斯皮尔伯格:《战马》非战争片

短语讲解：

1. It is based on an award-winning play about a British cavalry horse in World War I.

base on使建立在…基础上,立足
例句：This play is based on a true story.
这出戏以真事为基础。

2. Well, you've got one month to break him in or I'm taking him back myself.

break in (使)逐渐适用
例句：I'm wearing my new boots around the house to break them in.
我穿上我的新靴子在屋里来回走, 以便使靴子逐渐合脚。
take back收回
例句：I take back what I just said.
我收回我刚才说的话。

3. The horse that Albert names "Joey" grows into a strong and smart steed - exactly the kind of animal the British Cavalry needs two years later when World War I breaks out in Europe.

grow into成长为…
例句：The small shop grew into a large firm.
那个小店发展成为一家大公司。
break out (战争、打斗等不愉快事件)突然发生, 爆发
例句：The Second World War broke out in September 1939.
第二次世界大战爆发于1939年9月。

4. Joey goes off to war and Albert quickly follows, determined to find and bring home the horse he loves so dearly.

go off爆炸，发射；动身，离开
例句：I'd better have waited till the rain went off.
我当时要是等雨停再走就好了。

5. "So many people came out of the play talking about the brilliant puppetry of the horses; but I came out of the play affected - not because they were puppets playing horses and great puppeteers creating a reality with those - I came out of the play very, very struck emotionally by the storytelling of the people who adapted Michael Morpurgo's book into a play," Spielberg says.

come out 发表，出版；出现，显露；结果是
例句：A new model will come out this summer.
今年夏天将有新的型号问世。

6. "Because the second Joey starts to speak it becomes much more of a real fable and I think you suspend your disbelief so radically when the horse starts to think out loud that there are no touchstones with your own life or anything you can relate to," explains Spielberg.

think out想出; 了解后果
例句：Let's think this out together—there must be a way to solve this.
让我们一起好好考虑一下吧, 一定有办法能解决这件事情的。
relate to涉及, 关系到…
例句：His remarks didn't relate to the topic under discussion.
他说的话与讨论的问题无关。

7. It's a horse they found wandering about in 'No Man's Land.'

wander about徘徊, 转来转去
例句：He wandered about naked and hungry.
他衣不蔽体, 食不果腹, 在大街上徘徊