听动感英语学口语 第33讲

电影词典:

scene  场景

美国俚语   《French Kiss》

剧中：You have no staying power.

no staying power 没长性

e.g. <1>Her long resume with numerous jobs indicated that she had no staying power at any particular company.

她那份有着么多工作经历的很长的简历，暗示了她在任何一个公司都没有长性。

       <2>Tom was very passionate¹ about his relationships at first but he had no staying power and they ended quickly.

每段感情开始的时候Tom都非常的有激情，但是他没有长性，所以很快这段感情就结束了。

经典对白

1．剧中：I didn’t get it.

get something ： understand something

e.g. It was as if he was a genius – he got everything the first time we explained it to him.

他简直就是个天才 － 我们每次一解释给他听，他就明白了。

 2. 剧中：It gets underneath² my skin.

get under somebody’s skin ： annoying 使谁不自在，惹恼了谁

e.g. <1>The crying baby on the airplane got me under my skin and I couldn’t wait to land.

            飞机上的那个婴儿一直哭个不停，烦死我了，我几乎都等不到飞机降落了。

       <2>His bad habit of spitting got me under my skin so badly that I had to say it.

            他随地吐痰的坏习惯是在让我忍无可忍，我不得不说他了。

 原声碟

 we are building a religion
= we found out a new way of thinking

语言点：
Limited edition 限量发行
 

1 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

2 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。