第一篇:看电影学英语的技巧
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首先要明确什么类型的电影会提高你的英语,绝对不是枪战片,恐怖片,悲剧片。看枪战片1个半小时听不见几句话,还学什么英语。看恐怖片吓都吓死了,还学什么英语。看悲剧只顾着哭去了,心情不爽还学什么英语。这些片子不是说不让你看,而是不推荐你用来学英语。还有,比较古老的片子不推荐使用,像魂断兰桥,飘,音乐之声,这些片子里面的语言现在已经不太常用了。要学英语就要看近期的电影,因为里面有经常要用,必须要用的语言。但是要注意,像梅尔.吉布森带澳洲口音,他的《勇敢的心》是非常值得一看的电影,但是不推荐用来学英语。同样的,凯文.科斯纳的《与狼共舞》也不推荐,因为里面大量的使用印第安语,《未来水世界》也在不推荐的名单里。尼可.基德曼的电影因为带有澳洲口音所以也不推荐用来做模仿的样本。
所以跟电影学英语的时候要掌握八个原则: 1。择片的原则。正确的选择适合英语学习的电影。2。简单的原则。不要以上来就选择内容高深莫测的电影。3。背诵的原则。对于电影对白重的精彩片段最好背诵下来。4。重复的原则。一部电影要反复的观看多遍,知道不用字幕也可以完全看懂听懂的地步。
5。精范结合的原则。拿出几个电影仔细的分析学习。同时也可以泛看一些你喜欢的电影。
6。模仿的原则。对于经典的电影,要模仿其中的各种角色的对白。
7。突击的原则。尽量在短时间内突破,不讨拖延太长的时间。
8。根据发音标准的演员选择电影。以便于你模仿出漂亮的语音。
这样选好片子以后,可以重复的看一部片子,也可以同时重复的看几部,这样不会看腻。如果三部片子看透,模仿语音语调正确并能背诵,一般英语口语即可过关。所以你应该知道了,学英语的片子应该是生活片,里面有大量的对白,应该选喜剧片,保证你学习的愉快心情。
在众多的电影里面,哪些电影符合这些要求呢?下面是沃尔得国际英语推荐的电影,你未必要全看完,只需要挑选3-4部精看就可以了,因为有些电影你可能一时找不到DVD或者DVDRip的版本。一般来讲,非英语国家的人学习好地道的英语发音需要2年的时间,但是这个问题也可以随着你的环境不同而改变: 1。去美国或英语国家。2。娶美国MM 3。看电影,把自己融入电影里
所以,如果我们暂时没有条件去美国或英语言国家,或者娶美国MM的话,就只能能通过电影来学纯正的英语了。下面推荐发音超级标准,语汇简单,句型经典,特别是省略句式非常好的两部电影:标准女音影Sabrina情归巴黎,标准男音电影Dove真假总统,女演员中,发音比较好的著名女演员有1.MagRain2.JuliaRoberts3.CamernDiaz 关于发音比较好的女演员的电影,推荐: Whenharrymeetsalay当哈里遇见莎莉 Prettywoman漂亮女人
Mybestfriendwedding我最好朋友的婚礼 ErinBrockovich永不妥协
There“sSomethingAboutMary我为玛丽狂 Vanillasky香草的天空
SleeplessinSeattle缘份的天空西雅图不眠夜 You‘vegotmail电子情书
男演员中,发音比较好的有:1。汤姆.汉克斯2。达斯汀.霍夫曼
关于发音比较好的男演员的电影,推荐: Philadelphia费城故事(1993版)TheGraduate毕业生 RainMan雨人
KramerVsKramer克莱默夫妇
TheShawshankRedemption肖申克的救赎刺激1995 LegendsOfTheFall燃情岁月 JerryMaguire甜心先生征服情海
另外,ForrestGump《阿甘正传》虽然发音不值得模仿,但是值得推荐观看学习,因为里面太多的经典和哲理。还有Gladiator《角斗士》这部电影使用的词汇全在新概念3册以内,也是一个比较有趣的推荐。是检验你新概念1-3册词汇掌握情况的一部电影。另外,LionKing《狮子王》也是非常推荐的,因为动画片是给孩子看的,所以里面的词汇比较简单,句子经典通俗易懂,而且还包含很深的人生哲理。
这样的情况下,可能6-8个月360个小时就能听说全解决。甚至可以达到老师的水平。在看电影的同时,一定要注意的是文化和思维的差异,以及价值观和生活习惯的不同。例如:《费城故事》的一个主题:人要Fight。我们现在有多少人能做到这点呢?我们的教育已经让我们逆来顺受惯了。再例如《西雅图
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对电影的观看,精选的要重复的看,看几百遍以上,实际上我们学习不用这么夸张,如果有三部电影的台词别人说出上句,你能说出下句的话。你的口语一定一级棒,而且非常地道。当然并不是说上面没有推荐的电影就不值得观看,只要是你喜欢的英文电影,都可以观看,只要你用心,总会从中学到很多东西的。对于要精看的电影,一定要有电影的script,这样才能学习到更多的东西。你可以到百度使用电影的英文名字+空格+script进行搜索,就可以找到该剧本的下载。需要注意的是,一开始你看英文字幕总有想要知道确切中文意思的愿望,就是有英文-中文-意思,才能理解,我希望在这个过程中把你训练成英文-意思,直接的转换。这样才有助于你形成美语的思维和思考问题的方式。中国人的英语常常会让老外莫名奇
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例如,中国人写简历:1980-1983-1990-1995-2002。而欧美人正好相反。再例如,中文说,“今天早晨我们去河边散步的时候你的孩子救了一个落水儿童。”而英文则说“Yoursonsavedakidwhofalledintotheriverwhenwewalkaloneinthemorning.”因此你不能按照中文的思维方式说英语,例如,中
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说,“Whensheheardsthisshewashappy“,但实际欧美人是这样说的,”Shewassohappywhensheheardthis”。所以,你在使用英文的时候,就要按照英语的思维来描述问题。先说point,再由内往外,由近至远描述,而不是中文方式的由外往内由远至近的描述。因为中国人是鸟瞰的看问题,而欧美人是井底之蛙的看问题。在描述的时候,中文是从轻到重,偏正结构,而英文是从重到轻,正偏结构。例如中文说,”你的意思是。。“,而英文则说:“Whatyoumean,Whatyourpoint...”。再例如,英文的歌词,“CountryRoad,takemehome”,而中文的歌词则是,“你从雪山走来。。。”
所以,当你用英语描述问题的时候,一定要简洁直接,不要打暗语。例如,中国的女孩子拒绝男孩子的邀请,往往会说,“现在忙,下次吧”。这一句“下次吧”的意思很有可能是说,“下辈子吧”,但是欧美人如果听到你说“下次吧”,往往会理解成你现在真的没有时间,于是第二次又来约你。再例如,在中国,老板问职员,十一放假有没有事啊?外国的职员一般都会提前把自己的休假计划好的,于是会向老板说他要去哪里哪里玩。但如果是中国的职员,就会问老板,“需要我加班吗?”
