听电影学英语:革命之路4

 　　[00:08.60]- Good morning, all. - Morning, Frank.

 

　　[00:11.24]Franklin. Good to see your shining face.

 

　　[00:13.44]- What’s the news? - Fellas, I’m moving to Paris.

 

　　[00:20.16]Indeed. And I’m moving to Tangiers.

 

　　[00:39.84]Intra-company letter to Toledo.

 

　　[00:42.16]Attention B.F. Chalmers, Branch Manager.

 

　　[00:48.20]With regard to recent and repeated correspondence,

 

　　[00:51.36]this is to advise that the matter has been

 

　　[00:54.00]very satisfactorily taken in hand, period.

 

　　[00:57.16]Paragraph. We wholly agree that the existing brochure is unsuitable.

 

　　[01:03.04]To this end, we have developed, quote,

 

　　[01:11.28]"Speaking of Production Control."

 

　　[01:22.96]Here you go, Mrs Wheeler. These are the traveller’s cheques you requested.

 

　　[01:27.60]- Yes. - Your steamer reservations.

 

　　[01:31.28]These I’ll pass on to the embassy for you.

 

　　[01:33.92]- Good luck. - Thank you.

 

　　[01:40.04]September. October at the outside.

 

　　[01:44.44]I just happen to think people are better off

 

　　[01:46.20]doing some kind of work they actually like.

 

　　[01:48.68]- Right. Right, yes. - Absolutely, absolutely.

 

　　[01:51.68]But, I mean, assuming there is this true vocation² waiting for you,

 

　　[01:57.24]wouldn’t you be just as likely to discover it here as there?

 

　　[02:02.76]I don’t think it’s possible to discover anything

 

　　[02:05.24]on the 15th floor of the Knox building,

 

　　[02:08.52]and I don’t think any of you do either.

 

　　[03:08.04]Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!

 

　　[03:11.76]- Michael. - Daddy, will you read us...

 

　　[03:14.52]...all the way to here.

 

　　[03:20.00]We have to take a big boat ride across the sea to get there.

 

　　[03:23.40]- But I won’t know anybody there. - I know. I know. Neither will I.

 

　　[03:28.44]But remember how you felt when you started school?

 

　　[03:30.64]And now look how many friends you have.

 

　　[03:33.28]You’ll never guess what they eat in Paris.

 

　　[03:36.88]- You’ll never guess. - What?

 

　　[03:39.68]- Slimy snails³. - Snails?

 

　　[03:42.16]Slimy snails and icky frog’s legs.

 

　　[03:57.08]Milly, where are you, doll?

 

　　[04:00.64]You better get changed, they’ll be here soon.

 

　　[04:04.44]- Is that what you’re wearing? - Don’t you like it?

 

　　[04:08.04]Yeah, yeah. You look great, doll.

 

　　[04:12.64]Guess I better haul ass¹.

 

　　[04:30.52]Hiya, gang.

 

　　[04:36.96]What you watching?

 

　　[05:16.48]Shep?

 

　　[05:19.80]I was calling you and calling you.

 

　　[05:25.08]Hi.

 

　　[05:32.20]Here we go. Just a little something.

 

　　[05:36.92]- Those look great. I’m starving. - April, I can’t get over it,

 

　　[05:43.20]you look like the cat that ate the canary.

 

　　[05:46.20]Do you have something to tell us? Just a little bit of news?

 

　　[05:50.52]Well, actually, Milly, we... Well, we do have some important news, yes.

 

　　[05:54.60]I knew it.

 

　　[05:56.48]Honey, why don’t you tell them? Go ahead.

 

　　[06:01.12]We’re going to Europe. To Paris.

 

　　[06:08.96]To live.

 

　　[06:13.80]- What? - When?

 

　　[06:16.00]- In September. - But what for?

 

　　[06:20.80]What for? Well, because we’ve always wanted to.

 

　　[06:25.28]Because the kids are young enough. Because it’s beautiful.

 

　　[06:28.12]I mean, really. Shep, you’ve been there, you tell her.

 

　　[06:31.36]- Yeah, it’s a great city. - Yeah.

 

　　[06:40.60]When did you make this decision?

 

　　[06:44.52]About a week ago? It’s hard to remember.

