这是Desperate Housewives第一季第一集开始的一分钟，向我们描述了整个故事的背景，快来跟我一起看看里面地道的英语表达吧！
画外音是第一集就领便当的女主Mary Alice Young，演员Brenda Strong看起来好温暖，嗓音也很棒，最关键的是她的英语语调还有重音的位置让人听起来很舒服也很容易懂。正是因为这部剧，她还被多次被提名最佳画外音的奖项。
画外音MARY ALICE:
- My name is Mary Alice Young. When you read this morning's paper, you may come across an article about the unusual day I had last week. Normally, there's never anything newsworthy about my life. That all changed last Thursday.
come across: 偶然遇到 人/物
newsworthy: 有新闻价值的，放在名词的前后意思相同但侧重点不同。
英语中经常使用 there's 否定词的格式来表达没有，例如这里的there's never anything newsworthy，后文中还会有there's 双重否定的用法，there's nothing abnormal
下面这就话讲述的是美国中产阶级家庭主妇的日常生活。
- Of course, everything seemed as normal at first. I made my breakfast for my family. I performed my chores. I completed my projects. I ran my errands.
Waffles: 华夫饼干
chore: (家庭或农庄的)杂务，杂活
errand: 差使,差事 run errand: 跑腿
英语中很多动词和名词的搭配是固定的，当作词组来记忆更好。
啊，每次看到这封信都很气愤啊，这是罪魁祸首啊，Mary真的不应该这么冲动的。在这里提醒大家，逃避永远不是最好的解决办法，看过剧的同学应该都知道Mary去世之后她的儿子和老公的人生也算是毁了。
- In truth, I spent the day as I spend every other day quietly polishing the routine of my life until it gleamed with perfection. That's why it was so astonishing when I decided to go to my hallway closet to retrieve a revolver that had never been used.
hallway: 走廊,玄关 closet: 壁橱
retrieve: 找回，拿到 revolver:左轮手枪
这一分钟的视频内容可以分为三部分，词汇不难，句子不长，信息量却很大。能够言简意赅，用词准确地去表述一件事情表达自己的看法，其实就是我们学习英语的最终目的。毕竟语言是为交流服务的，你同意吗？
看了这个视频你有什么想法记得留言告诉我噢，see you soon！
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