很多人的困扰是中文想说的意思无法表达成同步的英文,在你汉英转换的时候,可以考虑把你的把汉语的水平降到英语的水平再翻译,这样就降低了你的翻译难度。比如中文说,“他缺了一条腿”,英文的“缺”不太好精确的翻译,你可以降低后用英文说,“他只有一条腿”。再例如,“我们不能近亲结婚”可以降低变成,“我和我丈夫不能是接近的亲属”。但是,也不要走入过度简洁而不顾文化背景的误区。例如,过去我们在国际上宣传我们的社会主义建设时把“五讲四美三热爱”翻译成“Fivetalks,Fourbeauties,Threeloves”,结果老外一看,纷纷到中国旅游,因为他们把这句话按照英语的思维方式理解成了“五次谈话,可以找到4个美女,其中3个可以成为情人。”
英语实际上是一种细节化的表达语言,语言=信息,是非常好学的一种语言,IsaywhatImeanandImeanwhatIsay。但是中文则是语言<信息,例如,“长河落日圆”、“枯藤老树昏鸦”等等,这都是在英汉转换的时候需要注意的.也就是为什么要求你把你的汉语水平降低到英语的水平,然后再进行汉英转换的问题。中西思维的差异还表现在价值观上。中国价值体现在相同上,所以汉语是批评的教育,追求共同性。而欧美的价值体现在不同上,所以英语是夸奖的教育,是一种求异文化,追求独特性。所以中国人眼里的丑女到了欧美很容易就找到男友,但是中国帅哥才子到了欧美却很不容易找到欧美的女友,因为欧美女孩子并不是看重男孩子是否帅,学习是否刻苦,而是看重健壮的身体。所以,在欧美,体育项目有特长的男孩才是她们崇拜的偶像,才是她们心中的英雄。而中国才子能考到奖学金去欧美留学的,体育上往往都很弱,更不用说那些橄榄球,冰球之类的冲撞项目了。
正因为这种追求独特性的文化,所以英文的思维是outstanding。当你用英文定义所有的概念的时候也需要注意这一点。例如,给出两个事物让你解释,你就要按照这样的思维方式来构架你描述的思路: UFO 1.object 2.flyying 3.efrom 4.wheretogo 5.who ape 1.akindofanimal 2.justlikehuman 3.liveinmountain 只有这样在形成了thewayofthinking的习惯以后,你才会慢慢的建立你对英文的自信。
此外,这些感动人心的电影您应该有所了解:
妈妈再爱我一次:这部电影不知道骗了我家人多少眼泪,哭的最凶的莫过于我母亲(边看边哭边骂),不得不承认这是我看过催泪效果最好的一部电影。有兴趣的网友可以再去重温一下,母爱伟大。
燃情岁月LegendsoftheFall:这边影片的重心围绕着一位父亲和他的三个儿子故事——父亲是退了休的骑兵上校,三个儿子个性鲜明:大儿子艾尔弗莱德(艾丹奎因AidanQuinn饰)忠厚老实,二儿子特里斯坦(布拉德皮特BradPitt饰)狂放不羁,最小的儿子塞缪尔(亨瑞托马斯HenryThomas饰)温文尔雅。
这部电影给我的感受是:亲情
忠犬八公的故事Hachi:ADog&39;sTale:讲述的是一只狗和一个人的故事,这是一个真实的故事改编的电影。每天早上五点零五分,总会有一只狗狗端坐在火车站门口,等它的主人。这只狗狗叫Hachiko,日语里的“八”,这是一个被爱注册过的名字。它的意思是延伸到天际又降落到大地。我是山姆IAmSam::智力水平只有7岁一个大男人和她亲生女儿的故事。虽然没有让我看得老泪纵横的,但是眼睛也湿了几次,虽然很多人物都比较脸谱化,但是依旧感动。
剧情:在星巴克的山姆(西恩潘SeanPenn饰),虽已成人,但智力水平只有7岁。一次偶然,他收留了一个流浪女。该女子帮山姆生下了一个女儿后消失得无影无踪。他给女儿取名叫露西(达科塔范宁DakotaFanning饰),因为他最喜欢甲壳虫乐队的《天空中戴钻石的露西》。他非常疼爱自己的孩子。露西在山姆的细心呵护下慢慢地长大了,她发现爸爸不能看懂稍微复杂一些的故事。她在拒绝长大,希望和爸爸一样。父女两的生活是那么幸福。地区的教育官员发现了这个特殊的家庭,他们认为山姆没有能力照顾露西,于是把露西带走了。伤心极了的山姆一心要挣回露西的抚养权,于是他自以为是的去找该地区最好的律师„„
这个杀手不太冷Léon(1994):一个杀手和一个萝莉之间微妙的爱情故事。他是沉默的、冷酷的、聪明的,同时也是简单的、淳朴的、天真的。她柔弱、孤独、倔强、任性,有着天使般的面孔和冷漠的眼睛,还有着超乎年龄的成熟。
剧情;昂(让雷诺饰)是名孤独的职业杀手,受人雇佣。一天,邻居家小姑娘马蒂尔达(纳塔丽波特曼饰)敲开他的房门,要求在他那里暂避杀身之祸。原来邻居家的主人是警方缉毒组的眼线,只因贪污了一小包毒品而遭恶警(加里奥德曼饰)杀害全家的惩罚。马蒂尔达得到里昂的留救,幸免于难,并留在里昂那里。里昂教小女孩使枪,她教里昂法文,两人关系日趋亲密,相处融洽。女孩想着去报仇,反倒被抓,里昂及时赶到,将女孩救回。混杂着哀怨情仇的正邪之战渐次升级,更大的冲突在所难免„„
八月迷情AugustRush:一个孤儿院的小孩寻找自己的双亲,因为音乐他们彼此相遇。父母太小了,孩子太老了,剧情太容易猜了,结局太完美了。
剧情:莱拉(凯丽拉塞尔KeriRussell饰),一个出色的大提琴手;路易斯(乔纳森莱斯梅耶斯JonathanRhysMeyers饰),一名流浪的爱尔兰歌手。一个月色迷离的晚上,两人相遇了。度过难忘的一晚后,莱拉那专横的父亲又强逼她继续踏上音乐会的旅程。路易斯因等不到恋人失望之下离开了;而莱拉发觉爱人走后,独自伤心的等待肚中的孩子出生。岂料几个月后莱拉遭遇了一场车祸,宝宝亦随之夭折。孰料,莱拉的宝宝其实并没有死,而是被她狠心的父亲送到了孤儿院。一晃眼10多年过去了,生活在孤儿院的少年奥古斯特(弗莱迪海默FreddieHighmore饰)坚信自己的父母还在世上,于是踏上了漫漫寻亲路。
最贫穷的哈佛女孩/风雨哈佛路:一个贫穷美国女孩子如果通过自己的努力进入哈佛大学的,这是一个很好的电影,根据真实事件改编。
谁没有生活过恨不得躲进角落里终日不见人不想说话的日子.生活的辛酸,体会过的人才能感同身受。
幸福的人都一样的,不幸的人各有各的不幸。
可是你又能怪谁?怪生活对你不公平吗?
剧情;丽兹(索拉·伯奇ThoraBirch饰)出生在美国的贫民窟里,从小就开始承受着家庭的千疮百孔,父母酗酒吸毒,母亲患上了精神分裂症。贫穷的丽兹需要出去乞讨,流浪在城市的角落,生活的苦难似乎无穷无尽。随着慢慢成长,丽兹知道,只有读书成才方能改变自身命运,走出泥潭般的现况。她从老师那里争取到一张试卷,漂亮的完成答卷,争取到了读书的机会。从现在起,丽兹在漫漫的求学路上开始了征程。她千方百计申请哈佛的全额奖学金,面试时候连一件像样的衣服也没有。然而,贫困并没有止住丽兹前进的决心,在她的人生里面,从不退缩的奋斗是永恒主题。
叫我第一名FrontoftheClass:一个妥瑞氏症患者(会不自觉的肢体抽搐和发出怪声,一直被人们另眼看待,同学们也欺负他),是如何通过自己的努力让别人另眼相看的。剧情:BoBo(詹姆斯沃克JamesWolk饰)患有先天性的妥瑞氏症,这种严重的痉挛疾病,导致他无法控制地扭动脖子和发出奇怪的声音。而这种怪异的行为,更是让他从小不被周围的人理解,在学校里老师经常批评他,同学们更是对他冷嘲热讽,就连他的父亲也对他失望透顶。只有他的母亲一直是他的坚实臂弯,母亲的坚持与鼓励,让他能够在正常人的生活里艰难前行。然而面对这个不能理解他的世界,BoBo一直在痛苦的漩涡里挣扎。直到在一次全校大会上校长在众人面前巧妙的让大家了解了BoBo的真实情况,让他有了成为一名关爱学生的教师的坚定梦想,即使因为这个病症让BoBo在寻求教师梦想的道路上遭到众人怀疑,屡屡受挫,但他始终坚持着自己的这份梦想,为了找到一个愿意接受自己的学校,不抛弃梦想,不放弃信念,默默的努力。而他曾经曲折的人生道路在他的坚持下也开始慢慢好转„该片根据布拉德科恩的真实故事改编。
我是大卫IAmDavid(2003):“活着能改变事情,死了就什么也没有了"这就是生活。
剧情;大卫(本·蒂伯BenTibber饰)是从小生活在保加利亚集中营里面的12岁孩子,外面的世界对于他来说是一个谜。他的父母已经死去,大卫对自己的身世一无所知,在营中唯一给他慰藉的,是一名叫约翰的大人。但即使这样,大卫的脸上还是写着与年龄不相称的沧桑。直到有一天,大卫竟然被神秘安排逃狱,并接到了一个任务:他必须把信送到丹麦的哥本哈根,不要相信任何人的叮嘱,被他默默记住。于是,大卫开始了他的漫漫征程。希腊、意大利、瑞士、丹麦,他必须攀山越岭长途跋涉,才能到达哥本哈根。在外面的世界,他获得了从未品尝过的自由,遇上了善良温暖的人们。大卫在心中牢牢筑起的紧张戒备,在人情温泽下慢慢软化。人们帮助他消灾解困,度过厄险,手中信和路上美景,陪伴大卫通往哥本哈根。
