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In this section, we analyze parts of the TV show script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
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From the episode 'Homer's Enemy'
(In Sector 7G, Homer spins around in his chair)
HOMER: Chair goes round, chair goes round, chair goes round...
LENNY: Hey, Homer, are you busy?
HOMER: Yes.
CARL: There's a new guy at the plant. Maybe we ought to say hi to him.
HOMER: I don't know... I'm kind of dizzy. I should probably go home sick.
HOMER: Chair goes round, chair goes round, chair goes round...
LENNY: Hey, Homer, are you busy?
HOMER: Yes.
CARL: There's a new guy at the plant. Maybe we ought to say hi to him.
HOMER: I don't know... I'm kind of dizzy. I should probably go home sick.
| to spin around | dar vueltas, girar |
| to go round | dar vueltas, girar |
| to be busy | estar ocupado |
| guy | tío, tipo, chavo |
| ought to | deber. Un sinónimo de este modal verb es should. |
| kind of | algo |
| dizzy | mareado |
| to go home sick | irse a casa con parte de enfermo |
(Frank and Lenny talk about Homer)
FRANK: God, he eats like a pig!
LENNY: I don't know. Pigs tend to chew. I'd say he eats more like a duck.
FRANK: Well, some kind of farm animal, anyway. And earlier today, I saw him asleep inside a radiation suit! Can you imagine that? He was hanging from a coat hook!
LENNY: He had three beers at lunch. That would make anybody sleepy.
FRANK: I've never seen him do any work around here. What is his job?
LENNY: Safety inspector.
FRANK: That irresponsible oaf? A man by all rights should've been killed dozens of times by now?
LENNY: Mmm, 316 times by my count.
FRANK: That's the man who's in charge of our safety. It boggles the mind!
CARL: It's best not to think about it.
FRANK: God, he eats like a pig!
LENNY: I don't know. Pigs tend to chew. I'd say he eats more like a duck.
FRANK: Well, some kind of farm animal, anyway. And earlier today, I saw him asleep inside a radiation suit! Can you imagine that? He was hanging from a coat hook!
LENNY: He had three beers at lunch. That would make anybody sleepy.
FRANK: I've never seen him do any work around here. What is his job?
LENNY: Safety inspector.
FRANK: That irresponsible oaf? A man by all rights should've been killed dozens of times by now?
LENNY: Mmm, 316 times by my count.
FRANK: That's the man who's in charge of our safety. It boggles the mind!
CARL: It's best not to think about it.
| God | Dios. Es una interjección para demostrar sorpresa o enojo. |
| to eat like a pig | comer como un cerdo. Para aprender otras expresiones con animales, vea Idioms with animals. |
| to tend to do something | soler hacer algo |
| to chew | masticar |
| farm animal | animal de granja |
| earlier | más temprano |
| asleep | dormido. El verbo dormir se dice to sleep. To fall asleep es 'quedarse dormido'. To wake up es 'despertarse' y 'despierto' se dice awake. |
| a radiation suit | un traje antirradiación |
| to hang | colgar. Es un verbo irregular (hang, hang, hung). |
| hook | gancho |
| at lunch | en el almuerzo. Note el uso de la preposición at. |
| sleepy | soñoliento |
| safety | seguridad |
| oaf | olfa, idiota, estúpido |
| by all rights | Expresión fija que en este caso significa 'a esta altura de los hechos'. |
| by now | hasta ahora. Para aprender más expresiones con 'by', vea Expressions with 'by'. |
| by my count | Expresión fija que significa 'según mis cálculos'. |
| to be in charge of something | estar a cargo de algo |
| it boggles the mind | es difícil de imaginar o aceptar |
| to think about something | pensar en algo. Notar el uso de la preposición about. |
(Homer is inside the car)
MARGE: Homer? Homer, why aren't you at work?
HOMER: The car won't start. I don't feel very good today. I am at work.
MARGE: You're afraid to go to work because Frank Grimes will be there, aren't you?
HOMER: But that's crazy talk! You're crazy, Marge. Get off the road!
MARGE: You'll have to face him sometime. And when you do, I'm sure he'll be just as anxious to make up as you are.
HOMER: No, he won't. He hates me.
MARGE: He doesn't hate you. He just feels insecure because you've been getting through life so easily, and it's been so difficult for him.
HOMER: Yeah! Yeah, that's his problem; he's a nut! It's not about me being lazy. It's about him being a crazy nut.
MARGE: Well... maybe... but I bet he would be less crazy if you were just a little more professional in your work. Just a little more! Then he won't have any reasons to resent you.
MARGE: Homer? Homer, why aren't you at work?
HOMER: The car won't start. I don't feel very good today. I am at work.
MARGE: You're afraid to go to work because Frank Grimes will be there, aren't you?
HOMER: But that's crazy talk! You're crazy, Marge. Get off the road!
MARGE: You'll have to face him sometime. And when you do, I'm sure he'll be just as anxious to make up as you are.
HOMER: No, he won't. He hates me.
MARGE: He doesn't hate you. He just feels insecure because you've been getting through life so easily, and it's been so difficult for him.
HOMER: Yeah! Yeah, that's his problem; he's a nut! It's not about me being lazy. It's about him being a crazy nut.
MARGE: Well... maybe... but I bet he would be less crazy if you were just a little more professional in your work. Just a little more! Then he won't have any reasons to resent you.
| to be at work | estar en el trabajo. Note el uso de la preposición at. |
| to start the car | arrancar/encender el auto |
| to go to work | ir a trabajar |
| crazy talk | tonterías, habladurías |
| crazy | loco |
| to face somebody | enfrentar a alguien |
| to make up | Es un phrasal verb que tiene muchos significados. En este caso, quiere decir 'hacer las paces', también puede decirse to make it up. |
| to get through life | ser exitoso en la vida |
| yeah | Forma coloquial de yes (sí) |
| a nut | Literalmente significa 'nuez' o 'tuerca'. En sentido figurado quiere decir 'loco, lunático'. |
| lazy | perezoso |
| to bet | apostar |
| to resent somebody | tener resentimientos hacia alguien |
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