电影《字典情人》精讲第16期:火山爆发的那年
日期:2014-06-07 17:33

(单词翻译:单击)

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Really? Yes, the year Krakatoa exploded.
真的? 是的 卡拉卡托火山爆发的那年
That’s their year zero. Is that true?
那年是他们的纪元0年 是吗?
How the deuce do you know that?
你是怎么知道这个?
Well, I listen. Do you now?
哦 听说的 你现在…?
Well, I can’t wait to get stuck in and meet the Iban.
我都快等不及去见见这些依班人了
chap I told you about.
我跟你说过的
Went doolally and ate his own toes.
I’ll tell you something I bet you don’t know.
我要告诉你些东西 我打赌你从来没听过
Back in Victorian times, the young officers coming out here
早在维多利亚时代 年轻的官员来到这里后
were given a young woman from the local headhunting tribes
当地部落首领就会给他们一个年轻女人
to share their bed...
跟他们睡觉
so they could learn the language quickly.
那样他们的语言学习的快
I hardly think so, darling.
我可不大这样想 亲爱的
Now you are having us on, aren’t you?
你现在有我们 是吧
No, that’s true.
不,那是真的
I’ve heard tell of it from a very old Iban.
我听一个很老的依班人说起过
See? Well...
是吗? 啊…
if it did exist, I’m sure it was purely
就算确实存在 我觉得也一定是

重点讲解

重点单词:
1、explode
vi. 爆炸,爆发;激增
vt. 使爆炸;爆炸;推翻
They were clearing up when the second bomb exploded.
他们在清理时第二颗炸弹爆炸了。
2、headhunting
n. 猎头;物色人才
v. 设法清除敌手;物色人才(headhunt的ing形式)
He was headhunted by Barkers last October to build an advertising team.
他去年10月被巴克斯挖去组建一个广告团队。
3、purely
adv. 纯粹地;仅仅,只不过;完全地;贞淑地;清洁地
It is a racing machine, designed purely for speed.
那是一部赛车,完全是为速度而设计的。
4、tribe
n. 部落;族;宗族;一伙
n. (Tribe)人名;(英)特赖布
They are not members of “the tribe.
他们不是“本部族”的成员。
重点短语
1、get stuck in
陷入了…;加紧进行;全神贯注吃饭或工作
As it stands, commuters in clogged cities like Moscow and Mexico City sometimes get stuck in traffic for hours on end.
目前,在诸如莫斯科或者墨西哥这些拥堵的城市里的通勤者们经常在交通中被困数个小时。
考考你(翻译):
1、旅游季节人数暴涨至4万。
2、我们搞一点核武器完全是为了自卫。
3、如果深陷于“怎样……”的怪圈,循环,你将永远无法得到需要的结果。
答案下期公布:
上期答案:
1、You can go to bed with one view and wake up with another.
2、They tried to engage him in conversation.
3、Suddenly, she looked ten years older.

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重点单词
  • conversationn. 会话,谈话
  • engagev. 答应,预定,使忙碌,雇佣,订婚