影视听力 第49期: The Blind Side弱点

《弱点》根据迈克尔·刘易斯（Michael Lewis）的原著《弱点：比赛进程》（The Blind Side: Evolution¹ of the Game）改编而来，影片讲述了今年美国国家橄榄球联盟首批被选球员迈克尔·奥赫（Michael Oher）的不凡经历，他是一个孤儿，在领养家庭长大，在从事体育职业之前，他度过了一段从理想到现实的艰难过程。

对话文本:(系普特网友整理，文本只包括旁白影评部分，不包括电影原声。)

-Up and at them. Sean Junior, you clean this room up before you come downstairs, do you hear me?
- Ok, big smile, Touhy family!
- Come and get it, you all.
- Everyone thank your mother for driving to the store and getting this.
- Thank you, mom.
- Thank you, mama.
- He's been enrolled² in seven different institutions including a gap³ of 18 months around the age of ten when he apparently⁴ didn't attend school at all.
- I tell you, most kids with his background wouldn't come within 200 miles to this place.
- Class, this is Mike Oher. And he's new here. So I expect you all will make him feel welcomed.
- Hi!
- Smile at them, and let them know you're their friend. I'm Sean.
- Who is that extra?
- Big Mike.
- What is he wearing? It's below freezing.
- Do you have any place to stay tonight? Don't you dare⁵ lie to me. Come on. Was this a bad idea?
- What's the a big deal?  It's just for one night.  It is just for one night, right?
- Found some time to figure out another bedroom for you.
- It's mine?
- Yes, sir!
- I didn't have one before.
- Want a room to yourself?
- A bed. (A room is too much to ask for.  he is happy to just have a bed.)
- It's all very nice of what you're doing. But don't be surprised that one day you wake up and he's gone.
- Michael was here?
- Last night. Tell him to sleep for one hour.
- You threaten my son, you threaten me.
- Michael's grades have been improved enough that he can go out for spring football in March.
- One, two, three, four…
- This team is your family, Michael. When you look at him, you think of me. Have you had my back? Are you gonna protect your family, Michael?
- Yes, ma'am.
- SJ (Sean Junior), you're gonna wanna get this.
- Who's the big guy eating with your little brother?
- Just big brother.
- I think what you're doing is so great.
- Sandra Bullock!
- Anne (Leigh Anne), you're changing that boy's life.
- No! He is changing mine!
- The Blind Side!

Note:

"Up and at them" or “up and at ‘em”: This saying may have come from the great war of 1914, when the troops⁶ came up out of the trenches⁷ to advance on the enemy. The cry "Up and at 'em, boys" would have given the troops encouragement.  But then many mistakenly say “up and Adam” a lot nowadays.  In addition, here is a book called “Up and Adam” which is about a story of a young boy who never leaves his room…

1 evolution   

n.进展，发展，演变，进化

参考例句：

• A cultural and social evolution now becomes rapid.现在文化和社会发展很快。
• It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。

2 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 gap   

n.缺口；间隔；差距；不足，缺陷

参考例句：

• We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
• There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 dare   

n.敢，挑战；aux.敢；vi.敢；vt.敢于，勇于面对

参考例句：

• He didn't dare to look at her in the face.他不敢正眼看她。
• How dare you?Take your hand off me at once.放肆！马上把你的手挪开。

6 troops   

n.troop(复数)部队,军队

参考例句：

• troops on active service 现役部队
• The troops were ordered back to barracks . 士兵们被命令返回营房。

7 trenches   

深沟，地沟( trench的名词复数 )； 战壕

参考例句：

• life in the trenches 第一次世界大战期间的战壕生活
• The troops stormed the enemy's trenches and fanned out across the fields. 部队猛攻敌人的战壕，并在田野上呈扇形散开。