弱点TheBlindSide(2009):美国真人真事改编的电影真多,这部也是。虽然简单,但是温馨。很值得去看---剧情:黑人奥赫(昆东亚伦QuintonAaron饰)自幼父母离异,无家可归。不过,木讷的他却因为极强的身体条件和运动天赋,幸运地进入了一家孤儿院。虽然,他科科零分,但是一些细节却让他显得与众不同。一次排球比赛后,他主动收拾垃圾的行为,引起了陶西一家的注意。于是,陶西太太(桑德拉布洛克SandraBullock饰)决定收养奥赫,并把他培养成橄榄球选手。陶西太太让他感受到了家庭的温暖。同时,陶西的儿子还帮助奥赫训练,使他很快地融入了橄榄球队的生活,不断激发运动的潜能。终于,在一次比赛中,他因出色的表现崭露头角,开始获得了球探的关注,随之带来了一系列的甜蜜和麻烦„„本片根据迈克尔刘易斯(MichaelLewis)的原著《弱点:比赛进程》(TheBlindSide:EvolutionoftheGame)改编,取材自2009年美国国家橄榄球联盟(NationalFootballLeague)选秀状元迈克尔奥赫的非凡经历。荣获第82届奥斯卡最佳女主角奖(SandraBullock)。
辛德勒的名单Schindler&39;sList:战争给人类带来了灾难,也留下了无数的悲情故事。人有善良的一面,也有邪恶的一面。
剧情:1939年,波兰在纳粹德国的统治下,党卫军对犹太人进行了隔离统治。德国商人奥斯卡·辛德勒(连姆·尼森LiamNeeson饰)来到德军统治下的克拉科夫,开设了一间搪瓷厂,生产军需用品。凭着出众的社交能力和大量的金钱,辛德勒和德军建立了良好的关系,他的工厂雇用犹太人,大发战争财。1943年,克拉科夫的犹太人遭到了惨绝人寰的大屠杀,辛德勒目睹这一切,受到了极大的震撼,他贿赂军官,让自己的工厂成为集中营的附属劳役营,在那些疯狂屠杀的日子里,他的工厂也成为了犹太人的避难所。1944年,德国战败前夕,屠杀犹太人的行动越发疯狂,辛德勒向德军军官开出了1200人的名单,倾家荡产买下了这些犹太人的生命。在那些暗无天日的岁月里,拯救一个人,就是拯救全世界。阿甘正传ForrestGump(1994):这是我个人最喜欢的电影,相当不错好看的电影。剧中女主角总是说阿甘,你不懂什么是爱。可是,我觉得他是最懂得什么是爱的人。
剧情:阿甘(汤姆·汉克斯饰)于二战结束后不久出生在美国南方阿拉巴马州一个闭塞的小镇,他先天弱智,智商只有75,然而他的妈妈是一个性格坚强的女性,她常常鼓励阿甘“傻人有傻福”,要他自强不息。阿甘像普通孩子一样上学,并且认识了一生的朋友和至爱珍妮(罗宾·莱特·潘饰),在珍妮和妈妈的爱护下,阿甘凭着上帝赐予的“飞毛腿”开始了一生不停的奔跑。阿甘成为橄榄球巨星、越战英雄、乒乓球外交使者、亿万富翁,但是,他始终忘不了珍妮,几次匆匆的相聚和离别,更是加深了阿甘的思念。有一天,阿甘收到珍妮的信,他们终于又要见面„„
肖申克的救赎TheShawshankRedemption:这部电影经典吗?我承认经典。长期以来,该片为众多影人所推崇,许多资深影人更把它列为有史以来最佳影片的前三名。我当年观看的时候,没有受到太大的震撼,只觉得剧中男主角太悲催了,白白做了几十年的牢狱之灾。那年奥斯卡没有得奖,因为出现了阿甘正传。
剧情:1946年,年青的银行家安迪(蒂姆罗宾斯TimRobbins饰)被冤枉杀了他的妻子和其情人,这意味着他要在肖申克的监狱渡过余生。银行家出身的安迪很快就在监狱里很吃得开,他懂得如何帮助狱卒逃税,懂得如何帮监狱长(鲍勃·冈顿BobGunton饰)将他收到的非法收入“洗白”,很快,安迪就成为了狱长的私人助理。一名小偷因盗窃入狱,他知道安迪妻子和她情人的死亡真相,兴奋的安迪找到了狱长,希望狱长能帮他翻案。虚伪的狱长表面上答应了安迪,暗中却派人杀死了小偷,只因他想安迪一直留在监狱帮他做帐。安迪知道真相后,决定通过自己的救赎去获得自由!
当幸福来敲门ThePursuitofHappyness:电影里没有漂亮的演员,没有花哨的剪辑,也没有精彩的配乐„„但是却有一个好故事,一个足以令我坐在电脑面前看完并为之感动的好故事。
剧情:克里斯加纳(威尔·史密斯WillSmith饰)用尽全部积蓄买下了高科技治疗仪,到处向推销,可是高昂,接受的人不多。就算他多努力都无法提供一个良好的生活环境给妻儿,妻子(桑迪·牛顿ThandieNewton饰)最终选择离开家。从此他带着儿子克里斯托夫(贾登·史密斯JadenSmith饰)相依为命。克里斯好不容易争取回来一个股票投资实习的机会,就算没有报酬,成功机会只有百分之五,他仍努力奋斗,儿子是他的力量。他看尽白眼,与儿子躲在地铁站里的公共厕所里,住在教堂的收容所里„„他坚信,幸福明天就会来临。
当幸福来敲门ThePursuitofHappyness:电影里没有漂亮的演员,没有花哨的剪辑,也没有精彩的配乐„„但是却有一个好故事,一个足以令我坐在电脑面前看完并为之感动的好故事。
剧情:克里斯加纳(威尔·史密斯WillSmith饰)用尽全部积蓄买下了高科技治疗仪,到处向推销,可是高昂,接受的人不多。就算他多努力都无法提供一个良好的生活环境给妻儿,妻子(桑迪·牛顿ThandieNewton饰)最终选择离开家。从此他带着儿子克里斯托夫(贾登·史密斯JadenSmith饰)相依为命。克里斯好不容易争取回来一个股票投资实习的机会,就算没有报酬,成功机会只有百分之五,他仍努力奋斗,儿子是他的力量。他看尽白眼,与儿子躲在地铁站里的公共厕所里,住在教堂的收容所里„„他坚信,幸福明天就会来临。
三傻大闹宝莱坞3Idiots:印度这个落后,贫穷,拥挤的国家,不得不承认它拍出了很多优秀的电影作品,让我哭让我笑,让我温馨感人。
剧情:本片根据印度畅销书作家奇坦·巴哈特(ChetanBhagat)的处女作小说《五点人》(FivePointSomeone)改编而成。法兰(马德哈万RMadhavan饰)、拉杜(沙曼·乔希SharmanJoshi饰)与兰乔(阿米尔·汗AamirKhan饰)是皇家工程学院的学生,三人共居一室,结为好友。在以严格著称的学院里,兰乔是个非常与众不同的学生,他不死记硬背,甚至还公然顶撞校长“病毒”(波曼·伊拉尼BomanIrani饰),质疑他的教学方法。他不仅鼓动法兰与拉杜去勇敢追寻理想,还劝说校长的二女儿碧雅(卡琳娜·卡普KareenaKapoor饰)离开满眼铜臭的未婚夫。兰乔的特立独行引起了模范学生“消音器”(奥米·维嘉OmiVaidya饰)的不满,他约定十年后再与兰乔一决高下,看哪种生活方式更能取得成功。
勇气Courageous:我边啃瓜子边看的一部电影。这是一部很好的温情教育片。不可否认的是,自己被触动了,瓜子都忘啃了。
剧情:影片讲述了四个执法者的故事。作为打击犯罪的执法者,每天都生活在危险之中。虽然他们可以保护自己的安全,可是他们的家人还是遭遇到了不幸。剩下的这些男人只有依靠自己的力量和命运、希望、信仰和责任角力。正如同打铁的工具是另一块铁一样,这种命运改变了他们接下来的命运,在友谊和父爱的支撑下,他们做出了改变自己下半生的决定。一句话评论对宗教信仰题材感兴趣的影迷会对本片趋之若鹜。本片也是该制作班底目前为止奉上的最出色的影片了。——《综艺》影片通过对感人的剧情、精巧的幽默和一些精彩的动作戏的出色运用,展现出了肯德里克兄弟俩作为专业从影人员的成长。——《好莱坞记者报》影片不断地强调上帝在普通人的生活中有多么重要,但这些宗教影片的通病就是恨不能将这句话直接塞进观众的脑子里。——《村之声》花絮·本片是2008年票房大卖的《消防员》班底新作。
第二篇:看电影学英语的技巧
电影要怎么看才能学到英语呢
先谈谈电影学习的特点
首先就电影这种题材来讲,我觉得有它的优势和它的局限性,它的局限性在于,任何一部原版的电影,它都不是用来教学语言的,所以它的语言有很大的随意性,规范不规范,还有各种语音都掺杂其中,如果不加分析,一概拿来,势必会搅乱方向,而且就一部电影而言,它的场景,人物都有一定的限制。这方面一些经典的语言教材有它的优越性,它们涵盖了几乎全部的英语场景,但是覆盖面太广,造成它的语言比较简单和单一。电影的优点就是他本身是要说故事,尤其是其中的人物矛盾冲突,所以它的语言丰富多彩,能真正反映人物的心里的语言,我觉得这一部分才是语言的精华。因为语言本身就是那来应用,交流的。所以我觉得电影和那些教材是相互补充的,还有一点好的是电影的题材非常丰富,我认为除了在一些反映现代的影片中学习实用的东东,还可以在一些名著改编的电影中欣赏语言,如(哈姆雷特)
