早安英文 第158期:美剧「广告狂人」经典段落赏析：好时巧克力篇

 英语学习笔记：

Every agency you're going to meet with feels qualified¹ to advertise the hershey bar.

你们接下来要面见的每家广告公司，都会自认为有能力替好时巧克力做广告。

Because the product itself is one of the most successful billboards² of all time.

因为该产品本身，就是跨越时代的经典。

agency [‘ed??nsi] n. 中介，代理

billboards [‘b?lb?rd] n. 广告牌，这里引申为品牌

And its relationship with america, Is so overwhelmingly positive that everyone in this room has their own story to tell.

它和全美人民的关系，充满了正能量，相信在座的每个人都有属于自己的故事。

overwhelmingly [???v?'welm??li] adv. 压倒性地；不可抵抗地

It could be rations³ in the heat of battle or in the movie theater on a first date.

可能是战时补给，或在影院的初次约会。

But most of them are from childhood.

不过他们都来自童年的回忆。

Mine was my father taking me to the drugstore after I'd mowed⁵ the lawn and telling me I could have anything I wanted.

当年，父亲在我割完草后，会带我去杂货店，让我想要什么都可以随便拿

Anything at all.

什么都行。

And there was a lot .

有好多可以选的商品

But I picked a hershey bar.

但我选了好时巧克力

mow⁴ the lawn 修剪草坪

mow [mo?] v. 割

The wrapper looked like what was inside.

包装纸和里面的糖表里如一。

And as I ripped it open, My father tousled my hair and forever his love and the chocolate were tied together.

当我撕开时，我父亲拨乱我的头发，他的爱也和这巧克力永远系在了一起。

wrapper [‘r?p?] n. 包装纸

rip it open 拨开它

tousle [‘ta?zl] 拨乱

That's the story we're going to tell.

这就是我们要讲的故事。

Hershey's is the currency of affection.

好时承载着感情。

It's the childhood symbol of love.

是童年时爱的象征。

currency [?k?r?nsi] n. 货币

affection [?’f?k??n] n. 情感

currency of affection 情感货币，引申为情感的纽带，情感的承载

symbol [‘s?mbl] n. 象征，标志

1 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

2 billboards   

n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
• Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

3 rations   

定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量

参考例句：

• They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
• The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。

4 mow   

v.割（草、麦等），扫射，皱眉；n.草堆，谷物堆

参考例句：

• He hired a man to mow the lawn.他雇人割草。
• We shall have to mow down the tall grass in the big field.我们得把大田里的高草割掉。

5 mowed   

v.刈，割( mow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The enemy were mowed down with machine-gun fire. 敌人被机枪的火力扫倒。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Men mowed the wide lawns and seeded them. 人们割了大片草地的草，然后在上面播种。 来自辞典例句