看美剧学英语：How to Be "Casual"? (Part 2)

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How I Met Your Mother 第一季第二集 节选

Previously on How I Met Your Mother S01E02：Ted threw a party for Robin, but she didn’t show up. He was visibly disappointed.

Scene 1：After the First Party

Lily: At least it was a great party.

Marshall: I ate like four whole cans of dip.

“answer the phone”,“get the phone”：接电话。

例：Vel, can you get the phone, please—I’m making dinner. （Vel，你能去接下电话吗？我正在做饭呢。）

Ted: I guess you never showed up, did you?

Robin: No, I got stuck at work. But they finally got the kid out of the crane machine.

解析：

<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->never是否定意义的词，所以它的反义疑问句用“did you”。

<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->get stuck at work 工作脱不开身

  We would have been here sooner, but we were stuck in the traffic. 交通拥堵

<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->crane machine：可以指起重机，这里指游乐场的这种夹娃娃机器。

-Did he get to keep the purple giraffe?

-Yes. They let him keep all the toys. He was in there a long time and little kids have small bladders.

解析：

（1）get to: to have permission or an opportunity to do something that you want to do （被允许/有机会得到）

例：Tom gets to go to Disneyland this summer. （今年夏天Tom得以去迪斯尼乐园玩。）

<!--[if !supportLists]-->（2）<!--[endif]-->Little kids have small bladders. 小孩膀胱小（意思就是他尿裤子了。）

In order to invite Robin casually again, Ted decides to throw a second party.

It’s a two-day party, 'cause that’s just how we roll.

Scene 2：After the Second Party

And Robin missed the party again. Why?