看电影学英文:Sleepless in Seattle 西雅图夜未眠（精讲之六）

影片对白

Annie: Walter, there is something I have to tell you.

Walter: So he could be on top of the empire state building now.

Annie: No, I guess he could be. No. It's not him, Walter, it's me. I can't do this.

Walter: Look, Annie, I love you. But, let's leave that outta this. I don't wanna be someone that you'resettling for. I don't wanna be someone that anyone settles for. Marriage is hard enough without bringing such low expectations into it, isn't it?

Annie: Oh, Walter. I don't deserve you.

Walter: No, I wouldn'tput it that way. But, okay.

Annie: You okay?

Walter: Yeah.

Annie: Oh!

Walter: What?

Annie: Look! It's a sign

Walter: Who needed a sign?

Annie: Walter, I have to go.

Sam: Jonah, Jonah.

Jonah: Dad! Dad!

Sam: What if something had happened to you, what if I couldn'tget to you.

Jonah: I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Sam: What have I done? You're my family. You're all I've got!

Jonah: I thought she'd be here. I thought she'd come.

Sam: We're doing ok, aren't we now? Are we ok? Are we all right? So far have I done something really stupid?

Jonah: No!

Sam: Have I screwed it up for both of us?

Jonah: No!

Annie: Observation deck!

Doorkeeper: Sorry, ma'am, but it's too late.

Annie: No, please, I really need to go up there.

Doorkeeper: We're closing up. No more runs tonight.

Annie: Listen, can I just take a look. There was someone I'm supposed to meet. He's probably not there. But if I don't at least look, I'll always wonder about it.

Doorkeeper:Cary Grant, right?

Annie: You know that movie?

Doorkeeper: One of my wife's favorites.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. Settle for

这句话是指“接受”的意思。要把它和accept区分开来，因为所谓的 settle for sth 指的是“勉强的接受……”。在此部电影当中，Walter 的意思就是：他不想成为任何人用来将就的对象。

2. Put it that way

大家可以把这句话变成 express it that way来理解，这样看的话就容易多了。这里的put 和 express 是一个意思。只不过put更口语化一点。

3. Get to you

Get 这个词虽然看着简单，但是也是我们在学习英文的过程当中比较头疼的词了，因为get可以和很多其它的词组合起来变成另外的意思。比如：

A. Get to you
指的就是我找不着你怎么办。Reach you可以和他进行替换。

B. Get together
意思是meet。通常我们会听到老外讲：Maybe we can get together sometime.

C. Get going / get moving
很常用的句型结构，当我们要离开的时候或者要走的时候用得到。怎么表达呢？I think I have to get going. （我想我要走了。）

4. Cary Grant

Cary Grant 是在30，40年代美国比较有名的电影演员。曾演过《费城故事》、《抓贼》等一系列脍炙人口的影片。

Empire State Building vs. observation deck

对于学习英文的人来讲，如果不知道哪是帝国大厦，也许会成为一个大笑柄的。其实热爱电影的人，对它应该不会陌生，想想去年热播的美国大片 King Kong 《金刚》，最后金刚英雄救美的一幕就是在帝国大厦顶部拍摄的。

但是，仅仅只是知道有一座帝国大厦是不够的。帝国大厦是纽约城的一大旅游景点之一，观光旅游的人去到那里，除了想了解一下帝国大厦的历史之外，还有就是去无人不知的Empire State Building's Observatory，帝国大厦观景台( observation deck)，领略一下the big apple纽约的全景。为了游客的方便，帝国大厦会全年开放，开放时间为早8点到晚12点左右，夏天的时候开放时间会延迟。

思想火花

对于Sleepless¹ in Seattle 这部影片如此之火的原因，可能很多人都觉得费解。也有人认为这实际上就是一部chick's movie。实际上，这部影片真正反映出来的是很多女人对理想中的白马王子的憧憬。

女人们期待的是一个可以不会吝啬的表达爱意的男人，可以注意到她们的细微变化、而又可以慷慨的说出赞扬或鼓励之类的话的男人。当然女人要的不是花言巧语，不是玩弄手段获取女人芳心的男人。要的只是一生的踏实，适时的鼓励，还有就是彼此的珍惜。当然这样的要求听起来有些高，就像电影中所提到 verbal ability is a highly over-rated thing in a guy.虽然很难，Sam却做到了，而且成功的打动了全美的女人。只是用了这很简单的几句话：She made everything beautiful. It was a million tiny little things, if you add all up; it just meant that we were supposed to be together.

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子翻译成英语。

1．我不想成为任何人将就的对象。
2．我要是找不到你该怎么办？
3. 改天一起聚一下！

Sleepless in Seattle 西雅图夜未眠（精讲之五）考考你 参考答案

1． 实际上，我每天要游一个小时的泳。
I have to swim for practically one hour.

2． 我们将把所有的课都讲完。
We're gonna cover all the lessons.

3． 能帮我看一下孩子吗，我想去一下卫生间。
Could you keep an eye on my kid, I wanna go to the bathroom

1 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。