影视英语：My best friend's wedding 《我最好朋友的婚礼》（精讲之三）

影片对白

Michael: Wow. You look beautiful.

Julianne: Thank you.

Michael: You have a date later or something?

Julianne: Never can tell. Hi.

Michael: "Just the way you look tonight." Remember? Okay, kid. You're up.

Kimmy: Well, it's really my father who needs the favor¹. You see. He's... reorganizing some of the divisions² of the company. Public relations is a real problem area for him. It would only be, six months? Maybe. Or three or four?

Michael: (to Julianne) And you knew about this.

Julianne: I think you ought to listen to her, Michael. It's her life, too.

Michael: Well, you gonna tell me that Walter thought this one up? Why don't you start by being honest for one second, Kim?

Kimmy: I am being honest. All of a sudden³, I'm supposed to drop out of school, forget my family, forget my career, forget about all the things I had planned for my life.

Michael: Well forgive me for screwing⁴ up your plans! I'm sure glad I'm hearing all this now, before it's too late!

Kimmy: What is that sup...

Michael: And what am I supposed to do with my life, huh? I work in a low-paying, zero-respect job. Which, unfortunately, I happen to love.

Julianne: Michael, it sounds like a great opportunity.

Michael: Does it, really? How come you never took some sellout establishment⁵ job? Huh? I'll tell you why. Because that isn't you. And guess what? Kim. That's not me, either.

Kimmy: Okay, if that's the way you feel...

Michael: Damn⁷ straight that's how I feel! Just come out and say it, my job is not good enough! I am not good enough!

Kimmy: Michael, I never said that.

Michael: Yes, you did. Great, Kim, you wait till two days before our wedding to drop this on me, and I'm just supposed to roll over and drool!

Kimmy: No.

Michael: All right. I am an asshole. I am an insensitive sexist asshole. you'd better...

Kimmy: No, Michael! No, Michael! You are so... so right. And I am so wrong. We've settled⁸ this. And I reneged. That wasn't fair. You have to forgive me, and forget this ever happened... Okay? Or I'll die. Please!

Michael: I am sorry, I am sorry... I'm so... I love you.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1． Never can tell.

“谁都没法说，你永远都不会知道”。其实像这种表达方式。我们已经学过好多，比如：you never know，God knows，nobody knows等等。

2. You're up.

You're up. 在这里意思是“go ahead”，“go for it”，用汉语讲就是“你说吧”。

3. Thought this one up

其实这个短语中有thought 就够用了，但是说话者偏偏在后面加一个up，意为加重语气，与此同时，来强调一下“编造”的事实。仔细回想一下，我们曾讲过 You made this up. （你自己编的吧。）不难看出，此句后面结尾的部分同样也是up，代表编造的意思。
4. Drop out of school

“辍学”的意思。举个例子：每年都有很多孩子因为交不起学费而辍学。 Each year many kids drop out of school because they can't pay the fee⁶.

5. low-paying, zero-respect job

从字面上不难看出它的意思：薪水低、不被人尊重的工作。这是一种很好的表达方式。当说到一个人的工作很不好的时候，一定要记住，用low-paying, zero-respect job 要比 bad job 好很多。顺便提一句，与low-paying, zero-respect job 相反的就是下文 Michael 提到的 sell-out establishment job。

6. roll over and drool

这里Michael的意思是：你希望我像只狗那样打滚讨好你、垂涎这份工作吗？非常严厉的话语，难怪 Kimmy 哭了起来并大声辩驳。

思想火花

在这个片段里，大家可以看出来，当这对即将结婚的小两口吵架的时候，Julianne 似笑非笑地坐在一旁，似乎有点掩饰不住自己内心的喜悦，因为她好像看到Michael--自己曾经的男友，现在的好友--很快就会回到她的身边，马上就要成功拆散这对相爱的人，从此 live happily ever after。但 Julianne 万万没想到的是，Kimmy 居然可以爱到放弃自尊，哭着求 Michael 来原谅自己。这可是整部电影当中的经典之处，也是为什么这部电影会在美国如此大红大紫的原因之一。

不过，说到底，爱到放弃自尊、抛弃一切，值得吗？很怀疑 Michael 和 Kimmy 度过蜜月期后还会不会这么幸福。幸亏这只是一部爱情喜剧电影，到幸福那一点就打住了、没有下文。真实的生活恐怕不会如此随心所欲吧！

考考你

将下面的句子译成汉语。

1. Well forgive me for screwing up your plans!
2. How come you never took some sellout establishment job?

My best friend's wedding 《我最好朋友的婚礼》（精讲之二）考考你 参考答案

1. 我唱歌总跑调。
I can't sing a note.

2. 别耽搁了你的前程。
Don't put your future on hold.

1 favor   

n.好感；赞同；好事；vt.赞同，喜爱；有利于

参考例句：

• She is out of favor with her employer.她失去了雇主的欢心。
• The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.那位新老师很受家长的欢迎。

2 divisions   

n.分开( division的名词复数 )；分界线；分歧；分离

参考例句：

• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。
• The country's political divisions are deep-seated. 这个国家的政治分歧根深蒂固。

3 sudden   

n.突然，忽然；adj.突然的，意外的，快速的

参考例句：

• All of a sudden he turned about and saw me.他突然转过身来看见了我。
• The horse was badly frightened by the sudden noise.那匹马被突然而来的嘈杂声吓坏了。

4 screwing   

v.用螺丝拧紧( screw的现在分词 )；拧上去；（和某人）性交；诈骗（钱财等）

参考例句：

• The child is screwing water out of a sponge. 小孩正把海绵中的水挤出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I spent some minutes screwing up my courage. 我花了几分钟时间来振作我的胆量。 来自辞典例句

5 establishment   

n.建立，确立，确定；企业，机构；当权人物

参考例句：

• With the establishment of major new markets, the economy is thriving.随着重大新市场的建立，经济越来越兴旺。
• The establishment of the business took several years.创办这个公司花了好几年时间。

6 fee   

n.费（会费、学费等）；酬金，小费；所有权；vt.付费给

参考例句：

• Is this money enough for the tuition fee?这些钱交学费够吗？
• The lawyer undertook the case without a fee.这律师免费承办那个案件。

7 damn   

int.该死，他妈的；vt.指责，贬斥，诅咒

参考例句：

• Damn this useless typewriter!这台破打字机真该死！
• I knew damn well what he was going to say.我非常清楚他要说什么。

8 settled   

a.固定的；稳定的

参考例句：

• The dispute was settled without acrimony. 没有唇枪舌剑，这场纠纷就解决了。
• a settled way of life 安定的生活方式