2000-09-01
Crowl: 拟声词
“His body clock runs a half hour fast.”
body clock: 生物钟 clock: 钟 a half hour: 半小时 half: 半个的 run: 运转 fast: 快
2000-09-02
“The checkered flag means he’s finished eating.”
checkered flag: 格子旗 checkered: 方格式的 flag: 旗 mean: 意味着 finish: 完成 eating: 吃
2000-09-03
Sunday with Heathcliff:【与希斯猫一起过周日】
Ride the Rickety Rocket
The Rickety Rocket:【摇摇晃晃的火箭】 rickety: 摇摇晃晃的
Grandpa and grandma: gulp.
gulp: 吞咽
Heathcliff: sigh.
sigh: 叹息
Haunted House:【鬼屋】 haunted: 闹鬼的
Heathcliff: Hmph.
hmph: 【一种声音】
Heathcliff: Yawn.
yawn: 打哈欠
Grandma: Ok, ok ,ok ,that’s enough.
That’s enough:【够了】 enough: 足够的
Grandma: We’ve had our fill of excitement.
fill: 充分, 足够 excitement: 兴奋
Grandma: We’re not kids anymore, dear.
kid: 小孩 (not) anymore: 不再 dear: 亲爱的
Grandma: Hair-raising rides.
hair-raising: 令人毛骨悚然的 ride: 乘坐
Grandma: Nerve-racking rollercoasters
Nerve-racking: 伤脑筋的, 极使人不安的 rollercoaster: 过山车
Grandma: …nothing frightens them.
nothing: 没什么 frighten: 使惊吓
Back to School Sale:【开学特卖】 back to: 回到 sale: 廉价销售
Kitty Korner!
Will Thompson of Baltimore says his cat ‘Dimitri’ is a mechanical wizard.
Baltimore: 巴尔的摩 mechanical wizard:【机械高手】 mechanical: 机械的 wizard: 高手, 奇才
The other day Will went out the screen door
the other day: 前几天 other: 另一个的 go out: 外出 screen door: 纱门, 网格门 screen: (门、窗等防避蚊虫的)网
and Dimitri locked him out!
lock out: 把…关在外面 lock: 锁上
Click
click: 咔哒声
2000-09-04
“You shouldn’t have started petting him.”
shouldn’t: 不应该 start: 开始 pet: 爱抚
2000-09-05
Vet: 兽医
“Instead of a diet, I’m issuing a restraining order for his stomach.”
instead (of): 代替 diet: 食谱 issue: 颁布 restraining order: 禁令 restraining: 阻止
order: 命令 stomach: 胃
2000-09-06
“Sometimes he wakes up with ‘bed head.’”
sometimes: 有时 wake up: 醒来 wake: 醒 bed head: 床头【早上起床后蓬头垢面】
2000-09-07
Heathcliff Exterminators
exterminator: 消灭者(尤指以消灭老鼠、蟑螂等害虫为业的人)
“We’re all done, he just has to read them their rights.”
done: 完成了 just: 只是 have to: 不得不 read: 读…给某人听 right: 权利
2000-09-08
“Another reality show bites the dust.”
another: 另一个 reality show: 社会传真节目 reality: 实际存在的事物 show: 节目 bite the dust: 失败, 被摧毁 bite: 咬 dust: 灰尘
2000-09-09
“You don’t have to pay the meter on Saturday.”
not have to: 不必 pay: 支付 meter: 汽车停放收费计 Saturday: 星期六
2000-09-10
Sunday with Heathcliff:【与希斯猫一起过周日】
(oooh)
oooh: 嗯
(ahhh)
ahhh: 啊
(clap clap clap)
clap: 鼓掌
boy: He really nailed the dismount.
nailed: 固定 dismount: 跳下动作
Kitty Korner!
Dot Leddy of Jackson, N.J.,
N.J.=New Jersey: 新泽西州
says her cat ‘Maddie’ is a creature of habit.
a creature of habit:【生活极有规律的人】 creature: 动物 habit: 习惯
When Dot’s husband threw out their old recliner…
throw out: 扔掉 throw: 扔 recliner: 卧椅
Dot peeked out to see Maddie laying on it.
peek out: 向外偷看 peek: 窥视 lay: 躺
Dot knew that the recliner had to stay.
stay: 留下来
2000-09-11
Ice cream: 冰激凌
50 Flavors
flavor: 味道
“He can’t decide without consulting his team of lawyers.”
decide: 决定 without: 没有 consult: 咨询 team: 团队 lawyer: 律师
2000-09-12
Barfo Dog Food Inc.
dog food: 狗粮 inc.=incorporated: 有限公司
“Can’t you find some other axe to grind?!”
other: 其他的 an axe to grind: 自私企图, 个人打算 axe: 斧头 grind: 磨制
2000-09-13
“I think I’ve seen this in the Olympics-greco-roman cat bathing.”
