Dead Poets Society 死亡诗社 （精讲之四）

影片对白

BOY: What's for dinner?

PITTS: Spaghetti and meatballs!

NEIL: Save some for me. "But, room, Fairy! Here comes Oberon."

NEIL: Father.

MR. PERRY: Neil.

NEIL: Before you say anything, please let me ex-

MR. PERRY: Don't you daretalk backto me! It's bad enough that you've wasted your time with this, this absurd acting¹ business. But you deliberately² deceived me! How, how, how did you expect to get away with this? Answer me. Who put you up to it? Was it this new man? This, uh, Mr. Keating?

NEIL: No. Nobody--I thought I'd surprise you. I've gotten all A's in every class.

MR. PERRY: Did you think I wasn't going to find out? "Oh, my niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs. Marks. "No, no, no," I say, "you must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." You made me a liar⁴ out of me, Neil! Now, tomorrow you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting.

NEIL: No, I can't. I have the main part. The performance is tomorrow night.

MR. PERRY: I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow night.You are through with that play.Is that clear? Is that clear?

NEIL: Yes, sir. 

MR. PERRY: I made a great many sacrifices to get you here, Neil, and you will notlet me down.

NEIL: No, sir.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. talk back

If you talk back to someone in authority such as a parent or teacher, you answer them in a rude way. 反驳，顶嘴。
e.g. How dare you talk back to me!
你怎么敢和我顶嘴！
I talked back and asked questions.
我反驳并且提出了问题。

2. You are through with that play.
你不要再演戏了。

be through with的意思是“做好，结束（工作等）”。这个词组还有一些其它意思，如“断绝关系，不来往”，还有“厌倦”的意思，如：
I will be through with this man.
我会和这个男人断绝来往。
I have been hurt seriously by glass once, so from then on I was through with glass.
我被玻璃杯严重扎伤过，从那以后我就烦玻璃杯。

3. let me down
让我失望

If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do. 让人失望，辜负。
e.g. Don't worry, father, I won't let you down.
别担心，父亲，我不会让你失望的。
When such advisers⁵ fail in their duty, they let down the whole system.
当这些顾问没有尽到责任时，他们就会让整个公司失望。

文化面面观

Types of U.S. Private Schools

Private schools in the United States may be broadly classified as either religious or nonsectarian (nonreligious) institutions. The most common types of religious schools in the United States are supported by various branches of the Catholic Church. Some private schools are known as boarding schools because they offer lodging⁶ to students in addition to academic instruction. Private schools that do not offer lodging are often called day schools. Private schools that focus on academic preparation for college are sometimes called preparatory schools or prep schools. Both religious and nonsectarian private schools may feature other distinguishing characteristics, such as single-sex enrollment⁷ or residential⁸ facilities.

The term independent school refers to any private school that is independently governed by a board of trustees, rather than by a church or religious organization. Independent schools may have a religious or nonsectarian orientation⁹. They are financed primarily by tuition, fees, charitable contributions, and income from investments, rather than by tax or church funds. The main organization representing independent schools in the United States is the National Association of Independent Schools.

Catholic School Classroom

First grade students work on projects under their teacher's supervision¹⁰ at St. Casimir School, a Catholic private school located in downtown Albany, New York. About 50 percent of all private school students in the United States attend Catholic schools.

考考你

翻译下面的句子。

1. 我给你说过多少次了，不要在公共场合和我顶嘴。

2. 你骗我吧？John和他妻子一刀两断了，简直不敢相信！

3. 这么多年来他从来不肯努力，这让他的父母非常失望。

《死亡诗社》（精讲之三）考考你 参考答案

1. 我们公司现在到了生死存亡的重要时刻。
Our company now comes to the crucial moment at stake.

2. 你不要总是那么拼命，人生还很长，要慢慢来。
You don't have to bust¹¹ your ass³ all the time. Take your time, 'cause life is going on.

3. 在20世纪五六十年代，反潮流的生活方式在青年人中间很流行。
In 1950s and 1960s, the life style of "swimming against stream" prevailed among young people.

1 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

2 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

5 advisers   

顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
• She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。

6 lodging   

n.寄宿，住所；(大学生的)校外宿舍

参考例句：

• The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
• Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?

7 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

8 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

9 orientation   

n.方向，目标；熟悉，适应，情况介绍

参考例句：

• Children need some orientation when they go to school.小孩子上学时需要适应。
• The traveller found his orientation with the aid of a good map.旅行者借助一幅好地图得知自己的方向。

10 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

11 bust   

vt.打破；vi.爆裂；n.半身像；胸部

参考例句：

• I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了。
• She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。