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影视片花：

台词赏析：

Amanda:You know how in those samurai movies

你知道在那些日本电影中的武士

they'd rather kill themselves than be captured or defeated?

宁可去死也不要被俘虏或打败

Betty:Ritual suicide. It's called seppuku.

惯例上的自杀 他们称为切腹自杀

Amanda:Like the beer?

像开啤酒一样

Anyway, this whole situation with you taking the book to Queens reminded me of that.

无论如何 你把书拿到皇后区这件事给了我这样的联想

And I figured, rather than live with the shame of the screwup

我想与其背着破坏者的骂名待在这里

and probably end up getting fired anyway,

而且最后还是落得被炒鱿鱼的下场

wouldn't you rather just quit? Se-pu-ku, Betty.

你还不如现在就辞职 切腹自杀吧 Betty

Betty:You know what?

你知道吗

Amanda:Hmm?

嗯

Betty:You really do belong here more than I do.

你真的比我更适合待在这里

And I truly hope that you get everything you deserve.

我真心希望你能得到你应该得到的

Amanda:Oh, thank you. Bye.

哦 谢谢 再见

单词精讲

词汇提炼：

1. samurai: 日本武士

2. capture: 俘虏，捕获

3. defeat: 击败，战胜

4. ritual: 仪式

5. suicide: 自杀，自取灭亡

6. seppuku: 切腹自杀

8. situation: 形势，状况

9. figure: 领会，认为

10. shame: 羞愧

11. screwup: 弄糟事情的人

12. quit: 辞职

13. belong: 属于

14. truly: 真心地

15. deserve: 应得，应受

重点单词精讲：

Capture

Exp. to catch a person or an animal and keep them as a prisoner or in an enclosed space 俘虏

Eg. Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers.

联军部队捕获了300多敌军。

Eg. The animals are captured in nets and sold to local zoos.

动物在网里被捕获后然后被拿到当地动物园去买。

Defeat

Exp. to win against sb in a war, competition, sports game, etc. 战胜（某人）; 击败

Eg. The enemy was defeated in a decisive battle.

敌人在一场决定性的战斗中被击败。

Eg. He has been soundly defeated at chess.

他在国际象棋比赛中一败涂地。

Suicide

Exp. killing oneself intentionally 自杀

Eg. He committed suicide.

他自杀了。

Eg. There are four cases of suicide this month at my university.

这个月我的大学里发生了四起自杀案件。

Figure

Exp. think (sth) 想（某事物）

Eg. I figured that you wouldn't come.

我料想你不会来。

Eg. It's what I figured.

我是这样认为的。

Shame

Exp. painful feeling caused by wrong, dishonourable, improper or ridiculous behaviour (by oneself, one's family, etc) 羞耻; 羞愧; 惭愧

Eg. she felt shame at having told a lie.

说谎后来感到羞愧。

Eg. Mary hang one's head in shame.

Mary惭愧得低下了头.

Eg. To my shame I never thanked him for his kindness.

我感到惭愧的是对他的好意我从未表示过感谢。

Deserve

Exp. be sth or have done sth for which one should receive (a reward, special treatment, etc); be entitled to; merit 应受（奖赏﹑ 特殊待遇等）; 应得; 值得

Eg. The article deserves careful study.

这篇文章值得仔细研究。

Eg. She deserves a reward for her efforts.

她积极努力, 应得到奖赏。

Eg. He richly deserved all that happened to him.

他得到这一切确是受之无愧。

Eg. They deserve to be sent to prison.

他们应该入狱。

片语精讲

短语提炼：

1. remind sb of sth: 提醒某人某物

2. end up: 告终，结束

3. rather than: 与其…倒不如…，宁可......也不愿

4. in those samurai movies：在那些日本电影里

5. would rather... than...：宁愿......而不愿

6. kill oneself：自杀

7. ritual suicide：切腹自杀

8. with the shame of

9. get fired：解雇，炒鱿鱼

重点短语精讲：

end up

释义：end up的意思是经过某些过程或回合之后最后在干什么、 到达哪里、得到什么结果等等

用法1：后面跟动名词， 表示“最后在干什么”。

Eg. The money ended up enriching the 15 local criminal organizations.

这笔钱最后肥了当地的15个犯罪集团

Eg. You could end up running this company if you play your cards right.

如果你牌出得对，最可能由你来经营这家公司。

Eg. I don't care if they end up flipping hamburgers or if they end up being President of the United States.

我不管他们最后是卖汉堡包还上最后做了美国总统

Eg. If we impose a uniform food pattern on people, you we end up hurting many people.

如果我们强迫人们吃同一类型的食品，我们最后会伤害许多人。

用法2：end up后面跟名词， 意思是“最后到达什么状态，情况， 地方等”。 需要注意的是跟名词时后面要接一个介词，用什么介词要根据后面的名词而定。

Eg. Most of the trash that Americans generate ends up in landfills.

美国人产生的垃圾最后都送到垃圾填埋场。

Eg. The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China.

