聽動感英語學口語 第49講

電影詞典

The Godfather 《教父》

美國俚語

劇中：She got a tough break .

tough break ： 不幸

tough ： difficult , hard ;

break ： 休息

e.g. <1>To lose a tennis match because of one bad call is a tough break .

由於裁判的誤判他失掉了這場比賽，真是太不幸了。

<2>You gf dumping you on your 40th birthday is a tough break.

你過40歲生日你女朋友說與你分手，真是太不幸了。

經典對白 選自《最後的舞曲》

this one up： 快點做完，打包 = finish sth quickly

e.g. <1>Let's wrap this meeting up so we can all go home to our families.

讓我們快點結束這個會議，我們就可以回自己的家了。

<2>While we were winning the game, Coach told us to wrap this one up before the other team got ahead.

我們馬上就要贏得比賽了，教練讓我們在其他隊超過之前趕快結束比賽。

2.劇中：dead set on preventing it

dead set ：下定決心

e.g. <1>She was dead set on becoming a pop star , so she practiced everyday.

她下定決心要成爲明星，所以每天都練習。

<2> My mom is dead set on me going to graduate school , I guess I must go .

我媽媽是鐵定了心要我上研究生，我猜我必須的去了。

原聲碟

Do You Believe in Magic

選自《 Return To Never Land》

Your feet start tapping
and you can't seem to find
if it's really real or
just a state of mind if
you believe in magic