以下就根据众多前辈的学习经验,总结提供初以下几点建议:
1.抛开中文字幕
有人说要学好英语,可以多看电影,不过条件是每场电影至少要学到四、五个词组。如果不看中文字幕,你做得到吗? 时至今日,因为能飞英语视听学习机软件的出现,造福了广大的在电脑上学习英语的朋友了,不需要用封箱胶带将中文字幕遮蔽起来,也可以轻松切换成英文字幕或无字幕来练习听力。
2.选择影片
看电影学英语的重点不在于片子的新旧,也无关乎你是否曾经看过,而是要根据个人的英语程度或特定的学习目标来选择适合的影片。比如说,你想学现代的日常生活用语,当然就不要挑古装片。一个学期可以选定二、三部片子,每周安排时间到将「看电影学英语」成为你固定要进行的功课。下面就来谈谈要怎么选片。
2.1 浪漫喜剧学生活会话
「我的英听能力普通而已,如果电影没有中文字幕,我听得懂吗?」这是一定没问题的啦!没有把握的人,一开始可以先从爱情片下手,因为好莱坞的浪漫喜剧不仅有俊男美女,而且题材软性轻松,每每受到观众喜爱;这类讨论男女关系的电影,时空背景又多设定于现代,剧中人物的生活不至于与现实脱节太大,观众很容易就能产生共鸣。此外,有些对白场景与日常生活情境相关,值得学习者留意,比方说上餐馆点菜或与人辩论等等;甚至,透过剧情还能了解英美等国的风土文化,比如说婚礼或节庆的习俗。八Ο年代末的「当哈利碰上莎莉」(When Harry Met Sally)以及九Ο年代末的「电子情书」(You’ve Got Mail),里头就有好
几段对白可以拿来学习。
2.2 经典名片赏隽永对白
「怀旧老片是不是很无聊啊?」假使你把「老电影」跟「沉闷无聊」画上等号,那你就错了!事实上,现代的电影经常是老片新拍,要不然就是在电影里引述经典之作的台词。比如上述的「当哈利碰上莎莉」一片中,主角之间的对白就扯到「北非谍影」(Casablanca);而「电子情书」的故事灵感其实源自「傲慢与偏见」(Pride andPrejudice)。这类永垂不朽的老片虽然少了那么一点煽情的画面、通俗的俚语,但还是蛮有可看性的,可以看看老一辈的人遣词用字一派优雅,字里行间透露出「发乎情,止乎礼」的韵味。另外,如果你想更上一层楼,可以试试改编自文学巨着的老片,比如「咆哮山庄」(Wuthering Heights),这类文学作品通常也是美国高中程度的学生就应该要涉猎的。
2.3 其它主题
除了上述两种类型的电影之外,一般剧情片的主题包罗万象,小自人生哲理,大至国家要事,同样可以拿来当作学习的教材,进一步训练批判性思考或口语简报申论的能力。不过,剧情片的对白通常要比浪漫喜剧来的多,而且情节较为复杂,探讨的主题若是扯上国家社会问题,也会显得较为严肃,学习者可要有点耐性。举个例子,「天人交战」的英文片名是“Traffic”,这可不能翻译成「交通」喔!其实这是一部drug movie,traffic在这里是指毒品非法交易。片中麦克道格拉斯(Michael Douglas)主演的法官经总统任命为全国的Drug Czar,率领打击毒品犯罪。不料,这名法官却发现自己的女儿染上了毒瘾,此时做父亲的心里想必是「天人交战」??!所以全片充斥的主题除了drug dealing(毒品交易)、smuggling(走私)、drug addiction(毒瘾),还有政治权谋以及父女关系。(Czar 原指俄国沙皇,可以引申为掌权者、领导者,总统将全国的drug problems都交给他去打理发落,所以称为Drug Czar;如果是负责能源危机的最高官员,就是Energy Czar。)诸如此类的剧情片除了能让学习者接触到生活会话以外的字汇用语,还可以透过故事情节,设身处地用英语去思考,如果你是剧中人,要如何处理状况解决问题。另外,介绍自然科学的Discovery Channel Video 及National Geographic Video,这类影片的旁白(narration)并不像一般对话那样随性,而比较像是一篇文章,因此句子比较长,文法也比较复杂,不过学习者可以留意优美的句型结构,从中学习写作技巧。
3.掌握诀窍
别以为把一部电影重复看十次,英语就能进步,你要懂得方法,重点学习,学什么呢?学剧中人的遣词用字,想想他们为什么这么说,看看他们如何将语言灵活运用于情境之中,如果可以的话,最好还要学学他们展现在语言上的幽默,这一点最为困难,即使是苦读英语十年的人也不一定学得来。照这么说来,利用电影学英语其实工程浩大,无法一蹴可几,这种自我学习是重质不重量,只要功
夫下的扎实,就算你每次只花十五分钟或半小时来学习一小片段,也绰绰有余了。
3.1 使用能飞英语视听学习机
「工欲善其事,必先利其器。」下载个能飞英语视听学习机-看电影学英语的专业工具,你也准备一本笔记簿,可以记下你在影片中发现的关键词汇或剧中人的名言妙语,长久下来,这本笔记簿就成了你个人整理的电影名句数据库。尤其老外说话或写作时,总喜欢引经据典,同样的一句话,如果表明是出自于某某古人或某某电影,马上就显得很有水准的样子。比方说在「乱世佳人」(Gone with the Wind)一片中,逞强的郝思嘉即使到最后夫离子亡,她还是有办法说“Tomorrow is anotherday.”,现在这句台词已经成了大家耳熟能详的话,别人失意沮丧的时候,你就可以说,It’s not the end of the world.Just like Scarlett O’Hara said, “Tomorrow is another day.”,意思是「地球不会因此而停止转动,就像郝思嘉说的,『明天又是新的开』。」
3.2 了解剧情概要
起跑前,要做好预备动作,先大致了解故事的来龙去脉,再进行后续的重点学习。可以用能飞英语视听学习机进行脚本学习机,标注出生词,重点句来学习。试着用英语概述情节大纲,或者针对电影探讨的主题,用自己的话表达个人看法,训练口说能力。
3.3 选择片段学习
用电影来学英语,不用强求自己每一个字每一句话都要听懂了,百分之百确定了,才要继续往下看,这样反而会阻碍了学习的兴趣。其实当你画出如上所示的concept map,就可以帮助你回忆剧情,你只要挑出重点段落,分段来学习就行了。拿上图来举例,其中有个片段描述吊儿郎当的哈利搭上莎莉的便车之后,为了打发时间,总要打开话匣子,于是想跟莎莉聊聊life story,两人在车内的这段对白就有好几处值得留意:
3.4 从影片中记单字词组
是否很多人都有这种感觉?英文课本整理的单字或词组,背的愈多,忘的也不少,单单覆诵那些字母的组合,根本与字义兜不起来,更别提拿出来用,当然会「今日背,今日忘」。但是看着电影来学就不同了,透过剧情及影像,可以强化这个字在我们脑子里的印象,而且当你随着剧中人物跟读(shadowing),还能顺便模仿发音及语气等等。例如,obnoxious意思是「讨人厌的」,在准备托福留学考试的字汇书里,这个字被列为要达六百分以上的必背单字,由此可知它的难度,别说要把它记起来,连要发音都有点难,可是,如果你透过莎莉来学,效果肯定倍增。当哈利躲在书店一角偷偷瞄着莎莉,莎莉转头对朋友说“He's obnoxious.”,那种不屑的表情是不是更增添了这个字的意味?影片中还出现另一个前缀“ob-”的单字-“obituary”,指的是「讣闻」,这个单字一般会话不常提及,不太好记,但是看看爱说笑的哈利是怎么说的:
“… What’s so hard about finding an apartment? What you do is you read the obituary column.You find out who died, go to the building and tip the doorman.What they could do to make it easier is combine the obituaries with the real estate section.Then you have, “Mr.Klein died today, leaving a wife, two children and a spacious three-bedroom apartment with a wood burning fireplace.”
