Episode Overview

Blair puts preassure for Georgina to making amends for her past bad behavior by helping her in an evil plan. The rivalry between Nate and Chuck over Blair reaches a boiling point. Lily makes a secret plan to help Rufus with Dan's college tuition.

WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

1.
Dan: Well, it looks like we're not gonna have to wait until next fall for Serena to ditch. She's skipping brunch.
Rufus: Oh, I'd really hoped we'd all be together.
Dan: Y... you know what? Let me see what I can do. I mean, she's generally not a morning person, but show up with a bone dry cappuccino, and she'll pretty much follow you anywhere.

ditch: to get away from (a person, especially a companion).
a morning person: 早起的人
bone dry cappuccino: 卡布基諾咖啡的一種，常規(guī)的做法1/3 牛奶, 1/3 奶泡, 1/3 espresso，而bone dry是只有奶泡和espresso, 而沒有牛奶。cappuccino的分類大家可以看下面：1.) Wet: No foam, all milk, and espresso 2.) Dry: More foam than milk and espresso 3.) Bone Dry: All Foam, no milk, and espresso 4.) Regular: 1/3 milk, 1/3 foam, 1/3 espresso

2.
Dan: Gabriel is a con artist. His... his investment was a scam. He took all the money for himself, including my Dad's.?
Lily: Oh, my god.
Dan: Yeah. Uh, Serena thinks she can somehow sweet-talk him into giving everything back, but I mean, r... seriously, I... I don't think Blair and Chuck can scheme their way out of this one.??

con artist: con是confidence的縮寫，confidence artist或者confidence man指的就是詐騙犯。這個單詞最早出現(xiàn)在對一個叫做William Thompson的審判中。Thompson常常和陌生人搭訕，直到騙取他們信任，接著就問他們是否信任他并把他們的手表交給他(if they had the confidence to lend him their watches)，之后他就拿著手表走人。后來是有一個之前的受害者在路上認出了他，他才被繩之以法的。
scam: 和con一樣，都表示騙局，詐騙的意思。另外還可以說：swindle, grift, bunko 或者flim flam
sweet-talk someone into: 甜言蜜語，連哄帶騙說服某人

3.
Gabriel: Serena, I swear to you, in the beginning, you were just a mark. And your mom... Bart Bass' widow... was gonna be our big score. But then my... then my feelings for you got in the way of that.

mark: 容易被騙的人，通常是一個騙局里的初級目標，騙子就靠他來接近終極目標。
score: 這里就是目標，獵物的意思
get in the way of: 阻礙事情的發(fā)展

4.
Gabriel: Then you called me this morning. She thought you made me.?
Chuck: Smart girl.
Gabriel: Yeah. She said we had to end it now. She offered to buy me out so I could leave.

make: 拆穿，發(fā)現(xiàn)
buy out: 付錢買斷某人的權(quán)利或者地位


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