英语博客-北美风情 207、Let’s go to the movies

 　　Movies are an important part of almost every culture on the planet. They’re made for entertainment, but we can also learn about languages and cultures from them. In this episode, Harp¹ and Maura talk about famous movie quotations³ that are part of pop culture and may be used in regular conversation. They also talk about some of their own favourite movie memories. Which of the movies talked about in this episode have you seen?

 

　　Maura: Sometimes people might even use a movie quotation² that’s not really well known or is more obscure and you’re like “What are you saying?” and they’re like “Oh, it’s from this movie.” But there are some that almost everyone does know, and so when you use one of these lines, people know that you’re referencing that movie and you’re kind of making a joke.

 

　　Harp: Exactly. And the one that I always think of is “I’ll be back.”

 

　　Maura: I love that one. So, the movie line “I’ll be back” is from The Terminator. And it was Arnold Schwarzenegger in that movie who says, “I’ll be back.” So that’s why when we say it we put a little accent on it.

 

　　Harp: Yeah, definitely. If you can hear both of us when we’re saying this, we’re definitely trying to have an accent.

 

　　Maura: So, this one I think is really popular because it can be used so easily, any time that you’re meeting with people. It could be at work—only if you’re with close colleagues that know you very well—or it could be at a party. But for whatever reason, you leave the room and you’re going to come back in a few minutes, you can use this line. You can say, “I’ll be back.”

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 quotation   

n.引文，引语，语录；报价，牌价，行情

参考例句：

• He finished his speech with a quotation from Shakespeare.他讲话结束时引用了莎士比亚的语录。
• The quotation is omitted here.此处引文从略。

3 quotations   

n.引用( quotation的名词复数 )；[商业]行情（报告）；（货物或股票的）市价；时价

参考例句：

• The insurance company requires three quotations for repairs to the car. 保险公司要修理这辆汽车的三家修理厂的报价单。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These quotations cannot readily be traced to their sources. 这些引语很难查出出自何处。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》