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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 'Trial by fire'
DR MAYHEW: The results are inconclusive but we must be missing something. People don't
regain consciousness after a three-year coma for no reason.
LINDA: Honestly, we don't care why this happened. Right, Tom? We're just glad to have Kyle back.
TOM: You've been poking and prodding him for a week. When can we take him home?
DR MAYHEW: I don't see why you can't do it now.
LINDA: That's wonderful!
DR MAYHEW: But there is something else. Patients like Kyle often have difficulty adjusting to their awakenings. They do best in environments similar to those they were in before their comas. In every detail. Places, the people...
LINDA: Honestly, we don't care why this happened. Right, Tom? We're just glad to have Kyle back.
TOM: You've been poking and prodding him for a week. When can we take him home?
DR MAYHEW: I don't see why you can't do it now.
LINDA: That's wonderful!
DR MAYHEW: But there is something else. Patients like Kyle often have difficulty adjusting to their awakenings. They do best in environments similar to those they were in before their comas. In every detail. Places, the people...
| inconclusive | no concluyente, no decisivo |
| to miss something | perder algo, pasar algo por alto |
| to regain consciousness | recuperar el conocimiento. El opuesto es to lose consciousness. |
| we don't care | no nos importa |
| to poke | pinchar. También significa dar un codazo. He poked him in the ribs (Le dio un codazo en las costillas). |
| to prod | pinchar. También significa dar un codazo. |
| awakening | (el) despertar. Como verbo, to awake (despertarse) se utiliza solamente en contextos formales. Es más común usar to wake up. |
| to do best | estar mejor |
| environment | entorno, ambiente. Cuando se usa con referencia a la ecología, significa medio ambiente. |
SHAWN: Hey! It's good to see you, man. What are you doing sitting out here
in the rain? What are you staring at? Listen, you're looking pretty
good. The way your folks were talking I thought you'd be some kind of zombie.
KYLE: They won't leave me alone... Asking me questions, staring at me all the time.
SHAWN: They're just glad to have you back. My mom did the same thing to me.
KYLE: My parents had you come here, didn't they? To try to make me remember.
SHAWN: No, Kyle. Hey!
KYLE: I'm going inside. I've got reading to do.
SHAWN: You've got reading to do! Kyle! Come on! I just got here.
KYLE: They won't leave me alone... Asking me questions, staring at me all the time.
SHAWN: They're just glad to have you back. My mom did the same thing to me.
KYLE: My parents had you come here, didn't they? To try to make me remember.
SHAWN: No, Kyle. Hey!
KYLE: I'm going inside. I've got reading to do.
SHAWN: You've got reading to do! Kyle! Come on! I just got here.
| it's good to see you | es bueno verte. Es un saludo informal muy usado. |
| in the rain | bajo la lluvia. Notar el uso de la preposición in. |
| to stare at something | mirar fijamente algo. Para aprender diferentes formas de mirar, ver Ways of looking. |
| pretty good | bastante bien. Pretty es usado aquí como un adverbio. Cuando tiene función de adjetivo significa bonito. |
| folks | En inglés americano informal significa padres. Your folks quiere decir tus padres, tus viejos. |
| to leave somebody alone | dejar a alguien en paz |
| to try | Cuando se usa seguido de un verbo en infinitivo, como en este caso, significa intentar. Cuando es seguido de un verbo en gerundio significa probar si algo es útil, hacer un experimento. Por ejemplo, Try drinking this herbal tea, it will make you good (Prueba tomar este té de hierbas, te hará bien). |
| to have got something to do | tener que hacer algo. I've got reading to do significa Tengo que leer. |
| come on! | ¡vamos! ¡venga! |
LILY: Look at you!
RICHARD: I could have bought a car in my day for the price of this suit.
LILY: How's it going?
RICHARD: We've got a lot of work to do. Five families moved in today. Seven more by the end of the week. Got half a mile of property line to shore up. The fences are too short. Overhanging trees along the perimeter.
LILY: Along the perimeter? Well, as long as you're on the job, I feel safe and so does the baby. Two happy residents. That's a start.
RICHARD: I could have bought a car in my day for the price of this suit.
LILY: How's it going?
RICHARD: We've got a lot of work to do. Five families moved in today. Seven more by the end of the week. Got half a mile of property line to shore up. The fences are too short. Overhanging trees along the perimeter.
LILY: Along the perimeter? Well, as long as you're on the job, I feel safe and so does the baby. Two happy residents. That's a start.
| look at you! | ¡mírate! |
| I could have bought | podría haber comprado |
| suit | traje |
| to move in | mudarse |
| by the end of the week | hacia el final de la semana |
| property line | linde, límite de la propiedad |
| to shore up | apuntalar |
| fence | cerca, valla |
| to overhang | sobresalir |
| along the perimeter | a lo largo del perímetro |
| so does the baby | el bebé también. La construcción so + auxiliar + sujeto se usa para decir que otra persona también realiza la acción nombrada anteriormente. His father is fine and so does his mother (Su padre está bien y su madre también). |
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