Make Your Case 捍卫你的立场
日期:2017-08-27 11:45

(单词翻译:单击)

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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。
Our phrase from the movie Truth is "make your case."
今天的短语是出自电影《真相》的make your case。
The movie is about a real event. Reporter Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes investigated a story.
电影是有关一则真实事件。主播丹·拉瑟和制片人玛丽·迈普斯共同调查一起事件。
They said President George Bush avoided serving in the Vietnam War.
他们声称美国总统乔治·布什在越南战争中不尽职。
Predicts says Rather and Mapes did not prove their story.
但没有证据证明拉瑟和迈普斯所说的事件的真实性。
Listen for the phrase "make your case."
下面让我们一起听一听make your case这个短语。
They're going to start an investigation. This is bad.
他们要开始一项调查。这可不妙。
They do not get to do this.
他们不能这样。
They do not get to smack us just for asking the question.
不能让他们问一个这样的问题就把我们击垮。
They want to talk to your source.
他们想和你的线人聊聊。
And I never should have asked questions.
我真的不应该问那个问题的。
You got to make your case. Honey, you have to fight!
亲爱的,你必须捍卫你的立场,你要抗争!

《真相》

So what does that mean "make your case?"
那么make your case是什么意思呢?
Defend your position or pack your suitcase?
是捍卫你的立场还是收拾你的行李?
Listen again and see if you are correct.
再听一遍,看看你是否是正确的。
They're going to start an investigation. This is bad.
他们要开始一项调查。这可不妙。
They do not get to do this.
他们不能这样。
They do not get to smack us just for asking the question.
不能让他们问一个这样的问题就把我们击垮。
They want to talk to your source.
他们想和你的线人聊聊。
And I never should have asked questions.
我真的不应该问那个问题的。
You got to make your case. Honey, you have to fight!
亲爱的,你必须捍卫你的立场,你要抗争!
Make your case means "to defend your position about something."
Make your case意指捍卫你对某事的立场。
Mary Mapes was upset about a possible investigation into her story.
玛丽·迈普斯对于有可能针对自己提出的事件的调查感到很沮丧,
Her husband try to comfort her when he told her to "make her case",
当她的丈夫对她说make your case时,他是在试图安慰她,
he was telling her to defend her position and to fight for her side in the story.
告诉她要捍卫自己对这件事的立场,并为之抗争。
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。

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重点单词
  • comfortn. 舒适,安逸,安慰,慰藉 vt. 安慰,使舒适
  • defendv. 防护,辩护,防守
  • suitcasen. 手提箱
  • upsetadj. 心烦的,苦恼的,不安的 v. 推翻,翻倒,扰乱
  • sourcen. 发源地,来源,原始资料
  • phrasen. 短语,习语,个人风格,乐句 vt. 措词表达,将(