Modern Family Season1#01

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Modern Family Season 1

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1. What is the key to being a great dad?

• 从the key to the door 延申到 the key to sth. 译为做某事的秘诀，key为核心，关键点的意义。

2. We caravanned that house.

• caravan 房车，在此处用作动词-展览

3. see you around & have you over sometime

• 表示礼貌的结束语（再见，有时间请你过来玩）

4. I am all for teaching him a lesson. But I worry about the ridicule he might get from some loudmouth bully.

• be all for 表示完全赞成
• ridicule 嘲笑，奚落，讥笑
• loudmouth 夸夸其谈，喋喋不休

5. Sometimes a man`s gotta put his foot down and do what a man gotta do.

• put one`s foot down 做决定，果断行动

6. You mean you wanna fit in and not terrify the village?

• fit in 适应，融入，与他人相处融洽

7. I don`t wanna rub anyone the wrong way.

• rub sb the wrong way 惹某人生气，激怒，令人烦躁

8. He keeps us grounded.
   *Gounded 朴实的稳定的/搁浅的停飞的

9. In my culture, men take great pride in doing physical labor.

• take great pride in 以…为荣
• physical labor 体力活

10. The truth?He is a total flake.

• flake 不值一提/古怪的人，在此处译为前者更合适。A flake is a tiny piece of something.

11. Would I ever act on it?

• act on 进一步行动，按照…行事

12. The key to being a good dad?
    Sometimes things work out just the way you want. Sometimes they don`t. You gotta hang in there. Because when all is said and done, 90% of being a dad is just showing up.