動(dòng)感英語lesson 15

電影詞典:

pull-back dolly  拉攝移動(dòng)鏡頭

美國(guó)俚語:

 選自《生命的證據(jù)》 <proof of life>

劇中：I’ll be on my best behavior.
on one’s best behavior : means to behave perfectly 行為舉止得體，經(jīng)常用于大人說小孩 ，大人也可以用來說自己，通常有調(diào)侃的意味。
e.g.<1> She had too much drink. She wasn’t on her best behavior.
            她喝太多了，不像她的舉止了。
     <2>I told him he would have to be on his best behavior all day, if he wanted to go to the zoo tomorrow.
            我告訴他，如果他明天想去動(dòng)物園，那么他今天的就要乖一些。

經(jīng)典對(duì)白:

1.劇中：You’re nothing but humanitarian window-dressing.
window-dressing 用裝飾門面的手段吸引人，指裝裝樣子
e.g. <1>Those politicians talk about improving our society, but they’re just window-dressing. They really only care about making money.
             那些政客說改善我們的社會(huì)，其實(shí)就是在裝樣子，他們真正關(guān)心的是掙錢。
       <2>She was telling me how much she has changed but I think it’s just window-dressing. Underneath she’s the same.
             她告訴我她改變了很多，但我認(rèn)為那只是表面現(xiàn)象，實(shí)際內(nèi)心還是原來的她。

2.劇中： We got nailed.
to get nailed  陷入大麻煩；要受重罰。<nail 釘子>
e.g. <1>They got nailed on that deal when instead they should have made a lot of money.
             他們?cè)驹谀枪P交易中能掙很多錢，但是他們卻遇到了大麻煩。
      <2>The headmaster caught me smoking and absolutely nailed me.
            校長(zhǎng)在我抽煙的時(shí)候把我擒住了，他要重重地罰我。

MOVIE TUNES 原聲碟

Yes we can

key words

iron out one’s problem :fix the problem ;make the problem go away  解決問題

live as brothers :live in peace