台词与表达

Movie English Notebook Day 024

  1. Treat yourself.

    • get yourself something enjoyable or rewarding,犒劳下自己
    • Treat people with kindness.
    • treat someone. with something: 以某种方式对待某人
    • kindness [ˈkaɪndnəs] n. 善意,仁慈
  2. I’m not so good with the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

    • be good at v-ing: 擅长做某事(侧重做某事的能力)
    • be good with something: 善于和……打交道 / 懂得使用……(相处/驾驭/使用的能力)
    • Can I interest you in something,是商业或服务业中的标准推销客套话(类似于“需要向您推荐/介绍一下……吗?”或“要不要考虑来点……?”)。
    • sarcastic [sɑːˈkæstɪk] adj. 讽刺的,挖苦的
  3. I got this.

    • I can handle this/Leave it to me.
    • Don’t worry. I’ve got this. (相对正式的表达,口语/书面)
    • Don’t worry. I got this.(比较随意的口语表达)
  4. The night is dark and full of terrors.

    • be full of: 充满……
    • terror [ˈterər] n. 恐怖,惊骇
  5. If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else?

    • how in the hell: 口语中表示“究竟如何/怎么可能”,带有强调和惊讶的语气
  6. I have a plan. It’s called ‘doing things’

  7. You miss 100% of shots you don’t take.

    • 不曾出手,便全盘落空
    • miss [mɪs] v. 错过,未抓住
    • shot [ʃɑːt] n. 射击,尝试
    • take a shot at the job: 尝试争取这份工作
    • take a shot at solving this problem: 尝试解决这个问题
    • give it a shot/have a shot/take a shot, 试一试
  8. I’m not a crook.

    • crook [krʊk] n. 骗子,诈骗犯
  9. It’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion; it just doesn’t matter. It’s moo.

    • moo [muː] n. 牛叫声
    • point [pɔɪnt] n. 观点,论点
    • It doesn’t matter. / It’s irrelevant. / It’s of no importance.
  10. You probably won’t leave the world exactly as you found it.

    • 你恐怕……终究没法把这世界原封不动地还回去.(你走的时候,这世界恐怕早就不是你刚来的时候那样了。)
  11. How do you like them apples?

    • 怎么样?这下你服了吧.(习语)
    • You’re given very little time, very little certainty, and absolutely no guarantee that things will work out.
    • And still, somehow. You get to choose what is worth your time.
    • 你所得的时间寥寥,确定的事物无几,更无一纸“万事顺遂”的保证。
    • 可偏偏就是这样,你依然握有选择的权利——决定什么才值得你的一世光阴。
  12. Everyone truly pursues their potential.

    • potential [pəˈtenʃl] n. 潜力,潜能
  13. All people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.

    • advantage [ədˈvæntɪdʒ] n. 优势,利益
  14. There is no such thing as magic.