看剧学英语|《生活大爆炸》前传《小谢尔顿》S1E1之9岁男孩的高中生活

　　看剧学英语|《生活大爆炸》前传《小谢尔顿》S1E1之9岁男孩的高中生活

　　【剧情介绍】

　　九岁的小谢尔顿（伊恩·阿米蒂奇饰）直接跳级高中，此时年纪尚幼的他虽然在功课上游刃有余，但在生活阅历和情商比起这些高中生还差了很多，除了看不惯同学们的奇装异服还各种挑剔老师在教学中出现的错误，闹得几个老师都觉得课上不下去。此时身为父亲的乔治，只能提前告诉他成人世界的道理，他深知虽然儿子是对的，但这个世界并不是人人都会遵守规则，也不是事事都会如人愿。

　　（资料源于百度百科）

　　01

　　backup

　　[ˈbækʌp]

　　N-VAR （物资、人员等的）支持，辅助 Backup consists of extra equipment, resources, or people that you can get help or support from if necessary.

　　【例句】There is no emergency back-up immediately available...

　　手头无法获得应急支持。

　　N-VAR 备用品；后备计划

　　If you have something such as a second piece of equipment or set of plans as backup, you have arranged for them to be available for use in case the first one does not work.

　　【例句】Every part of the system has a backup...

　　系统的每个部分都有备用元件。

　　02

　　assault

　　[əˈsɔːlt]

　　N-COUNT 猛攻;强攻 An assault by an army is a strong attack made on an area held by the enemy.

　　【例句】The rebels are poised for a new assault on the government garrisons...

　　叛军准备好要对政府驻军发起新一轮的猛攻。

　　VERB 袭击；殴打 To assault someone means to physically attack them.

　　【例句】The gang assaulted him with iron bars...

　　这伙人用铁棍殴打他。

　　N-VAR 人身攻击；殴打；（身体）侵犯 An assault on a person is a physical attack on them.

　　【例句】The attack is one of a series of savage sexual assaults on women in the university area...

　　这次袭击是在大学校园内发生的一系列针对女性的野蛮性侵犯事件中的一起。

　　03

　　retaliate

　　[rɪˈtælieɪt]

　　VERB 报复;反击 If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return.

　　【例句】I was sorely tempted to retaliate...

　　我非常想报复。

　　retaliation

　　【例句】Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker.

　　警察说他们认为这次袭击是针对那个毒犯的死实施的报复。

　　04

　　rat

　　[ræt]

　　N-COUNT 卑劣的人；不忠实的人；小人 If you call someone a rat, you mean that you are angry with them or dislike them, often because they have cheated you or betrayed you.

　　【例句】What did you do with the gun you took from that little rat Turner?

　　你是怎么处理从那个叫特纳的小叛徒手里得到的枪的？

　　VERB 告密;出卖 If someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about things that you have done, especially bad things.

　　【例句】They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.

　　他们被指控唆使儿童告发自己的父母。

　　rat on sb

　　(informal) 泄露秘密；告密 to tell sb in authority about sth wrong that sb else has done

　　【例句】Where I come from, you don't rat on your friends.

　　在我的老家，谁都不出卖朋友。

　　rat on sth

　　(BrE, informal) 背弃做某事的诺言 to not do sth that you have agreed or promised to do

　　同义词： renege

　　【例句】The government is accused of ratting on its promises to the unemployed.

　　政府被指责对失业者背信弃义。

　　smell a rat

　　(informal) 怀疑事情不妙；感觉情况不对 to suspect that sth is wrong about a situation