影片对白 No, we don't leave. We stand
and we kick royal butt. Trust me, if you beasts can bake a two-cheese lasagna,
you can beat Dargis.
4. That kind of day
这里的that kind of 可以根据语境理解成 weird, good, bad 等等，在本片断中自然是 a bad day了。
5. Go to any length
也写作go to any lengths / go to great lengths，意思是“Take a great deal of trouble
for something, go to extremes; to disregard any impediment that could prevent
one from accomplishing one's purpose 千方百计，不择手段，竭尽全力”，例如：He'll go to great
lengths to make a perfect chocolate cake.
文化面面观
Froot Loops and its mascot --
Toucan Sam
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A Froot Loops box of the
1960s |
Froot Loops is a brand of breakfast
cereal produced by Kellogg's and sold in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the
United States, and Latin America as well as South Africa. The cereal pieces come
in a variety of bright colors and a blend of artificial flavors. Kellogg's
introduced Froot Loops in 1963.
Other varieties of the cereal include Froot Loops 1/3 Less Sugar and
Marshmallow Froot Loops.
Toucan Sam
The cereal's mascot is Toucan Sam, a blue cartoon toucan
with a striped beak. Although his beak originally had two pink stripes, during
the 1970s it became a tradition that each stripe on his beak represented one of
the flavors of the pieces in the cereal. (red = cherry, yellow = lemon, orange =
orange) The additions of new flavors have made this color scheme no longer
accurate. There are now, in fact, 7 different flavors of this widely enjoyed
cereal.
The colors perhaps represent different flavors present in the cereal, but
each color has the same flavor.
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Toucan Sam, Froot Loops'
mascot |
The cartoon character Toucan Sam was
originally voiced by Mel Blanc, using an ordinary American accent. The ad agency
later decided to switch to the English accent more commonly associated with the
character. They then employed Paul Frees to do what is, in effect, an imitation
of Ronald Colman. In the most recent cartoon advertisements for Froot Loops,
Toucan Sam's voice has been performed by Canadian voice actor Maurice LaMarche.
Biologically speaking, Toucan Sam is a Keel-billed Toucan, also known as
Ramphastos sulfuratus.
Since 1994, Toucan Sam has been joined onscreen by three nephews, not unlike
Donald Duck's nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie.
Taglines（标志性口号）
Follow your nose.....wherever it goes.
Follow my
nose...it always knows!
在这个片段里，加菲把Preston比作Froot Loops的mascot Toucan Sam，因为他们都有一张大嘴。
考考你
用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。
1．那调皮孩子哪儿去了? 我看, 他到哪儿也做不出好事来。
2．别那样发火，谁也没有存心伤害你。
3．他不择手段，为所欲为。
Garfield 2《加菲猫》2（精讲之五）考考你 参考答案
1． 她觉得她的计划到处碰壁。
She found her plans frustrated at every turn.
2．
--保尔赢了。这可太让人吃惊了。
--Paul won! That makes a big
surprise!
--我也非常吃惊。
--That make two
of us.
3． 那个混蛋竟然骚扰我女朋友。
That wretch is hitting on my
girl.
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