动感英语 [19]

 

Action English （19）动感英语
MOVIE DICTIONARY 电影词典
stunt  替身； stuntman¹ 替身演员；stuntwoman 替身女演员

AMERICAN SLANG 美国俚语
pawn² 廉价出售  sell  something cheaply  ；  把某人推给.... 
go for  喜欢做.... = like to do ; be willing to do 
You tried to pawned³ her off on me , and I didn't go for it.（片中）
例：You can't pawn your old car off on me ,I didn't go for it .
     （你想把你的破车廉价卖给我，我才不要呢。）
     If you don't like my company just tell me , you don't have to pawn me off on your friend, they won't go for it anyway .
（如果你不喜欢我陪你，你不需要把我推给你的朋友。）
总结：pawn something or somebody off on
          go for 的反义 not go for 不愿意，不喜欢

Classic film clips 经典对白
（1）we're close to something here , we're on the verge⁴ .（片中）
verge 靠近...边缘；马上就...
例：I'm really angry at you, I 'm on the verge of hitting you.
（我真的很生气，我真想揍你。）
      Don't interrupt me, I'm on the verge of a great discovery.
（别打扰我好吗，我马上就要有重大发现了。）
（2）hold someone back =prevent someone from doing 拖累....
 扯……的后腿
I' ve just held you back （片中）
例：I 'm doing well at work but the fact that I can't speak English is holding me back, I never get promoted.
（我在单位工作一直都不错，可是我不会讲英语拉了我的后腿，于是每次提升都没我的份。）
       Hey , Don't marry him , he only hold you back .

Movie Tunes⁵ 原声碟
My Guy
Nothing you could say could tear me away from my guy ,
Nothing you could do 'cause I'm stuck like glue to my guy,
I'm sticking to my guy like a stamp to a letter
like birds of a feather  we ....stick together ,
I'm telling you from the start ,
I can't be torn apart from my guy ,
Nothing you could do could make me untrue to my guy,
Nothing you could do could make me tell a lie to my guy.
............
歌曲：这首是美国很古老的歌曲，由"the surpremes "乐队演唱，这个乐队由四名女歌手组成，五六十年代非常流行。歌曲讲述一个女孩全心全意爱着她的爱人，她的小伙子。这首歌被“修女也疯狂”引用，在电影中修女们胡比歌德堡把guy 改成了God，在修道院里演唱，给修道院带来了前所未有的生气！

 

1 stuntman   

n.特技演员

参考例句：

• The stuntman will double for the main actor during the action scenes.一些动作场景中，特技演员代替主演。
• The stuntman flew the aircraft upside-down within a hair's breadth of the rooftops.那位做电影演员替身的杂技演员驾驶着飞机翻过来又倒过去，差一点撞着平顶房的屋顶。

2 pawn   

n.典当，抵押，小人物，走卒；v.典当，抵押

参考例句：

• He is contemplating pawning his watch.他正在考虑抵押他的手表。
• It looks as though he is being used as a political pawn by the President.看起来他似乎被总统当作了政治卒子。

3 pawned   

v.典当，抵押( pawn的过去式和过去分词 )；以（某事物）担保

参考例句：

• He pawned his gold watch to pay the rent. 他抵当了金表用以交租。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She has redeemed her pawned jewellery. 她赎回了当掉的珠宝。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

5 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》