英國科學家公布小行星撞地球損失最慘國家名單

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本片段劇情：道格和朋友們一起帶泰勒去看板球比賽，道格想趁機拉近和泰勒的距離，但泰勒仍然認為自己的媽媽霍利只是幫道格照看皮埃爾而已。道格帶著皮埃爾上了電視，霍利在家看直播的時候會心地笑了。

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Brent: Come on, Doug. How long have we gotta wait for this kid? I wanna get a good park.

Doug: Here he is,

Holly: You love cricket, remember?

Doug: Hi, Taylor.

Holly: Say hi.

Taylor: Hi.

Doug: Hope you're hungry. We've got heaps of snacks.

Craig: Hello.

Holly: Hello.

Craig: You must be the gorgeous Holly Flash won't shut up about.

Holly: Oh.

Doug: Holly, this is my friend, Craig, He's staying with me for a while.

Holly: Hi, Craig.

Craig: Hello.

Doug: So, look, don't worry at all, OK? We're gonna get him straight home after the game. We're all very responsible. And...

Friends: Oh, nice one, Doug.

Holly: Relax, Doug. I trust you. It's very lovely of you to arrange all this. So thanks.

Brent: Alright, come on, let's go.

Holly: Perhaps I should come with you, eh?

Doug: Oh... no girls.

Taylor: Yeah, Mum, no girls.

Holly: Fair enough.

Taylor: You're bringing the duck?

Brent: Are you kidding? Of course he's bringing Pierre. Come on, let's go.

Doug: Alright. See you soon.

Holly: Yeah. You boys take good care of him.

Friends: Let's party! Whoo-hoo!

Anchorman: Come on! What do you call that?!

Doug: See? Up that way.

Craig: So... Holly?

Doug: The bird expert?

Craig: The extremely cute bird expert.

Taylor: She's just helping him with Pierre.

Craig: Yes. Is that all? That all she's helping you with?

Doug: Yes, that's all.

Instructor: Camera 3, just give me a sweep of the crowd. Good. Uh, Brian, stop. Go back. There. Tell me you can see that.

Brent: So, you like cricket, then, kid?

Taylor: It's OK.

Brent: Just OK? So, um... well, what do you like?

Taylor: Space.

Brent: Space? Cool.

Taylor: Do you know about NT7?

Brent: NT7? Um... That's a lubricant, eh? Like WD-40.

Taylor: No, it's an asteroid.

Brent: Oh, OK.

Taylor: NT7 circles the sun every 837 days, and travels in a tilted orbit from the distance of Mars to just within the Earth's orbit. On the 1st of February, 2019, it will hit Earth, causing a global climatic disaster that will threaten the future of civilization as we know it.

Brent: Wow. OK, that's, um... ...pretty heavy sh... stuff there, fella.

Host: Howzat!

Brent: Boys! Heh-heh. Good game, eh?

Doug: Yeah.

Brent: Oh, man, that kid Taylor's pretty full-on. He's got some issues there, I reckon.

Friend: Although he's wrong about NT7. It's gonna miss us by a country mile.

Brent: What do you mean?

Friend: Oh, I read a while back on 'Sky and Telescope', apparently, its course has changed somewhat. Still, don't wanna spoil a kid's fantasy, eh?

Host: Great delivery, and what a HUGE breakthrough.

Instructor: Brian, cue.

Instructor: Yes, he never looked settled at the crease and now he's thrown his wicket away without scoring. Oh, what the hell's that? I believe it's called a 'duck', Allan. Oh, who'd bring a duck to a cricket match? Can't be a real duck. Actually, I think It's what they call a 'shelduck', Allan. Oh, it's a shelduck, Is it? Yeah, it Is. But they're more commonly known as 'parries' over here.

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. heaps of: 一大堆，比如heaps of wood

heaps of times就可以用來指“很多時間”

比如：We have heaps of time.（我們有很多時間。）

2. for a while: 暫時，一時

例如：Now we are busy. Lay that problem aside for a while, please.（現在我們很忙，請把這個問題暫時擱在一邊吧。）

3. fair enough: 有道理，說得對，敢情好

Fair enough, I think that's a very reasonable price.（有道理，我認為那是非常公道的價格。）

4. Let's party: 去玩咯！

banquet, feast, dinner, party 這些名詞均有“宴會”之意。

banquet: 指正式而盛大的宴會或國宴。

feast: 指宴席酒席，有時可與banquet換用，但前者強調共享歡樂的氣氛。

dinner: 普通用詞，含義廣。本義指一日的主餐，但多用于指宴請客人的正式的一餐。

party: 指一般的社交聚會，也引申指宴請或宴會。

5. fella: 伙計，小伙子

6. Howzat: 出局

7. country mile: 極長的一段距離（美語口語）

英國科學家公布小行星撞地球損失最慘國家名單

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