每逢情人节、母亲节、儿童节、父亲节、圣诞节等重要日子,商家总会适时推出相应产品,电波里回荡着应节歌曲,屏幕上播放着电影合集——每逢这个时候,总有那么一个星期,连空气里都弥漫着浓郁的节日的味道。今年CE: Teens也来凑凑热闹,给大家推荐近两年拍摄的几部应节电影——无论是迪斯尼旨在突破自我的复古2D动画,一场为了亲人而打的家族官司,还是亚当·桑德勒那些天马行空的睡前故事,这三部作品都有充满新意的点睛之笔,让人不禁回味那年那月的美好……
时间流逝,愿你我赤子之心常在!
公主和青蛙 The Princess and The Frog
剧情梗概:邪恶的巫医将纳温王子变成青蛙,让王子的随从冒名顶替。纳温误以为蒂亚娜是公主,乌龙一吻不但没有解开咒语,还把蒂亚娜也变成了青蛙。两人只好一边逃亡一边寻找恢复人身的办法,在摩擦中渐渐产生爱的火花……
Tiana: Very funny. So what now? I reckon[猜想] you want a kiss?
Naveen: Kissing would be nice, yes? (Tiana screams.) I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I, I did not mean to scare you. I...wait, no, no, no! Wait, hold on a second. You have a very strong arm, princess. Okay, please! Put the monkey down!
Tiana: Stay back or I’ll...I’ll...
Naveen: Please, please, please! Oh well, allow me to introduce myself: I am Prince Naveen…of Maldonia.
Tiana: A prince? But I didn’t wish for any...hold on, if…if you’re the prince, then...then who was that waltzing with Lottie on the dance floor?
Naveen: All I know is one minute I am a prince, charming and handsome, cutting a rug[跳舞], and the next thing I know, I am tripping[绊倒] over these. Wait, wait, wait...wait! I know this story! Di Frogie Prutto!
Tiana: The Frog Prince?
Naveen: Yes, yes! My mother had the servants read this to me every night. Yes, yes, yes! So this is exactly the answer! You must kiss me!
Tiana: Excuse me?!
Naveen: You will enjoy it, I guarantee. All women enjoy the kiss of Prince Naveen. Come, we pucker[撅起嘴]. (stomach inflating[充气胀大]) That’s new.
Tiana: Look, I’m sorry. I’d really like to help you, but I just do not kiss frogs.
Naveen: Wait a sec[即second]! But on the balcony[露台], you ask me...
Tiana: I didn’t expect you to answer!
Naveen: Oh, but you must kiss me. Look, besides being unbelievably handsome, okay, I also happen to come from a fabulously wealthy family. Surely I could offer you some type of reward or a wish I could grant perhaps? Yes?
Tiana: Just…one kiss?
Naveen: Just one, unless you beg for more.
蒂亚娜:真有趣。那现在该怎么办?我猜你想让我亲你?
纳温:亲吻最美妙不过了,不是吗?(蒂亚娜尖叫。)对不起,对不起,对不起。我……我并不是故意吓唬你。我……等等,不不不!等等,打住。您真是臂力非凡啊,公主。好了,求你了!把那猴子放下来!
蒂亚娜:离我远点,否则我……否则我……
纳温:求求你,拜托,不要这样!喔,请容许我进行自我介绍:我是纳温王子……来自马尔多尼亚。
蒂亚娜:王子?可我并没有祈求……等等,如果……如果你是王子,那……那个在舞厅和
洛蒂跳华尔兹的家伙又是谁?
纳温:我只知道上一刻我还是个王子,风度迷人,英俊潇洒,与别人翩翩起舞;而下一刻我就这样在黏液上磕磕绊绊。等等,等一下,手下留情……等一会儿!我知道这个故事! 《青蛙王子》!
蒂亚娜:《青蛙王子》?
纳温:是的,没错!母后每晚都让侍从给我念这个故事。对了,没错,就是这样!这就是答案!你必须吻我!
蒂亚娜:你说什么?!
纳温:我保证你会很享受。所有女性都喜欢纳温王子的亲吻。来吧,噘起嘴来。(肚皮胀了起来)我还不太习惯。
蒂亚娜:你瞧,我很抱歉。虽然我很想帮你,但我决不和青蛙接吻。
纳温:等一会儿!可刚才在露台上你问我……
蒂亚娜:我没想到你会回答!
