「法国慢活族」Emily in Paris | 40天无字幕刷美剧Day22

背景音乐：《Summer in Paris》— Oliver Charles Horton

Mindy: I choked in front of billions of people. Not millions, billions. And when they found out who my father was, I became a meme.

-我在十多亿观众面前怯场了。不是几百万人，是十多亿人。后来有人发现我父亲的身份，于是我成了表情包。

I choked~in front~of billions~of people.

◆ choked~in front~of[ʧoʊkt ɪn frʌnt əv]

◆ billions~of[ˈbɪljənz əv]

And when they found~out who my father was, I became~a meme.

◆ found~out[faʊnd aʊt]

◆ became~a meme [bɪˈkeɪm ə miːm]

● “（尤指感情激动、紧张而）说不出话来”：choke

可破解“怯场”

His voice was choking with rage.

他气得声音哽咽。

● “数以十亿计”，“大量”：billions of

The company has lost billions of dollars.

公司损失了几十亿美元。

● “表情包”，“段子”，“梗”：meme

原指“模因”，“模仿传递行为”

来做自己的表情包吧。

Mindy: I figured that if I was going to try the singing thing again, I might as well do it here, where no one knows me.

-我心想如果我还想再尝试唱歌，那就干脆待在巴黎，毕竟没人认识我。

I figured that if~I was going to try the singing thing again...

◆ if~I [ɪf aɪ]

...I might~as well do~it here, where no one knows me.

◆ might~as well [maɪt əz wel]

◆ do~it here [duː ɪt hɪr]

●“做...倒也无妨”：might (just) as well do sth

If no one else wants it, we might as well give it to him.

如果没人要这个，我们不妨给他吧。

Mindy: There are people.

-这里到处都是人。

-那又如何？随便选一首歌唱吧，我又不会批判你。

There~are people.

◆ there~are people [ðer ər ˈpiːpl]

Just pick~any song that you want.

◆ pick~any song [pɪk ˈeni sɔːŋ]

● “选择”，“挑选”：pick

Pick a number from one to twenty.

从一到二十里选一个数。

● “评价”，“（尤指）批评”，“指责”：judge

What gives you the right to judge other people?

你有什么权利对别人评头论足？