 

　　[06:47.04]We just suddenly decided⁴ to go, that’s all.

 

　　[06:49.08]- About a week ago, you tell us now. - We had to get used to the idea.

 

　　[06:53.16]So, what’s the deal, Frank? You get a job over there, or what?

 

　　[06:56.12]- No, no. Not exactly. - What do you mean, "Not exactly"?

 

　　[07:02.24]Frank won’t be getting any kind of a job, because I will.

 

　　[07:09.48]So what are you going to do, Frank?

 

　　[07:11.28]I’m going to study. And I’m going to read.

 

　　[07:15.08]I suppose I’m going to finally figure out what I want to do with my life, Shep.

 

　　[07:19.32]While she supports you?

 

　　[07:22.28]Yes. While she supports me.

 

　　[07:25.56]In the beginning.

 

　　[07:27.40]You wouldn’t believe what they pay for secretarial work

 

　　[07:30.20]in those government agencies over there.

 

　　[07:32.08]NATO and ECA and those places.

 

　　[07:35.72]And the cost of living is dirt cheap, right?

 

　　[07:37.44]It’s so cheap.

 

　　[07:40.84]The truth is we just need something different.

 

　　[07:43.68]We’re not getting any younger and we don’t want life to just pass us by.

 

　　[07:47.28]That’s right.

 

　　[07:48.96]Gee, it sounds wonderful, kids.

 

　　[07:52.96]I mean it. It really sounds wonderful.

 

　　[07:56.36]- Thank you, Milly. - Oh, Milly.

 

　　[07:59.04]We’ll certainly miss you both. Won’t we, sweetie? Golly.

 

　　[08:02.00]- Sure. - We’ll miss you, too.

 

　　[08:03.72]- Of course. - True.

 

　　[08:04.80]We should have a toast or something. To Paris.

 

　　[08:06.88]- To Paris. - To Paris.

 

　　[08:08.16]To Paris.

 

　　[08:10.76]- Cheers. - Cheers.

 

　　[08:25.24]You know what I think?

 

　　[08:27.84]What?

 

　　[08:29.28]I think this whole plan sounds a little immature⁵.

 

　　[08:32.52]Oh, God, I am so relieved.

 

　　[08:37.28]Me, too. I was thinking that the whole time.

 

　　[08:39.96]I mean, what kind of man is going to sit around

 

　　[08:41.52]in his bathrobe all day picking his nose

 

　　[08:43.32]- while his wife goes out and works? - I don’t know, Shep.

 

　　[08:45.76]I just don’t know.

 

　　[08:53.72]Why are you crying?

 

　　[08:57.60]What’s the matter?

 

　　[09:03.40]It’s nothing. I’m just so relieved.

 

　　[09:08.80]Shep.

 

　　[09:09.88]Don’t cry. Please. It’s all right. Everything’s going to be all right.

 

　　[09:18.32]My God, their faces! Oh, God.

 

　　[09:24.64]Oh, God!

 

　　[09:26.56]You know what this is like, April, honestly?

 

　　[09:30.24]Just talking like this?

 

　　[09:31.40]The whole idea of going off to Europe this way?

 

　　[09:35.12]This is the way I felt going up to the line the first time, in the war.

 

　　[09:39.04]I mean, I was probably just as scared as everyone else,

 

　　[09:41.88]but inside I never felt better.

 

　　[09:45.24]I felt alive. I felt full of blood. I felt...

 

　　[09:50.24]Everything just... Everything seemed more real.

 

　　[09:52.56]The guys in their uniforms.

 

　　[09:54.28]The snow on the fields, the trees. And all of us just walking.

 

　　[09:59.76]I mean, I was scared, of course.

1 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。

2 vocation   

n.职业，行业

参考例句：

• She struggled for years to find her true vocation.她多年来苦苦寻找真正适合自己的职业。
• She felt it was her vocation to minister to the sick.她觉得照料病人是她的天职。

3 snails   

n.蜗牛；迟钝的人；蜗牛( snail的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I think I'll try the snails for lunch—I'm feeling adventurous today. 我想我午餐要尝一下蜗牛——我今天很想冒险。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Most snails have shells on their backs. 大多数蜗牛背上有壳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。