哈利说朋友都安慰他离婚后至少还保有房子,可是找房子有什么难的,只要翻翻报纸的讣闻,看谁死了,就去接手他的房子甚至家庭,要是报社把房屋租售的版面跟讣闻摆在一起,那就更方便了。听了哈利这段自嘲的话,是不是对“obituary”这个字比较有印象了呢?
3.5 看剧中人运用情境会话
「英文学了这么多年,背也背过了,考也考过了,可是一碰到真正要开口说英语的机会,总是脑筋一片空白,不晓得那些句型都跑到哪儿去了?」原因无他,光是背诵课本那种A跟B硬梆梆的对话,当然没用喽!举例来说,一般的会话课本中,必定会学到上馆子点菜,课本里的例句似乎永远只有“How would you like your steak?” “Well done, please.”之类的答案,这种标准对话在真实生活中好像不太够用,万一侍者多问你一句,是不是就慌了呢?莎莉可不一样,从前菜到甜点样样讲求完美精准,哈利称她是great orderer,现在就来学学莎莉的「龟毛」点菜法:
Waitress: What can I get you?
Harry: I’ll have a number 3.Sally: I’d like the chef’s salad, please, with the oil and vinegar on the side, and the apple pie.…
Sally: … I’d like the pie heated, and I want the ice cream on the side.And I’d like strawberry instead of vanilla, if you have it.If not, then no ice cream, just whipped cream, but only if it’s real.If it’s out of a can, then nothing.Waitress: Not even the pie?
Sally: No, just the pie, but then not heated.请注意这家餐厅不过是公路旁卖简餐的diner,哈利用的是「麦当劳式」的点法「3 号餐」,简单了事,而看莎莉点菜简直太神奇了,虽然点的是沙拉,可是橄榄油及醋汁要放在旁边,不能淋上去喔!说到甜点更是精采,“à la mode”源自法文,就是在甜点上面加一球冰淇淋,莎莉特别强调如果有冰淇淋,苹果派就要加热,冰淇淋要放在旁边,而且只要草莓口味,不然就放whipped cream(鲜奶油)就好,不过鲜奶油要现打的,罐装挤出来的她可不要。哇!原来点餐也可以这么灵活,习惯背课本的人要注意了,赶快丢掉那种制式的对话吧!
3.6 留意文化差异
在美国,学生花钱是能省则省,所以让人搭便车或共乘是常有的事,不仅车租或油钱可以共同分担,如果是长途旅行,还可以轮流换手开车。影片中,哈利一上车,一板一眼的莎莉就要跟他讨论怎么轮流开车:
“I have it all figured out.It’s an 18-hour trip which breaks down into 6 shifts of three hours each or alternatively we could break it down by mileage.”
“alternatively”用于提出另一种不同的建议选择或替代方案。莎莉的意思是她都算好了,从芝加哥到纽约要花18 小时,看是要分成六段轮流开车(shift是轮班),每次三小时,还是要用哩程数来分。
第三篇:看电影学英语
[看电影学英语]Million dollar baby《百万美元宝贝》精讲之三(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]Million dollar baby《百万美元宝贝》精讲之二(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]Million dollar baby《百万美元宝贝》精讲之一(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之六(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之五(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之四(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之三(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之二(2009-02-11) [看电影学英语]The princess diaries《公主日记》1 精讲之一(2009-02-11)
[看电影学英语]From the earth to the moon《从地球到月球》精讲之五(2009-02-09) [看电影学英语]From the earth to the moon《从地球到月球》精讲之四(2009-02-09) [看电影学英语]From the earth to the moon《从地球到月球》精讲之三(2009-02-09) [看电影学英语]From the earth to the moon《从地球到月球》精讲之二(2008-02-19) [看电影学英语]From the earth to the moon《从地球到月球》精讲之一(2008-02-19) [看电影学英语]Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之六)(2008-02-19)
[看电影学英语]Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之五)(2008-02-19)
[看电影学英语]Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之四)(2008-02-19)
[看电影学英语]Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之三)(2008-01-07)
[看电影学英语] Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之二)(2008-01-07) [看电影学英语]Fast food nation《快餐帝国》(精讲之一)(2008-01-07)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之六)(2008-01-07)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之五)(2008-01-07)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之四)(2008-01-07)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之三)(2008-01-04)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之二)(2008-01-04)
[看电影学英语]Goal!《一球成名》(精讲之一)(2007-11-24)
[看电影学英语]The Da Vinci Code《达·芬奇密码》(精讲之六)(2007-11-24) [看电影学英语] The Da Vinci Code《达·芬奇密码》(精讲之五)(2007-11-24) [看电影学英语] The Da Vinci Code《达•芬奇密码》(精讲之四)(2007-11-24)
第四篇:看电影学英语
看电影学英语
初级水平:《老友记》,从发音到对话,从常用词汇积累到了解老美的思维方式,只要你肯抽时间看上个十几二十遍,你会发现自己的英文水平会有非常大的提升。
中级水平:《绝望主妇》,用词和语言非常标准,想对于《老友记》增加了更多的英文长句,很适合进一步提升英语水平。
高级水平:《白宫风云》,对于积累高级词汇会有很大帮助
如果你在利用美剧学习的时候很依赖字幕,那么你的英语水平就很难提高了。比较靠谱的做法是:找到一部适合自己的美剧,看一遍带中文字幕的了解剧情,然后再看几遍带双语字幕的,把生词和句型记下来进行学习。掌握生词和句子后,不带任何字幕再看几遍,你会发现自己已经开始听懂对白,了解主人公的想法和思维模式了,这时候乘胜追击再多听几遍,进行跟读和模仿,如果你发现做这一切的时候对你不再困难,那么恭喜你,你的英语已经更上一层了。
要边看边记笔记:在学习时首先注意发音。其次,了解文化,用词和句式使用是否准确直接体现对异国文化了解的程度。还要准备好笔和纸,做好随时停顿和记录的准备。不过,记录的时候最好不要分析思考和尝试记忆,待整个章节观看完毕之后,在统一回顾和整理。
推荐:《狮子王》《玩具总动员》《飞屋环游记》《他不是那么喜欢你》《风月俏佳人》《我最好朋友的婚礼》《假结婚》《辛普森一家》《欲望都市》《丑女贝蒂》《实习医生格蕾》《吉尔莫女孩》
不推荐:《24小时》《英雄》《越狱》《豪格医生》----专业术语太多
《黑客帝国》《星球大战》-----太复杂太深奥
推荐英文情歌:《Yesterday once more》《Sorry seems to be hardest word》----有助于培养兴趣和语感
准备电影笔记薄
到google上使用电影的英文名字+空格+script进行搜索,就可以找到该剧本的下载。
《老友记》人物分析:
RACH:最喜欢的角色,她的口音不很好学,因为她经常会发出很可爱的声音,感情丰富啊,而且连音也比较多,但是学她很有用,因为她的发音很性感,个人认为。
CHANDLER:这个家伙经常会把我逼疯的,他太贫了,语速又快,最难学了
PHEEBS:最好学的,很喜欢她,她的发音很圆润,语速也很正常
MONIKA:可以用她来练长句子,她经常会一口气说很多
JOEY:他反应慢,语速适中应该是最好学的一个,可是他的声音太低了,不适合女生学,我学他太吃力了,男生的话是个首选
第五篇:看电影学英语《傲慢与偏见》
看电影学英语:《傲慢与偏见》[1]
影片对白
Mrs.Bennet: How well you dance, Mr.Bingley.My daughter Jane is a splendid dancer, is she not? Bingley: She is indeed.(to Elizabeth)Your friend Miss Lucas is a most amusing young woman.Elizabeth: Oh, yes, I adore her.Mrs.Bennet: It is a pity she's not more handsome.Elizabeth: Mama!
