荧屏情景

第6周 面试

荧屏情景：

星期三 自我介绍 片段选自《叫我第一名》 Hallmark Hall Of Fame 44:07--44:57

Jim: You must be Brad Cohen.
吉姆：你一定是布莱德·科恩吧。
Brad: Hi.
布莱德：嗨。
Jim: I'm Jim Ovbey; I'm the Principal around here. And...
吉姆：我是吉姆·欧贝，本校的校长。
Hilary: Hilary Straka, Assistant Principal.
希拉里：希拉里·史崔卡，副校长。
Brad: Hi.
布莱德：嗨。
Hilary: Come on in the office, Brad.
希拉里：进办公室聊，布莱德。
Jim: We heard you coming all the way from the parking lot.
吉姆：听说你大老远从停车场过来。
Hilary: Hear you've been making the rounds.
希拉里：听说人每个学校都跑遍了。
Brad: Twenty-five schools so far. And, uh, here's, here's my resume.
布莱德：目前为止是第25个，这是我的简历。
Jim: Oh. Here. We can look at that in a minute, Brad. Just come on in, tell us why you want to be a teacher.
吉姆：给我吧。我们待会儿再看，布莱行。先进来，谈谈你为什么想当老师。
Brad: OK. Well, it's, uh, oh, it's, it's all I ever wanted to be. Ever since I was in school.
布莱德：好，从我还在读书到现在，当老师是我毕生最大的愿望。
Hilary: You must have had some pretty inspiring teachers.
希拉里：一定有什么好老师激励了你。
Brad: Ah, well. I had an inspiring principal--Mr. Myer. But my teachers, they really only inspired me to be the kind of teachers they never were.
布莱德：是有位校长激励了我，叫麦尔先生。但我的老师，他们给我的启发都只是让我别像他们一样。

单词与短语

单词与短语：
1. come on in
进来吧！(这是比come in更随和友好的说法)
eg. When an opportunity seems to say: "Welcome, come on in!" that's no real opportunity.
当一个机会向你招手:“欢迎，来吧!”那并不是真正的机会。
eg. If you're thinking of becoming a journalist like me, I'd be the last to discourage you. Come on in, the water's fine!
如果你想象我一样做一个新闻工作者，那我决不会劝阻你。来吧，快来吧！
2. ever since
从那时到现在； 自从； 自…以后； 从…起
ever since做时间状语，主句常用完成时态，从句用一般过去时
eg. I've been on the go ever since eight o'clock this morning.
我从早晨八点钟起就一直忙个不停。
eg. Antonio has been riding high ever since he changed his job.
自从安东尼奥换了工作后，他一直很成功。
3. inspire sb. to do sth.
激励/鼓舞某人做某事
eg. The memory of his mother inspired him to write his greatest poetry.
他对母亲的怀念给了他灵感,从而创作出他最伟大的诗篇。
eg. Our challenge is to motivate those voters and inspire them to join our cause.
我们面临的挑战是如何调动那些选民的积极性并鼓励他们加入我们的事业。