【句子】It's a joke. Lighten up.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/ɪts/ /ə/ /dʒəʊk/ /ˈlaɪ.tən/ /ʌp/

【发音技巧】It's a连读；Lighten up连读；

【翻译】我开玩笑的，别当真。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一个短语，叫做lighten up，这个短语对应的意思和用法很多，比如说，可以指“使颜色鲜亮起来”to brighten sth. in color；

eg: Some white paint will lighten this room up a lot.

刷一些白色的油漆会让这个房间明亮很多。

eg: The sunlight came in and lightened up the kitchen.

阳光照进来，厨房变得亮堂了。

当然了，在口语中，这个短语lighten up也可以指，to cause someone or something to become less serious；或者to become or to cause to become less serious or gloomy, and more cheerful；理解成“放轻松点，别那么严肃/认真”，通常用来劝告别人不要过于认真、焦虑或者生气。

eg: Hey, lighten up! It's just a joke.

嘿，放轻松点，只是个玩笑而已。

eg: It's a funeral—nothing you do will lighten up the mood.

这是一场葬礼，不管你做什么都无法让气氛轻松起来。

eg: Lighten up, Sam. It'll turn out all right.

放心点，萨姆，结果一定会没事的。

eg: Everything will work out fine, so stop worrying and lighten up.

一切都会顺利的，所以别再担心了，放轻松。

【请翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

A: "I think he definitely needs to be grounded."

B: "Oh, lighten up—it's not like you never made stupid mistakes as a kid."