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133 Smile, Everybady!

"When you're smiling,the whole world smiles with you." These are the words taken from an old song. These
words must have given Tomoji Kondo a bright idea. He started smiling classes. Now, they're all over Japan.
People from all walks of life, aged 20 to 83, attend these classes.
As you enter the class, you must shout out, "Konbanwa!"(Good evening!) as loudly and cheerfully as
possible. Then you're supposed to make direct eye contact and smile as you shake hands with your classmates.
No bowing is necessary. Laughing is not allowed, either. According to Kondo, smiling immediately makes you
fell better. Sound like a good idea? Why not give it a try?

加油啊 查莉 快嘘嘘 Come on, Charlie. Go tinkle-winkle.
快给妈妈拉便便 Make the poo-poo for the mama.
不拉吗 No no?
好吧 咱商量下... All right, I'll tell you what...
小便给五块 大便给十块 Five bucks for a number one, 10 bucks for a number two.
成不 All right?
嘿 请问 你们要干吗 Uh uh uh, excuse me, what are you doing?
玩电子游戏啊 这就是像我这么大的孩子 Playing a video game. That's how kids.
应该有的娱乐方式 From our generation entertain themselves.
查莉正在看她最喜欢的节目呢 Charlie is watching her favorite show.
这是唯一能让她坐在小马桶上的办法 It's the only way we can get her to sit on the potty.
难道查莉看“咯咯笑” Charlie has to watch "the gurgles"
就是为了解决内急 In order to do her business?
没错 “咯咯笑”对查莉的确有帮助 Yes, "the gurgles" help Charlie.
而体育专栏也同样帮助着你们的老爸 The same way that the sports section helps your dad.
看这一群废物... Look at this garbage...
又唱又跳色彩鲜艳的二维图形 Brightly colored singing and dancing shapes.
你哥俩能上楼呆着去吗 Would you guys just go upstairs?
如果明天前 查莉还不会自己上厕所 If she isn't potty-trained by tomorrow,
那她就进不去好的幼儿园了 she won't get into the good preschool.
-别这样 -那我们就要在楼下把游戏机拆了 -Come on! -But then we're gonna have to unhook the game system.
然后再到楼上给安装好 Down here and rehook it up there.
我们已经费劲的走下来了 We already walked all the way down here.
难道我们还应该费劲的走上去吗 Are we supposed to rewalk all the way up there?
其实 如果我们的房间里有台电视 You know, we wouldn't have this problem
这事就不会发生了 if we had a tv in our room.
好了 我再不厌其烦的跟你们说一遍 Okay, for the millionth time,
想要电视 没门 I am not buying a tv for your room.
好吧 我们撤 PJ Fine. Let's go, P.J.
别急 Ooh, hold on.
圆圈圈和方块块正在为一颗葡萄而大打出手 The circle and the square are fighting over a grape.
我想看看结果会是如何 I want to see how this turns out.
生活搞得一团糟 Today's all burnt toast
就要迟到 爸爸在叫 Running late, and dad jokes
我左脚的鞋子有没有人看到 Has anybody seen my left shoe
我闭上眼 咬口早餐 I close my eyes, take a bite
跳上车子 放声大笑 Grab a ride, laugh out loud
哎呀 老爸 鞋子就在房顶上 There it is up on the roof
我也曾这样生活 我已经顺利走过 I've been there, I've survived
所以听取我的建议 So just take my advice
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby
世界有很多疯狂无奈 Things are crazy
可是我知道你会有美好将来 But I know your future's bright
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby
不要怀疑 There's no maybe
一切终会如你所愿 Everything turns out all right
生活有悲有喜 Your life is up and down
但是请相信我 坚持就有好结果 But trust me it comes back around
你会喜欢将来的你 You're gonna love who you turn out to be
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby.
查莉成长日记 第二季第三集 Good Luck Charlie S02E03 Let's Potty
嘿 Hey.
嘿嘿 Hey hey.
好啊 邓肯叔 Hey, Mr. Duncan.
好啊 艾薇 你在这过夜 Hey, Ivy. You spending the night?
是啊 俺们家屋子被烟熏了 Yeah, our house is being fumigated.
噢 Oh.
我猜你父母不知道 I guess your parents didn't know.
