(单词翻译:单击)
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 saying is "word travels," from the new movie Pete's Dragon.
今天的短语是word travels,出自新电影《彼得的龙》。
Dragons are imaginary creatures, but in the movie, this one is real.
龙是想象出来的生物,但在电影中,这是只真龙。
A boy named Pete lives in the forest with a dragon.
一个叫彼得的男孩和一只龙住在森林里。
Let's listen for the saying "word travels."
让我们一起听听word travels这个短语。
You heard about the boy?
你听说过这个男孩吗?
You know how word travels in this town.
你知道在这个城镇中,消息传播得很快。
How long has he been out there? Six years.
他待在外边有多久了?六年了。
You don't survive in a forest for six years alone...
你孤身一人,在一个森林中生存不了六年...
So what is the meaning of "word travels?"
那么,word travels是什么意思呢?
He moves a lot or news spreads fast?
是他移动很频繁还是消息扩散很快?
Listen again and see if you are correct.
再听一遍,看看你的理解是否正确。
You heard about the boy?
你听说过这个男孩吗?
You know how word travels in this town.
你知道在这个城镇中,消息传播得很快。
How long has he been out there? Six years.
他待在外边有多久了?六年了。
Word travels means news spread fast.
Word travels意指消息传播迅速。
The discovery that the boy lived alone in the woods for six years was big news.
一个男孩被发现在森林里独自生活了六年,这是一个大新闻。
People talked about it, the news got out. But this is not just true in the movies.
人们对这件事议论纷纷,消息就此传了出去。但这不仅在电影中是真的。
Word travels fast when people talk about things in person.
人们面对面谈论事情的时候,消息会传的很快。
But now with the internet, word travels almost anywhere around the world and even faster.
而如今有了互联网,消息几乎能传到世界任何一个地方,甚至比以往速度更快。