亲。今天我不得不 5 点起床。做中饭, 做早饭, 送双胞胎上学。拖着一个生病的孩子和一个婴儿穿越城市。要我再早点来就像是要我长出翅膀。诸如此类的事情已经让我快要疯了。瑜珈是唯一能使我放松的方式。但我来到这儿却不能进去，而你要我再早点来。那是个恶性循环，明白了吧? get up: 起床 drop off: 让…下车 get across: 穿越 lug: 拖着 sick: 生病的 sprout: 使发芽，长出 wing: 翅膀 crazy: 疯狂的 yoga: 瑜伽 relax: 使轻松 except: 把…除外 show up: 出现 get in: 进去 plan ahead: 提前计划vicious: 恶毒的，恶意的 cycle: 循环 work: 起作用
LAUREN: I get it, but if I broke the rules for you, I'd have to break them for the other moms too, and then the moms who actually follow the rules would get all pissed at me, and I'd have to get pissy right back, and before you know it, I don't have time to read my magazine. See how that works? 我明白了，但如果我因为你而违规，那么我也要为其它的妈妈违规。而那些遵守规则的妈妈就会对我很生气。然后我也会变得很生气。在你知道前, 我没有时间看杂志了，明白了吧? break: 打破 actually: 事实上 follow: 遵照，听从 pissed: 愤怒的 be pissed at: 生某人的气 pissy: 低劣的，令人恼火的 magazine: 杂志
LYNETTE: I hope someday, you have lots of children. Hello? Oh, hey Susan. Listen, I can't talk, I'm in the middle of something here. What? 我希望有一天你也会有很多的孩子。喂? 嗨, Susan. 我现在不能和你多说，我正忙着呢。什么? lots of: 许多，大量 in the middle of: 在…中间
知识点：
【1】blow本意是吹的意思，Blow up a balloon，吹一个气球。在这里是家长帮小孩子擤鼻涕时说的，把纸放在鼻子前，然后告诉孩子呼气的意思，非常实用的一个表达。
【2】yoga meditation class：瑜伽冥想课
【3】all I can tell you is plan ahead next time：我能告诉你的就是下次早点来。
【4】It's a vicious cycle：那是个恶性循环。《一分钟英语口语229期》中提到小孩子感冒也是vicious cycle。I got a cold= I caught a cold= I came down with a cold 我感冒了。snot：鼻涕。run at the nose= have a runny nose：流鼻涕。blow one's nose：擤鼻涕。snuffle：抽鼻涕，说话带鼻音。
【5】See how that works? 知道了吧？明白了吧？
【6】piss：[n]小便 [v]撒尿，下大雨。piss off 生气，恼怒。piss oneself：大笑不止，笑破肚皮。pissed：生气的，喝醉的。get pissed at sb：生某人的气。pissy：低劣的，讨人厌的。pistachio: 开心果，阿月浑子树的果实。
