【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语780期

 MIKE: I'm so sorry.

SULLEY: It was an accident.

DEAN¹ HARDSCRABBLE: What? This? My one souvenir from a lifetime of scaring? Accidents happen, don't they? The important thing is, no one got hurt.

MIKE: You're taking this remarkably² well.

DEAN: Now, let's continue the exams. Mr. Wazowski, I'm a 5-year-old girl on a farm in Kansas afraid of lightning. Which scare do you use?

MIKE: Shouldn't I go up on...

DEAN: Which scare do you use?

MIKE: That is a Shadow Approach with a Crackle Holler.

DEAN: Demonstrate!—Stop. Thank you.

MIKE: But I didn't get to...

DEAN: I've seen enough.

[Turning to Sulley]

DEAN: I'm a seven-year-old boy—

[Sulley roars]

DEAN: I wasn't finished.

SULLEY: I don't need to know any of that stuff to scare.

DEAN: That "stuff" would've informed you that this particular child is afraid of snakes, so a roar wouldn't make him scream; it would make him cry, alerting³ his parents, exposing the monster world, destroying life as we know it. And of course, we can't have that! So I'm afraid I cannot recommend that you continue in the Scaring program. Good day.

SULLEY: Wait, what? But I'm a Sullivan!

DEAN: Well then, I'm sure your family will be very disappointed.

[Sulley leaves. The Dean Turning back to Mike]

DEAN: And Mr. Wazowski, what you lack is something that cannot be taught. You're not scary. You will not be continuing in the Scaring program.

MIKE: Please, let me try the simulator /'simjuleitə/. I'll surprise you!

DEAN: Surprise me? I doubt that very much.

1 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？

2 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

3 alerting   

n. 发信号，警告 动词alert的现在分词

参考例句：

• Thanks so much for alerting us to the problem. 感谢你提醒我们这个问题。
• Alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG. 脑电图上显示的失调结果是一种危险信号。