台词与表达
Movie English Notebook Day 023
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We rob banks.
- rob a bank
- rob [ɹɑb] vt 抢劫/抢夺/剥夺
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Oh, Jerry, don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars.
- Don’t let’s do something 我们不要做某事(古语表达)
- Let’s not do something (现代表达)
- ask for the moon/cry for the moon (固定习语) 异想天开
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One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I don’t know.
- 介词短语附着歧义：
in my pajamas放宾语后，可修饰主句主语，也可修饰前面宾语名词，造成双解读，这是本笑话的内核 - 我穿着睡衣射杀了一头大象/我在睡衣里射杀了大象
- pajama [ˈpædʒəmə] n 睡衣/宽松裤子
- 介词短语附着歧义：
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As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again.
- as God is my witness 上帝作证
- witness [ˈwɪtnəs] n 证人/目击者/见证人
- witness [ˈwɪtnəs] vt 目击/作证/证明
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Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into!
- get into a mess / get into trouble 陷入麻烦/陷入困境
- get into a situation 陷入某种情况/处境
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Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!
- take something off someone 把某物从某人身上拿开
- stink [stɪŋk] v 嗅起来/臭/令人厌恶
- stinking [stɪŋkɪŋ] adj 发臭的/令人厌恶的
- paw [pɔː] n 爪子/手/脚
- ape [eɪp] n 猿/类人猿/笨拙的人
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Wait a minute, wait a minute. You ain’t heard nothin’ yet!
- ain’t [eɪnt] 缩写形式，表示 am not / is not / are not / have not / has not
- you ain’t heard nothing yet
- you haven’t heard anything yet 你还没听到精彩的部分
- you haven’t seen the best part yet 你还没看到最精彩的部分
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No wire hangers, ever!
- wire hanger 金属衣架
- hanger [ˈhæŋər] n 衣架/悬挂物/悬挂者
- no + noun + ever 永远不要做某事/永远不要有某物
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Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?
- mother of mercy 天哪/上帝啊
- mercy [ˈmɜːrsi] n 怜悯/宽恕/仁慈
- the end of something 某事的终结/结束
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Surely you can’t be serious.
- surely [ˈʃʊrli] adv 当然/无疑地/确实
- be serious 严肃/认真/当真
- be serious about something 对某事认真/严肃对待某事
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Social anxiety 社交恐惧
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Social butterfly 交际花
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Social climber 趋炎附势者
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rat race / lie flat 内卷/躺平
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slack off / slack time 懒散摸鱼 / 空闲时间/闲暇时间
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pass the blame onto someone 把责任推给某人
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freeload 白嫖
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let it rot 使其荒废. Don’t let your talent rot. 不要让你的才能荒废。
- talent [ˈtælənt] n 天赋/才能/天资