【句子】Oh, can you run down to the art department? Someone's gotta can Jeff and Elizabeth.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/əʊ/ /kæn/ /juː/ /rʌn/ /daʊn/ /tʊ/ /ðiː/ /ɑː(r)t/ /dɪˈpɑː(r)t.mənt/ /ˈsʌm.wʌnz/ /ˈɡɒt.ə/ /ˈgɑː.tə/ /kæn/ /dʒef/ /ənd/ /ɪˈlɪz.ə.bəθ/

【发音技巧】the art当中the重读；art department失去爆破；gotta闪音；Jeff and Elizabeth两处连读；

【翻译】哦对了，你能去一下美工部吗？得有人去解雇杰夫和伊丽莎白。

【适用场合】

今天我们来一起学习以下两个表达，第一个run down to someplace，可以表达“很快地去某处，尤其是为了完成某项特定的简短的或者直接的任务”；可以指to travel to someplace very quickly, especially to accomplish some brief or straightforward task；

eg: I just need to run down to the post office to send this package.

我得赶紧去趟邮局把这个包裹寄了。

eg: Would you run down to the bank and deposit this check for me?

你能赶紧去银行帮我把这张支票存了吗？

eg: I ran down to the well, fearing that someone had fallen in.  

我急忙跑到井边，担心有人掉进去了。

eg: I have to run down to the store and get some bread.

我得赶紧去趟商店，买点面包。

今天节目中，我们要学习的第二个表达，叫做can，很多同学可能不知道，can也有“解雇、开除”的意思；to dismiss sb. from their job；

eg: He was canned for showing up late three days in a row.

他因为连续三天迟到被炒了。

eg: If you don't improve your performance, they're going to can you.

如果你不改进你的表现，他们会把你给开了。

【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

I want to run down to the bank, but my car is out of gas.