大家都看过迪斯尼经典动画《小美人鱼》吗?你可以知看动画片也能学到英语四级词汇吗?一起看看小美人鱼的台词片段吧,并在欣赏中学到英语四级词汇。4 {5 b$ W: E/ s Y+ {5 n) R" m
【剧情简介】
' S" h) S6 u4 j/ b1 m 再次溜上海面的Ariel见到了王子,此时船上众人正为王子庆祝生日呢。貌似王子刚刚拒绝了一桩所有人都看好的婚事,哎,他的真命天女此刻正在海里呢……' K i, Q: u/ V8 l" ^8 |, ?
【电影片段台词】
2 T" ^3 ?. q2 d6 R' q - Happy birthday, Eric.! e; b7 N. W: Z2 n9 N: s8 A7 p
- Uh, gee, Grim-- Ha' It's, uh-- It's-It's really somethin'.( D; |2 h( T0 M& z7 Y/ X
- Yes, I commissioned it myself. Of course, I had hoped it would be a wedding present.' {1 u5 i' E5 C, i# K1 y: e
- Come on, Grim. Don't start. Look, you're not still sore because I didn't fall for the princess of Glowehaven, are you?
, d E) p( c3 c \ - Oh, my! Oh, Eric, it isn't me alone. The entire kingdom wants to see you happily settle down with the right girl.
1 T. a2 F% C/ y7 I- z/ i - Oh, she's out there somewhere. I just-- I just haven't found her yet.7 j% o! g. o8 c: H' V' K' i
【重点词汇讲解】 ! L9 u6 ]% m1 K+ ~. u- q
1. It's really something. 这真挺……真挺特别的哈" T- c- A+ i- U6 r9 Y
something在这里是泛指某样你无法形容的东西~王子明显被这个生日礼物雷到了,但是又不好明说,只能打个马虎眼了~类似于我们平时说的“哎呀,看这生日礼物,真是,啧啧”,其实啥都没说……
: t; M$ K2 J1 ?6 | 2. Don't start 你又来了
$ D2 q" a. Y; ~2 p6 b- C7 ^ v 字面意思是“别说了,别提了”。
# W8 U9 U/ E9 ^$ I 3. fall for the princess 爱上这位公主/ a- A/ ?1 u5 [1 g) Y! K# S. e
fall for sb.的这个词组很像中文里的“倾心于某人、为某人倾倒、拜倒在某人的石榴裙下”一类的说法,也是“对某人动心了”的口语表达,很地道哦。明显这里Ariel已经fall for the Prince了~5 ?: U( R& s6 Z
4. settle down 安定下来
- G7 s" s. f( S* u, ]- @" n# Z 一般我们说的结了婚安顿下来的表达,就是这个settle down,和四处漂泊的波西米亚式生活正相反。 |