重温经典《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》第38期:老师与学生唇枪舌战
日期:2012-09-25 13:40

(单词翻译:单击)

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Bill Dunbar. He’d be an affair. Let’s talk about that, Miss Watson.
比尔, 他在和你交往吗,说说吧,沃森小姐
You don’t believe in withholding, do you?
你不会有所保留吧?
No. I d, however, believe in manners. But for you, I’ll make an exception.
不,我确实懂得礼貌,但对你,我会例外
That’s what we’re supposed to do for married students. Right, Betty?
对已婚的学生,就该这样,是吗, 贝蒂?
Professor Dunbar and l are not having an affair.
邓巴没有和我在恋爱
Did you have one with William Holden?
那你和威廉 赫尔登呢?
Connie! -She asked about Bill Dunbar.
康妮! -她已经都问了比尔 邓巴了
How did you hear that? –Oh, it is true!
你怎么会知道的? -哦,是真的!
Betty, I told you.
贝蒂,我告诉过你的
Won’t you regret never marrying? -There’s still time.
你没结婚,不后悔吗? -还有时间
I guess I assume that I will at some point.
我想我会随缘
I’m not gonna plan my life around it. -Neither should we.
不会去刻意为此安排我的生活 -我们也不应该
I didn’t say that. -You did to Joan.
我没那么说 -你对琼说了
That’s what she told me. -What are you saying?
是她这么告诉我的 -你在说什么?
She knew you and Tommy were getting engaged.
她知道你和汤米 快要订婚了
And she practically filled out your application.
她却仍然帮助你填了法学院的入学申请
I didn’t say that. -She’s been accepted.
我没那么说 -她已经被录取了
Now she just has to figure out a way to tell Tommy.
现在她只要想办法告诉汤米就行了
Why don’t you do it? You’re good at butting into people’s business.
你为什么不去?你很擅长管别人的闲事
Funny, that’s what they say about you.
真有趣,别人正是这么说你的

重点解释
妙语佳句:
withhold: 抑制,扣留
例如:Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told...
警方昨天拒绝在通知亲属前透露死亡男孩的姓名。
The captain decided to withhold the terrible news even from his officers.
船长决定哪怕是对高级船员也要封锁这个可怕的消息。

figure out:解决; 弄明白
例如:I can't figure out what he was hinting at.
我想不出他在暗示什么。
Please figure out the total cost.
请算出总费用。

剧情百科常识:


50年代的美国虽然女性的地位渐渐受到重视,但在上层社会封建思想仍旧非常严重。在卫斯理这所著名的女子大学,学生们大都有着良好的家庭背景,从小接受过优秀的教育。但学院对学生的教育不是教他们如何获得自己感兴趣的学科知识,也不重视心理教育,而是把学生的成功与否定义为今后的婚姻,她们学习的目的无非是嫁一个好丈夫。

考考你:
恐惧使他不敢说实话。
你能帮我解决这问题吗?

答案下期公布
上一期的答案
They tried to engage him in conversation.
He blab bed my confidences to every one.

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重点单词
  • engagev. 答应,预定,使忙碌,雇佣,订婚
  • withholdv. 扣留,保留,抑制
  • exceptionn. 除外,例外,[律]异议,反对
  • applicationn. 应用; 申请; 专心 n. 应用软件程序
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • assumevt. 假定,设想,承担; (想当然的)认为
  • figuren. 图形,数字,形状; 人物,外形,体型 v. 演算,
  • engagedadj. 忙碌的,使用中的,订婚了的