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《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》精讲之三
[ 2008-01-11 15:56 ]

 

影片对白  It's you, Joel. It's you who can't commit to anything.

 

5. I'd make a fucking good mother!

这里make 的意思是“发展成为”,例如:She will make a fine doctor. 她将会成为一个好医生。

6. Commit to

Commit 有“承诺,约定,负责”的意思,而 commit to… 就可以表示“负……责任,承担……义务,承诺……”,例如:I felt that he was too young to commit fully to marriage. 我觉得他太年轻不能完全承担婚姻的责任。

7. Costume jewelry (also called fashion jewelry, junk jewelry or fake jewelry) is jewelry that is made of less valuable materials, including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones, in place of more valuable materials such as precious metals and gems. Costume jewelry is usually inexpensive, and often flashy. Its main use is in fashion, as opposed to "real" (fine) jewelry which may be regarded primarily as collectibles, keepsakes, or investments.

8. Do the honors

这个片语的本意是“尽地主之谊,作东”,也可以表示“不胜荣幸,担当重任,有幸去做某事”,Mary 这句话就可以翻译为“让我担当(找酒)这个重任吧。”我们看个例子:At home Mary leaves it to Bill to do the honors when they have guests. 家里有客人时,玛丽让比尔去招呼。

文化面面观

Flea market 跳蚤市场

A flea market is a place where vendors come to sell or trade their goods. The goods are usually inexpensive and range in quality depending on several factors, which might include urban or rural location, part of the country, or popularity or size of the flea market. The car boot sale is similar to a flea market, but is more popular in the United Kingdom.

The vast majority of flea markets in rural areas sell goods that are second-hand. Larger selections of newer but usually inexpensive items can be found at some of the larger or more urban flea markets. They have also sometimes been used as an outlet for bootleg movies and music or counterfeit goods ranging from clothing, shoes, handbags, fragrances, etc. The semi-spontaneous nature and vendor-oriented open-market layouts of flea markets usually differentiate them from thrift stores. Some flea markets offer concerts and carnival-type events to attract shoppers.

Flea markets have analogous specialty counterparts in gun shows and hamfests, both of which offer new and used merchandise for gun or ham radio enthusiasts. Like the general flea markets, gun shows and hamfests offer surplus goods.

Some television shows focus on the appraisal of second hand goods often found at flea markets that are worth far more than the buyer paid. The most popular of these shows is Antiques Roadshow in the United Kingdom, which spawned American, Canadian, Swedish and Dutch versions of the show.

The original flea market is likely to be the Marché aux puces of Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It is a large, long-established outdoor bazaar, one of four in Paris. They earned their name from the flea-infested clothing and rags sold there. From the late 17th century, the makeshift open-air market in the town of Saint-Ouen began as temporary stalls and benches among the fields and market gardens where ragpickers exchanged their findings for a small sum.

我观之我见

这其实是一部科幻影片。Joel 和 Clementine 本是一对情侣。情人节前夕两人大吵了一架。为了告别这段痛苦的感情,Clementine 接受了记忆清除手术。Joel 得知Clementine 将他从记忆中清除后,一时冲动,也决定将 Clementine 从自己的记忆中清除出去。这个片段表现的就是记忆清除手术的一个片断,场景是在 Joel 的脑海中发生的。我们看到在场景中有一段电视节目,主持人说着关于爱情魔药的事,而男主人公正在进行着清除爱情记忆的手术。如果真有爱情魔药这种东西,它能拯救爱情吗?还是,这种记忆清除手术就像一种爱情魔药一样,给你一个无痛失恋?

考考你

用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。

1. 我从未听说过那件事,一想到都让我觉得不舒服。

2. 你何不担当一下重任,为所有人开启这瓶香槟。

3. 他会成为一个好医生的。

《美丽心灵的永恒阳光》精讲之二 考考你 参考答案

1. 干嘛冲我吼!是你自己的错!

Why yell at me! It's your own fault!

2. 汤姆心情不好,不想说再见。

Tom was out of sorts and would not say goodbye.

 

影片对白  It's you, Joel. It's you who can't commit to anything.

 

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