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第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：文化一瞥

 

影片对白：

Mrs. Myers: A few ground rules for this classroom. No talking. No chewing gum. No electronic devices. Beforewarned. If you download any essay off the Internet, you'll be downloaded into detention. Let's start the year off on the right foot and all do our own work. I expect you to take notes.

Scott: Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep. Know what that is? My loser detector. [Continues beeping]

Mrs. Myers: Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you.

Jess: Oh, man.

Mrs. Myers: That goes for you as well.

Scott: He hit me.

Jess: [Scoffs]

Gary: You're dead meat.

Mrs. Myers: Scott Hoager and Gary Fulcher, be quiet! Now, back to what we were discussing before we were so rudely interrupted.

Scott: Sweet sneaks, Aarons. You wear your sisters' hand-me-down underwear too?

 

 

Gary: He asked you a question, twinkle toes.

[Knock on door]

Principal Turner: Good morning, kids. Welcome back. I hope you had a great summer. Mrs. Myers, this is Leslie Burke, who will be joining your class. Leslie, welcome to Lark Creek.

Leslie: Thanks.

Mrs. Myers: Thank you, Principal Turner. [Class whispering]

Mrs. Myers: Well, Leslie, um, you'll sit at my desk this morning, until we can figure out where to squeeze you in.

[Class laughs]

Mrs. Myers: [Exhales] I like to start the year with a little fun. I want you all to write a one-page essay about your favorite hobby.

[Class groans]

Mrs. Myers: Yes?

Madison: Mrs. Myers, when you say one page, did you mean both sides of the paper?

Mrs. Myers: You can do one side, Madison.

Madison: I'll do two.

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Janice: Yeah, that's cool.

Girl 1: No way!

Girl 2: It was so amazing.

Girl 3: Can I have this?

Janice: You could have two bucks out of it all. I'm getting most of it, OK?

Leslie: Excuse me.

Janice: Got a dollar?

Leslie: No.

Janice: Then you're gonna have to use your pants.

Leslie: What's your problem?

Janice: You got that backwards, freak. You got the problem.

Girl: That's right, new girl.

Leslie: Nice feet.

Janice: You say something?

Leslie: What I said was, have you ever heard the story about the trolls under the bridges who collect tolls from unlucky travelers?

Girl: Trolls? What is she talking about?

[Gasps]

Janice: Nice try, beanpole. [Whispering] It's still a dollar.

Boys: Yeah! Let's do it. Do it.

Teacher: Next grade, line up. Let's do this thing. Come on. Fulcher, Hoager, get in here. Get ready. Come on. Let's get this race started. Come on.

Scott: Beep, beep, beep.

Gary: Dead meat.

Teacher: Back behind the line. You know how it goes. Back behind. Come on.

Scott: Hey, new girl. This is just for guys. Hey, I'm talking to you!

Jess: What's the matter? Afraid a girl's gonna beat you?

Teacher: On your mark. Get set.

Gary: Dead meat.

[All cheering]

Teacher: Go, Hoager! Get in there!

May Belle: Go! Go, Jess, go! Come on! Come on! You can do it! Come on, Jess! Go, Jess, go! Jess, Jess, did you win?

Leslie: Hey, Jess, right?[page]

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1. ground rule: 基本原则。

2. forewarn: 预先警告；事先告诫。请看例子：Forewarned is forearmed.（凡事预则立。）

3. detention: （处罚学生的）课后留校。

4. start off on the right foot: 有一个顺利的开始。更常见的表达方式是：get off on the right foot（一开头就顺利），反之就是get off on the wrong foot（一开头就不顺利）。请看例子：

I finally got a date with that new girl in class but I sure got off on the wrong foot with her, I had car trouble and got to her place almost two hours late.

