重點講解
1. Susan: Julie, what is Zach doing out there? I thought I told you not to speak to him anymore?
Julie: I'm not! That's why he's throwing gravel at my window.
Susan: I'm going to handle this once and for all.
Gravel: 砂礫 once and for all: 一勞永逸
2. Zach: Mrs Meyer, I'm so sorry. It's just-well, one pebble wasn't working, so I tried a whole handful.
Pebble: 小鵝卵石 handful: 一把
3. Zach: Look, I'll make it up to you.
Susan: (angry) How? Are you going to give me your corneas?
Cornea: 角膜
4. Mary Alice Voiceover: Spring comes every year to wisteria lane. It's the time when flowers start to bloom. When butterflies emerge from their cocoons. When bees begin to search for nectar.
這是段描寫春天的話,動詞搭配上大家應該特別注意。 Emerge: 顯現, 浮現, 暴露, 形成, (由某種狀態)脫出, (事實)顯現出來 cocoon: 繭 nectar: 花蜜
5. Mary Alice Voiceover: Spring is also the time when a young man's fancy turns to obsession.
Obsession: a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling; broadly : compelling motivation迷住, 困擾
6. George: (to Rex) So how's your health?
Rex: Not good, and my cardiologist is an idiot.
Bree: The doctor upped his dosage twice and it's still not helping.
Cardiologist: 心臟病專家 dosage: 劑量