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2008-10-01
Rat: Gee, look at all these debates on our dwindling oil supplies and our dwindling water supplies and our dwindling food supplies.
debate: 讨论 dwindle: 逐渐减少 oil: 石油 supply: 供应 food: 食物 water: 水
Rat: I’m no expert but do you suppose it could mean we have… gosh. I don’t know… Maybe…
expert: 专家 suppose: 假设 mean: 意味 gosh: 天哪，哎呀 maybe: 可能
Rat: Too many people!?
Rat: Paid for by the ‘someone better start pointing out the obvious’ committee for a better planet.
pay for: 为……付出代价 obvious: 明显的 committee: 委员会 planet: 行星
point out: 指出，把注意力引向
2008-10-02
Rat: I’m going to be the wealthiest American alive.
wealthiest：【最富有的】 alive：活着的
Goat: How are you going to do that?
Rat: I’m going to find out all I can about the guys who are the wealthiest now.
Goat: And emulate them?
emulate：努力赶上
Rat: Sue them. It’s a big time-saver.
sue：控告 time-saver：节省时间的事物
Goat: Great.
Great：【非常好】
2008-10-03
Goat: What are you doing, rat?
Rat: I’m deciding who I’m gonna sue today.
decide: 决定 gonna：<Ame>将要
Goat: You are making a mockery of our justice system!
make a mockery of: 嘲弄，把……作笑料，糟蹋 mockery：愚弄
justice: 公正，法律制裁 system: 体系
Rat: A mockery?! Sir, I respect and revere our justice system! Give me a minute.
revere: 尊敬, 敬畏, 崇敬
Pig: Should I still spin the “wheel of possible defendants”?
still: 仍然 spin: 使……旋转 wheel: 轮，轮状物 possible: 可能的 defendant: 被告
2008-10-04
Pig: Hey there, rat… What do you think of my new tank top? I bought it to show off my new physique.
tank top: 背心式上衣 physique: 体格
Rat: What new physique?
Pig: I told you. I’m an athlete now. Even the doctor confirmed it.
athlete: 运动员 doctor: 医生 confirm: 确定，证实
Rat: He said you had athlete’s foot.
athlete’s foot: 【脚气，香港脚】
Pig: Hey, if I oil up, will you take my picture?
oil up: 【在身上涂油】
2008-10-05
Bob: Hi, Rat. What do you want?
Rat: Hi, neighbor Bob. I’m suing you.
neighbor: <美>邻居
Bob: Suing me? For what?
sue: 起诉
Rat: Money lots of it.
lots of: 许多
Bob: But on what ground?
ground: 理由
Rat: On the ground I like money.
Bob: But this is absurd.
absurd: 荒谬的
Rat: No, that’s a summons. Absurd would be suing a neighbor’s dog for barking too much and taping the legal pleading to his fur.
summons: 传票 barki: 吠，叫 too much: 过分，太多 tape:录音
legal: 法律的，合法的 pleading: 起诉，答辩 fur: 毛皮
Dog: Arf, arf, arf, arf.
arf: 狗吠声
Bob: Get that off my dog.
get off: 免受处分，使离开
Rat: Lawyer up, Fido
2008-10-06
Rat: What are you watching?
Pig: Anderson Cooper on CNN. I like him. But sometimes the other anchors make him laugh and then I have to…
Pig: Anderson Cooper on CNN. I like him. But sometimes the other anchors make him laugh and then I have to…
CNN: 美国有线新闻网络 anchor: 担任电视节目的主持人
Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh he……
A man’s laugh should not sound like a weasel dying at the gates of hell.
laugh: 笑 sound like: 听起来像 weasel: 黄鼠狼 dying: 垂死的
Pig: Did you say something?
2008-10-07
Zebra: What are you doing, Rat?
Rat: I’m starting a softball team. I want you to play centerfield.
softball: 垒球 team: 组，队 centerfield: 中外野
Zebra: But this whole scene is a ‘Peanuts’ rip-off.
scene: 场景 Peanuts: 花生（史努比）漫画 rip-off: 偷窃
Rat: Hey, can’t other comics play a little ball without being accused of ripping off ‘Peanuts’?
accused of: 指责
Zebra: No.