我除了是灭虫能手 That my company Bob's bugs be gone.
还是除烟高手 Also does fumigations.
不 他们知道 No, they knew that.
噢 是吗 也许 Oh, well, you know,
他们不知道我可以 It's too bad they didn't call.
提供跳楼价去帮你们 I could have given them a big discount.
他们也知道 They knew that too.
噢 Oh.
好吧 Okay.
没什么大不了的 No biggie.
今天是不是吃错药了 What was that about?
谁知道啊 Who knows?
也许是你那句“好啊 邓肯叔”惹到他了 It's your fault for saying, "hey, Mr. Duncan."
准备好迎接一条特大新闻了吗 So are you ready for the big news?
时刻准备着 Always.
好吧 Here goes.
-有个帅哥 -有个帅哥 -There's a guy. -There's a guy?
-有个帅哥 -有个帅哥 -There's a guy. -There's a guy?!
有个帅哥 There's a guy!
-跳段嘻唰唰 -好的 -Super happy dance. -Okay.
嘻唰唰 嘻唰唰 super super
嘻唰唰 happy dance.
嘻唰唰 Happy!
帅哥到底是谁啊 So who is he?
他是咱们政治课新转来的 叫雷蒙德 He's that new guy in our government class... Raymond.
噢 他太可爱了 Oh, he's cute.
等下 你是什么时候和他聊上的 Wait, so when did you start talking to him?
其实 俺们并没聊过 Well, we haven't actually talked yet.
俺们通过QQ来聊天 We've been iming. That led to texting.
今晚他想直接进入到视频聊天环节 Tonight he wants to step it all the way up to video chat.
俺还不知道俺是否准备好了呢 I don't know if I'm ready.
好了 一定要把你迷人的一面展现在视频聊天中 All right, let's get you all cutied up for your video chat.
打扰下 如果那些虫子卷土重来了... Um, if the bugs come back...
我是说 当那些虫子卷土重来时 I mean, when the bugs come back,
一定要给我打电话 This is my card.
算你走运 我会再给你拿张优惠卷 You know what? I'm gonna get you a coupon.
等我拿给你 You wait right there.
机会来了 快溜 快 快 Now's our chance. Go go go go!
好了 大功告成了 All right, there we go.
全新改良的 Brand new. Brand new.
看 快看看 Look. Look at that.
现在...呱呱呱... Now... quack quack quack...
等你长大了 When you're a big girl,
这里就是你便便的地方 This is where you're gonna go potty.
只要记住把马桶圈放下来 Now just make sure the toilet seat is down.
保证你不会掉进去 So you don't fall in.
很有希望 你只会犯一次这样的错误 And hopefully you'll only make that mistake once...
除非你是PJ Well, unless you're P.J.
在这里跌倒过很多次了 And then it's many many times.
知道吗 You know,
我要告诉你一个小秘密 I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.
有时我来这里 Sometimes I come up here
并不是想上厕所 I don't even have to go.
只是想来这里放松下 Sometimes daddy just needs a little vacation.
不好了 Uh-oh.
你觉着如何 So what do you think?
俺也不知道 I don't know.
艾薇 雷蒙德一定会迷上你的 Ivy, Raymond will love you.
你看着靓极了...靓的冒烟 You look hot... like, smoking hot.
好吧 现在俺看出来了 Okay, now I see it.
好了 让我们看下在屏幕中的效果 Okay. Now let's see how you look onscreen.
呃... Uh...
还不错 头低点儿 Pretty good. Just tilt down a little.
我都看见鼻孔了 I'm getting too much nostril.
好多了 好多了 Better. Better.
现在看看侧面 Now let's see some shoulder.
啊 太赞了 Ah, perfect.
现在看看你的电眼媚功 Now flutter your eyes.
适可而止吧 Now don't do that.
笑一个 Smile.
嘴再张小点儿 再大点儿 Less teeth. More teeth.
再小点儿 Less teeth.
刚刚好 刚刚好 现在别动了 That's it. That's it. That's it. Now don't move.
看着摄像头 Look right in the camera.
告诉他你在想什么 And tell Raymond what's on your mind.
我在想我卡住了 I think I'm stuck.
亲爱的 Honey,
我曾尝试着从不在你从洗手间出来后问问题 I try never to ask you this after you exit the bathroom,
但是几分钟前那怪声是怎么回事 But what was that horrible sound I heard a few minutes ago?
查莉往马桶里扔了点东西 然后下水道就堵了 Charlie just threw some things in the toilet, clogged up the pipes.
于是我准备在后院挖一个小洞 So I just gotta dig a little hole in the backyard,
疏通主管道 别慌 没事的 Clean out the main line. Don't worry. Everything is gonna be fine.
是不是应该叫个水管工啊 Should I call a plumber?
不应该 Absolutely not.
一切皆在我的掌控中 I have got this all under control.