Mrs.Bennet: Oh, but Lizzie would never admit that she's plain.Of course it's my Jane who's considered the beauty of the county.Elizabeth & Jane: No, Mama, please!
Mrs.Bennet: When she was 15, a gentleman was so much in love with her, that I was sure he would make her an offer.However, he did write her some very pretty verses.Elizabeth: And that put paid to it.I wonder who discovered the power of poetry in driving away love.Darcy: I thought poetry was the food of love.Elizabeth: Of a fine, stout love, it may.But if it is only a vague inclination one poor sonnet will kill it.Darcy: So what do you recommend to encourage affection? Elizabeth: Dancing.Even if one's partner is barely tolerable.Jane: Mr Bingley is just what a young man ought to be.Sensible, good-humoured...Elizabeth: Handsome, conveniently rich...Jane: You know perfectly well I do not believe marriage should be driven by thoughts of money.Elizabeth: I agree entirely.Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony, which is why I'll end up an old maid.Jane: Do you really believe he liked me, Lizzie?
Elizabeth: Jane, he danced with you most of the night, and stared at you for the rest of it.But I give you leave to like him.You've liked many a stupider person.You're a great deal too apt to like people in general, you know.All the world is good and agreeable in your eyes.Jane: Not his friend.I still can't believe what he said about you.Elizabeth: Mr.Darcy? I could more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine.But no matter, I doubt we shall ever speak again.妙词佳句,活学活用
1.adore
Adore 有好几种意思,我们一起来看一下:
A.If you adore someone, you feel great love and admiration for him or her.敬爱,敬重;爱慕
e.g.She adored her parents and would do anything to please them.B.If you adore something, you like it very much.非常喜欢,痴迷 e.g.I adore apple very much and eat two a day.2.make an offer
这是口语中很常用的词组,其意义取决于作为名词的offer一词的不同含义,如在电影《情归巴黎》中有一句台词是:
You never said a word about planning to make an offer to Patrick.(关于你要跟Patrick合并的事情你一个字都没提过。)
这里的翻译是意译,我们可以看出来make an offer是“出价”的意思。
而在本电影的台词里,这个make an offer的意思显然不同,应该是“求婚”的意思。offer一词本身就有“求婚”的意思,所以“向某人求婚”我们可以说propose to sb.或者make an offer to sb.3.put paid to 结束……,了结……(口语)
这是一个挺有意思的短语,If an unexpected event puts paid to someone's hopes, chances, or plans, it completely ends or destroys them.主要在说英式英语的国家中使用。
The series of terrible blind dates put paid to her dream of an ideal marriage.一系列可怕的相亲断送了她对理想婚姻的梦想。
4.end up/end up with 以……结束,以……告终
If you end up doing something or end up in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.e.g.Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood.他们每次出去跳舞都不欢而散。
She could have ended up a millionairess.她本来可以成为一个百万富翁的。考考你 他非常喜欢看电影。他向那个漂亮女孩求了婚,但是被拒绝了。3 雨水让我们的野餐计划泡汤了。如果你不知道自己想要什么,结果往往是你会得到一些你不想要的东西。
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》(精讲之一)考考你 参考答案 1.他非常喜欢看电影。He adores the cinema.2.他向那个漂亮女孩求了婚,但是被拒绝了。
He made an offer to that handsome girl but was rejected.3.雨水让我们的野餐计划泡汤了。The rain put paid to our picnic plan.4.如果你不知道自己想要什么,结果往往是你会得到一些你不想要的东西。If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want.看电影学英语:Pride&rejudice《傲慢与偏见》[2]
影片对白
Caroline: You write uncommonly fast, Mr.Darcy.Darcy: You're mistaken.I write rather slowly.Caroline: How many letters you must have occasion to write, Mr.Darcy.Letters of business, too.How odious I should think them.Darcy: It is fortunate, then, they fall to my lot instead of yours.Caroline: Do tell your sister that I long to see her.Darcy: I've already told her once, by your desire.Caroline: I do dote on her.I was quite in raptures at her beautiful little design for a table.Darcy: Perhaps you will give me leave to defer your raptures till I write again.At present I have not room enough to do them justice.Bingley: Well I think it's amazing that you young ladies have the patience to be so accomplished.Caroline: What do you mean, Charles?
Bingley: You all paint tables and play the piano and embroider cushions.I never heard of a young lady, but people say she's accomplished.Darcy: The word is indeed applied too liberally.I cannot boast of knowing more than half a dozen women in all my acquaintance that are truly accomplished.Caroline: Nor I, to be sure.Elizabeth: Goodness, you must comprehend a great deal in the idea.Darcy: I do.Caroline: Absolutely.She must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages to deserve the word.And something in her air and manner of walking.Darcy: And, of course she must improve her mind by extensive reading.Elizabeth: I'm no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women.I rather wonder now at your knowing any.Darcy: Are you so severe on your own sex?
Elizabeth: I never saw such a woman.She would certainly be a fearsome thing to behold.Caroline: Miss Elizabeth, let us take a turn about the room.It's refreshing, is it not, after sitting so long in one attitude?
Elizabeth: It is a small kind of accomplishment, I suppose.Caroline: Will you not join us, Mr.Darcy?
Darcy: You can only have two motives, Caroline, and I would interfere with either.Caroline: What can he mean?
Elizabeth: The surest way of disappointing him will be to ask him nothing about it.Caroline: But do tell us, Mr.Darcy.Darcy: Either you are in each other's confidence and you have secret affairs to discuss, or you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage by walking.If the first, I should get in your way.If the second, I can admire you much better from here.Caroline: Shocking.How shall we punish him for such a speech? Elizabeth: We could always laugh at him.Caroline: Oh no.Mr.Darcy is not to be teased.Elizabeth: Are you too proud, Mr.Darcy? And would you consider pride a fault or a virtue?
Darcy: That I couldn't say.Elizabeth: Because we're doing our best to find a fault in you.Darcy: Maybe it's that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offences against me.My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.Elizabeth: Oh, dear.I cannot tease you about that.What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.Caroline: A family trait, I think.妙词佳句,活学活用
1.it falls to sb.'s lot to do sth./ the lot falls to sb.to do sth./ it falls to sb.as sb.'s lot to do sth.是“某人命中注定要做某事;某人有责任做某事”的意思。
e.g.It falls to my lot to join the army.参军是我有责任要做的事。
It falls to the young girl's lot to marry this old man.嫁给这个老头是这个女孩命里注定的。
2.dote on If you say you dote on a person or a thing, it means you love or care about them very much and ignore any faults they may have.中文里就是“宠爱,溺爱;过分喜爱”。比如“她溺爱她的儿子”就可以说成 She dotes on her youngest son.3.accomplished 多才多艺的;熟练的;完成的
说到“多才多艺”,大家马上想到词的可能是 versatile,accomplished 这个词比 versatile 还要高一个等级,差不多到了专家的程度,而 versatile 多用来指“能胜任„„”。例如:
an accomplished lady 一个才女 an accomplished pianist 有造诣的钢琴家 an accomplished facts 不容争辩的事实 4.get/stand in one's way / be in the way
这是口语里特别常用的词组,意思是“挡路,妨碍”。我们来看两个例子: e.g.1)Keep on going with your reading.Don't let me stand in your way.2)You're in the way, would you please move aside? 文化面面观
Austen, Jane(1775-1817), English novelist, noted for her witty studies of early-19th-century English society.With meticulous detail, Austen portrayed the quiet, day-to-day life of members of the upper middle class.Her works combine romantic comedy with social satire and psychological insight.她的代表作品包括《傲慢与偏见》,《理智与情感》,及《爱玛》。
小说《傲慢与偏见》开篇的一段话可称为经典,在当今社会也是有一定道理的: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.However little known the feelings and views of such a man maybe on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.凡是有钱的单身汉,总想娶位太太,这已经成了一条举世公认的真理。这样的单身汉,每逢新搬到一个地方,四邻八舍虽然完全不了解他的性情如何,见解如何,可是,既然这样的一条真理早已在人们心目中根深蒂固,因此人们总是把他看作自己某一个女儿理所应得的一笔财产。考考你
1.他十分溺爱这个九岁的孩子。
2.上法学院是她的梦想,也是她注定要去做的事情。
3.现在真是很少见这么多才多艺的女人了,而且最重要的是她还很漂亮。
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》(精讲之二)考考你 参考答案 1.他十分溺爱这个九岁的孩子。He doted on this nine-year-old kid.2.上法学院是她的梦想,也是她注定要去做的事情。
To go to law school is her dream;something that falls to her lot to do.3.现在真是很少见这么多才多艺的女人了,而且最重要的是她还很漂亮。
It's so rare to meet such an accomplished woman.Most of all, she is very pretty.看电影学英语:《傲慢与偏见》[3]
影片对白
Elizabeth: I love this dance.Darcy: lndeed.Most invigorating.Elizabeth: It is your turn to say something, Mr.Darcy.I talked about the dance.Now you ought to remark on the size of the room or the number of couples.Darcy: I'm perfectly happy to oblige.Please advise me of what you would like most to hear?