Rat: Wow, I don’t even wear clothes.
wear: 穿 clothes: 衣服
2008-10-08
Pig: I don’t want to play softball on your team, Rat. I have poor hand-eye coordination and very slow reaction time.
poor: 贫乏的 hand-eye coordination: 【手眼协调】 reaction time: 反映时间
Rat: I know that. You dumb pig. That’s why I’m putting you at this position.
dumb: 愚蠢的 position: 位置
Rat: Gosh, maybe third base isn’t right for you.
third: 第三 base: 垒 right: 合适
Pig: Oh, my oompa loompa
2008-10-09
Pig: What are you doing, Zebra?
Zebra: Calling my credit card company. Some fraud apparently got ahold of my credit card number and has been using it to rack up huge bar bills around town.
credit card: 信用卡 fraud: 骗子，冒名顶替者 apparently: 显然,似乎
get ahold of: 控制，掌握 rack up: 累积 bill: 账单
Pig: How do you know they’re not your charges?
charge: 费用
Zebra: Because I don’t around to bars every night trying to drink away my problems…I mean, who does that?
Cat: Meeeoowwww
2008-10-10
Rat: I’m putting a softball team and I want you to play catcher.
catcher: 接球手
Goat: Since when did you take an interest in sports?
take an interest in：对……感兴趣 sports: 运动
Rat: Since I found out guys bet a lot of cash on these stupid games. We’re gonna line up some patsies and really clean up.
bet: 打赌 cash: 现金 find out: 发现
Goat: Where you gonna find a team that knows less about softball than us?
less: 较少的
Crocodile: You no wear cup on chin, Floyd.
Chin: 下巴
2008-10-11
Rat: Ok, guys, we have our first warm-up game on Tuesday.
warm-up game: 热身赛
Pig: Against who?
against: 对抗
Rat: Someone we should be able to beat.
beat: 击败
Goat: Who’s that?
Phil: It’s a simple grounder, Ron.
simple: 简单的 grounder: 滚地球
Ron: I’m a blind mole, Phil.
blind: 瞎的 mole: 田鼠
2008-10-12
Pig: I saw a documentary last night on these navy guys who work on submarines.
Documentary：纪录片 navy：海军 work on：致力于 submarine：潜艇
Goat: Oh yeah?
Pig: Yeah, it was amazing when the sub surfaced. They got out and stood on top of it.
Amazing：令人震惊的 sub：submarine，潜水艇 surfaced：成平面的 got out：离去
Stand：站立 on top of：在……上方
Goat: Why was that amazing?
Pig: Because the poor little sub was rocking back and forth and these guys just stood on top of it with their hands behind their back, so balanced, so controlled.
Pig: Because the poor little sub was rocking back and forth and these guys just stood on top of it with their hands behind their back, so balanced, so controlled.
Rock：摇摆 back and forth：来回地 hand：手 balanced：平衡的 controlled：受控制的
Goat: You could probably do that same stance. Here stand up here like they do and I’ll rock you back and forth.
Probably：大概，或许，可能 that same：一样 stance：站姿 stand up：站起
Pig: Well, Gee. Do you really think I could
Gee: There you go, Pig! You’re doing it! You’re doing it!
Officer: Excuse me, but can I ask what’s going on here?
go on：发生
Pig: Hi, officer! Look at me! I have a controlled sub stance!
Controlled：受约束的
Pig: Sigh.
Sigh：叹息
2008-10-13
Rat: Ok, guys. I’ve almost got the team together, but we still need a couple more pieces.
Pig: How about my Viking figurines?
Couple：几个，一些 piece：部分
Rat: Vikings, huh? I like that. Vikings kill. Vikings pillage. They could send a real message.
Viking：北欧海盗 kill：破坏 pillage：抢掠 message：信息
What would they like to do?
Men: Push them back! Push them back!Way back!
Push back：使撤回
2008-10-14
Rat: Ok, guys. When you’re on the bench during a game. I don’t want you just sitting here. I want you doing something that makes you look tough. I suggest chewing tobacco.
Bench：长凳 during：在……期间 tough：强横的 suggest：建议 chewing tobacco：嚼烟
Gee: Forget it. That causes cancer.
Cause：引起 cancer：癌症
Rat: Alright, fine. Then pick something else.
Pick：挑选
Pig: Like this?
Rat: No.
Pig: Oh.
2008-10-15
Pig: Who’s that in the outfield?
