BJ单身日记 2（精讲之一）

影片对白

Bridget: Another year, a brand new diary. Once again I was summoned, kicking and screaming, to my mother's turkey curry¹ buffet², where I've had some of the most shaming experiences of my life.

Mother: Hello, darling. Lovely to see you.

Bridget: It was, as usual, crammed³ full with some of the most dangerous perverts⁴ in the UK, disguised as close, personal friends of my parents.

Una: Hello, Bridget.

Bridget: Hello, Una. Oh, no, thanks.

Una: Love thejumper.

Geoffrey: I prefer what's underneath⁵ it.

Bridget: Uncle Geoffrey!

Geoffrey: Hello, gorgeous. 

Bridget: Hello.

Dad: Hello, darling.

Bridget: Hello, Dad. How's it going?

Dad: I wish I was dead.

Bridget: But this year, there was one crucial difference. Nice jumper.

Mark: My mother's taste neverfalters⁷.

Bridget: Never. You always wonder how it's going to work out at the end of the story. Maria and Captain Von Trapp, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs⁸, Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones. I've found my happy ending at last. Andnothing in the world can spoil it. Well, almost nothing.

Richard: Bridget Jones, what the fuck are you doing?

Bridget: I, I can't see anywhere soft to land.

Richard: How about on your ass⁹? Bridget, unless you want toget sackedat 6,000 feet, you will be on your way in exactly three seconds. Three, two, one... cue Bridget.

Bridget: Skydiving, a dangerous bane to the countryside and emergency services, or a safe and exhilarating hobby? Well... Let's see, shall we?

Richard: Go. Jump. For Christ's sakes, go! Ok. She's out. Unit Two, you got her?

Man: OK, we see her.

Richard: Bridget, open the chute. Open it. Open your fucking parachute! Pull the thingy or you will die!

Bridget: Oh. Honestly, you forget just one teeny, weeny detail and everyone treats you like an idiot.

Bridget: Where was I? Oh, yes... Mark Darcy. The question is: what happens after you walk off into the sunset?

Richard: Bridget? Earth to Bridget Sodding Jones. Bridget,you're on. You're live.

Bridget: Well, this is Bridget Jones for Sit Up Britain, reporting to you from a big vat¹⁰ of excrement¹¹.

Richard: Unit two, give me a close-up of the porker.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1．jumper

jumper在特定的场合有着特定的意思。
A：跳跃者
He's a great jumper. 意思就是他跳得很高。在英文中这样的用法很多，在动词后面加上er代表一定的特征。举个很简单的例子，在《毕业生》这部电影中，Ben曾经说过这样一句话：He certainly is a good walker。意思就是说这人走的很快。

B：英国人口中的“套头衫”，是一种无袖的毛衫。我们熟悉的讲毛衫的词是sweater。jumper 和sweater在英国英语中都指套头的毛衫。在美国英语中，sweater也可以指那种有扣子的毛衫。

2．falter⁶

falter的意思有很多，而且基本每个意思都是常用的。比如：
A： 支支吾吾、颤抖地讲
如：Her voice began to falter as she talked about her miserable¹² past.
B：never falter 从来不会很差
这是在本片中的用法。My mother's taste never falters. 意思就是“我妈是个相当有品味的人”。也可说 His reputation never falters. 大家可以用不同的词来替换，关键是要把它变成自己的语言。

3．Nothing in the world can spoil it.

spoil这个词有“宠坏”和“破坏”两种意思，影片中用的是后者。

4．get sacked

很地道的表达方式，意思是“被解雇”。比如一个好友情绪低落，追问原因，才得知She's got sacked. 这个时候你就得多安慰她了。

5. You're on.

on 是很小的一个词，同时也是很难用的词，因为它的意思实在是太多了。在这里on是当“上场，开演了， 开始了”讲。 You're on意思就是“你上场了，已经开拍了”。What's on？就是“演什么呢？”

6．You're live.

“现在是实况转播。”我们经常听到的This is... on the spot. 就是“……在这里为你现场播报”。

文化面面观

Skydiving

Skydiving is a team sport. Two people are in the team, a skydiver and a video camera operator. The video camera operator videotapes the skydiver while the skydiver does gymnastics. After they've landed, the judge watches the videotape. The team gets point for good gymnastics in the air and good skydiving.

A time for self-improvement

Many Americans prefer recreation that requires a high level of physical activity. This is true of three fastest growing adult recreational sports: jogging or running, tennis, and snow skiing. It would seem that Americans carry over their belief in hard work into their world of play and recreation. The well-known expression "we like to work hard and play hard" is an example of this philosophy.

The recreational interests of Americans also show a continuing respect for the self-reliance, and sometimes the adventure and danger, of frontier life. By the mid-1990s, Newsweek magazine noted¹³ that adventure travel had grown to "an＄8 billion business, perhaps as much as a fifth of the U.S.leisure travel market." Millions of Americans have bought mountain bikes to explore the wildness on their own. Many others are choosing to go whitewater rafting, mountain climbing, rock climbing, skydiving, helicopter skiing, and bungee jumping.

考考你

翻译下面的句子。

1. 别把孩子给宠坏了。
2. 你被解雇了。（你知道多少种“解雇”的说法？）
3. 这里是BBC记者 Frank 为你现场报道。

1 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

2 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

3 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

4 perverts   

n.性变态者( pervert的名词复数 )v.滥用( pervert的第三人称单数 )；腐蚀；败坏；使堕落

参考例句：

• A clever criminal perverts his talents. 一个聪明的犯罪者误用了他的才智。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Not all fondlers are sexual perverts. 并非所有的骚扰者都是性变态。 来自互联网

5 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

6 falter   

vi.(嗓音)颤抖，结巴地说；犹豫；蹒跚

参考例句：

• His voice began to falter.他的声音开始发颤。
• As he neared the house his steps faltered.当他走近房子时，脚步迟疑了起来。

7 falters   

（嗓音）颤抖( falter的第三人称单数 )； 支吾其词； 蹒跚； 摇晃

参考例句：

• He never falters in his determination. 他的决心从不动摇。
• The plan never falters; the design never changes. It is all ordered. 大自然从不步履蹒跚，从不三心二意，一切都是有条不紊。

8 dwarfs   

n.侏儒，矮子（dwarf的复数形式）vt.（使）显得矮小（dwarf的第三人称单数形式）

参考例句：

• Shakespeare dwarfs other dramatists. 莎士比亚使其他剧作家相形见绌。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The new building dwarfs all the other buildings in the town. 新大楼使城里所有其他建筑物都显得矮小了。 来自辞典例句

9 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。

10 vat   

n.(=value added tax)增值税，大桶

参考例句：

• The office is asking for the vat papers.办事处要有关增值税的文件。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat.他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。

11 excrement   

n.排泄物，粪便

参考例句：

• The cage smelled of excrement.笼子里粪臭熏人。
• Clothing can also become contaminated with dust,feathers,and excrement.衣着则会受到微尘、羽毛和粪便的污染。

12 miserable   

adj.悲惨的，痛苦的；可怜的，糟糕的

参考例句：

• It was miserable of you to make fun of him.你取笑他，这是可耻的。
• Her past life was miserable.她过去的生活很苦。

13 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。