影片对白 You’re something else.
6. Mall madness
这里可以理解为“购物狂”,mall是指shopping mall。
7. baby shower
A baby shower is a party in which expectant parents receive gifts for their expected or born child. By convention, a baby shower is intended to help parents get items that they need for their baby, such as baby clothes. It is a popular tradition in the United States and in other cultures influenced by American culture or media. In some countries this party is not celebrated until the baby is born.
8. set in stone
如果什么东西是“刻在石头”上了,那一定是非常确定的事情,set in stone 的意思就是“no longer changeable 不会再改变的,确定的”,例如:The agreement is not yet set in stone. 协议还没有确定。
9. flake out
这里的意思是“不守誓言/约定,在最后一刻改变想法”,Vanessa 恐怕Juno会改变想法、不把孩子给他们收养,因为她之前遇到过这样的情况。
10. cold feet
意思是“胆怯,缺乏勇气和自信”,例如:I was going to tell him but I got cold feet. 我本来要告诉他的,但是我胆怯了。
文化面面观
Slasher film 肢解电影
肢解电影是恐怖片中的一个分类,通常都有把人肢解了的情节。
The slasher film (sometimes referred to as bodycount films and dead teenager movies) is a sub-genre of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer (often wearing a mask) who stalks and graphically murders a series of victims in a random, unprovoked fashion, usually teenagers or young adults within a single day, who are away from mainstream civilization or far away from help and often involved in sexual activities and/or illegal-drug use. These films typically begin with the murder of a young woman and typically end with a lone female survivor who manages to subdue the killer, only to discover that the problem has not been completely solved. Although Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho provided early inspiration, the first authentic slasher film was Black Christmas, though the success of Halloween and Friday the 13th helped popularize and revolutionize the genre in the 1980s.
In a slasher film, the killer almost always uses unconventional weapons such as blades, chainsaws, cleavers, and blunt objects; very rarely, if ever, using guns. There is often a backstory that explains how the killer developed his (the killer is usually, though not always, male) violent mental state, and why he focuses primarily on a particular type of victim or a particular location. Often, the killer is able to withstand most or all of his victims' attempts to defend themselves, sometimes because of either explicit or implied supernatural abilities. Thus, even after being shot, stabbed, bludgeoned, electrocuted, burned, or drowned, he is able to continue stalking his victims. Typically, in sequels the killer returns from the dead and is defined more as an inhuman "pure evil" rather than as a psychopathic killer. There are some movies among all of the categories however which show the killer to be pitiable, or at the very least understood, and not just feared. Notable among these movies is Silent Night, Deadly Night; others such as Slaughter High, The Funhouse, Castle Freak, Creep, Offerings and Midnight Ride can be described this way.
Suspiria 是一部著名的恐怖电影,意大利著名导演Dario Argento的作品。
考考你
用今日所学将下面的句子译成英语。
1. 替补四分卫被叫上场比赛,他却胆怯了拒绝参加。
2. 我从机场回到家,便一下瘫倒在离我最近的沙发上了。
3. 这个计划已经决定了。
Juno《朱诺》精讲之五 考考你 参考答案
1. I mean can't we just kick this old school? You know, like I, I stick the baby in a basket and send it your way. Like Moses in the reeds.
我是说我们不能就像过去那样吗?就是,比如,我把孩子放在篮子里,送到你们那边去。就像摩西被放在芦苇丛中一样。
2. Have you ever felt like you were just born to do something?
你有没有一种感觉:你生来就是为了做某件事的?
影片对白 You’re something else.
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