纳温:噢,但你必须吻我。瞧,我不仅帅得一塌糊涂,好吧,碰巧我家里还非常有钱。我肯定可以给你一些奖赏,或者满足你的愿望?可以吗?
蒂亚娜:就……亲一下?
纳温:就亲一下,除非你求我继续亲下去。
口语锦囊
这是电影中颠覆童话套路的经典片段之一:青蛙王子成了游手好闲的轻浮色胚,被失望的父母剥夺了财产;而美丽的公主其实只是穿上漂亮衣服的黑人女侍应,每天为梦想奋斗,从来不会享受生活。这段对话展现了两人南辕北辙的个性,大家可以多听几遍,体会语调变化对人物性格的表现力。由于他们的英语分别带有欧洲口音和黑人口音,模仿起来有一定难度,有兴趣表演的同学不妨拉上你的搭档一起挑战吧!
姐姐的守护者 my sister's keeper
剧情梗概:菲茨杰拉德一家因为二女儿凯特的白血病濒临崩溃——母亲萨拉辞掉工作,将全副精力用于延长凯特的寿命;大儿子杰西患了读写障碍,却一直没有得到父母关心;小女儿安娜则是为了凯特而生的身体组织及器官捐献者。为了拯救家人,病入膏肓的凯特让妹妹和父母对簿公堂……
Campbell: What is your name?
Anna: Anna Fitzgerald.
Campbell: What can I do for you, Anna?
Anna: That is so cool! I want to sue my parents for the rights to my own body.
Campbell: Would you repeat that, please?
Anna: I want to sue my parents for the rights to my own body. My sister has leukemia[白血病]. They’re trying to force me to give her my body parts.
Campbell: You’re supposed to give her a kidney[肾]?
Anna: She’s been in renal[肾的] failure for months now.
Campbell: Well, no one can force you to donate if you don’t want to, can they?
Anna: They think they can. I’m under 18. They’re my legal guardians.
Campbell: They can’t do that.
Anna: Well, that’s what I want you to tell them, because they’ve been doing it to me my whole life! I wouldn’t even be alive if Kate wasn’t sick. I’m a designer baby. I was made in a dish to be spare parts for Kate.
Campbell: You’re kidding, right? (going through the files) The kid wasn’t lying. The doctors started taking things from her the moment she was born.
Cord[即umbilical cord,脐带] blood as an infant, white-cell transfusions[输血], bone marrow[骨髓], lymphocytes[淋巴细胞], injections to add more stem cells, and then they took them, too. But it was never enough. (to Anna) You do know what will happen if you don’t give your sister your kidney, don’t you?
Anna: Yeah, she’ll die.
坎贝尔:你叫什么名字?
安娜:安娜·菲茨杰拉德。
坎贝尔:有什么需要我为你效劳的,安娜?
安娜:这句话实在太帅了!我要告我的父母,他们夺取了我的身体使用权。
坎贝尔:能请你再说一遍吗?
安娜:我要告我的父母,他们夺取了我的身体使用权。我姐姐患有白血病。他们准备逼我为她提供器官。
坎贝尔:你要给她一个肾脏?
安娜:她已经肾衰竭好几个月了。
坎贝尔:哦,如果你不愿意,没人可以强迫你捐出器官,不是吗?
安娜:他们认为自己可以这样做。我未满
18岁,他们是我的法定监护人。
坎贝尔:他们不能这样做。
安娜:所以我希望你让他们明白到这一点,因为从小到大,他们一直这样对我!如果凯特没生病,我压根就不会出生。我是一个定制宝宝。他们在培养皿里把我制造出来,是凯特的身体备用零件。
坎贝尔:你没开玩笑吧?(浏览文件)这个孩子没有撒谎。从她出生那一刻起,医生就开始从她身上取走各种东西。初生儿的脐带血、白细胞输血、骨髓、淋巴组织、增加干细胞的注射,然后将干细胞取出。但这是一个无底洞。(对安娜)如果你不把肾脏捐给姐姐,你知道那会带来什么后果,对吧?
