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Dead Poets Society 死亡诗社 (精讲五)


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KEATING: It's


open.


KEATING: Neil, what's


up?


NEIL: Can I speak to


you?


KEATING: Certainly.


Sit down.


NEIL: I'm sorry.


Here.


KEATING: Excuse me.


Get you some tea?


NEIL: Tea.


Sure.


KEATING: Like some


milk or sugar in that?


NEIL: No, thanks.


Gosh, they don't give you much room around here.


KEATING: No, it's


part of the monastic oath. They don't want worldly things


distracting me from my teaching.


NEIL: She's


pretty.


KEATING: She's also


in London. Makes it a little difficult.


NEIL: How can you


stand it?


KEATING: Stand


what?


NEIL: You can go


anywhere. You can do anything. How can you stand being


here?


KEATING: 'Cause I


love teaching. I don't wanna be anywhere else.


KEATING: What's


up?


NEIL: I just talked


to my father. He's making me quit the play at Henley Hall. Acting's


everything to me. I--But he doesn't know. He--I can see his point.


We're not a rich family like Charlie's, and we--But he's planning


the rest of my life for me, and I-- H-He's never asked me what I


want.


KEATING: Have you


ever told your father what you just told me? About your passion for


acting. You ever show him that?


NEIL: I


can't.


KEATING: Why


not?


NEIL: I can't talk to


him this way.


KEATING: Then you're


acting for him, too. You're playing the part of the dutiful son. I


know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. You have


to show him who you are, what your heart is.


NEIL: I know what


he'll say. He'll tell me that acting's a whim, and


I should forget it. That how they're counting on


me. He'll just tell me to put it out of my mind, "for my own


good."


KEATING: You are not


an indentured servant. If it's not a whim for you, you prove it to


him by your conviction and your passion. You show him that and if


he still doesn't believe you, well, by then you'll be out of school


and you can do anything you want.


NEIL: No. What about


the play? The show's tomorrow night.


KEATING: Well, you


have to talk to him before tomorrow night.


NEIL: Isn't there an


easier way?


KEATING:


No.


NEIL: I'm


trapped.


KEATING: No, you're


not.


妙词佳句,活学活用


1.


worldly


这个词有两个常用的意思:


a. worldly is used to


describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather


than to spiritual things世间的,世俗的。


e.g. I think it is


time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly


matters.


我想你该醒醒,考虑一下世俗的事情了。


b. someone who is


worldly is experienced and knows about the practical or social


aspects of life. 老练的,见多识广的。


e.g. He was different


from anyone I had known, very worldly.


他非常老练,和我认识的所有人都不一样。


2.


whim


A whim is a wish to


do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or


purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.


一时的兴致、幻想,反复无常,怪念头,奇想。


e.g. We decided, more


or less on a whim, to sail to Europe.


我们决定坐船去欧洲。这个决定有点突发奇想。


几个习惯用语大家要注意一下:


full of whims (and


fancies)


异想天开的;狂热的;任性的


take / have a whim


for doing sth


一时兴起做某事


while the whim


lasts


在有兴致的时候;兴之所至


3. count


on


依靠,指望。


例如:The hospital can


count on us for a couple million dollars.


Count含义几多,除"计算,数数"外,还有"计算在内,考虑,认为"等含义,使它在英语中运用广泛,而且形成了很多有特定意义的搭配。


1)count in


包含,计及


Do count me in for the barbecue this weekend.


这周末烧烤一定要把我算进去。


2) count out


不包括,不计及


Count Mary out, she can't even swim.


不要把Mary算进去,她甚至不会游泳。


3) count for anything


/ nothing / little 有价值、有重要性的 / 无甚价值 / 无关重要


Such man does not count for anything.


这种人成不了什么大事。


4. I'm


trapped.


被困住,身陷困境。


If you are trapped


somewhere, something falls onto you or blocks you way and prevents


you from moving or escaping.


e.g. The train was


trapped underground by a fire.


列车被火灾困在了地下。



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