緋聞女孩第二季第16集劇情預(yù)告：Queen B得了B


EPISODE OVERVIEW

In the reading of Bart's will, Chuck, Bart's brother, Jack and Lily learn that Chuck is now the CEO of Bass Industries. Chuck agrees that Jack became his guardian. Rufus and Lily's relationship is strained as Rufus searches for details about the child he never knew he had. Noticing the strange way his father has been acting lately, Dan does some investigating and uncovers Rufus and Lily's secret, and he has to decide now what to do and who to tell the shocking revelation.

WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

1.
Blair: The only thing he's gonna need support for is the massive influx into his bank account.

influx: a mass arrival or incoming

2.
Jenny: Hey, Eric! Okay, guess what? Jonathan and I decided that tonight we are gonna have an Edith Head film festival.
Jonathan: She says Edith Head, I say Hitchcock. Same difference.
Eric: Great. Count me in.

Edith Head(October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered eight Academy Awards—more than any other woman in history. 她與Hitchcock合作過(guò)很多次，所以Jonathan會(huì)說(shuō)Same difference, 一樣啦，沒差別。
Count me in: 算我一個(gè)，算上我

3.
Serena: Dan, hey.
Dan: Sorry, I'm a little out of it.
Serena: Look, I know you've been avoiding me, but my mom called from Boston this morning, and I asked her point blank. You have nothing to worry about.

I'm a little out of it: 我有點(diǎn)走神，心不在焉
point blank: 1. right here, right now, in your face and/or in your ear. Used when someone is trying to prove a point. 直截了當(dāng) e.g. She gave him a point blank refusal. 她斷然拒絕了他。2. the closest distance between anything that's good and bad. 近距離 e.g. He shot her at a point blank range.

4.
Nelly: We should at least tell Blair.
Isabel: We can't. Blair's with chuck again.
Penelope: I'm really getting sick of how much time she's spending with him.
Isabel: But his dad just died.
Penelope: Yeah, like a month ago. Afraid we're on our own for this one, ladies.

we're on our own: 這次我們只能靠自己了，還有個(gè)詞組act alone跟它很像，表示單獨(dú)行動(dòng)。

5.
Serena: Are you sure this is the best time for a flare-up of chuck fever?
Blair: I'm having no such thing. We're just friends.

flare up fever: 燃起熱情，這里指重燃愛火
I’m having no such thing: 才沒有呢

6.
Vanessa: Okay, enough. You've been walking around for days with a storm cloud over your head. What is going on? It's annoying.
Dan: I really can't talk about it.
Vanessa: Dan, clearly something's up. So let me help you.

with a storm cloud over your head: 愁容滿面
clearly something’s up: 明顯有事情，注意這個(gè)up的用法很簡(jiǎn)潔

7.
Vanessa: You know who I am?
Girl: Please. Dating Nate Archibald after striking out with Dan Humphrey? Talk about failing upwards.

strike out: 三振出局，比喻一件事情做了幾次都沒有成功
failing upwards: upward是向上爬的意思，這里是說(shuō)V失敗的擠入上流社會(huì)的企圖

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