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 "give me a couple pointers," from the film Little Men.
今天的短语是give me a couple pointers，出自电影《小小人》。
It is about two boys who become friends. One of their dads is an actor.
这部电影是关于两个男孩成为朋友之后的故事。其中一个男孩的父亲是一名演员。
Listen for the expression "give me a couple pointers."
留意听一下give me a couple pointers这个短语。
Your dad ain't good at dancing?
你爸爸不擅长跳舞吗？
He's not that successful, or anything.
他其实并不是很成功。
Maybe he can give me a couple pointers, because I want to be an actor when I grow up.
他可能会给我一些建议，因为我想在我长大之后成为一名演员。

What do you think that means "give me a couple pointers?"
你觉得give me a couple pointers是什么意思呢？
Is it: give me some advice or show me where to go?
是给我一些建议还是告诉我往哪儿走？
Listen again. Did you get it right?
再听一遍。你的理解正确吗？
Your dad ain't good at dancing?
你爸爸不擅长跳舞吗？
He's not that successful, or anything.
他其实并不是很成功。
Maybe he can give me a couple pointers, because I want to be an actor when I grow up.
他可能会给我一些建议，因为我想在我长大之后成为一名演员。
Give me a couple pointers means give me some advice.
Give me a couple pointers的意思是给我一些建议。
One of the boys wants to be an actor. His friend's father is an actor.
其中一个男孩想成为演员。而他朋友的父亲刚好是一名演员。
Although he is not very good or successful, the boy hopes he can give him some pointers;
虽然这个父亲不是特别好，事业也不那么成功，不过这个男孩还是希望他能给一些建议，
pieces of advice that might help him reach his dream of being an actor.
一些能够帮助他实现演员梦的建议。
And that is English @ the Movies. I'm Ambor.
以上就是今天的《看电影学英语》，我是安博尔。