Unit 68 Wearing Braces II  戴牙套（下）

Part 2 At the Orthodontist's II  在牙医诊所（下）

Dialogue Script 2  对话原文 2

Tim: Here I am! The guy that looks like an idiot!
Mom: Now don't be so silly. Lots of young people like you have braces.
Tim: That doesn't make me feel better, Mom.
Mom: What did Dr. Andrews say?
Tim: She said I have to keep them super clean. And I have to see her every two weeks.
Mom: Will you need a retainer after they come off?
Tim: She's not sure about that yet. It depends on how well the teeth move.
Mom: How long will you have to wear the braces?
Tim: Probably for two years. Two very long years.
Mom: You'll see. You'll thank us when you're older.
Tim: It's hard to look that far ahead, Mom. No girl will want to date me now.
Mom: If a girl won't date you because of braces, then she isn't the right girl for you.
Tim: A girl might have dated me if I had gotten the see-through braces, Mom!
Mom: Those ones are a rip-off, Tim! And they aren't invisible or anything like that.

讲解：

1. 对话中，Tim从牙医诊所回到了家，很不满意，觉得戴上牙套的自己就像个傻瓜。妈妈安慰他说，别傻了，很多像Tim一样的年轻人都在戴牙套。Don't be silly.就是告诉别人不要犯傻，不要想那么多了。比如说，Don't be silly! He's not coming back! 别傻了，他不会回来了。

2. Tim听了妈妈的话，并没有觉得好受多少，大家都戴牙套并不等于戴牙套就很好看。妈妈又问Andrews医生是怎么说的。医生说Tim必须让牙套保持超级干净。还有就是他每两周都要去一次牙医诊所复查。

3. And I have to see her every two weeks.当中的see her并不是说去看望她，而是去她的诊所看病。就像我们平时说的see a doctor表面上看是“去看望医生”，其实是说“去医院看病”。那么在牙套拿下来之后Tim还需要戴固定器吗？固定器的说法是retainer。在戴牙套的疗程结束之后，会继续戴一阵子固定器，来固定牙齿的位置。

4. 医生也不确定Tim到底用不用戴固定器，这要看牙齿移动的情况而定。那么Tim的牙套到底要戴多久呢？也许会戴两年，这两年对Tim来说，将会是非常漫长的。妈妈说到时候Tim就会知道戴牙套的好处了，那时他非常感谢他们。但是谁能看得那么长远呢？It's hard to look that far ahead.

5. Tim怕戴上牙套之后就没有女生愿意跟他约会了。妈妈说如果一个女孩因为你戴牙套就不跟你约会，那么这个女孩就不是适合你的女生。Tim觉得如果他戴的是透明牙套，女生说不定就愿意跟他约会了。

6. see-through表示“透明的”。妈妈告诉Tim说那些所谓透明的牙套都是骗人的东西，而且不是真的一点都看不到。Those ones are a rip-off当中的 rip-off 是一个俚语词汇，表示“骗人的、骗钱的东西”。比如说，10 Dollars for a cup of coffee! What a rip-off! 一杯咖啡要10美元！真是宰人！还有一个俚语是 rip sb off，表示“欺骗某人，特别是欺骗某人的钱财”。比如说，The old man tried to rip me off. 那个老头想骗我的钱。

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