听动感英语学口语 第46讲

电影词典

NTSC制式  美国常用的电影制式，日本，台湾也用。一个画面每秒30桢，标准制式。

美国俚语

剧中：And those guys a dime¹ a dozen.

a dime a dozen 很多，不值钱

e.g. <1>What a cheap  in BeiJing, watermelon are a dime a dozen.

       在北京西瓜很多很便宜。

       <2>Bad managers are a dime a dozen, but a good one is difficult to find.

       坏的老板很多，好的老板却很难找。

经典对白

1.剧中：She stood up for you.

stand up for sb  为...辩护，支持

e.g. <1>She stand up for me every time the bigger boys said bad things about me.

       每次大孩子说我坏话的时候她都是帮助我。

       <2>Don't worry. in court , your lawyer will stand up for your rights .

       别担心，在法庭上，你的律师会为你辩护的。

2.剧中：Rescue the girl, from the jaws² of death

jaws of death 鬼门关，死神

e.g. <1>His drug addiction³ was so bad that it became his jaws of death.

      他的赌瘾太深了，让他到了鬼门关。

      <2>If you work too many hours your job can become the jaws of death.

     如果你工作太多小时，你的工作将把你带入鬼门关。

3.knight⁴ in shining armor 解救出在危难中的人的骑士

e.g. <1>The princess waited in the tower for her knight shining armor.

       公主在塔里等待着她的骑士。

      <2>Who are you waiting for ? 你在等谁？

     I'm waiting for my knight in shining armor to come help me with this math problem.

     我在等待我的骑士来帮助我做这道数学题。

原声碟

Talk In About My Generation

People try to put us down

talk in about my generation

just become we get around

they say we do look awful

my generation
 

1 dime   

n.（指美国、加拿大的钱币）一角

参考例句：

• A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
• The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。

2 jaws   

n.口部；嘴

参考例句：

• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。
• The scored jaws of a vise help it bite the work. 台钳上有刻痕的虎钳牙帮助它紧咬住工件。

3 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

4 knight   

n.骑士，武士；爵士

参考例句：

• He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
• A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。