Outfield：外场
Rat: Your old friend, Toby the agoraphobic turtle. I recruited him.
Agoraphobic：广场恐怖症患者 turtle：乌龟 recruit：招募
Pig: How can a turtle who just hides in his shell drinking beer from a beer funnel possibly play baseball?
Hide：藏 shell：外壳 beer：啤酒 funnel：漏斗 baseball：棒球
2008-10-16
Zebra: So how did you ever get the crocs to play baseball against us?
Rat: By putting a bet on it. I stand to win five hundred bucks if we win.
Buck：<美>=dollar，美元
Zebra: Yeah, but the corcs don’t care about money… They’d only play if by winning they could get me, prefebably tied to a barbecue grill.
Money：钱 care about：对……感兴趣 preferably：更适宜 barbecue：烧烤野餐 grill：烧烤
Zebra: Friends don’t bet friends’ lives.
Rat: Hey, death can be a real motivator.
Death：死亡 motivator：激起行为的人或事物
2008-10-17
Zebra: I can’t believe you bet my life on this game!
Rat: Dude, relax… Sure the crocs want to win so they can eat you. But the fact is, they can’t field. They can’t hit. And they can’t run.
Sure：当然 fact：事实 field：【棒球、板球等】按(或截)(球) hit：击中 run：跑
Rat: Of course, it’s always hard to account for heart.
account for：解释……原因
2008-10-18
Time out!
Time out：时间到了
Gee: Rat… You beaned that guy in the head.
Bean：打击
Rat: I know I was sending a message.
Gee: But he’s the eighth straight guy you’ve beaned in the head.
Eighth：第八 straight：[美国英语]严守原则的
Rat: I tend to be wordy.
tend to：趋向 wordy：多言的，唠叨的
2008-10-19
Pig: I got a job.
Job：工作
Rat: where?
Pig: The Sisyfuss Corporation: where people come first.
Pig: The Sisyfuss Corporation: where people come first.
Corporation：公司
Rat: What do you do?
Pig: I sit in an unheated, windowless basement for eight hours a day and staple the blue from to the red form.
Unheated：不供热的 basement：地下室 hour：小时 staple：用订书机钉住
from：表格
Rat: Then what?
Pig: Then in forty-five years, I retire!
Retire：退休
Pig: Let’s resort to a life of crime.
resort to：诉诸于 crime：罪行，犯罪
2008-10-20
Pig: Hey! Zebra hit one deep!
Deep：强烈地
Gee: Yeah! Wait, wait, wait… The croc centerfielder is under it…
Centerfielder：中外野手
Pig: What hanppened?
Gee: The centerfielder blew up.
blow up：爆炸
Pig: Please stop mining centerfield.
mine: 布雷，采矿
2008-10-21
Rat: Ok, guys. It’s clear none of you can hit. So I’ve recruited an old friend. A big, fat guy who can crowd the plate and get beanded in the face.
Crowd：塞满 plate：本垒板 in the face：面对
Gee: You can’t do that to someone they’ll get hurt.
hurt.：受伤
Rat: Not this guy.
Gee: How do you know?
2008-10-22
Rat: Ok, Pastis. Yesterday you brought back the whale character, but hundreds of readers have pointed out he died in the May 13, 2006 strip. See, it’s right here in your ‘Crass Menagerie’ Book. So you better come up with a credible explanation and fast.
Yesterday：昨天 whale：鲸鱼 character,：角色 point out：指出 come up with：想出，提出 credible：可信的 explanation：解释
Pastis: He un-died.
Rat: I really, really miss Bill Watterson.
Miss：想念
2008-10-23
Rat: Okay, guys. Bad news. I had to kick the whale off the team because technically, he’s dead.
technically：技术上
Zebra: But you said we needed someone who’s pudgy enough to crowd the plate and get beaned!
Pudgy：矮胖的 enough：足够地
Pig: Oh, please, not me. I’m tired of getting hit in the oompa loompas!
Rat: Relax, spaz boys. I’ve found someone.
Spaz：<俚语>笨家伙
Zebra: Really? Who did you get?
2008-10-24
Pig: The crocs hit one deep! If we catch it , we win! If it’s gone, we lose!
Zebra: I’m gonna die!
Gonna：将要
Pig: Catch it, Toby the agoraphobic turtle, catch it!