那天我终于和班上的那位新来的女同学约好了出去玩。可是，那天我的车出了问题，晚了两个小时才去接她，所以一开头就把事情弄糟了。

5. detector: 探测器。

6. You're dead meat: 你死定了。dead meat有“处境艰难，倒大霉”的意思。

7. hand-me-down: 传下来的，别人用过的。例如：hand-me-down clothes（别人穿过的旧衣服）。hand-me-down也可以表示“现成而价廉质次的”。

另外，hand-me-down也可以作名词用，意思是“传下来的东西，遗物；别人用过的旧东西；别人穿过的旧衣服”或“现成的廉价衣服”。看一下例子：

He wore his older brother's hand-me-downs until he was 16.

他16岁前一直穿他哥哥穿过的旧衣服。

8. You got that backwards: 你把话说反了。

9. troll: （北欧民间传说中居于地下、洞中、山间的）巨人，巨怪。

10. toll: 通行费。例如：Anyone travelling across the bridge has to pay a toll.（过这座桥的人都要付通行费。）影片中Leslie提到的那个传说其实是在影射欺凌同学、向同学收取如厕费的Janice。

11. beanpole: 瘦长之人。本义是“（插在地上供豆茎攀缘的）支竿”。

12. On your mark: （径赛口令）各就各位。

13. Get set: （径赛口令）预备。[page]

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1. 这位新来的女孩子上班的第一天就为公司赚了钱，一开头就很顺利。

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2. 二十年前我们兄弟姊妹都必须穿旧衣服。

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3. 我的工作是收取通行费。

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4. 如果哪个人发出声音，那他就死定了。

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答案见下期

《仙境之桥》精讲之一   参考答案
1. He messed up his test.
2. He flunked chemistry examination.
3. This job stinks: stupid boss, hard work, and low pay.
4. He hoboes through fifteen states.[page]

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关于巨怪的传说

关于巨怪的传说，最出名的要数流传在北欧的民间故事——《三只粗暴的公山羊》（The　Three　Billy　Goats　Gruff)了。故事中巨怪一直在挖空心思吃到准备走过吊桥的山羊，但由于头脑迟钝，每次都以失败收场。这个巨怪巨大的体型让人吃惊。在《魔法石》中，哈利在万圣节这一天和巨怪大战了一场。巨怪身高接近4米，长着一身灰色的发达肌肉，小小的头部和短而粗的腿。书中详细描写了他们的样子。另外，他们还散发出强烈的恶臭味。

就像书中描写的那样，大家都认为巨怪是很奇特的巨人。在北欧的神话中有不同的巨怪出现，他们分别长着不同的体型并具有不同的品性。大小也有差别，从小矮人到巨人几乎什么都有。拿对巨怪的态度来说，北欧人好像对小巨怪的态度要友好、亲切得多。

在北欧神话诗歌集《埃达》中，把巨人看作是世界上最初拥有生命的物体。后来，他们和神起了争执，逐渐扩大为相互间的混战，经过这次战斗，神所创造的世界被毁灭。在这个故事中出现的巨人族大概就是巨怪的祖先了。这支巨人族变成了巨怪以后，他们的形象也就接着变成身高有3米、粗野、愚蠢的巨人精怪了。

据说巨怪生活在洞窟或是粗糙的小屋中。由于常年生活在黑暗中，传说他们只要一被阳光照射到，就会马上变成石头或者是爆炸。挪威剧作家易卜生根据民间传说写了一本书——《培尔·金特》。书中，易卜生把巨怪描写成过着自给自足生活、以丑陋为美丽、以瓦砾为宫殿、以酸涩酒为美味的奇怪生物。用巨怪的话来说，不识好歹的并非巨怪而只是人类本身，正是人类的眼光才是以美为丑的。

小矮人的巨怪住在土丘、荒坟冢或是土堤里，因此也被称作“丘人”。据说他们个个都是大财主。他们的家是用金子和水晶做成的，还经常四处搬运塞满金子的箱子。矮小的巨怪和人类一样结婚生子，他们也烤面包、做啤酒，过着和农民一样的生活。他们对人很亲切，有时也和人们交往。但是他们有一个爱偷东西的缺点，不但偷各种物品，甚至有时连女人和小孩都偷。

巨怪们都具有预知未来和变身的能力。他们还拥有一顶戴上就可以隐身的帽子以及和《哈利·波特》一样的隐身斗篷。