影片对白  Would you tell me, please, Mr. Howard, why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a King can.

文化面面观  The Patriot：电影背后的故事

Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.

这是 The Patriot 这部电影的tagline。The Patriot是一个美国式的“逼上梁山”的故事，梅尔·吉布森在影片中不太情愿地成为了一位为自由而战斗的父亲。节选的这个片断发生在南卡莱罗纳参战前夕，人们召集会议讨论要不要参战。参加会议的代表们各怀心思，独立派和保皇派唇枪舌剑，即使是独立派内部也存在分歧，一些人希望和国王谈判来取得独立，另一些人则认为只有通过战争才能获得独立。从中我们可以窥见美国民主的渊源。

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1．留心听着，这次我该告诉你妈妈了。
2．国王的侄子代表国王来到。

The devil wears Prada 《时尚女魔头》（精讲之六）考考你 参考答案

1. 这不是他们自己的主意，有人鼓动他们这么做。
They didn't think of it on their own; someone put them up to it.

2. 老板说了算。
It's up to the boss to call the shots.

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(英语点津Annabel编辑)