听动感英语学口语 第61讲

电影词典

Laurence Olivier 劳伦斯.奥利弗

美国俚语

hold up : 慢一点；推迟，拖延

e.g. <1>I asked my tennis partner to hold up so I could tie my shoelace.

我让我的网球搭档慢一点，等我系下我的鞋带。

<2>The plane was held up for 1 hour because of a snowstorm.

因为有暴风雨，所以飞机推迟了一个小时。

经典对白

1.剧中：oh, give it a rest , why don't you ?

give it a rest ： 停下来（厌烦）

e.g. <1>I'm tired of practicing the violin , I'm going to give it a rest for a while .

我厌烦了练习小提琴，我能不能停下来休息一会。

<2>Could you please give it a rest ?
You're always complaining .

你能不能停一停啊，别总是那么多抱怨。

2.剧中：Hard to believe there's a little girl under the all this .

hard to believe ：难以置信

e.g. <1>It's hard to believe that you're a grandfather , you look so young .

真的不敢相信你已经做了爷爷，你看起来是这么年轻。

<2>It's hard to believe that I'm graduating from college, It feels like I just started.

真的难以置信我毕业了，怎么感觉像刚刚开始。

原声碟

Making Christmas

Making Christmas , Christmas
snakes and mice get wrapped up
so nice with spider legs and
pretty bows , it's ours this time
altogether that and this .