Modern Family 第一季第一集 笔记

单词（所有单词意思只取该语境中意思，名词建议配合图片记忆）

• banister: 楼梯的栏杆
• penalty: n.体育运动中罚球的意思
• surrogate： 代孕妈妈
• orphanage: 孤儿院
• creed： 宗教信仰
• Excalibur： 亚瑟王的神剑【关于亚瑟王的典故，Arthur拨出石块中的神剑to proved his right to rule，Phil拨出Luke的头，所以说了这么句话】
• camcorder: 便携摄像机
• blowup： n.吵架，发怒
• maternal： adj. 母性的
• primal： adj. 原始的
• retain： vt. 保存，保持
• nutrient： n. 养分
• reassuring adj. If you find someone's words or actions reassuring, they make you feel less worried about something.
• avoidance： n.逃避、躲开的行为
• confrontation： n.对抗
• ripped jeans： 破洞牛仔裤，搜图片更容易理解
• spit: n.口水 v.吐出

• pretzel： n.椒盐卷饼

  
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• frosting: n.糖霜，蛋糕上的奶油
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• coin-op: short for "coin-operated."投币机器，比如90年代投币游戏机。coin-op car wash: 自主洗车店。
• multicolored： adj.五颜六色的
• bejeweled： adj.钻石小帽
• uptight: [informal] Someone who is uptight is tense, nervous, or annoyed about something and so is difficult to be with.
• chillax: 'chill out'和'relax'的组合词

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way too

【口语】实在是，太...
例：It's way too short

take it down a notch

【from urban dictionary】instruction to an individual to regulate his or her level of enthusiasm.

可以理解为"不要太过了” 、“稍微低调点"。

tell off

【口语】（因为某人的行为或做的事而进行）责骂
Synonyms: brush down
例：It was about time that someone told him off.

cream puff

泡芙
Informal.a weak or timid person; sissy.娘娘腔，同性恋

tore away

tear away 迫使...离开

Gloomy goose

a sad person

hair goo

发胶

better off

without someone or something, you or your life will be better

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喜欢的语句：

Love knows no race, creed or gender.

最后送上Manny写的诗：

"We're from different worlds, yet we somehow fit together.
Love is what binds us,
through fair or stormy weather.
I stand before you now with only one agenda...
To let you know my heart is yours."