Dead Poets Society 死亡诗社 （精讲之四）

（单词翻译:单击）

影片对白

BOY: What's for dinner?

PITTS: Spaghetti and meatballs!

NEIL: Save some for me. "But, room, Fairy! Here comes Oberon."

NEIL: Father.

MR. PERRY: Neil.

NEIL: Before you say anything, please let me ex-

MR. PERRY: Don't you daretalk backto me! It's bad enough that you've wasted your time with this, this absurd acting¹ business. But you deliberately² deceived me! How, how, how did you expect to get away with this? Answer me. Who put you up to it? Was it this new man? This, uh, Mr. Keating?

NEIL: No. Nobody--I thought I'd surprise you. I've gotten all A's in every class.

MR. PERRY: Did you think I wasn't going to find out? "Oh, my niece is in a play with your son," says Mrs. Marks. "No, no, no," I say, "you must be mistaken. My son's not in a play." You made me a liar⁴ out of me, Neil! Now, tomorrow you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting.

NEIL: No, I can't. I have the main part. The performance is tomorrow night.

MR. PERRY: I don't care if the world comes to an end tomorrow night.You are through with that play.Is that clear? Is that clear?

NEIL: Yes, sir. 

MR. PERRY: I made a great many sacrifices to get you here, Neil, and you will notlet me down.

NEIL: No, sir.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. talk back

If you talk back to someone in authority such as a parent or teacher, you answer them in a rude way. 反驳，顶嘴。
e.g. How dare you talk back to me!
你怎么敢和我顶嘴！
I talked back and asked questions.
我反驳并且提出了问题。

2. You are through with that play.
你不要再演戏了。

be through with的意思是“做好，结束（工作等）”。这个词组还有一些其它意思，如“断绝关系，不来往”，还有“厌倦”的意思，如：
I will be through with this man.
我会和这个男人断绝来往。
I have been hurt seriously by glass once, so from then on I was through with glass.
我被玻璃杯严重扎伤过，从那以后我就烦玻璃杯。

3. let me down
让我失望

If you let someone down, you disappoint them, by not doing something that you have said you will do or that they expected you to do. 让人失望，辜负。
e.g. Don't worry, father, I won't let you down.
别担心，父亲，我不会让你失望的。
When such advisers⁵ fail in their duty, they let down the whole system.
当这些顾问没有尽到责任时，他们就会让整个公司失望。

文化面面观

Types of U.S. Private Schools

Private schools in the United States may be broadly classified as either religious or nonsectarian (nonreligious) institutions. The most common types of religious schools in the United States are supported by various branches of the Catholic Church. Some private schools are known as boarding schools because they offer lodging⁶ to students in addition to academic instruction. Private schools that do not offer lodging are often called day schools. Private schools that focus on academic preparation for college are sometimes called preparatory schools or prep schools. Both religious and nonsectarian private schools may feature other distinguishing characteristics, such as single-sex enrollment⁷ or residential⁸ facilities.

The term independent school refers to any private school that is independently governed by a board of trustees, rather than by a church or religious organization. Independent schools may have a religious or nonsectarian orientation⁹. They are financed primarily by tuition, fees, charitable contributions, and income from investments, rather than by tax or church funds. The main organization representing independent schools in the United States is the National Association of Independent Schools.

Catholic School Classroom

First grade students work on projects under their teacher's supervision¹⁰ at St. Casimir School, a Catholic private school located in downtown Albany, New York. About 50 percent of all private school students in the United States attend Catholic schools.

考考你

翻译下面的句子。

1. 我给你说过多少次了，不要在公共场合和我顶嘴。

2. 你骗我吧？John和他妻子一刀两断了，简直不敢相信！

3. 这么多年来他从来不肯努力，这让他的父母非常失望。

《死亡诗社》（精讲之三）考考你 参考答案

1. 我们公司现在到了生死存亡的重要时刻。
Our company now comes to the crucial moment at stake.

2. 你不要总是那么拼命，人生还很长，要慢慢来。
You don't have to bust¹¹ your ass³ all the time. Take your time, 'cause life is going on.

3. 在20世纪五六十年代，反潮流的生活方式在青年人中间很流行。
In 1950s and 1960s, the life style of "swimming against stream" prevailed among young people.