Olympics: 奥运会 greco-roman: 古典式摔跤 bathing: 洗澡
2000-09-14
Pest Control: 病虫害防治 pest: 害虫 control: 控制
“My cat hates the vacuum, too!”
hate: 讨厌 vacuum: 真空吸尘器
2000-09-15
“We can expect an attempt at staying home from school tomorrow.”
expect: 预计…可能发生 attempt (at): 企图 stay home from school:【呆在家里逃学】 stay: 停留(于某处) tomorrow: 明天
2000-09-16
“He still hasn’t had one baby tooth knocked out.”
still: 还 baby tooth: 乳齿 tooth: 牙 knock out: 打落 knock: 打掉
2000-09-17
Sunday with Heathcliff:【与希斯猫一起过周日】
Grandpa: this is driving me crazy!
drive crazy: 使某人发疯 drive: 驱使 crazy: 疯狂的
Grandpa: Gah!
gah: [表示不耐烦或恼怒]嗨
Grandpa: Where is it?
Grandpa: It’s got to be around here somewhere!
have got to=have to: 必须 around here: 在这附近 around: 在附近 somewhere: 某个地方
Boy: Grandpa!
Boy: Here it is!
Here it is: 在这里
Boy: We found it!
found: find的过去式, 发现
Boy:....the credit card you lost.
credit card: 信用卡 lose: 遗失
Kitty Korner!
Karen King of Philadelphia, Ca.,
Ca.=California: 加利福尼亚州
says her cat ‘Lolly’ has taken to sitting on the fence…
take to: 喜欢 fence: 栅栏
Mainly to play with the whirligig.
mainly: 主要地 play with: 玩弄 whirligig: 旋转玩具
2000-09-18
“Sometimes I forget that every cat doesn’t have a parole officer.”
sometimes: 有时 forget: 忘记 parole officer.: 假释官 parole: 假释 officer: 官员
2000-09-19
“Sonja’s thinking of becoming a beautician.”
think of: 考虑, 打算 think: 打算 become: 成为 beautician: 美容师
2000-09-20
Candy: 糖果
Pets: 宠物
“Sorry, I’m all out of gum.”
all out (of): 全卖光了 gum: 口香糖
2000-09-21
City Pound:【市动物收容所】 pound: 动物收容所
“He’s armed with a rolled up newspaper.”
be armed with: 用…武装起来 arm: 用武器武装 rolled up: 卷成卷的 roll: 卷
newspaper: 报纸
2000-09-22
“Iggy missed the school bus, again.”
miss: 错过 school bus: 校车 again: 再次
2000-09-23
Post Office: 邮局 post: 邮政 office: 局
U.S. Mail: 美国邮政 mail: 邮政
Wanted Pops Heathcliff
wanted: 被通缉
“He’s got his father’s beady little eyes.”
has got=have beady: 圆小晶亮如珠的 little: 小的
2000-09-24
Sunday with Heathcliff:【与希斯猫一起过周日】
Boy A: Looks like heathcliff has a visitor.
look like: 像 visitor: 访客
Boy A: He’s been betting on the ponies again.
bet (on): 在...上下赌注 pony: 小马 again: 又, 再次
Boy A: Now it’s time to pay up!
It’s time to: 是…的时候了 pay up: 偿还欠款
Boy A: Whoops!
whoops: 哎呀(表示惊讶)
Boy A: Yikes!
yikes: 呀
Boy A: Uh—oh!
Uh—oh: 哎呀, 糟糕
Boy B: What happens now? Cement shoes?
happen: 发生 cement shoe: 胶粘鞋 cement: 胶水
Boy A: No, he’s lucky
lucky: 幸运的
Boy A: … his bookie has a moth collection.
bookie: 赌马业者 moth: 蛾 collection: 收集品
Kitty Korner!
Al Sutton of Norwalk, Ct.,
Ct.=Connecticut: 康涅狄格州
says his cat ‘Phil’ has a new friend…
Al’s new bird ‘Sissy’ likes to fly around…
fly around: 飞来飞去 around: 到处
occasionally landing on Phil’s back.
occasionally: 偶尔(地), 不时 land on: 落在 land: 降落 back: 后背
2000-09-25
Pest Control: 病虫害防治 pest: 害虫 control: 控制
Bodybuilding Championship
bodybuilding: 健身运动 championship: 锦标赛
“You really have to get them before they’re oiled.”
really: 确实 have to: 必须 before: 在…之前 oiled: 涂油的
2000-09-26
“That’s the end of the first course.”
end: 结束 course: 一道菜
2000-09-27
Seafood le Posh:【海鲜乐辣妹】 seafood: 海鲜 posh: 第一流的
Choose Your Lobster
choose: 选择 lobster: 龙虾
“One of them will draw the short straw.”
draw: 抽(签) straw: 吸管
2000-09-28
“What’s he done this time?”
this time: 这次
2000-09-29
Mario’s Pizza
pizza: 匹萨
“That’s right, if it’s not there in thirty seconds, your pizza is free.”
That’s right: 没错 in: 在…之内 thirty: 三十 second: 秒 free: 免费的
2000-09-30
Beware of Dog:【谨防恶狗】 beware (of): 提防, 小心
“I think they call that ‘multi-tasking’.”
think: 认为 call: 称为 multi-tasking: 多任务化, 多重任务同时处理功能
词汇解析:Vicky 校对:Anne


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