【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语1069期

 Elinor：I've just about had enough of you, lass①!

Merida：You're the one that wants me to...

Elinor：You embarrassed¹ them. You embarrassed me.

Merida：I followed the rules.

Elinor：You don't know what you've done!

Merida：Just don't care how I...

Elinor：It'll be fire and sword² ②if it's not set right. （这件事如果没有处理好的话可能会引起战争。）

Merida：Just listen!

Elinor：I am the Queen! You listen to me!

Merida：This is so unfair!

Elinor：Unfair?

Merida：You're never there for me.③ This whole marriage is what you want.Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No. You walk around telling me what to do, what not to do, trying to make me be like you. Well, I'm not going to be like you.

Elinor：You're acting³ like a child.

Merida：And you're a beast. That's what you are!

Elinor：Merida.

Merida：I'll never be like you.

Elinor：No, stop that!

Merida：I'd rather die than be like you!

Elinor：Merida, you are a princess, and I expect you to act like one.

Merida：Mum!

 

对白解析：

① lass 英[læs] 美[læs] n. 小姑娘；情侣；（苏格兰）女佣

例句：The lass said nothing to her father, but she told it all over Gimmerton this morning.

那姑娘倒没跟她父亲说，可是今天早上，她把这事传遍了吉默吞。

② Fire and sword理解为战争

③You're never there for me.你从来没有理解过我。

1 embarrassed   

adj.尴尬的，不好意思的

参考例句：

• He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
• He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。

2 sword   

n.剑，刀剑，武力，杀戮

参考例句：

• The soldier cut at his enemy with his sword.那位士兵用自己的剑向敌人砍去。
• With a sweep of his sword he cut through the rope.他用剑一挥把绳子砍断了。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。