安娜:是的,她会死。
Brian: (narrating) I looked at my daughter and wondered how it got from there to here. From the moment we decided to
genetically conceive[怀孕], I suppose this was the eventual
outcome. It was our fault. We went against nature and this was our comeuppance[因果报应]. But have we really pushed her too hard? Have we forced her into helping her sister? All those little encouragements and rewards, were they real? Or did we just want what we wanted? She was so little when all this started. When did she start wanting to make her own decisions? I guess the answer is now.
Sara: What do you mean you don’t know?
Brian: She won’t talk. You know, maybe she just wants to be considered, take the credit that it’s her decision. I don’t know. Maybe it’s not crazy.
Sara: What? You don’t want her to do it?
Brian: I didn’t say that. But it’s against her will, so how does that work? Do you hold her down, or do I?
Sara: Don’t be dramatic[激动的].
Brian: You gonna take her ankles, I’ll take her wrists? She’s not a baby any more. You just can’t trick her with something.
Sara: I know.
Brian: So then what?
Sara: I don’t know.
Brian: You want to sedate[给……服镇静剂] her? You get her handcuffs[手铐]? Tell her we’re going to get ice cream again? Because if we do, every day for the rest of her life, she’s gonna look at us like we forced her, like we used her. And she’ll be right.
Sara: For Christ’s sake, Brian, I didn’t do this. Whose side are you on?
Brian: Side. What sides? Are there sides now? She doesn’t want to do it.
布莱恩:(旁白)我看着女儿,心想事情怎么会变成这样。我想,从我们决定进行基因造人那一刻起,最后肯定会如此收场。是我们的错。我们违反了自然规律,这是我们的报应。但我们真的对她过于苛求了吗?我们一直在逼她帮助姐姐吗?所有那些小小的加油和奖励都是真心的吗?又或者我们只是为了换取自己需要的东西?这一切开始的时候,她还那么小。她什么时候开始想自己做决定了呢?我想是从现在开始的吧。
萨拉:“你不知道”是什么意思?
布莱恩:她不肯开口。你瞧,也许她只是希望被人关心,希望为自己的决定做主。我也不知道。也许这并不是乱发脾气。
萨拉:什么?你不想她帮忙吗?
布莱恩:我没这么说。但这违背了她的意愿,还能怎么办?你压住她,还是我来?
萨拉:别闹了。
布莱恩:你按住她的脚腕儿,我抓住她的手腕?她不再是小宝宝了,小花招骗不了她。
萨拉:我知道。
布莱恩:然后怎么办?
萨拉:我不知道。
布莱恩:你想给她打镇静剂吗?将她铐起来?又一次告诉她有冰淇淋吃?因为倘若我们真的这样做,她这一辈子都会认为我们强迫她,利用她。而她是对的。
萨拉:老天啊,布莱恩,我没有这样做。你到底站在哪一边?
布莱恩:哪一边。什么哪一边?现在还要分哪一边吗?她只是不想继续下去了。
开庭对质时,杰西忍不住说出安娜的秘密,众人才知道一切都是凯特的主意……
Judge: So Anna, for the record[正式公开宣称], did you tell Kate you would stop being a donor so that she could die?
Anna: Yeah.
Judge: And what did she say?
(Flashback.)
Anna: Mom and Dad are gonna kill me. What am I supposed to tell them?
Kate: Tell them you’re important, too. Tell them you wanna play soccer. Tell them you wanna cheerlead.
Anna: They’ll never believe me.
Kate: Yeah, they will. And you wanna know why?
Because it’s the truth.
Anna: Oh boy…
Kate: I know.
Anna: You scared?
Kate: No. I know I’ll be okay.
Anna: What do you think happens? I mean, where do you go?
Kate: I don’t know, baby. But who knows? Wherever it is, maybe I’ll run into Taylor.
Anna: Will you wait for me?
Kate: What?
Anna: If you go anywhere crazy, will you wait? I mean, how will I know how to find you?
Kate: If you’re ever lost or scared, go to Montana.
Anna: Montana?
Kate: Yeah. That’s where I’ll be.
Anna: Okay.
(Flashback ends.)
Judge: What did she say, Anna?
