Part 2 The Fire Extinguisher 灭火器

Dialogue Script 1  对话原文 1

Lisa: Daddy, where's our fire extinguisher?
Jack: Oh. I lent it to the neighbor last week.
Lisa: You mean we don't have one around the house?
Jack: I'm going to go buy a new one any day now.
Lisa: You mean we don't have one right now?
Jack: No, not right now. Why are you asking about this anyway?
Lisa: We've been studying fire safety at school. My teacher would give you detention if she found out!
Jack: I guess it's a good thing I;m not in school anymore.

讲解：

1. 对话中，Lisa问Jack问家里有没有灭火器，灭火器的说法是 fire extinguisher。Jack上周把灭火器借给邻居了。Lisa说那就是家里现在没有灭火器了。

2. 这可把Jack给问住了，他只好说很快就会去买一个新的。I'm going to go buy a new one any day now. any day now表示“随时”。字面的意思看是“从现在开始的任何一天”。实际上是用委婉的方式表达“不是今天，不是现在”，而是“之后”的任何一天都有可能，当然也可能暗指“没有这一天”。比如说，---I should hear something back from the company any day now. ---Well, good luck. ---公司应该随时会给我回音。---嗯，祝你好运。

3. Jack不明白为什么Lisa不停地追问灭火器的事情。Lisa说他们在学校一直在学习防火安全的知识，如果他们老师发现家里没有灭火器的话，她就会罚Jack留校察看，不让他回家。detention表示“放学后不准回家，留校察看”。比如说，He was given two hours' detention yesterday.他昨天被罚留校两个小时。detention 还可以表示“滞留，拘留”。Jack很庆幸自己已经不在学校念书了，老师管的还真严。

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