听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 Boy Meets Girls-1

（单词翻译）

Hormones¹, the telegraph system of the body. Some time, between the ages of 9 and 16 they'll start to tell your body to change very fast.

This movie is rated H for hurl².

Mr. Matthews, calm down and watch the film.

The changes won't all be physical. Sometimes you will feel like you are on an emotional roller coaster. For instance, you may occasionally feel aggressive or weepy.

Shawn, I'm feeling so vulnerable. Do you have a tissue?

Hush³...

And remember girls, you will get your hormonal⁴ telegram well ahead of your boy classmates. Telegram for Miss Teenager. Girls, be patient while they catch up to you. Eventually everyone hears the Morse code of puberty.

I got your Morse code right here.

This film is meant to help you understand the metamorphosis your bodies will soon be going through.

How? That movie's a hundred years old. The telegram boy was played by George Burns.

I welcome the changes that will transform me from a caterpillar⁵ into a butterfly.

You say a butterfly. I say a hairball with wings.

Ha!

That's a beautiful outlook, Miss Laurence.

Beautiful? I've seen hormones turn a normal guy's face into Craters⁶ 'R Us

Yes, there will be side-effects, but those, thank goodness, will be the province of your seventh grade teacher.

If it happens.

Oh, it will happen.

Maybe, maybe not. I mean, I'm young enough. I am fast I can dodge⁷ hormones for days, years if I have to. I'm gonna stay twelve till I'm forty-two. And Shawn's in with me on this the whole way. Right, Shawn? Shawn? Shawn?

Words & Information:

roller coaster: If you say that someone or something is on a roller coaster, you mean that they go through many sudden or extreme changes in a short time.

province: If you say that a subject or activity is a particular person's province, you mean that this person has a special interest in it, a special knowledge of it, or a special responsibility for it.