The Elephant In The Room 避而不谈的问题
日期:2018-10-30 14:27

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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。
Today we're visiting the Parr family in the movie The Incredibles 2.
今天我们要看一看电影《超人总动员2》中的帕尔家族。
Listen for the phrase "the elephant in the room".
留意听一下“the elephant in the room”这个短语。
Did you wash your hands? With soap?
洗手了吗?用肥皂了吗?
Did you dry them?
擦干了吗?
What? Is this all vegetables? Who ordered all vegetables? I did.
什么?全都是蔬菜?谁点的全蔬菜?我。
So are we going to talk about it? What?
所以我们要讨论一下吗?讨论什么?
The elephant in the room.
我们避而不谈的问题。
What elephant?
什么问题?
Mom's new job.
妈妈的新工作。
So what do you think "the elephant in the room" means?
那么你认为“the elephant in the room”是什么意思呢?
Is it: the big pet everyone loves or the issue everyone is avoiding?
是大家都爱的大型宠物,还是大家都避而不谈的问题?
Listen again, did you have the right answer?
再听一遍,你答对了吗?

电影《超人总动员2》

What? Is this all vegetables? Who ordered all vegetables? I did.
什么?全都是蔬菜?谁点的全蔬菜?我。
So are we going to talk about it? What?
所以我们要讨论一下吗?讨论什么?
The elephant in the room.
我们避而不谈的问题。
What elephant?
什么问题?
Mom's new job.
妈妈的新工作。
"The elephant in the room" means "the issue everyone is avoiding".
“The elephant in the room”意为“大家都避而不谈的问题”。
The Parr family is acting as if everything is normal.
帕尔家族表现得就像一切都还很正常。
But they are all thinking about their lives will change when mom leaves to save the world.
但是他们的心里都在想,妈妈动身去拯救世界之后,他们的生活会变成什么样子。
And that is English @ the Movies.
以上就是今天的《看电影学英语》。

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重点单词
  • issuen. 发行物,期刊号,争论点 vi. & vt 发行,流
  • phrasen. 短语,习语,个人风格,乐句 vt. 措词表达,将(
  • actingn. 演戏,行为,假装 adj. 代理的,临时的,供演出
  • soapn. 肥皂 vt. 用肥皂洗,阿谀奉承