动感英语 [20]

 

Action English 动感英语 （20）
Movie dictionary 电影词典

director   导演  

American slang 美国俚语

tiger  原意老虎。But in American fathers often call their son tiger 父亲对儿子的爱称

There’s nothing to be afraid of ,tiger
例：I’m so proud of you , tiger
   
Go help your mom, tiger

pumpkin¹ 愿意南瓜。在这里是对女儿的爱称
I’m so proud of you , pumpkin
其他：honey ,  sweet heart , darling .

Classic film clips 经典对白

(1)strip =take off your clothes
You can strip Byers naked.
例：The doctor said to go into the exam room and strip.
     Strip the shirt off ,it’s terrible color on you .
(2) go over one’s head =contact someone’s superior
Well , then we’ll go over their heads  跨过他们向上级告状
例：The DVD player I bought is defective², I wrote to a letter to the complaint department, but they didn’t do anything. I’m going to go over their heads .
I know you don’t like your boss , but you can’t complain to his boss about it, because you
can’t go over his head .
Movie Tunes³ 原声碟
Gravy⁴        “给爱情加点佐料”from 修女也疯狂
Gimme gravy on my mashed⁵ potatoes.

Come on and treat me right
Hey baby, you’re the greatest
So gimme gravy tonight.

1 pumpkin   

n.南瓜

参考例句：

• They ate turkey and pumpkin pie.他们吃了火鸡和南瓜馅饼。
• It looks like there is a person looking out of the pumpkin!看起来就像南瓜里有人在看着你！

2 defective   

adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的

参考例句：

• The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
• If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。

3 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 gravy   

n.肉汁；轻易得来的钱，外快

参考例句：

• You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.你把肉汁泼到台布上了。
• The meat was swimming in gravy.肉泡在浓汁之中。

5 mashed   

a.捣烂的

参考例句：

• two scoops of mashed potato 两勺土豆泥
• Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please. 请给我盛一勺土豆泥。