132 What's in the Bag?

Mr.White is at the Lost and Found. He's talking to one of the clerks there.
(W=Mr.White; C=clerk)
W: Excuse me. I couldn't find my luggage at the carousel.
C: OK. Come with me, please. See if you can find it in this room.
W: (after a while) It doesn't seem to be here.
C: In that case, do you have your baggage check stub with you?
W: Yes. Here you are.
C: OK. I'm afraid you'll have to fill out this form.
W: OK...(He looks at the form.) Hey! Wait a minute. How can I remember every item I have in the bag?
C: Why not? It's your luggage, isn't it? You should know what's in it.
W: Can you tell me everything you have in your pockets right now?
C: Uh...Um...OK, smart aleck! Just write down what you can remember.

131 Lost and Found

In recent years, going abroad for a holiday has almost become a national pastime. Traveling is indeed
fun. But those of you traveling for the first time beware! What should you do if you lose your luggage?
Don't panic. Just go straight to the airline you're traveling with. They'll direct you to the Lost and Found
department.
In most cases, they'll find your luggage. But you must not forget one thing when you're at the check-in
counter. Make sure you get a baggage check stub. Without it, the airline will have great difficulty helping
you. Worried about what to say at the Lost and Found? Well, tune in tomorrow and listen to someone who has
just lost his luggage.

130 An Inch Given,a Mile Taken p.398

Karen calls the manager for a dog day off.
(K=Karen; M=manager)
K: Hello, Mr.Fu?
M: Yes. This is he.
K: Uh... I'm calling to ask for a day off.
M: What's the matter? Are you sick again?
K: No. Um...actually it's my dog. I think it's that time of the month. I've got to take her to the vet.
M: I guess it's OK. But I didn't know dogs had periods.
K: They sure do. By the way, if she gets pregnant, do I get two months off?
M: Do you want permanent leave?
K: Uh...what do you mean?

129 Dog Days Off

Have you ever made an excuse for not going to work? I guess most people have. But have you ever called in for a day off because your dog is sick? I bet you haven't. Most people wouldn't have the guts.
However, some companies in New Zealand find this as an acceptable reason for taking a day off. It is counted as paid sick leave. The reason, they say, is simple: "A sick dog is as much a dependant as a sick child." That makes plenty of sense, doesn't it? This is now known in New Zealand as "dog days off." I wonder what the bosses in China will say if someone calls in for a dog day off.

128 A Long Ride

Florine is in a taxi.
(F=Florine; T=taxi driver)
F: Hey, driver, are we going the right way?
T: Of course. You think I'm cheating you?
F: Well,it seems like an awfully long ride. (after a while) Driver, how come your meter is running so fast?
Is it out of order?
T: Hey, lady, if you think I'm cheating you, you can get out.
F: OK. I think I'll do just that. Stop the taxi.
T: Sorry, I can't. We're on the highway. You can get out if you like, but I can't stop.
F: I'm going to report you to the police.
T: Ha!Ha! That's what they all say. (They arrive.) See you.
F: I don't ever want to see you again.
T: Same here.

