影视英语口语:改变虽然很难但是值得的

1. Very peculiar, don't you think?

peculiar：诡异的，奇怪的

例：
This fluorescent lighting certainly gives the food a peculiar color , doesn't it?
这萤光灯当然增添了食物特别的色彩，你说是不是？

"I find it rather peculiar, " Ray confides, "that as a tropical plant ecologist I'm now designing computers.
“我觉得挺奇怪，”雷透露道，“作为热带植物生态学家的我，竟然搞起了计算机设计。”

2. I've been running from it for so long.

run from：逃避，逃离

例：
I believe that liars run from the truth like vampires from the sun.
我相信说谎的人害怕真相就像吸血鬼害怕太阳一样。

I wonder sometimes if it is your mother you run from. So many years, so many miles between you. What is it you fear?
有时我真怀疑，你是不是在逃避你的母亲。你逃了这么多年，这么远的路，你到底在害怕什么？

3. What was that for?

what for：为什么

例：
I am going to the army, but what for?
为什么我要到军队里去呢？

- Wish me luck!
- What for?
-祝我幸运！
-为什么？

4. (As for the past) You can either run from it...or learn from it.
（对于过往）你要么逃避，要么吸取教训。