听动感英语学口语 第23讲

电影词典:

hard light 硬光

美国俚语:

剧中：What’s with you people?

what’s with you? ：means¹ what’s wrong with you?

e.g.<1> Duran, what’s with you, you seem very sad today.
             Duran你怎么了，你今天看起来很不高兴。
      <2>I don’t know what’s with her today; she’s been smiling all day. Must have been a good date!
            我不知道今天她发生了什么事情，她一天都在笑，肯定过了一个很愉快的约会。

经典对白:

1.剧中：keep it real short

real short ：很快的，时间很短的，等于short

e.g.<1> I’m not staying long, this visit’s going to be real short.
            我不在这呆长了，我在这的时间很短。
     <2>OK, everybody, let’s keep this meeting real short so we can all get home for dinner.
            好，大家听着，我们这个会很快就结束，这样大家就可以回家吃饭了。

 2．run a tight² ship ：对人或者事情很严格很严厉 means you are very strict

e.g. <1>My mother runs a tight ship; she makes me mop³ the floor every day.
             我妈妈对我要求很严格，要我天天拖地。
      <2>Coach makes us run 10kms before very practice. He runs a tight ship.
             教练让我们每次比赛前跑10千米，他真的很严格。

3．get snippy (with sb.) ： to be rude 尖刻，无理，粗暴

e.g. <1>My girlfriend gets snippy when I tell her I’m going out with the boys.
            当我告诉我女朋友我要和那些男生出去的时候，我女朋友变得很粗暴。
      <2>Just because you don’t get your way, it doesn’t mean you have to get snippy.
            事情不按你想的那样进行并不意味着你就得这么粗暴。
 

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

2 tight   

adj.紧的；难解的；紧密的

参考例句：

• Time is going to be tight,so you'd better hurry.时间很紧，你最好抓紧一点。
• The box is so tight that I can't open it.这个盒子太紧，我打不开。

3 mop   

n.拖把，乱蓬蓬的头发；v.用拖把洗擦，擦，拭

参考例句：

• She bought a new white mop.她买了一个白色的新拖把。
• You have quite a mop of hair.你的头发蓬松凌乱。