选自纪伯伦诗选--沙与沫

-Teddy. -Great!
泰迪 我要和你说... Teddy, I&`&ve got to talk...
噢 别开玩笑了 到底怎么了 Oh... you&`&re kidding. Then what happened?
哇 Wow.
稍等 又有别的电话打进来了 Hold on. I&`&m getting another call.
玩真的 Really?
是的 Really.
再等下 一会我再给你回电话 Hold on. I&`&ve got to call you back.
-干吗 -你说干什么 -What? -What?
我刚接到话费账单 I just opened up the phone bill.
你的话费透支了九十美元 You are $90 over your texting limit.
看你怎么解释这件事 What have you got to say about that?
“我爱你 老爹” "I love you, daddy"?
别这样 泰迪 你也太没有责任心了 Come on, Teddy, this is so irresponsible.
我对你抱有很大期望的 I expect more from you.
等下 我先发条短信 Hold on. I&`&m getting a text.
算了 你发不了了 No, you&`&re not,
因为我要把你的手机没收 &`&cause I&`&m taking your phone away.
什么 你不能这样对我 What? No, you can&`&t do that.
没收我的手机犹如没收你的披萨 Taking away my phone would be like taking away your pizza.
你居然为了你的破手机 You&`&re fighting for your phone.
而暗指我很胖 By calling me fat?
那个 我只是很生气 Well, I&`&m just really mad.
我爱你 老爹 I love you, daddy.
和你说下 如果想拿回你的手机 I&`&ll tell you what... You&`&ll get your phone back.
-就先凑齐九十块大洋 -这太不公平了 -When you come up with 90 bucks. -That&`&s so unfair.
嘿 老爸 Hey dad.
我和你说点儿事 Uh, I gotta tell you something.
又咋了 What?
那个 在我把车开进车库时 Well, I was pulling into the garage.
好像蹭到了您的战车 And I kind of scraped the bug truck.
上面的字从“鲍勃到 臭虫害虫灭光光” Instead of "Bob&`&s bugs be gone"
变成了“罗伯来 地毯毛毯跑光光” it now says "Rob&`&s rugs be gone."
PJ P.J.!
什么事 老爸 Yeah, dad?
尽量小心点可以吗 Try and be more careful.
就完了 他得到了一句勉励的话 That&`&s it? He gets "try and be more careful"
而我得到的却是手机没收 太没天理了 and I get my phone taken away? Unbelievable!
哇 她还真是棘手 是吧罗伯 Whoa. She&`&s a handful, eh, Rob?
生活搞得一团糟 Today&`&s all burnt toast
就要迟到 爸爸在叫 Running late, and dad jokes
我左脚的鞋子有没有人看到 Has anybody seen my left shoe
我闭上眼 咬口早餐 I close my eyes, take a bite
跳上车子 放声大笑 Grab a ride, laugh out loud
哎呀 老爸 鞋子就在房顶上 There it is up on the roof
我也曾这样生活 我已经顺利走过 I&`&ve been there, I&`&ve survived
所以听取我的建议 So just take my advice
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby
世界有很多疯狂无奈 Things are crazy
可是我知道你会有美好将来 But I know your future&`&s bright
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby
不要怀疑 There&`&s no maybe
一切终会如你所愿 Everything turns out all right
生活有悲有喜 Your life is up and down
但是请相信我 坚持就有好结果 But trust me it comes back around
你会喜欢将来的你 You&`&re gonna love who you turn out to be
宝贝 不要放弃 Hang in there, baby.
查莉成长日记 第二季第二集 Good Luck Charlie S02E02 Something&`&s Fishy
嘿 同志们 一会见 Hey, guys, see you later.
你要带查莉出去吗 Are you taking Charlie somewhere?
是的 去商场 我们要购物去 Yes, to the mall. We&`&re going to go shopping.
为什么去购物 Shopping for what?
泡妞 Girls.
她们就是无法抗拒我们的可爱小妹妹 They just can&`&t resist our adorable little sister.
你居然用我们的小妹来做诱饵 I can&`&t believe you&`&d use Charlie as girl bait.
哦算了 任他去吧 Oh, let him do it.
对于一个没有魅力与气质的人来说 Without charm or personality,
也就只能玩这小把戏 it&`&s his only play.
我谢你 Thank you.
好吧 但是记住在三点之前把查莉送回来 All right, just have Charlie back by 3:00.
我要带她去一个生日聚会 在奥托游乐场 I&`&m taking her to a birthday party at Otto&`&s grotto.
没问题 我们一会儿就回来 Oh, no problem. Shouldn&`&t take long.
嘿 查莉 说我刚教给你的那句 Hey, Charlie, say that thing I taught you.
我耐PJ I wuv P.J.
“耐” 她能说“爱”了 "Wuv"? She can say "love."
是啊 但是“耐”可以帮我钓到更多的女生 I know, but "wuv" gets me way more girls.
嘿宝贝 Hey honey.
-嘿 -怎么了 -Hey. -What&`&s wrong?
没人和我玩网球电子游戏 Nobody to play video tennis with.
我的朋友们不是在做作业 All my friends are doing homework.
就是在和家人共度美好时光 Or spending time with their families...
你们这帮衰人 Losers.
我来和你玩 I&`&ll play with you.
我还是去看书吧 I think I&`&ll go read a book.
你宁愿去看书 You&`&d rather read a book.
也不愿意和你老妈我玩电子游戏 Than play video games with your mom?
