大忙人学社交口语 第4期:谈论电影《沉默的羔羊》

 　　Conversation 1

　　对话1

　　Have you seen the new Hannibal Lecter movie?

　　你看过汉尼伯·莱克特(影片《沉默的羔羊》中的食人医生)的新片了吗?

　　Oh, yes. You?

　　哦，看了。你呢？

　　Yes. What did you think of it?

　　我也看了。你觉得怎么样？

　　I thought it was better than the others, I really liked it.

　　我觉得比其他的几部要好一些，我很喜欢。

　　What did you think of it?

　　你觉得呢？

　　I liked it, too.

　　我也很喜欢。

　　It was scary¹, but not disgusting².

　　很恐怖，但不血腥。

　　Do you know what I mean?

　　你明白我的意思吗？

　　Mmm. That's what I thought, too.

　　我也这么觉得。

　　And I always enjoy watching Anthony Hopkins.

　　另外，我一直都很喜欢安东尼·霍普金斯的表演。

　　Oh, yes. He's brilliant.

　　哦，是的。他很有才华。

　　What's the name of the young actor?

　　那个年轻演员叫什么名字？

　　Uhm, Edward Norton, or something like that.

　　啊，爱德华·诺顿，还是什么来着。

　　Did you like him?

　　你喜欢他吗？

　　Yes. He was excellent.

　　是的。他的表演很出色。

　　They worked well together, don't you think?

　　你不觉得他们两个合作地很好吗？

　　I don't know, I think the woman was better…

　　我没太看出来，我觉得那个女演员更好一些……

　　Conversation 2

　　对话2

　　A funny thing happened to me the other day.

　　几天前我碰到了一件很有趣的事。

　　Oh, yes?

　　哦，是吗？

　　I was just thinking about someone I went to school with friendly with in third grade.

　　前几天我刚好想起了我的一个同校同学，他是我三年级时非常要好朋友。

　　We used to hang out together, he lived next door.

　　我们以前经常在一起玩儿。他就住在我家隔壁。

　　but then my parents moved and I changed schools and never saw him again.

　　但是后来我的父母决定搬家，所以我也换了学校，后来就再也没见过他了。

　　Mmm.

　　哦。

　　Well, I was walking down Nan Jing Dong Lu during my lunch break thinking about this boy.

　　午餐休息时间我走在南京东路上时想起了他。

　　I have no idea why I was thinking about him.

　　我也不知道为什么会想起他。

　　Really?

　　真的吗？

　　Yes, and suddenly I heard someone call my name.

　　真的，这时突然有人喊我的名字。

　　I turned around and there was this man looking at me.

　　我转过身看见一个男人正看着我。

　　I didn't recognize him at all, but he obviously³ knew who I was.

　　我一点也没认出他，但是很明显他知道我是谁。

　　Oh yeah, that's embarrassing⁴ when that happens.

　　哦，这种事总是让人感到尴尬。

　　You got it.

　　你说的很对。

　　Well, he walked up to me and said my name again and then I realized it was the boy I had been thinking about, the one from third grade!

　　然后他走向我又叫了我的名字一遍，这时我才意识到他就是那个男孩，就是我刚才在想的三年级的同学！

　　Wow, that's weird⁵!

　　喔，好神奇！

1 scary   

a.引起惊慌的；害怕的

参考例句：

• What animal do you think is the most scary?你认为什么动物最可怕？
• Are you afraid of scary movies?你害怕恐怖电影吗？

2 disgusting   

adj.令人作呕的，可憎恶的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• What a disgusting smell!多么讨厌的气味！
• The mosquito is the disgusting thing.蚊子是讨厌的东西。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

4 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。