听动感英语学口语 第23讲
电影词典:
hard light 硬光
美国俚语:
剧中：What’s with you people?
what’s with you? ：means what’s wrong with you?
e.g.<1> Duran, what’s with you, you seem very sad today.
Duran你怎么了，你今天看起来很不高兴。
<2>I don’t know what’s with her today; she’s been smiling all day. Must have been a good date!
我不知道今天她发生了什么事情，她一天都在笑，肯定过了一个很愉快的约会。
经典对白:
1.剧中：keep it real short
real short ：很快的，时间很短的，等于short
e.g.<1> I’m not staying long, this visit’s going to be real short.
我不在这呆长了，我在这的时间很短。
<2>OK, everybody, let’s keep this meeting real short so we can all get home for dinner.
好，大家听着，我们这个会很快就结束，这样大家就可以回家吃饭了。
2.run a tight ship ：对人或者事情很严格很严厉 means you are very strict
e.g. <1>My mother runs a tight ship; she makes me mop the floor every day.
我妈妈对我要求很严格，要我天天拖地。
<2>Coach makes us run 10kms before very practice. He runs a tight ship.
教练让我们每次比赛前跑10千米，他真的很严格。
3.get snippy (with sb.) ： to be rude 尖刻，无理，粗暴
e.g. <1>My girlfriend gets snippy when I tell her I’m going out with the boys.
当我告诉我女朋友我要和那些男生出去的时候，我女朋友变得很粗暴。
<2>Just because you don’t get your way, it doesn’t mean you have to get snippy.
事情不按你想的那样进行并不意味着你就得这么粗暴。
