影视英语口语:迷恋的代价

【剧情简介】Ariel求助于女巫，女巫告诉她，唯一的方法就是变成人类……天真而绝望的Ariel答应了，要为爱情舍弃海底的自由。有句话说每个女孩子都是天使，为了所爱的人舍弃了翅膀，其实她们也为爱情舍弃了自己的尾巴……

【电影片段台词】
- Come in. Come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing. Now, then, you're here... because you have a thing for this human, this, uh, prince fellow. Not that I blame you. He is quite a catch, isn't he?
- Well, angelfish...
- the solution to your problem is simple. The only way to get what you want is to become a human yourself.【重点词汇讲解】
1. lurk 躲躲藏藏，藏头露尾
lurk是一个比较高级的词汇，类似于中文里的“潜伏”
2. upbringing 家教，教养
词组bring up表示“教养、养大”，如：After my mother had died, my father brought me up. 妈妈死后，是爸爸把我带大的。名词upbringing就表示一个人的家教，也即我们常说的“教养”，a decent upbringing：良好的家教。这里女巫说，不要在人家门口躲躲藏藏的，这看上去是没有教养的举止。
3. have a thing for this human
have a thing for sb. 是口语中表达“暗恋”的说法，“对某人有意思、暗恋某人”都可以用这个句型表达。
4. He's quite a catch. 他挺有魅力的。
catch作为名词，表示有吸引力的人或物，形容词形式是catchy，像“流行语”，就是catch phrase。