影视英语：Cinderella 2 《灰姑娘》2 （精讲之一）

影片对白

Jaq: Come on, Gus-Gus. Faster!

Gus: What's the hurry, Jaq-Jaq? What's the hurry?

Jaq: Fairy Godmother's here. She's gonna read us the Cinderella story. Shh. Pom, Pom. Come on, Gus!

Fairy Godmother: "Cinderella and the prince lived happily ever after. The end."

Jaq: We missed it?

Mary: Mm-hmm.

Gus: Maybe you could read another one.

Fairy Godmother: Oh, I'm sorry, Gus... but that's the only Cinderella book there is.

Jaq: Yeah, Gus-Gus. You heard her. "The end." That's all.

Gus: Uh, maybe we could make another book.

Mary: We can tell the stories, and make the drawings!

Mice: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Fairy Godmother: Oh, what an excellent idea.

Jaq: No, no, wait a minute. Who'd wanna read a book made by mice?

Fairy Godmother: Cinderella would read it. And if you made it, I know that she'd love it.

Jaq: But we don't know how to make a book.

Fairy Godmother: Oh, don't worry, dear. I think I can help.

Fairy Godmother: Oh, very nice. Well done, little mice. But something is missing, it's true. Oh, look there. The pages are bare. We need a story from you.

Jaq: Who, us? No, no, we don't know any good stories.

Gus: Wait, wait! How's about "First Day In castle"?

Jaq: Oh, yeah. That is a good one.

Fairy Godmother: I'd love to hear all about it.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1．Come on

Come on 一词在口语中的使用频率太高了，使用的场景以及语调的不同，它所表达的意思也不一样。
例如 ：
A：Be serious. 严肃点。
Come on, you must be joking.

B：暗送秋波
She gave me the 'come on'. 就可以译为：她向我表示了她对我的好感 。

C：Hurry up. 快点

D: Please. 请。
Come on, tell me the truth.

此处用的是第三种意思。请大家牢牢掌握这一点。

2．Excellent

看似很简单的词，实际上有些人还会用的不地道，因为在日常生活中excellent这个词除了可以形容心情好之外还可以用来形容任何好的东西。比如：Cindy is an excellent student.

除此之外，在口语中表达“好”或“优秀”的词很多，如：good, great, fine, excellent, outstanding, fantastic, splendid, first-class，fabulous，amazing，marvelous等等。

3． Well done

Well done 有两种意思，一种是“干的好”的意思，和good job的意思一样，另一种是表食物“熟的很透”的意思。看以下几个例子：

A. 我出色的完成了我的工作。我的老板说：Well done.

B. Duty well done brings a sense of pleasure.
任务完成的好给人一种愉快的感觉。

C. The steak is well done.
这牛排煎得很透。

文化面面观

Well done一词看来可真是好用，在美国well done已经是餐具的牌子了，我们来看一下。

 

 

 

Cooking is a joy (乐趣) to some. To others, it's drudgery¹ (苦差事). Regardless of how your view it, you'll find that a well planned, professionally installed cooking center makes the job easier and more enjoyable.

Before confronting² the array³ of cooking equipment available, determine (决定) which type of energy you prefer - gas or electric. Gas appliances heat and cool quickly. The flame is visible and easy to control. Electric cooking provides low even heat.

Choosing an energy source is only the beginning. Now you must think about the type of cooking you do and then select from the many options available.

考考你

用今日所学翻译下面的句子。

1．这出戏下月又要上演了。
2．他的数学非常好。
3．你来得正好。

Sleepless⁴ in Seattle 西雅图夜未眠（精讲之六）考考你 参考答案

1．我不想成为任何人将就的对象。
I don't want to be someone anyone settles for.

2．我要是找不到你该怎么办？
What if I can't get to you?

3. 改天一起聚一下！
Maybe we can get together sometime.

1 drudgery   

n.苦工，重活，单调乏味的工作

参考例句：

• People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.人们想摆脱日常生活中单调乏味的工作。
• He spent his life in pointlessly tiresome drudgery.他的一生都在做毫无意义的烦人的苦差事。

2 confronting   

面对( confront的现在分词 )； 使面对； 使对质； 处理

参考例句：

• the economic problems confronting the country 这个国家所面临的经济问题
• Confronting great hardships, the surveyors never knocked under. 在巨大的艰难困苦面前，那些勘探人员从未屈服过。

3 array   

n.展示，排列，盛装；vt.排列，打扮

参考例句：

• He was unable to escape the array of facts.他无法躲避一连串的事实。
• She puts on her finest array.她穿上最漂亮的衣服。

4 sleepless   

adj.不睡眠的，睡不著的，不休息的

参考例句：

• The situation gave her many sleepless nights.这种情况害她一连好多天睡不好觉。
• One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights.一天晚上，我听说了一个传闻，把我搞得一连几夜都不能入睡。