本片段劇情:圖伊太太告訴了朋友自己收留邁克爾一事,不料遭到大家的冷嘲熱諷。邁克爾在學(xué)校的測(cè)評(píng)成績(jī)相當(dāng)糟糕,卻在“自我保護(hù)意識(shí)”一項(xiàng)中得了高分,這使圖伊太太更加下定決心幫助內(nèi)心脆弱的邁克爾。她在家中為邁克爾單獨(dú)開了一個(gè)房間,邁克爾終于從客廳搬進(jìn)臥室,正式成為家庭的一員。
精彩對(duì)白
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Have a great day. Learn something! Don't get your panties in a wad.
Woman with red hair: The best part about Paris was the food. They use sauce like we use gravy. I had to join a gym the day I got back.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Any of y'all spent much time on the other side of town?
Woman with black hair: Where exactly are you talking about? -
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Alabama Street... Hurt Village.
Woman with black hair: Hurt Village - that sounds like a threat.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: You're not far off.
Woman with black hair: I think it might "hurt" me to go there.
Woman with long hair: It'd hurt your reputation to go there.
Woman with red hair: Well actually I'm from there but didn't mind hard work and look where I am now.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Eating an eighteen dollar salad.
Woman with red hair: And it's a little soggy to be honest.
Woman with long hair: Leigh Anne? What is this sudden interest in the project? Is this another one of your charities?
Woman with red hair: Wait. A project for the projects. Oh, that's catchy. Money would raise itself. Okay. Count me in, Leigh Anne.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: SJ, you have two more minutes on that playbox thing, alright?
S.J. Tuohy: Oh, Mom!
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Michael, do you want to stay here? Because... if you want to stay here... for awhile longer...I can find some time to figure out a bedroom for you. Because look at this, you've practically ruined a ten thousand dollar coach. You want to stay here, Michael?
Michael Oher: I don't want to go anyplace else.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Well alright then. SJ, you'd better be off that playbox. - That wasn't two minutes.
Michael Oher: Good night Mrs. Tuohy.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: I see on the admission that we're Michael's contact for medical emergencies?
Teacher: Sean wrote that in last week. We needed contact number and the ones listed weren't in service.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Sean. Love that man. What's this?
Teacher: The state makes schools measure for career aptitude in eight grade, and this just came with his file.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: What does it say about Michael?
Teacher: Spatial relations - third percentile. Ability to learn - fifth percentile. It's funny though. He tested in the 98th percentile in one category.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Which one?
Teacher: "Protective instincts."
Leigh Anne Tuohy: So over here we have a desk. Chest o'drawers. Here's a night stand, a lamp, Alarm. Sean says all the pro athletes use futons if they can't find a bed big enough. So I got you one of those 'cause frames xxx It's not about to let that in my house. But I got you some nicer.
Michael Oher: It's mine?
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Yes, sir. What?
Michael Oher: Never had one before.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: What? A room to yourself?
Michael Oher: A bed.
Leigh Anne Tuohy: Well, you have one now.
妙語(yǔ)佳句 活學(xué)活用
1. get your panties in a wad: 美國(guó)俚語(yǔ):著什么急??!不要催我!
2. sauce: 沙司,調(diào)味汁,soy sauce就是我們常用的醬油。
3. gravy: 肉汁,肉湯。也可以指“意外之財(cái)、飛來?!?,可以解釋成“外快”。能輕易發(fā)大財(cái)?shù)墓ぷ骶头Q為gravy train。
4. join a gym: 去健身。Gym一般指“體育館”或“健身房”,是gymnasium的縮寫,也可以說成是health club。
5. you're not far off: 你說的不算離譜,你說的沒錯(cuò)。也可以說成not far out/wrong,表示差不多正確。
6. soggy: 乏味的,沉悶的,例如a soggy novel(枯燥無味的小說)。
此外,soggy還可以表示“潮濕的”,比如The ground was soggy after the heavy rain.(大雨過后,地面濕透了。)
7. catchy: 容易記住的,引人注目的。
例如:The chorus is very catchy to say the least.(副歌部分很容易上口。)
也可以表示“詭詐的,易使人上當(dāng)?shù)摹?,比如a catchy question on an exam(考試中設(shè)有陷阱的題目)。
8. money would raise itself: 投資一定升值,也就是“錢能生錢”。
9. count me in: 算我一個(gè)。
10.playbox: 兒童的個(gè)人玩具用品箱,playbox thing在這里指SJ的游戲機(jī)。
11.contact: 聯(lián)系人。也可以指熟人。
例如:I've got a useful contact in the post office.(我在郵局有熟人。)
contact lens就是指“隱形眼鏡片”。
12.career aptitude: 職業(yè)能力傾向。
13.night stand: 床頭柜。
14.pro athletes: 職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員,professional athletes的縮寫。
15.futon: 蒲團(tuán),折疊時(shí)可坐,鋪開時(shí)可臥。