《广告狂人》第一季视听精讲第8期:什么才是所谓的真爱?
日期:2012-03-05 09:04

(单词翻译:单击)

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So...you're going to ply me with drinks
你想让酒来麻痹我
and convince me what a terrible mistake I'm making.
然后让我确信我做出了一个多么糟糕的决定
That is quite a drink.
这个酒确实不错
You got in trouble, didn't you?
你有麻烦了 是吧?
I shouldn't have lost my temper,
我不该发脾气
and I certainly shouldn't have treated you like anything less than a client.
我本应该待客如宾 一样的招待你
Apology accepted.
接受道歉
So you understand.
现在我理解了
Now I do.It was, uh, refreshing, really.
实际上 让我为之一震
I mean, actually hearing all the things
我是说 这么久以来听人们的各种奉承
I always assumed people were thinking.
我还以为他们说的都是深思熟虑后的话语
Well, I'm not really as bad as all that.
我可不是那么差的
I was under a lot of pressure.
我压力很大
Another account.
为其他的一些事情
Doesn't really matter.
这没什么关系
No, it doesn't.
是没什么关系
So, without making things worse,
这么说 为了不让事情更糟
can I ask you a personal question?
我能问你个私人问题吗?
Don't you want to get a second drink in me first?
你不想等我喝道第二杯再问吗?
Why aren't you married?
你为什么还没结婚?
Are you asking what's wrong with me?
你是在问我有什么毛病吗?
It's just that you're a beautiful, educated woman.
你是个美丽的 有教养的女人
Don't you think that getting married and having a family
你难道不认为结婚组建一个家庭会让你
would make you happier than all the headaches that go along with fighting people like me?
比和我这种人吵架更加开心吗?
If I weren't a woman,
如果我不是一个女人
I would be allowed to ask you the same question.
我就有资格问你同样的问题
And if I weren't a woman,
如果我不是女人
I wouldn't have to choose between putting on an apron
我根本不必在带上围裙做家务和
and the thrill of making my father's store what I always thought it should be.
战战兢兢的接手我父亲一直让我生畏的生意之间做出选择了
So that's it. You won't get married
这就是了 你不结婚是因为
because you find business to be a thrill.
你觉得做生意很刺激
That and...
还有.


I've never been in love.
我从未真心爱过
She won't get married because she's never been in love.
她不结婚是因为她从来没真心爱过
I think I wrote that once to sell nylons.
我想在卖尼龙的时候我写过这样的广告语
For a lot of people,love isn't just a slogan.
对很多人来说爱不仅仅是一句广告语
Oh, you mean love.
噢 你是说真爱
You mean the big lightning bolt to the heart
你是说一道惊心动魄的闪电
where you can't eat and you can't work
你寝食难安
and you just run off and get married and make babies.
于是你抛开一切 跑去结婚 生儿育女
The reason you haven't felt it is because it doesn't exist.
你没感受到真爱的原因就是它根本不存在
What you call lovewas invented by guys like me to sell nylons.
你所称之为真爱的东西是被像我这样的人发明的 为了销售尼龙
Is that right?
是吗?
I'm pretty sure about it.
我很确定
You're born alone,and you die alone,
你生来就孤独 死去也孤独
and this world just drops a bunch of rules on you
只是这个世界给你架上许多的规则
to make you forget those facts,
让你忘记那些真相
but I never forget.
但我从未忘记
I'm living like there's no tomorrow...
我把每天都当做世界末日一样度过
because there isn't one.
因为 根本就没有明天
I don't think I realized it until this moment,
我想知道现在我才明白
but it must be hard being a man, too.
做一个男人一定也很难

重点讲解

原句重现:I shouldn't have lost my temper,and I certainly shouldn't have treated you like anything less than a client.

在英语学习中许多学生不能确切区分no more than和not more than这两个短语,让我们来看看它们的区别:
1. 在数量上进行比较时,no more than = only, 作"仅仅;只有"解,有数量少的含义。not more than = at most,作"至多;不超过"解,说明一个事实。如:
(1) in all there are probably no more than a total of 400 tigers left there. 那里所剩的老虎总量也许只有400只。
(2) not more than fifteen students passed the exam. 最多十五名学生通过了这次考试。

2. 在程度上进行比较时,no more than 有"两者都不"之意,not more than有"不及"之意。如:
(1) this film is no more interesting than that one. = neither this film nor that one is interesting. = this film is not interesting. nor / neither is that one. 这部电影不见得比那部电影好看。(即:两者都不好看。)
(2) this novel is not more interesting than that one. = that novel is more interesting than this one. 这部小说不及那部小说有趣。(只强调有趣的程度不同这一事实。)

