影视精讲《阿甘正传》第24期:阿甘成立布巴甘捕虾公司且家喻户晓
日期:2012-08-02 14:39

(单词翻译:单击)

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Hurricane Carmen came through here yesterday,
卡门飓风昨天过境
destroying nearly everything in its path.
沿途几乎摧毁了一切
And as in other towns up and down the coast,
沿海的其他城镇也一样
Bayou La Batre's entire shrimping industry
拉巴特湾的捕虾业
has fallen victim to Carmen
成为卡门飓风的最大受害者
and has been left in utter ruin.
渔港完全成了废墟
This reporter has learned,
记者被告知
in fact, only one shrimping boat
实际上只有一条捕虾船
actually survived the storm.
幸免于难
Louise. Louise, there's Forrest.
露西,露西,福雷斯来了
After that, shrimping was easy.
从此以后,捕虾就很容易了
There will be great bounty.
“将会有丰厚的回报”
Oh, my God...
“我的上帝…”
Since people still needed them shrimps
因为人们仍然需要虾
for shrimp cocktails and barbecues and all
来做虾串烧和虾烧烤什么的
and we were the only boat left standing,
而我们的船是唯一剩下的了
Bubba Gump shrimp's what they got.
他们只能来布巴甘这里买虾
We got a whole bunch of boats.
我们购置了一大堆船
12 Jennys, big old warehouse.
有12条珍妮号,还有一个大仓库
We even have hats
我们还订做了帽子
that say "Bubba Gump" on them.
上面写着“布巴甘”
Bubba Gump Shrimp.
布巴甘捕虾公司
It's a household name.
这名字家喻户晓

重点解释

妙语佳句:
victim:受害者
例如:Not all the victims survived...
并非所有受害者都得以幸存。
He was a victim of racial prejudice...
他是种族歧视的受害者
fall victim to something or someone:成为…的牺牲品(或受害者)
例如:At Brussels airport he fell victim to pickpockets who pinched his wallet.
在布鲁塞尔机场,他被扒手盯上,钱包被偷走了。

survive:幸存
例如:Those organisms that are most suited to the environment will be those that will survive...
最适宜该环境的微生物将会存活下来。
They were forced to practise cannibalism in order to survive.
他们被迫人吃人以求活下去。

剧情百科常识:


基于小说阿甘正传的电影,都是围绕主角阿甘而展开的故事,但电影更侧重于小说的开始11章,改变了成立阿布·阿甘养虾公司、最后成为流浪街头的大富翁的结局。更没有提到中间阿甘当太空人,落到食人部落中生活,跟猩猩成为好友,成为国际象棋以及摔跤明星的过程。而阿甘的女友珍妮也没有因绝症艾滋病(AIDS)而死去,而是在怀孕后当上了护士,在阿甘流浪街头的时候还见到了他智商超群的儿子小阿甘。阿甘在中间的经历也被大大简化,完全没有幽默的剧情。

考考你:
被袭击者目前在医院,处于大剂量镇静作用之下。
引入市场经济后,许多工厂将面临倒闭。


答案下期公布

上一期的答案
It is inevitable that nationality clothing would be bound to be of fashion.
Don't allow yourself to sink into grief; it can do no good.

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重点单词
  • sinkn. 接收端,沟渠,污水槽,散热器 vi. 下沉,下落,
  • environmentn. 环境,外界
  • survivevt. 比 ... 活得长,幸免于难,艰难度过 vi.
  • walletn. 皮夹,钱包
  • victimn. 受害者,牺牲
  • inevitableadj. 不可避免的,必然(发生)的
  • ruinv. 毁灭,毁坏,破产 n. 毁灭,崩溃,废墟
  • prejudicen. 偏见,伤害 vt. 使 ... 存偏见,伤害
  • hurricanen. 飓风,飓风般猛烈的东西 adj. 有防风罩的
  • griefn. 悲痛,忧伤