Elizabeth: That reply will do for present.Perhaps by and by I may observe that private balls are much pleasanter than public ones.For now, we may remain silent.Darcy: Do you talk as a rule while dancing?
Elizabeth: No.No, I prefer to be unsociable and taciturn.Makes it all so much more enjoyable, don't you think?
Darcy: Tell me, do you and your sisters very often walk to Meryton?
Elizabeth: Yes, we often walk to Meryton.It's a great opportunity to meet new people.In fact when you met us, we'd just had the pleasure of forming a new acquaintance.Darcy: Mr.Wickham's blessed with such happy manners, he's sure of making friends.Whether he's capable of retaining them is less certain.Elizabeth: He's been so unfortunate as to lose your friendship.And I dare say that is an irreversible event?
Darcy: It is.Why do you ask such a question? Elizabeth: To make out your character, Mr.Darcy.Darcy: And what have you discovered?
Elizabeth: Very little.I hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.Darcy: I hope to afford you more clarity in the future.妙词佳句,活学活用
1.oblige
To do a service or favor for: 施恩惠于,帮助
They obliged us by arriving early.他们的早到帮了我们一个大忙。
If you ever need help with the babysitting, I'd be glad to oblige.如果你需要我帮忙照顾孩子,我很愿意效劳。
2.by and by
这是一种习惯表达,意思是“不久以后;不一会儿”。在口语中和by相关的习惯用语很多,如:
By and again 时常,常常 By and large 总的来说,基本上 By the by(e)顺便提一下 3.be blessed with If someone is blessed with a particular good quality or skill, they have that good quality or skill.幸运地享有(优良品质或技巧),在……方面有福气
e.g.The two brothers both are blessed with uncommon ability to fix things.4.make out
If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.辨认出,理解。我们来看看下面的例子: e.g.I couldn't make it out at all.我一点也不明白。
It is hard to make out what criteria are used to judge a person.很难理解应该用什么标准来评判一个人。
考考你
1.请帮我把门关上
2.伊丽莎白拥有出色的语言能力。3.不久之后这件事情的真相终于被揭露了。
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》(精讲之三)考考你 参考答案 1.请帮我把门关上。
Please oblige me by closing the door.2.伊丽莎白拥有出色的语言能力。
Elizabeth is blessed with amazing power of languages.3.不久之后这件事情的真相终于被揭露了。
By and by the truth of it has been exposed to the public.看电影学英语:《傲慢与偏见》[4]
影片对白
Collins: Dear Miss Elizabeth, I am sure my attentions have been too marked to be mistaken.Almost as soon as I entered the house, I singled you out as the companion of my future life.But before I am run away with my feelings, perhaps I may state my reasons for marrying.Firstly, that it is the duty of a clergyman to set the example of matrimony in his parish.Secondly, that I am convinced it will add greatly to my happiness.And thirdly, that it is at the urging of my esteemed patroness, Lady Catherine, that I select a wife.My object in coming to Longbourn was to choose such a one from among Mr.Bennet's daughters, for I am to inherit the estate and such an alliance will surely…suit everyone.And now nothing remains but for me to assure you in the most animated language of the violence of my affections.Elizabeth: Mr.Collins!
Collins: And that no reproach on the subject of fortune will cross my lips once we're married.Elizabeth: You're too hasty, sir.You forget that I have given no answer.Collins: I must add that Lady Catherine will thoroughly approve when I speak to her of your modesty, economy and other amiable qualities
Elizabeth: Sir, I am honored by your proposal, but I regret that I must decline it.Collins: I know ladies don't seek to seem too eager...Elizabeth: Mr.Collins, I am perfectly serious.You could not make me happy.And I'm convinced I'm the last woman in the world who could make you happy.Collins: I flatter myself, cousin, that your refusal is merely a natural delicacy.Besides, you should take into account that despite the manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made to you...Elizabeth: Mr.Collins!
Collins:...I must conclude that you simply seek to increase my love by suspense...Elizabeth: Sir!
Collins:...according to the usual practice of elegant females.Elizabeth: Sir, I am not the sort of female to torment a respectable man.Please understand me, I cannot accept you.妙词佳句,活学活用
1.single out
If you single sb.out from a group, you choose them and give them special attention or treatment.挑选
e.g.Mr.Collins singled out Jane first as his future wife at first, but then he switched to Elizabeth.He was singled out by his teacher to take part in the competition.2.hasty 匆忙的,草率的
e.g.They shouldn't have made such a hasty decision.另外在汉语中我们的一句成语“欲速则不达”跟hasty的同根词haste有关,英语中有两种表达:
Haste makes waste More haste, less speed.大家不妨在这里牢记住这个表达。
3.I'm the last woman in the world who could make you happy.这种句型的基本结构是“the last+名词+定语从句”,表达最大程度的否定或者不赞成。本句话的意思是:我是这个世界上最不可能带给你幸福的女人。
e.g.To be a teacher is the last thing in the world that I could do.我最不愿意干的事就是当老师。
This city is the last place that I want to live in the world.我最不愿意生活的地方就是这个城市。
4.flatter oneself that
If you flatter yourself that something good is the case, you believe that it is true, although others may disagree.自鸣得意,自以为
e.g.They flattered themselves that they would win.他们自以为会一定获胜。
Flatter一词还有一些其它用法:
If someone flatters you, they praise you in an exaggerated way that is not sincere, because they want to please you or to persuade you to do something.奉承,谄媚
e.g.I knew she was just flattering me, because she wanted me to buy her scarf.此外flattering和flattered在口语中的出现频率也很高,flattering继承了flatter的意思,作为形容词的时候有“谄媚的,讨好的”意思,但是也有“讨人喜欢的”意思,如: How flattering your company is since so many other companies are after you.你看你们公司多招人喜欢,那么多其他公司都跟在你们屁股后面转。但是flattered的意思有所不同,If you feel flattered by something that has happened, you are pleased about it because it makes you feel important or special.表示“受宠若惊”的意思 e.g.I feel flattered by what you said.你的话让我受宠若惊。
考考你
1.挑几双自己喜欢的鞋子吧。2.我最不喜欢吃的水果是菠萝。
3.在英语角有人说我口语好让我觉得有点受宠若惊。
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》(精讲之四)1.挑几双自己喜欢的鞋子吧。
Single out several pairs of shoes that you like.2.我最不喜欢吃的水果是菠萝。
Pineapple is the last fruit in the world that I want to eat.3.在英语角有人说我口语好让我觉得有点受宠若惊。
I was a little flattered that someone in English corner said my spoken English was very good.看电影学英语:《傲慢与偏见》[5] 影片对白
Darcy: Miss Elizabeth.I have struggled in vain and can bear it no longer.These past months have been a torment.I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you.I had to see you.I have fought against my better judgment, my family's expectation, the inferiority of your birth, my rank, all these things, and I'm willing to put them aside and ask you to end my agony.Elizabeth: I don't understand.Darcy: I love you.Most ardently.Please do me the honor of accepting my hand.Elizabeth: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain.Believe me, it was unconsciously done.Darcy: Is this your reply? Elizabeth: Yes, sir.Darcy: Are you...are you laughing at me? Elizabeth: No.Darcy: Are you rejecting me?