另外的两个短语not less than与no less than也是比较容易混淆的:
1. 在数量上进行比较,not less than + 基数词表示"不下于;至少;不止"。no less than + 基数词表示"达......之多(言其多)"。如:
(1) there are not less than 40 students in this class. 这个班级至少有40个学生。
(2) no less than 1,000 people were missing in the earthquake. 地震中失踪人数多达一千人。

2. 在程度上进行比较,not less than 表示"不比"。no less than表示"和......一样"。如:
(1) the old copy of the dictionary is not less expensive than the new one. 旧版的词典不比新版的便宜。
(2) she is no less clever than her brother. 她和她哥哥一样聪明。
Sports wears, no less than suits, are very much saleable. 运动服和西服套一样,非常畅销。
My world is silent, to accommodate no less than others. 我的世界是寂静无声的,容纳不下别人。
Fresh air, no less than pure water and clean food, is essential to one's health. 新鲜空气不亚于纯净的水和干净的食物,对人们的健康是必不可少的。

1.no less than不少于, 多达; 不亚于...; 和…一样, 不少于
Sports wears, no less than suits, are very much saleable. 运动服和西服套一样,非常畅销。
My world is silent, to accommodate no less than others. 我的世界是寂静无声的,容纳不下别人。
Fresh air, no less than pure water and clean food, is essential to one's health. 新鲜空气不亚于纯净的水和干净的食物,对人们的健康是必不可少的。
2.not less than不少于; 至少
It's not less than a mile to the station. 到火车站至少有一英里路。
A quorum of the Executive Board shall be not less than four voting members. 执行董事会的法定人数,应不少于四个有投票权的成员。
After this time, the tutor should be paid his fee in cash after each lesson,teaching fee not less than 150RMB/HOUR.
您支付外籍教员课时费用的方式为每次授课完毕现金支付,费用每小时不低于150元。
3.no more than不过, 仅仅
It will take no more than five days to read the book. 不到五天,我就会把这本书读完。
They walk no more than 5 miles. 他们走的路最多不超过5英里。
They have walked no more than 5 miles. 他们走的路最多不超过5英里。
4.not more than至多, 不超过, 不比...更...
He is not more than a teacher. 他天生不是当教师的材料.
Rewrite the following passage with not more than 200 words. 用不超过200个单词将下面的这段文章进行写。
5.nothing less than只不过是(正是,简直是,无非是); 完全是,实在是; 和……一模一样(=neither more nor less than 简直,和……完全一样)
His negligence was nothing less than criminal. 他的粗心大意无异於犯罪.
A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. 议会无非是多少有些懒散的人们的一个大聚会。
6.nothing more than无非是(正是,简直是); 无异于, 就是; 不过是,仅仅是
It was nothing more than a shower. 只不过下了场阵雨.
In fact,most people like nothing more than just a fresh! 其实呢:大多数人无非就是贪一个新鲜罢了!
We are describing nothing more than mere milliseconds, but there is a delay nonetheless(尽管如此,仍然). 我们描述的虽不过是几毫秒的事,但这仍然是一种时间延迟。
7.more or less或多或少; 差不多, 几乎, 大约
I've more or less finished reading the book. 我差不多已经把这本书看完了.
The time is just four,not more or less one minute. 正好是四点,一分钟不多,一分钟也不少。
This thing has come upon me more or less unexpectedly. 这件事落到我头上来多少有些出乎意料。
8.more often than not往往, 多半; 常常
More often than not, each one of us simultaneously plays several roles in life. 在一生中,每个人往往同时扮演著很多的角色。
In the face of bigotry of letters and visits, help them solve real life problems, more often than not the effect of better education.
面对偏执的信访人,实实在在地帮助他们解决生活困难,往往比教育效果来的更好。
It is one of the sad facts of an accountant's life that more often than not the balance on the control account does not agree with the sum of balances extracted.
它是不是在说:分级科目余额之总和,在真实世界里,是很难跟控制科目余额相等的,这也正是会计人员悲惨人生的一个重要体现。

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重点单词
  • convincevt. 使确信,使信服,说服
  • boltn. 螺栓,插销,门闩 v. 闩住,插销,(突然)逃离,
  • votingn. 投票 动词vote的现在分词形式
  • understandvt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为
  • accountantn. 会计人员
  • tutorn. 家庭教师,导师 v. 当家庭教师,当导师,指导
  • apologyn. 道歉;勉强的替代物
  • havenn. 港口,避难所,安息所 v. 安置 ... 于港中,
  • solvev. 解决,解答
  • quorumn. 法定人数