影片對白 I came from work, I got my son. I was here on time. We were here on time!
3. glass work
Glass work 指的是an article of something made of glass “玻璃制品，玻璃工藝品”。 The customers recognize the great stained glass work of Daniel意思是“顧客認可Daniel制作的彩色玻璃工藝品”。這里Chris是說他手里的儀器的指示燈不亮了，他需要把它修好。
4. book up
這個片語的意思是“預(yù)定”。例如：I could not get even one ticket since all the seats were booked up. 我一張票也弄不到，所有的座位都已預(yù)定一空。
5. four spots
這里指教堂收容所還有4個空位。Spot在這里指特定的地點或場所。如：Spain is our favorite holiday spot. 西班牙是我們喜歡的度假地點。On the spot則指在現(xiàn)場。如：Luckily there was a doctor on the spot. 幸運的是現(xiàn)場有一位醫(yī)生。
6. Break it up!
Break it up 是口語用法，意思是“散開，別吵架了！別打架了！”
7. He sliced in front of him in line.
Slice在此處作動詞，意思是make a clean cut through，“抄近路”。Slice in front of him in line指“在排隊時加塞到他前面”。Slice最常見的意思是a share of something，作名詞，如：a slice of bread就是指“一片面包”。
文化面面觀
Glide Memorial Church 格萊德教堂
舊金山的格萊德教堂，為窮人提供膳食、兒童看護、醫(yī)療保健等服務(wù)。然而由于美國經(jīng)濟不景氣，自今年初，格萊德教堂的捐款數(shù)額已經(jīng)開始下降了，因此不得不將提供的服務(wù)減少15%。與此同時，等待援助的人越來越多。
Glide Memorial Church is a United Methodist Church in San Francisco, California that opened in 1929. Although conservative until the 1960s, since then it has served as a counter-culture rallying point and has been one of the most prominently liberal churches in the United States. Its contributions to the community have been recognized by such respected figures as Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, and Bill Clinton; as well as Warren Buffett, who famously contributed the value of an auctioned lunch on eBay.
Since the 1960s, Glide Church has provided various services for the poor and disenfranchised. Glide serves three meals daily, amounting to over 750,000 free meals a year. The church also provides AIDS testing, mental and primary health care, women's programs, crisis intervention, an after-school program, creative arts and mentoring for youth, literacy classes, computer training, job skills training, drug and alcohol recovery programs, free legal services for the homeless, housing with case management, and much more.
Visitors from all over the world attend Sunday celebrations, of which music is a prominent part. The Glide Ensemble and Change Band have become an integral part of the Sunday celebration. In May 2007 the ensemble was featured on the national late night show Late night with Conan O'Brian. Every Sunday's celebration is available on CD and DVD from church's website and at the church itself. Revenue from this source helps the church fund its many charitable programs.
Recently, the movie The Pursuit of Happyness starring Will Smith and his son Jaden, depicted the real life rags-to-riches story of Chris Gardner and his son. Once homeless, they turned to Glide's services for support to help them get back on their feet. Cecil Williams and his wife, Janice Mirikitani, the founders of the church's services for over 40 years, can be seen briefly in the movie. (answers.com)
我觀之我見
看中文名字，以為是愛情片，看英文名字，明了是勵志片。做推銷員賣不出去東西，妻子受不了壓力而離開，付不起房租被房東趕出，好不容易抓住機會成了股票公司的培訓(xùn)生、卻要想方設(shè)法在沒有薪水的情況下維持自己和兒子的生活，睡過公共廁所，住過收容所……然而所有的苦難終將過去，勝利的那一天終將到來，Chris 終于得到了股票經(jīng)紀人的工作。后來，他還有了自己的股票經(jīng)紀公司，成了百萬富翁。
若按劇情套路來看，故事的發(fā)展沒什么出奇的；從名字就可以想到結(jié)果，可是在看的時候還是會忍不住熱淚盈眶，因為打動人的地方全在細節(jié)。比如，Will Smith 和兒子的真情互動：Chris在送兒子去日托的路上，告訴他墻上涂鴉的happyness 拼錯了，說“There is no "y" in happiness, There is "i".”這個場景真的是意味深長：幸福沒有為什么，幸福只有自己去創(chuàng)造。當(dāng)Chris付不起房費而被趕出來的時候，父子兩人無處可去，在地鐵站里，父親騙兒子他推銷那個儀器是時光機器，兒子也很配合地玩游戲；當(dāng)他們夜宿在地鐵廁所內(nèi)，父親抱著熟睡的兒子，用背頂著門，生怕被人撞開，手捂著兒子的耳朵，怕兒子被驚醒，臉上兩行酸楚的熱淚，映著廁所內(nèi)慘白的墻和慘白的燈光，那一刻只怕是上帝也要流淚的吧！
不管影片怎樣表現(xiàn)Chris的艱苦奮斗，還是得為那兩位房東和股票經(jīng)紀公司說句公道話：第一位房東是在Chris拖后三個月房租的時候才把他趕出去的（至少讓他白住了三個月不收房租，粉刷個房間算什么？），第二個房東也是多次催討未果才將其趕出，要知道房東也不是開慈善公司的呀。還有，真實歷史上Chris在股票經(jīng)紀公司做培訓(xùn)生時每個月是有1000美元的薪水的，該公司并不是一毛不拔。
考考你
將下面的句子譯成英語。
1. 我們必須在一起。
2. 那是我的位置！
3. 我們是按時到的！
The pursuit of happyness《當(dāng)幸福來敲門》精講之五 考考你 參考答案
1. We were all working our way up call sheets to sign clients.
我們的工作就是按照客戶名單打電話、簽訂客戶。
2. After two months, I still didn't have time to work my way up a sheet.
兩個月過去了，我一個客戶還沒有談成。
影片對白 I came from work, I got my son. I was here on time. We were here on time!
(英語點津Annabel編輯)
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