听动感英语学口语 第61讲

电影词典

Laurence Olivier   劳伦斯.奥利弗

美国俚语

hold up :  慢一点；推迟，拖延

e.g. <1>I asked my tennis partner to hold up so I could tie my shoelace.

       我让我的网球搭档慢一点，等我系下我的鞋带。

      <2>The plane was held up for 1 hour because of a snowstorm¹.

       因为有暴风雨，所以飞机推迟了一个小时。

经典对白 

1.剧中：oh, give it a rest , why don't you ?

give it a rest ： 停下来（厌烦）

e.g. <1>I'm tired of practicing the violin ,  I'm going to give it a rest for a while .

           我厌烦了练习小提琴，我能不能停下来休息一会。

     <2>Could you please give it a rest ?
            You're always complaining .

           你能不能停一停啊，别总是那么多抱怨。

2.剧中：Hard to believe there's a little girl under the all this .

hard to believe ：难以置信

e.g. <1>It's hard to believe that you're a grandfather , you look so young .

      真的不敢相信你已经做了爷爷，你看起来是这么年轻。

      <2>It's hard to believe that I'm graduating from college, It feels like I just started.

      真的难以置信我毕业了，怎么感觉像刚刚开始。

原声碟

Making Christmas

Making Christmas ,  Christmas
snakes and mice get wrapped² up
so nice with spider legs and
pretty bows³ , it's ours this time
altogether⁴ that and this .
 

1 snowstorm   

n.雪暴，暴风雪

参考例句：

• After several weeks of travel,snowstorm hit us first.我们旅行了几个星期，初次碰上了暴风雪。
• A severe snowstorm blocked up railroads.一场暴风雪使铁路中断。

2 wrapped   

adj.有包装的，预先包装的v.包( wrap的过去式和过去分词 )；覆盖；用…包裹（或包扎、覆盖等）；卷起

参考例句：

• The chocolates are individually wrapped in gold foil. 巧克力用金箔纸一颗颗独立包装。
• Would you like the chocolates gift-wrapped? 你要把巧克力糖打成礼品包吗？

3 bows   

n.弓( bow的名词复数 )；鞠躬；船头；艏

参考例句：

• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome. 这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Some of the raiders were armed with bows and arrows. 其中一些袭击者身背弓箭。 来自辞典例句

4 altogether   

adv.完全，全部地；总共；总起来说，总而言之

参考例句：

• He has been here four or five times altogether.他总共来过四五次。
• How many of you boys are there altogether in your family?你们家里兄弟共几个？