听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》The Play's the Thing - 5

Hail, Corius!

Where is your spear?

I get guys to carry my spear.

Since when?

Since you left the play and Feeny shifted all the roles around.

I got bumped up to Polonius. .

You look more like a Bellonius].

Yeah, I'm kind of a fat guy, and there's a lot of lines to memorize. But you know what's really cool about them?

What?

Act 3, Scene 4.

Ha...What do you think?

You died pretty realistically.

Yeah, Feeny says this is his favorite part of the play.

Yes, so you're really getting into it.

How's, er, Minkus doing on my part?

Good, good, really stinking¹ bad.

He's killing² us Cor, you gotta come back.

Hey, if Feeny backs down on the ballerina outfit³, I'm there.

He's not gonna back down. And Minkus is stinking up my play.

Well, I'm not crawling back to Feeny.

Cory, I'm asking you a favor.

Shawn, yesterday you worshiped me as a god for quitting. If the play's so bad, then why don't you quit?

I can't, too many people are depending on me.

Who's depending on you?

My dad, he's coming to see the play.

Your dad's taking time off work to watch you die?

Apparently⁴ this is something everybody wants to see.

You know what I wanna see?

You and me shooting hoops⁵ in the gym, right now.

I can't, Cory. I got a rehearsal⁶.

Hey guys, wait up. They disobey me like that again. I'm gonna sit on them.
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What is he, whose grief bears such an emphasis?

Stop, Mr. Minkus.

I answer only to Hamlet.

Stop, Mr. Hamlet.

You are supposed to be facing the audience.

Are't I?!

Ho! Hamlet, where're your glasses?

Mr. Feeny, they didn't have eyeglasses in the middle ages.

Put on your glasses and climb into Ophelia's grave.

You know, I read an article that Elizabethan English is a lot like American Southern. So let me show you a little something I've been playing around with.
Swounds, show me what thou'lt do. Woo't weep? woo't fight? woo't tear thyself?

Oh, great, Ernest goes to Denmark.

Stewart, I can't breathe.

Stick to the script.

Your foot is on my liver, oh.

Wow!

I can't work like this.

Alright, alright. I've had enough of the rehearsal. I want you all to go home.

Hey, looks like we can shoot hoops after all.

Yeah, let me just go park my gut⁷ in the wardrobe room.

Words & Information:

ballerina : A ballerina is a woman ballet dancer. 芭蕾舞女演员

back down: If you back down, you withdraw a claim, demand, or commitment that you made earlier, because other people are strongly opposed to it. 放弃;让步;打退堂鼓

1 stinking   

adj.臭的，烂醉的，讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。
• Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us. 是的！就是那些该死的蠢猪似的臭飞船！是它们毁了我们。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 outfit   

n.（为特殊用途的）全套装备，全套服装

参考例句：

• Jenney bought a new outfit for her daughter's wedding.珍妮为参加女儿的婚礼买了一套新装。
• His father bought a ski outfit for him on his birthday.他父亲在他生日那天给他买了一套滑雪用具。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 hoops   

n.箍( hoop的名词复数 )；（篮球）篮圈；（旧时儿童玩的）大环子；（两端埋在地里的）小铁弓

参考例句：

• a barrel bound with iron hoops 用铁箍箍紧的桶
• Hoops in Paris were wider this season and skirts were shorter. 在巴黎，这个季节的裙圈比较宽大，裙裾却短一些。 来自飘（部分）

6 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

7 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。