Welcome to English @ the Movies, where we teach you American English heard at the movies.
欢迎来到《看电影学英语》节目，我们在这里教授你在电影中听到的美式英语。
Today's phrase is "sounds screwy," from the movie Hail, Caesar!
今天的短语是sounds screwy，出自电影《凯撒万岁》
This is a funny movie about Hollywood in the 1950s.
这部喜剧电影讲述的是二十世纪五十年代的好莱坞。
Eddie Mannix is a studio fixer. His job is to keep the movie company and its actors out of trouble.
艾迪·曼尼克斯是工作室“调停者”。他的工作是保证电影公司及其演员远离各种麻烦事。
He runs into trouble when a movie star disappears.
不过在公司的一位电影明星失踪之后，他惹上了麻烦。
Let's take a look. Watch for the phrase "sounds screwy."
我们一起来看一下。留意一下sounds screwy这个短语。
Mr. Mannix, I know it sounds screwy, but someone is calling from the future.
曼尼克斯先生，我知道这听起来很古怪，但是有人从未来打了个电话过来。
Good lord. We have your movie star.
天哪。我们手里有你的电影明星。
Gather $100000 and await instructions.
筹集10万美金，等候指示。
Who are we? The future.
我们是谁？未来。

So what does that mean "sounds screwy?"
那么，短语sounds screwy是什么意思呢？
It sounds strange or it sounds impossible?
是听起来很怪还是听上去不可能？
Listen again and see if you are correct.
再听一遍，看看你是否是正确的。
Mr. Mannix, I know it sounds screwy, but someone is calling from the future.
曼尼克斯先生，我知道这听起来很古怪，但是有人从未来打了个电话过来。
Good lord. We have your movie star.
天哪。我们手里有你的电影明星。
Gather $100000 and await instructions.
筹集10万美金，等候指示。
Who are we? The future.
我们是谁？未来。
Sounds screwy means "it sounds strange."
Sounds screwy意指听起来很怪。
It means it does not make sense. It is something not working right.
其含义是指某事不合常理、运作不太正常。
In the movie, the person calling Mr. Mannix says he has the missing actor, but he also says he is calling from the future.
电影中，有人打电话和曼尼克斯先生说失踪的演员在他手上，但是他还称自己是从未来打的电话。
If someone really could call from the future, it would be very strange, very screwy, indeed.
如果真有人可以从未来打电话给你，那听起来确实很奇怪、很古怪。
And that is English @ the Movie. I'm Ambor.
以上就是今天的《看电影学英语》，我是安博尔。