Agoraphobic：广场恐怖的
Zebra: No, he’s passed out! We have no centerfielder! I’m dead! I’m dead! Someone save me.
pass out：失去知觉 save：拯救
2008-10-25
Rat: Well, Zebra. I’m afraid I have some bad news.
Afraid：遗憾的，抱歉的
Zebra: Worse than the fact you risked my life on a baseball game?
Worse：更坏的 risk：冒...的危险
Rat: I’m afraid so. After placing five hundred bucks on us to win, I bet five thousand on us to lose.
to lose：败
Zebra: You what?
Rat: Sorry, my bookie gave me great odds.
Bookie：bookmaker，赌注登记经纪人
Zebra: Bookie? What kind of bookie takes a bet where a guy’s life is on the line?
on the line：冒极大的险
Cat: Meow.
Meow：猫叫声
2008-10-26
Rat: Yo, Zeebs, what are you doing?
Zebra: Fixing some old vinyl records I have…
Vinyl records: 黑胶唱片
Rat: Fixing how?
Zebra: Oh, I heard if you rub ‘Vicks Vaporub’ on the record and let it sit overnight. You can get rid of some of the scratches.
Rub：摩擦 overnight：整夜 scratch：抓伤
Rat: Really?
Zebra: Yeah, but who knows? I’ll tell you, though. This is a ton of work. If you could help me a little, I’ll pay you.
Though：尽管 a ton of：大量 pay：付款
Rat: How many do I have to do?
Zebra: Right now, I just want to do my old baroque albums. They’re the most scratched. We can put Vickson the other ones later.
Right now：现在 baroque：巴罗克风格的 album：唱片集 scratched：东平西凑的
Rat: Oh, good. So I don’t have to do any of these jazz ones?
Jazz：爵士乐
Zebra: No, no. If it isn’t baroque. Don’t vicks it.
Comic strip character for hire. Will work for strip that doesn’t produce great shame.
produce ：产生 Shame：羞愧
2008-10-27
Rat: What are you doing, Pig?
Pig: Chin-up bar until everyone in the world learns to love each other.
Chin-up：引体向上 learn：学会 each other：互相，彼此
Rat: You dumb pig, if you hang there long enough, your arms are gonna stretch out.
Hang：悬挂 arm：手臂 stretch out：伸长
Pig: Oh,I’m not worried about that. I know that with the way things are going people will see they have no choice but to start loving each other.
Choice：选择
Pig: Sign.
2008-10-28
Pig: Hey, goat… I’d like you to meet Fred the fennec fox. A fennec fox has such sharp hearing it can hear the sound of insects walking underground.
fennec fox：一种非洲产的大耳小狐 hear：听见 insect：昆虫 underground：在地下
Zebra: Wow, is that true, Fred?
Fred: Whuh?
Pig: His listening is a bit selective.
Selective：选择性的
2008-10-29
Pig: Hey, Rat. What’s with the sign?
Sign：标志
Rat: It’s my self-affirmation poster. It reminds me where I’m going in life.
self-affirmation：自我肯定 remind：使想起
Rat: Gravitating toward greatness.
Gravitate toward：倾向于 greatness：伟人
Pig: Oh, I want one. Like ‘Pig: striving for super-ness’.
Strivie for：奋斗，争取
Rat: No, no, no. Dude, your affirmation quote has to be realistic. Something you can actually achieve. Here, try this one.
Affirmation：主张 quote：引用 realistic：实际的 achieve：成功
Pig: Leaning toward loserville.
Toward：向 Loserville：失败者
2008-10-30
Croc A: Ok, Zebra neighbor, Bob here spend day at city offices. He make ‘connections’! Now crocs snap fingers… Zebra disappear!
Spend:度过 office：办公室 connections：关系 snap：使噼啪作响 disappear：消失
Bob: Oh? What kind of connections did you make?
Croc B: I got library card.
library card：借书证
Croc A: Sometimes I wish Bob disappear.
2008-10-31
Pig: What’s that book about, rat?
Rat: Cryogenics, it’s this process where they freeze dead guys so they can defrost them later and bring them back to life.
Cryogenics：低温学 process：进程，工序 freeze：结冰 defrost：解冻 later：后来
Bring back to life：恢复
Pig: And that works?
Rat: Yep.
Yep：是
Pig: Arise.
词汇解析：Bearbear 校对：弹珠
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