听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》 I Dream of Feeny - 5

Yesterday we were absolutely enthralled¹ by the first 1600 exciting lines of Beowulf. Can anyone recap for us?
Hrothgar, king of the Danes, on the island of Zealand has built the mead² hall Heorot for feasting his warriors³, but they abandoned it because of the murderous ravages⁴ of the monster Grendel.
Is it just me, or does anyone else wanna absolutely hurl⁵ from boredom⁶?
Do you have a problem with Beowulf?
Yeah, my problem is nobody cares, I don't need this. Why am I gonna need this? No one has ever needed this. And let me make myself even clearer, Beowulf, needed? No. And on a completely side issue, who names your baby Hrothgar?
Are you through?
No, as a matter of fact, I am not. I don't think we need geography either.
Well, this is a school, what do you think we should do here?
I think we should sit around and talk about whatever we want. And you should make us cup cakes.
Cory Matthews, you are so right.
Shawn, Shawn, wake up, I fixed⁷ everything.
Thank you for stopping me from wasting my entire life. I mean, I would have ended up just like Mr. Feeny who believes in geography and mathematics and all that other garbage you'll never need.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a teacher.
Cory, you pass these out to everybody.
When did you bake these?
Just the second.
I almost totally object to this flagrant desecration⁸ of the temple of knowledge.
Stuff it, nerd boy.

Words & Information:

flagrant : You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way.
desecration : If someone desecrates⁹ something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately¹⁰ damage or insult it.

1 enthralled   

迷住，吸引住( enthrall的过去式和过去分词 )； 使感到非常愉快

参考例句：

• The child watched, enthralled by the bright moving images. 这孩子看着那明亮的移动的影像，被迷住了。
• The children listened enthralled as the storyteller unfolded her tale. 讲故事的人一步步展开故事情节，孩子们都听得入迷了。

2 mead   

n.蜂蜜酒

参考例句：

• He gave me a cup of mead.他给我倒了杯蜂蜜酒。
• He drank some mead at supper.晚饭时他喝了一些蜂蜜酒。

3 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

4 ravages   

劫掠后的残迹，破坏的结果，毁坏后的残迹

参考例句：

• the ravages of war 战争造成的灾难
• It is hard for anyone to escape from the ravages of time. 任何人都很难逃避时间的摧残。

5 hurl   

vt.猛投，力掷，声叫骂

参考例句：

• The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
• To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。

6 boredom   

n.厌烦，厌倦，乏味，无聊

参考例句：

• Unemployment can drive you mad with boredom.失业会让你无聊得发疯。
• A walkman can relieve the boredom of running.跑步时带着随身听就不那么乏味了。

7 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

8 desecration   

n. 亵渎神圣, 污辱

参考例句：

• Desecration, and so forth, and lectured you on dignity and sanctity. 比如亵渎神圣等。想用尊严和神圣不可侵犯之类的话来打动你们。
• Desecration: will no longer break stealth. 亵渎：不再消除潜行。

9 desecrates   

毁坏或亵渎( desecrate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

10 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。