英语PK台 第682期:英语表现力训练课(21)

 剧本与台词

Marty: No no no, the present's great,really.

不不不，礼物棒极了，真的。

Marty: It's just that another year's come and gone and I'm still doing the same old thing.

只是年复一年，我仍然做着相同又老套的事儿。

Marty: Stand over here.trot¹ over there. Eat some grass, walk back over here.

站在这里，小跑到那里。吃点草，再走到这里。

Alex: I see your problem.

我知道你的烦恼了。

Marty: Maybe I should go to law school.

也许我应该去读法学院。

Alex: You just need to break out of that boring routine.

你只需要打破那些无聊的例行程序。

Marty: How?

要怎么做？

Alex: Throw out the old act. Get out there. Who knows what you gonna do?

抛开以前的行为，走出去，谁会知道你将做什么呢？

Alex: Make it up as you go along.

边走边创造吧。

Alex: Ad lib. Improvise²! On the fly, boom boom boom.

随性而为，即兴表演！忙起来，砰砰砰。

1 trot   

n.疾走，慢跑；n.老太婆；现成译本；(复数）trots:腹泻（与the 连用）；v.小跑，快步走，赶紧

参考例句：

• They passed me at a trot.他们从我身边快步走过。
• The horse broke into a brisk trot.马突然快步小跑起来。

2 improvise   

v.即兴创作；临时准备，临时凑成

参考例句：

• If an actor forgets his words，he has to improvise.演员要是忘记台词，那就只好即兴现编。
• As we've not got the proper materials,we'll just have to improvise.我们没有弄到合适的材料，只好临时凑合了。