Elizabeth: I'm sure the feelings which, as you've told me have hindered your regard will help you in overcoming it.Darcy: Might I ask why with so little endeavor at civility I am thus repulsed? Elizabeth: And I might as well enquire with so evident a design of insulting me you chose to tell me that you liked me against your better judgment? Darcy: No, believe me...Elizabeth: If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse!But I have other reasons.You know I have.Darcy: What reasons?
Elizabeth: Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined perhaps forever the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny it Mr.Darcy, that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to center of the world for caprice and my sister to its derision for disappointed hopes and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind? Darcy: I do not deny it.Elizabeth: How could you do it?
Darcy: Because I believed your sister's indifferent to him.Elizabeth: Indifferent?
Darcy: I watched them most carefully and realized his attachment was deeper than hers.Elizabeth: That's because she's shy!
Darcy: Bingley, too, is modest and was persuaded she didn't feel strongly for him.Elizabeth: Because you suggested it.Darcy: I did it for his own good.Elizabeth: My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me.I suppose you suspect that his fortune had some bearing?
Darcy: No!I wouldn't do your sister the dishonor, though it was suggested...Elizabeth: What was?
Darcy: It was made perfectly clear that an advantageous marriage...Elizabeth: Did my sister give that impression?
Darcy: No!No.No.There was, however, I have to admit, the matter of your family...Elizabeth: Our want of connection? Mr.Bingley didn't seem to vex himself about that.Darcy: No, it was more than that.Elizabeth: How, sir?
Darcy: It was the lack of propriety shown by your mother, your three younger sisters and even, on occasion, your father.Forgive me.You and your sister I must exclude from this.Elizabeth: And what about Mr.Wickham? Darcy: Mr.Wickham?
Elizabeth: What excuse can you give for your behavior towards him? Darcy: You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns.Elizabeth: He told me of his misfortunes.Darcy: Oh, yes, his misfortunes have been very great indeed.Elizabeth: You ruin his chances and yet you treat him with sarcasm.Darcy: So this is your opinion of me? Thank you for explaining so fully.Perhaps these offences might have been overlooked had not your pride been hurt by my honesty...Elizabeth: My pride?
Darcy:...in admitting scruples about our relationship.Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?
Elizabeth: And those are the words of a gentleman.From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.Darcy: Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.妙词佳句,活学活用
1.in vain
这是口语中的习惯用语,表示“徒劳,枉然”。比如“我们的工作全白做了”就可以说成:All our work was in vain.再来看一个例子:
The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds.警察企图驱散抗议的人群,但没有成功。2.bearing
在这里是个名词,意思是“关系;影响;方面;意义”等。这个词构成了很多习惯用语,我们可以搜集一下:
have a bearing on / upon...关系到……影响到…… find / get / take bearing 判明方位,认清自己所处的地位 lose one's bearings 迷失方向,惶惑,不知所措 in all its bearings 从各方面
3.prevail upon/on
“劝说好;说服; 诱使”的意思。比如:“我必须得说服我爸给我买辆新自行车”就是:I must prevail upon my father to buy a new bicycle for me.Prevail一词还有另外两个常用的意思,一是“流行,盛行”,另一个是“获胜,取得成功”。如:This old custom does not prevail now.这种旧风俗现在已经不流行了。Truth is great and will prevail.真理是至高无上的,且必将获胜。
4.take up
“占用时间”的意思。这是一个常用词组,意思极其丰富。在英语中简单词构成的词组往往意思都很丰富。我们看看除了在本片段中的这个意思之外,take up还有什么别的含义: a.对……发生兴趣;开始从事
e.g.He did not particularly want to take up competitive sport.b.着手处理
e.g.He intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister.c.接下去,继续说
e.g.After a short break, she took up her story.考考你
1.由于我忘了复印资料,随着原始资料的丢失,我们的工作全都白做了。2.这几年周杰伦的歌曲在年轻人中特别流行。
3.我最近突然开始对羽毛球感兴趣了,几乎每天都去打。Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》(精讲之五)考考你 参考答案 1.由于我忘了复印资料,随着原始资料的丢失,我们的工作全都白做了。What we have done was in vain when the original material was lost.2.这几年周杰伦的歌曲在年轻人中特别流行。
Jay's songs have been prevailing among young people in recent years.3.我最近突然开始对羽毛球感兴趣了,几乎每天都去打。
I recently took up playing badminton a lot and played it almost every day.看电影学英语:《傲慢与偏见》[6] 影片对白
Lady Catherine: You can be of no loss, Miss Bennet, to understand why I am here.Elizabeth: Indeed you're mistaken.I cannot account for this honour at all.Catherine: Miss Bennet, I warn you, I am not to be trifled with.A report of a most alarming nature has reached me, that you intend to be united with my nephew, Mr.Darcy.I know this to be a scandalous falsehood, though not wishing to injure him by supposing it possible, I instantly set off to make my sentiments known.Elizabeth: If you believed it to be impossible, I wonder you took the trouble of coming so far.Catherine: To hear it contradicted, Miss Bennet.Elizabeth: Your coming will be a rather confirmation, surely if indeed such a report exists.Catherine: If? Do you pretend to be ignorant of it? Has it not been industriously circulated by yourself? Elizabeth: I have never heard of it.Catherine: And can you declare there is no foundation for it?
Elizabeth: I do not pretend to possess equal frankness with your Ladyship.You may ask a question which I may choose not to answer.Catherine: This is not to be borne.Has my nephew made you an offer of marriage?
Elizabeth: Your Ladyship has declared it to be impossible.Catherine: Let me be understood!Mr.Darcy is engaged to my daughter.Now what have you to say?
Elizabeth: Only this.If that is the case, you can have no reason to suppose he would make an offer to me.Catherine: You selfish girl!This union has been planned since their infancy.Do you think it can be prevented by a young woman of inferior birth whose own sister's elopement resulted in a scandalously patched-up marriage only achieved at the expense of your uncle? Heaven and Earth!Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted? Now tell me once and for all, are you engaged to him?
Elizabeth: I am not.Catherine: Will you promise never to enter into such an engagem ent?
Elizabeth: I will not and I certainly never shall.You have insulted me in every possible way and can now have nothing further to say.I must ask you to leave immediately.Goodnight.Catherine: I have never been thus treated in my entire life!Mr.Bennet: Lizzie, what on earth is going on? Elizabeth: Just a small misunderstanding.Mrs.Bennet: Lizzie?
Elizabeth: For once in your life, leave me alone!妙词佳句,活学活用
1.account for
这里是“解释;说明”的意思。
e.g.She could not account for her mistake.她无法解释其错误。
I can't account for Peter's unhappiness.我说不出彼得不高兴的原因。Account的一些常用习语还有
on no account决不,在任何条件下都不 on(one's)own account为了自身 take into account 考虑;顾及 2.trifle 在这里是“嘲弄,取笑”的意思。这个词还有一些其它的用法,如: A.to play with or toy with玩弄, 戏耍
e.g.She trifled with my affections 她玩弄我的感情。B.To waste time or money 虚度光阴,浪费
e.g.You should not trifle with your health.你不要疏忽你的健康。Trifle还可以做名词,意思是“小事,琐事,微不足道的东西”。e.g.I have no money on trifles.我没钱买这些小东西。
3.be ignorant of / in
这个搭配是“无知识的;不知道的,不了解的”的意思。我们来看两个例子: She is very ignorant about her own country.她对自己的国家很不了解。What his plans are I am quite ignorant of.我一点也不知道他的计划是什么。
4.once and for all
“断然地,坚决地,最后地”的意思,表示已经最终永久觉得了的意思。我们来看个例子: e.g.Once and for all, we can't agree!最后再说一遍,我们不能同意!Once的词组还有一个For once,“就这一次,破例一回”的意思。e.g.For once you didn't lie after you failed your exams.你考试没通过,就这一次没撒谎。
Once构成的其它习惯用语还有一些: All at once 突然,同时 Every once in a while 偶尔 Once and again 一再,再三
Once and away / once for all 一劳永逸,永久地,彻底地
用近日所学将下面的句子译成英语。1.你能不能解释一下为什么最近老是犯低级错误? 2.她是个新人,对咱们公司的情况几乎一无所知。3.最后说一遍,你被解雇了!
Pride & Prejudice 《傲慢与偏见》精讲之六 考考你 参考答案 1.你能不能解释一下为什么最近老是犯低级错误?
Would you please account for those stupid mistakes you've made recently?
2.她是个新人,对咱们公司的情况几乎一无所知。
As a newcomer, she's ignorant of the situation of our company.3.最后说一遍,你被解雇了!
Once and for all, you are fired!