VOA常速英语:Captain Jack Looks for Fountain of Youth in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'

短语讲解：

1. In 2003, an action film based on a popular attraction at the Disneyland theme parks became a global hit.

action film动作片
例句：I prefer a feature film to an action film.
我喜欢故事片，不太喜欢动作片。

2. Always slightly inebriated, but rarely off balance, Captain Jack is at it again, confounding the 18th century British authorities as he sails in search of treasure.

off balance不平稳的，摇摆的
例句：The pitch of the ship threw the passengers off balance.
轮船上下颠簸, 使乘客失去了平衡。
in search of寻找
例句：They went over nationwide in search of uranium mines.
他们为了探寻铀矿走遍了全国。

3. A map to the mythical spring has fallen into Sparrow's hands and he is once again at odds with fellow pirate Barbossa.

at odds with与…不和, 与…争吵
例句：This action is greatly at odds with their previous attitude.
这一行动与他们先前的态度大相径庭。

4. Geoffrey Rush is back as Jack Sparrow's perennial rival, decked out in courtier's finery from lace cuffs to long, curled wig.

deck out盛装打扮, 装饰
例句：He is careful to deck out his extravagant tale with as many authentic touches as possible. 
他仔细地尽可能多地描写真实可信的事件，用以装饰他那天花乱坠的故事。 

5. "Barbossa is a survivor. He knows he is not getting any younger, so he has crossed the line and joined up with the opposition and now works as a privateer for King George II," explains Rush.

join up (使)合拢; (使)联合
例句：They joined up with us to spend the remainder of the holiday.
他们来跟我们一起共度余下的假期。

6. "He has taken to it like a duck to water, which I think for Jack Sparrow is particularly annoying …and that's a good thing."

a duck to water 如鱼得水, 轻而易举
例句：She took to learning languages like a duck to water.
她学习语言就像鸭子学游水那么轻而易举。

7. Interestingly enough, for me a character like Captain Jack makes you feel like you could just continue.

feel like  想要…
例句：Do you feel like going to a movie?
你想看电影吗?

8. JACK SPARROW "It depends on the light."

depend on随…而定
例句：Whether the game will be played depends on the weather.
比赛是否举行要看天气而定。