讲 解
【词块】date表示约会,意思是go out with sb romantically,即和恋人或者有可能发展成情侣关系的人出去玩。因为Paige的妈妈和不同的人有约会,所以这里用的是复数go on dates。
act like a child,表现得像小孩一样,当别人说you're acting like a child的时候一般都是比较负面的评价,指你的行为很不成熟、爱耍脾气、以自我为中心。
当你想要招待别人,就可以用这个句式Can I offer you sth?
beverage泛指各种饮料,基本上除了水以外的都属于beverage,比如酒精饮料是alcoholic beverage、热饮是hot beverage,hot beverage包含热茶、热咖啡、热巧克力之类的饮品。Sheldon喜欢在别人心情不好的时候给别人提供热饮,哈哈哈
【语音知识】
beverage/ˈbevrɪdʒ/
连弱读
My mom is going on dates,
and my dad is acting like a child.
It's just hard to care.
Can I offer you a hot beverage?
mom is连读,dad is连读
注意也可以读作My mom's going...和My dad's acting...(dad's末尾是/dz/的音)
and这里有所强调和递进,我妈妈是这样,而我爸爸又是怎样,所以and没有弱读为/ən/,但是末尾d还是失爆了,读作/æn/
just弱读为/dʒəst/,to弱读为/tə/
语调
My mom is going on dates,
and my dad is acting like a child.
It's just hard to care.
Can I offer you a hot beverage?
重读dates,child,hard,beverage
just末尾停顿
mom上扬,dates上扬,dad上扬,child上扬,care下降