Anna: She said, “Thanks.”
法官:安娜,需要声明的是,你是否曾经对凯特说你不再当捐献者,让她可以离世?
安娜:是的。
法官:她怎么说?
(回溯。)
安娜:爸爸妈妈会杀了我的。我该怎么和他们说呢?
凯特:告诉他们你也很重要。告诉他们你想踢足球。告诉他们你想加入啦啦队。
安娜:他们不会相信的。
凯特:不,他们会信的。你知道为什么吗?因为这都是事实。
安娜:天啊……
凯特:我知道。
安娜:你害怕吗?
凯特:不,我知道我会没事的。
安娜:你觉得会发生什么事?我的意思是,你会去哪里?
凯特:我不知道,宝贝。但谁知道呢?不管哪里,也许我会碰见泰勒。
安娜:你会等我吗?
凯特:什么?
安娜:如果你去了很不可思议的地方,你会等我吗?我是说,我怎么知道去哪里找你呢?
凯特:每当你迷失了方向,或者感到害怕的时候,就去蒙大拿吧。
安娜:蒙大拿?
凯特:对。我就在那里。
安娜:好的。
(回溯结束。)
法官:她怎么说,安娜?
安娜:她说:“谢谢。”
口语锦囊
“for Christ’s / God’s / goodness/ pity(’s) sake”是一个表达强烈语气的非正式用语,可以在强烈要求别人做某事时表示“看在上帝份上,千万”的意思,例如:
For goodness sake, don’t tell him! (千万不要告诉他!)
也可以在气恼的语境中表示“天哪,哎呀”的意思,例如:
What’s the matter now, for God’s sake? (老天,到底出了什么事?)
在以上各种表达方式中,需要注意的是“for Christ’s sake”的语气最为强烈,而且和“for God’s sake”一样,由于带有一定的宗教含义,随便挂在嘴边可能会冒犯到部分人士,要尽可能地慎用。一般使用最温和的“for goodness sake”就足够了。
睡前故事 BedTime Stories
剧情梗概:温迪的学校即将被拆,为了出外寻找新工作,她将一对子女交给弟弟斯基特照顾。斯基特惊讶地发现,每晚给孩子们讲的睡前故事竟会变成现实,一直不受赏识的他因而得到了竞选新酒店经理一职的机会!斯基特开始利用这些故事改变自己的人生……
斯基特被蜜蜂扎了舌头,只有好友米奇能听懂他说的话,老板请米奇翻译斯基特的竞选演说……
Mickey: (Interpreting) “I spent the last week in the hotel,
the hotel where I live, with my niece and my nephew. To a kid, everything about a hotel is strange and
wonderful: sleeping in a different bed, hanging out in the lobby, jumping up and down on the alligator[短吻鳄]… (correcting) riding up and down in the elevator[电梯]!
“Some hotels try to make it seem as much like home as possible. But they’re missing the point. If you wanted to stay in a place like home, then why not stay at home? Our guests should experience an escape from the everyday. And that’s what I’d like to capture in our new hotel, what every kid knows and what every adult has forgotten. Like my father said to me, your fun is only limited by your imagination.”
米奇:(翻译)“上周我一直呆在酒店里,在我生活的这间酒店里和外甥、外甥女一起度过。在一个孩子看来,酒店里的一切都显得陌生而新奇——睡在不同的床上,在酒店大堂玩耍,还在鳄鱼身上跳来跳去……(更正)以及坐着电梯上上下下!
“有的酒店力图让店内环境像家一样舒适。但他们想错了。如果你想呆在像家一样舒适的地方,为什么不干脆待在家里呢?我们应该为顾客提供一个逃离日常生活烦扰的场所。这正是我希望在新酒店里体现的概念——这是每个孩子都知晓,而所有成人却全都忘记了的东西。就像我父亲说的那样,你的想象力是快乐的唯一界限。”
斯基特因为得罪了老板被辞退,才知道新酒店选址在温迪的学校。面对孩子们和吉尔的怒火,失去一切的斯基特准备离开……
Skeeter: Yeah?
Wendy: Hey.
Skeeter: Oh, hey. Welcome back. So you mad at me, too?
Wendy: Not as mad as Jill, but…mad, yes.