是啊 说的没错 Yeah, you&`&re right.
我还是去小睡一觉吧 I&`&m gonna go take a nap.
盖比 我以前玩过这东西 Gabe, I&`&ve played video games before.
我知道我在干嘛 I know what I&`&m doing.
那是电视遥控器 老妈 Mom, that&`&s the tv remote.
我正想把它拿开 Which I&`&m moving out of the way.
便于我拿起游戏控制器 So that I can pick up a controller.
好了 快给老娘我整好 电玩小子 All right, serve it up, Sonny boy.
好吧 Fine.
这并不是那么的有趣 This won&`&t be any fun.
好了 准备好了吗 Okay, are you ready?
放马过来吧 Go for it.
哇 这确实比我想的要有趣多了 Wow, this might be more fun than I thought.
查莉呢 查莉去哪了 Where&`&s Charlie? Where&`&d Charlie go?
噢 她在这里呢 在这呢 Oh, there she is. There she is.
好啊 好啊 好啊 Yeah yeah yeah.
噢 我们也许应该把这放回去 Oh, wow. Maybe we should put that back.
我的 Mine.
好了 少一个两个 他们应该不会知道的 Well, they probably won&`&t miss one ball.
我每天晚上都会清点个数 I count every ball every night!
你能帮我拉上吗 Can you zip me up?
这个还是算了 No. No, thank you.
以前经常有个女孩来扮演美人鱼的 The girl that usually plays the mermaid...
现在她走了 she quit on me.
她现在在汉克的汉堡包店装扮成泡菜 She&`&s now the Pickle at hamburger Hank&`&s.
还是你了解她 Well, you knew her when.
那个汉克快把我逼疯了 That Hank is killing me.
他是个守财奴 吝啬鬼 With his fancy minimum wage.
真不敢相信我要这么说 I can&`&t believe I&`&m about to say this,
我来做这份工作怎么样 but I could use a job.
好吧 先别急 Okay, slow it down.
要想在奥托游乐场工作需要满足三条要求 It takes three things to work at Otto&`&s grotto.
-第一 必须年满十六岁 -满足 -One... you gotta be 16. -I am.
第二 很擅长和孩子打交道 Two... you gotta be good with kids,
基本上就是善于和他们的呕吐物打交道 which basically means willing to clean up their puke.
我有气无力的回答 “满足” "I am," she said less excitedly.
最后 最重要的一点 And most important,
你要会说海之语 you gotta speak the language of the sea.
海什么 The what?
比如“不要那么易怒 孩子们 Like "don&`&t be crabby, kids.
注：crabby：易怒 crab：螃蟹
我们会很快乐的”什么的 We&`&re gonna have a whale of a time. " Stuff like that.
注：whale of time 玩的很开心 whale:鲸鱼
那是我们吸引孩子的手段 It&`&s our hook.
哇 我又说了一遍 Whoa, I just did it again!
注：clam up:闭口不谈 clam：蛤蜊
好了 别担心 我不会对你这么说的 Yeah, well, don&`&t worry. I won&`&t clam up on you.
不急 你早晚会说的 Well, you&`&ll work on it.
-你什么时候可以来上班 -越快越好 -When can you start? -The sooner the baiter.
你首次清理的呕吐物 很可能是我的 The first puke you clean up may be mine.
好了 盖比 你觉着如何 Okay, Gabe, what do you think?
扣上 还是敞开 Buttoned? Unbuttoned?
敞开 让那四根胸毛来透透气 Unbuttoned... give those four chest hairs a chance to breathe.
这么说来 你邀请了个女孩来咱家 So you got a girl coming over?
是的 她叫凯拉 商场遇见的 Yep, her name is Kayla. I met her at the mall.
是查莉帮你钓到的女生 Charlie got you a girl?
是啊 效果奇佳啊 Yeah, worked like a charm...
除了查莉自己有点困惑 Well, except Charlie got a little confused.
她把“我耐PJ” Instead of saying "I wuv P.J."
说成了“我耐便便” She said, "I wuv poopy."
我觉着查莉知道自己在说什么 I think Charlie knew what she was saying.
但是我马上扭转了颓势 Yeah, but I totally saved it.
我告诉凯拉我的昵称叫便便 I told Kayla my nickname was poopy.

127 A Shocking Experience

Taking a taxi in a certain Eastern European country can be a shocking experience. It is said that some
taxi drivers have metal wires stuck into the passenger seats. And when a button is pushed,the seat will give
you an electric shock. These taxi drivers don't do this for fun. They do it to tourists who argue about the
ridiculous fares they charge. Some drivers charge as much as ten times the legal fare. They have a secret
switch which makes the meters run faster. If you refuse to pay, you are really in for a shock.
In one case,a German woman had no choice but to pay US$120 for a US$20 ride from the airport. She said
that she was "really taken for a ride," but what could she do? Besides the electric shock,she was verbally
abused and threatened with physical violence. She has only one piece of advice to tourists:"Take the bus or
stay at home."