【英语时差8,16】「没问题先生」：典型的金凯瑞电影

 For those who enjoy Jim Carrey's brand of humor, "Yes Man" may seem funny and entertaining. The plot is a bit thin, but we'll give you the general premise¹. What if a sarcastic² misanthrope³, who has only ever said no to anything, suddenly starts saying yes to everything after sitting through a self-help seminar? Will his life improve by 1,000 percent?

Yes. And that's it. There's no more to "Yes Man" than that. Open yourself up to experiences, and your life will burst into confetti and you will meet and fall in love with Zooey Deschanel, one-half of Hollywood's two-person cartel of raspy-voiced, blue-eyed brunettes (the other being Catherine Keener).

Deschanel earns her paycheck as Carrey's much younger love interest. The age difference between leading man and leading lady is 18 years.

About the best thing about "Yes Man" is Terence Stamp, the Brit who plays the self-help guru who converts Carrey into a Yes Man. Stamp nobly sinks his teeth into his one major scene, and for a moment, "Yes Man" feels as if it might be a manic satire⁴ of a world that's desperately⁵ scrounging through sound-bite philosophies, looking for the quickest and easiest fit. Instead, the movie flounders, has no way to proceed from its premise, and relies solely⁶ on the charisma⁷ of a leading man who has lost his way.

1 premise   

n.前提；v.提论，预述

参考例句：

• Let me premise my argument with a bit of history.让我引述一些史实作为我立论的前提。
• We can deduce a conclusion from the premise.我们可以从这个前提推出结论。

2 sarcastic   

adj.讥讽的，讽刺的，嘲弄的

参考例句：

• I squashed him with a sarcastic remark.我说了一句讽刺的话把他给镇住了。
• She poked fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。

3 misanthrope   

n.恨人类的人；厌世者

参考例句：

• While not a commercial success-a pattern largely unbroken until I'm Your Man-this lackadaisical triumph is an inspiration to the misanthrope in us all. 尽管并不是一个商业上的成功，这一模式直到《我是你的男人》才被打破。 这个漫不经心的胜利是对独来独往的我们的一个激励。
• If this all strikes you as fancy, handlebar moustache talk from an old misanthrope who doesn't get things like whatever the hell we're calling “conversations” this week, maybe you're on to something. 如果你觉得我所说的复杂，就像我们今周所说的一个守旧的不愿与他人来往的人在自言自语，那可能你准备做其他事。

4 satire   

n.讽刺，讽刺文学，讽刺作品

参考例句：

• The movie is a clever satire on the advertising industry.那部影片是关于广告业的一部巧妙的讽刺作品。
• Satire is often a form of protest against injustice.讽刺往往是一种对不公正的抗议形式。

5 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

6 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

7 charisma   

n.(大众爱戴的)领袖气质，魅力

参考例句：

• He has enormous charisma. He is a giant of a man.他有超凡的个人魅力，是个伟人。
• I don't have the charisma to pull a crowd this size.我没有那么大的魅力，能吸引这么多人。