影片对白  I was waiting for Witter Resource head Jay Twistle whose name sounded so delightful, like he'd give me a job and a hug.

 

3. Hey, wake up. Eat.

“嗨，醒醒，吃饭。”非常简单的句子吧，事实上日常会话中很多都是很简单的句子。

4. We pick nicknames.

“我们取外号。”

5. ten-gallon hat

俚语，指的是“宽边的高呢帽”，牛仔喜戴的一种帽子。

6. make someone's acquaintance

这个片语的意思是“结识某人”，比如：Where did you make her acquaintance? 你是在哪里结识她的?

文化面面观

小小魔方转动世界

Rubik's Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubick's or rubicscube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Erno Rubik, a lecturer in the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts, evolved the first prototype of the Cube in Budapest in 1974. Fascinated by the theoretical possibilities of geometrical form, Rubik grounded such ideas in his teaching where he encouraged students to express their ideas in the practical construction of forms that were capable of manipulation. Originally called the "Magic Cube" by its inventor, this puzzle was renamed "Rubik's Cube" by Ideal Toys in 1980 and also won the 1980 German "Game of the Year" (Spiel des Jahres) special award for Best Puzzle. The cube was extremely popular during the 1980s, and at its peak between 1980 and 1983, 200 million cubes were sold world wide. Today sales continue to be over 500,000 cubes sold world wide each year.

Typically, the faces of the cube are covered by 9 stickers in 6 solid colours; there is one colour for each side of the cube. When the puzzle is solved, each face of the cube is a solid colour. The cube celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2005, when a special edition cube in a presentation box was released, featuring a sticker in the centre of the reflective face (which replaced the white face) with a "Rubik's Cube 1980-2005" logo.

Variations of Rubik's Cubes (from left to right: Rubik's Revenge, Rubik's Cube, Professor's Cube, & Pocket Cube).

The puzzle comes in four widely available versions: the 2×2×2 (二阶魔方"Pocket Cube"), the 3×3×3 standard cube（三阶魔方）, the 4×4×4 (四阶魔方"Rubik's Revenge"), and the 5×5×5 Quinn Hancock version (五阶魔方"Professor's Cube"). Recently, Greek inventor Panagiotis Verdes patented a method of creating cubes beyond the 5×5×5, up to 11×11×11 level. His designs, which include improved mechanisms for the 3×3×3, 4×4×4, and 5×5×5, are suitable for speed cubing, whereas existing designs for cubes larger than 3×3×3 are prone to breaking. As of June 1st, 2007, these designs are still being tested and are not widely available yet, although videos of actual, working prototypes for the 6×6×6 and 7×7×7 have been released.

魔方的玩法有很多种，除了最普通的复原，还有竞速（即最快的复原）、最少步骤还原（最艰难的玩法，不能转动魔方，只能观察、思考计算步骤）、盲拧（不用眼睛观看进行复原）、单拧（单手转动）、脚拧（用脚转动）、花式拧法（目的在于创造美丽的图案）。现在有世界魔方协会（WCA），以及各种魔方赛事举行，不断有新的记录创造出来，WCA亦有世界排名记录，可以登录它的官网查看最新世界排名。如果你对自己有信心，不妨也去试一下。

别看魔方小，要把它玩好可不容易，这需要极强的空间思维和数学能力。只有高中学历的Chris想要进入股票经纪公司几乎是不可能的事情。后来，Chris抓住机会向Jay Twistle 展现他的数学能力：将一个魔方复原，由此获得Jay的赏识和进入股票经纪公司做intern的机会。（整理自answers.com、百度百科）

考考你

英汉互译。

1. 怀特先生，我一直期待与您见面。

2. I wanted to drop this off personally and make your acquaintance. I thought I'd catch you on the way in.

The pursuit of happyness《当幸福来敲门》精讲之一 考考你 参考答案

1. 抓紧你的钱。

Hang on to your money.

2. 如果你在街边停车，你就得整天都付停车费。

When you park on the street, you have to feed the meter all day long.

 

影片对白  I was waiting for Witter Resource head Jay Twistle whose name sounded so delightful, like he'd give me a job and a hug.

(英语点津Annabel编辑)

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