Skeeter: I didn’t know the new hotel was going up there.
Wendy: I figured that.
Skeeter: Then what are you mad at? That I gave the kids junk food?
Wendy: No, I figured you’d do that too. I’m mad because you told my kids that in real life there are no happy endings.
Skeeter: Well, look around you, Wendy. Do you see any happy endings here?
Wendy: I don’t know. You and Dad always had so much fun in this room. For whatever reason, I didn’t. I was always the cynic[愤世嫉俗者], the sourpuss[讨人嫌的家伙].
Skeeter: The black cloud, the energy drainer[打击士气的人], the dead fish[冷漠的人].
Wendy: Yes, all of those things. But when I left Bobbi and Patrick with you, I guess I just was hoping you’d rub off on them, you know, get them to be lighter, have fun, enjoy themselves. I thought Dad would like that. Anyway… I got a job in Arizona – teaching, not principaling.
Skeeter: That’s cool.
Wendy: Yeah, well, maybe you can come visit when we get settled. I know by then the kids will really want to see you.
Marty: (narrating) And so Skeeter sat on his bed, filled with regret, wondering how to put the pieces of his life together after one magical week.
Skeeter: Great ending, huh?
Marty: That was your ending, son? I thought this was just a sad part, and you were about to make it better!
Skeeter: What do you mean? How could I make it any better?
Marty: Well, in the stories I told you, just when things looked bleakest, the hero would do something
unexpected and courageous[勇敢的] to beat the bad guy, save the day, and get the girl!
Skeeter: Yeah! How can I do that?
Marty: It’s your story, not mine. But you better get moving.
Go get ’em, son!
斯基特:哪位?
温迪:嘿。
斯基特:哦,嗨,欢迎回来。你也生我的气吗?
温迪:不像吉尔那么生气,但是……确实有点生气。
斯基特:我不知道新酒店要建在那儿。
温迪:我知道。
斯基特:那你在生什么气呢?因为我给孩子们吃垃圾食品吗?
温迪:不,我也猜到你会那么做。我生气是因为你对孩子们说,现实生活中没有幸福的结局。
斯基特:噢,看看你周围吧,温迪。你在这里看到什么幸福结局了吗?
温迪:我不知道。你和爸爸在这个房间里总是那么开心。不知道为什么,我从不快乐。我总是那么愤世嫉俗,令人讨厌。
斯基特:像笼罩在头顶的乌云,总是打击士气,还像死鱼一样冷冰冰。
温迪:是的,那些都是。可当我把博比和帕特里克
留在你这里的时候,我希望你能影响他们,你知道,让他们更开朗,找到乐趣,享受生活。我想爸爸也希望这样。不管怎样……我在
亚利桑那州找到工作了——教书,但不当校长。
斯基特:太好了。
温迪:是的,等我们安顿下来,也许你能过来看望我们。到那时候,我想孩子们会很想见你。
马蒂:(旁白)于是斯基特坐在床边,满心后悔,不知道在度过这么神奇的一周之后,怎样才能收拾心情,继续生活。
斯基特:这结局还不赖,对吧?
马蒂:这就是你的结局吗,儿子?我以为这只是故事的低潮,你会扭转乾坤呢!
斯基特:什么意思?我怎么能扭转乾坤?
马蒂:噢,在我给你讲的故事里,正当事情变得惨淡无望的时候,主人公总会采取出人意料、充满勇气的行动,打倒坏蛋,拯救世界,最终赢得美人归!
斯基特:没错!我该怎么做呢?
马蒂:这是你的故事,不是我的。不过你最好尽快行动。儿子,上场吧!
口语锦囊
斯基特这段“大舌头演讲”让人捧腹吧?最妙的是,他仅用嗯嗯啊啊的声音就能表现出演讲中的各种语调,很有学习价值哦。同学们可以用他的声音作为语调变化基准,进行模仿练习,最后将这段短小精悍的演讲背诵下来吧!
另外,“rub off”后面一般跟“on”或者“onto”,字面的意思是“擦掉”,但常常引申开来,比喻对某人产生的影响,例如:
I hope that some of her good qualities will rub off onto you. (我希望她身上的一些优点会对你产生影响。)