动感英语 [4]

 

ACTION ENGLISH (4) 动感英语 （4）
MOVIE DICTIONARY 电影词典
preview, 预告片
AMERICAN SLANG 美国俚语
play chicken 两车马上要相撞的时候错开,类似这种游戏
Here chicken means just the name of a dangerous game or just a test of courage usually it’s played with cars, you know
例句：When you drive you’d better not play chicken with bigger cars.
 (你开车的时候最好避开大车)
Don’t be a baby! 不要发牢骚不要抱怨。
Don’t be a baby, ok? Go talk to your boss, go talk to your husband!
He’s such a baby.总发牢骚的人。
CLASSIC FILM CLIPS 经典对白
‘After two years of training. You believe that a $45000 airplane. Is there for your amusement?’
‘No, sir. I was just trying to keep my edge major.’
‘And when you did the outside loop last week. What did you think that was？Honing your skills? That’s not training, actually. That’s a stunt¹. And I personally consider it to be reckless and irresponsible.’
重点词句：
keep my edge (stay sharp)保持最好的状态
edge 在这里指刀刃,很锋利
           反义词：Lose your edge
例句：I have to speak English every day just in order to keep my edge.
(为了我英语一直好下去，我不得不每天念。)
      David Beckham is a great soccer player but if he doesn’t practice every day, he’ll lose his edge.
      （贝克汉姆是位伟大球员，如果他不每天练球的话他就会失去他的战斗力。）
honing 提高   to practice, to improve
例句：Owning my own computer gives me the chance to hone my computer skills.
      （有了自己的电脑，我的电脑技能就会大幅度提高。）
      Jane’s new job requires her to talk to lots of people. She’s really honing her people’s skills.
      （因为珍的工作每天都要与人打交道，所以她的谈话技能越来越棒。）
MOVIE TUNES² 原声碟
California Dreaming
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L. A.
California Dreamin' (California Dreamin')
(On such a winter's day)
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (Got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray  (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher likes the cold (Preacher likes the cold)
He knows I'm gone stay (knows I'm gonna stay)
California Dreamin'(California Dreamin')
(On such a winter's day)

(Solo de guitarra)

oo-oo-oo
All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (And the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (On a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L .A .(If I was in L.A .)
California Dreamin'(California Dreamin')
(On such a winter's day)
...
California Dreamin'

1 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

2 tunes   

n.曲调，曲子( tune的名词复数 )v.调音( tune的第三人称单数 )；调整；（给收音机、电视等）调谐；使协调

参考例句：

• a potpourri of tunes 乐曲集锦
• When things get a bit too much, she simply tunes out temporarily. 碰到事情太棘手时，她干脆暂时撒手不管。 来自《简明英汉词典》