动感英语口语 第49讲

电影词典

The Godfather  《教父》

美国俚语

剧中：She got a tough break .

tough break ： 不幸

tough ： difficult , hard ;

break ： 休息

e.g. <1>To lose a tennis match because of one bad call is a tough break .

       由于裁判的误判他失掉了这场比赛，真是太不幸了。

      <2>You gf dumping you on your 40th birthday is a tough break.

      你过40岁生日你女朋友说与你分手，真是太不幸了。

经典对白   选自《最后的舞曲》

1.wrap this one up：  快点做完，打包  =  finish sth quickly

e.g. <1>Let's wrap this meeting up so we can all go home to our families.

      让我们快点结束这个会议，我们就可以回自己的家了。

      <2>While we were winning the game, Coach told us to wrap this one up before the other team got ahead.

     我们马上就要赢得比赛了，教练让我们在其他队超过之前赶快结束比赛。

 2.剧中：dead set on preventing it

dead set ：下定决心

e.g. <1>She was dead set on becoming a pop star , so she practiced everyday.

       她下定决心要成为明星，所以每天都练习。

      <2> My mom is dead set on me going to graduate school , I guess I must go .

      我妈妈是铁定了心要我上研究生，我猜我必须的去了。

原声碟

Do You Believe in Magic

选自《 Return To Never Land》

Your feet start tapping
and you can't seem to find
if it's really real or
just a state of mind if
you believe in magic