听动感英语学口语 第61讲（在线收听）

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 snowstorm.

       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 wrapped up
so nice with spider legs and
pretty bows , it's ours this time
altogether that and this .