高技术的坟场在中国的农村。

Eg. The romance ends up in the fifth place.

这部爱情故事片最后获得第五名。

Eg. So if you don’t have a pretty structured return policy, you will end up with a lot of problems.

如果你没有一个相当规范的退货规定，你最后会弄出许多问题。

Eg. We ended up at a service station.

我们七转八转最后到了一家汽车修理站。

Eg. If you keep pressing this button, you will end up with a blank screen.

如果你一直按这个键，最后就会出现一个空白屏幕。

Eg. The second option is a low-growth, no-risk scenario for the next ten years, but you end up with a different sized business.

第二个方案是一个低成长，无风险的十年计划，但你最后搞出来的是个小公司。

rather than

词性：是一个并列连词。

用法一：rather than 与would 连用时，构成“would rather...than...”句式，意思是“宁愿……而不愿……”表示主观愿望，即在两者之中选择其一。

Eg. She'd rather die than lose the children.

她宁愿死也不愿失去孩子们。

用法二：rather than 不与would连用时，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词(短语)、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。现分述如下：

(1) 连接两个名词或代词

Eg. He is an explorer rather than a sailor.

与其说他是一个海员，不如说他是一个探险者。

Eg. You rather than I are going to go camping.

是你而不是我要去要野营。

注意：rather than 连接两个名词或代词作主语时，谓语动词应与rather than 前面的名词或代词在人称和数上保持一致。

(2) 连接两个形容词

Eg. The sweater she bought was beautiful rather than cheap. 与其说她买的这件羊毛衫便宜不如说它漂亮。

连接两个介词(短语)或动名词

Eg. We will have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the great hall.

我们是在教室里开会，不是在大厅里。

Eg. She enjoys singing rather than dancing.

她喜欢唱歌，而不喜欢跳舞。

(4) 连接两个分句

Eg. We should help him rather than he should help us.

是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

(5) 连接两个不定式

Eg. I decided to write rather than (to) telephone.

我决定写信而不打电话。

注意：rather than 后接不定式时，不定式可以带to，也可以不带to, 如上句。但rather than位于句首时，则只能接不带to 的不定式。如：Rather than allow the vegetables to go bad, he sold them at half price. 他唯恐蔬菜烂掉，把它们以半价卖掉了。

(6) 连接两个动词

Eg. He ran rather than walked.

他是跑来的，而不是走来的。

注意：这里rather than 后用了walked，而没有用walk，表示客观事实，而不是主观愿望。如果换成walk，则作“宁愿……而不愿 ……”解。

would rather... than...

1.基本用法：

would rather与than连用，可构成另一个惯用句式，即：would rather...than.... 意谓宁可（愿）……（而）不要（愿）……、与其……不如……。用以表达主语的意愿，强调经过选择后做其中一件事，而不愿做另一件事。Would rather和than的后面都接动词原形。

Eg. I would rather watch TV at home than go to the cinema.

我宁可在家看电视而不愿去看电影。

Eg. The children would rather walk there than take a bus.

孩子们宁愿步行去那里而不乘公共汽车。

2.特殊用法：

（1） than 后边也应接动词原形，但如该句型前后连接的两个动词相同，则than之后的那个动词可省去。

Eg. I'd rather you know that now than afterwards.

我宁可你现在就知道这件事，而不是以后。

（2）would rather...than...也可改写成 “would...rather than...”其用法及含义仍不变。

Eg. Facing the enemies, our soldiers would die rather than surrender.

面对敌人，我们的战士宁死不屈。

（3）有时，为表示语气上的强调，可将rather than置于句首。

Eg. Rather than refuse to help you, I would borrow money from my friends.

我宁可向朋友借钱，也不愿拒绝帮助你。

（4）would rather后也可跟从句，表示主语宁愿让某人干某事。这时，从句谓语动词要用虚拟语气，即用一般过去时表示过去现在或将来要做的事；用过去完成时表示过去要做的事。

Eg. I'd rather she set out to do the work now.

我宁愿她现在就着手做这项工作。

Eg. I'd rather you met her at the airport tomorrow morning.

我但愿你明天早上能在机场见到她。

Eg. I'd rather you hadn’t told him the news that day.

我真希望你那天没有把那消息告诉他。

（5）would rather后还可接动词的完成式，表示主语要做某事，而结果事与愿违的意思。

Eg. I'd rather have left a note on her desk.

我本想留张字条在她书桌上的。（事实上没有留）

高频短语深化记忆：

remind sb of sth

Eg. I kept it all the time to remind me of you.

我一直保存着它,以使我想起你。

Eg. I'm cowardly about things that remind me of myself.

我对那些使我回忆起往事的东西总感到胆怯。

Eg. Now that you remind me of this matter, I have a vague impression of it.

这事经你一提醒, 我脑子里才有点儿影子。

Eg. Yellow flowers of rape always remind me of my childhood in the countryside.

黄黄的油菜花总使我想起我在农村时的童年。