听电影《返老还童》学英语第66期:为什么要回来
日期:2012-10-12 19:43

(单词翻译:单击)

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So where are you staying?
你要住在哪里?  
What are you gonna do?
你打算做什么?  
I'm staying at the Pontchartrain Hotel on the Avenue.
我待在庞恰特雷恩饭店。  
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
我不知道我要做什么。  
But...
不过。?  
They're waiting.
他们在等我。  
I remember that.
我记得那一天。  
That was him? Just look at the satellite picture.
那就是他?看卫星云图。?  
The hurricane changed directions. It's going to make landfall.
咙风转向,很快就会登陆。  
Am I supposed to do something?
我该做什么吗?  
Arrangements are being made to move people.
有些病人要走,不过由你决定。  
No. No, we're staying.
不,我们要留下来。 
I'll let you know if anything changes.
有变化我会告诉你。 
That night, while I was sitting and wondering why I came back at all...
那天晚上当我在想为什么回来。

妙语佳句
1.Pontchartrain
庞恰特雷恩
Cecil Flemming tries to maneuver his wheelchair through the waters of Lake Pontchartrain near Mandeville, Louisiana after waters crashed over the seawall from Tropical Storm Lee.
在路易斯安那州曼德维尔附近,热带风暴李冲垮了堤坝,塞西尔·弗莱明试图操纵轮椅通过庞恰特雷恩湖。
2.avenue
大街;林荫大道
I thought it so straight up and down-- like Fifth Avenue. And with all the cross streets numbered!
我还以为它像第五大街那样直来直去——而且所有的十字路都有编号!
3.satellite
卫星;人造卫星;随从;卫星国家
Super powers plundered all kinds of commodities at low prices from a satellite country.
超级大国以低价从一个卫星国里巧取豪夺各种商品。
4.make landfall
初见陆地;驶近陆地;台风登陆
The storm was expected to make landfall today on the Gulf Coast at the category four level, with winds racing at more than 150 miles per hour and a storm surge exceeding 20 feet.
这场风暴预计将于今天在墨西哥湾沿岸地区登陆,飓风等级为4级,风速超过每小时150英里,风暴潮超过20英尺。
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翻译
1.咙风转向,很快就会登陆。
2.那天晚上当我在想为什么回来。
上期答案
1.Not very well. I guess that'd be from my side of things.
2.He's an incredibly kind, just bright, adventurous man.

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重点单词
  • adventurousadj. 爱冒险的,大胆的,惊险的
  • categoryn. 种类,类别
  • surgen. 汹涌,澎湃 v. 汹涌,涌起,暴涨 v. [海]放
  • tropicaladj. 热带的,炎热的,热带植物的
  • hurricanen. 飓风,飓风般猛烈的东西 adj. 有防风罩的