听美剧学英语:《淘小子看世界》The Play's the Thing - 1
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：听美剧学英语-《淘小子看世界》
英语课
Good morning, class! I would like you all to let out your most agonized 1 groan 2.
Ah~
Good. Now, let's start planning our springtime class play.
Ah~~~
Been there, heard that. Now, before you give up in despair, you may want to hear my play selection. It has sword-fights, murder, skulls 3, even ghosts. How does that sound?
Sounds like Spielberg.
Sounds like Shakespeare.
Sounds like a loser.
We will be doing selected scenes from the play Hamlet. Mr. Hunter, in the parlance 4 of the theater, you will be a spear-carrier.
Excellent. So this guy I'll play is like what, a warrior 5 and a hero?
No, this guy you play has very few lines to memorize. Ms. Laurence, you will be playing the tragic 6 heroine Ophelia. Now, this is a challenging role. She goes quite insane.
Tapanga is insane? What a stretch!
If I were a less-evolved person, I'd say cram 7 it, brillo head.
Mr. Minkus, you will be playing the role of the wise old Polonius.
Polonius? He only has 48 lines. I sort of pictured myself as the melancholy 8 Dane.
For those of you unfamiliar 9 with the reference, Mr. Minkus means the lead role Prince Hamlet. Now, this is a tricky 10 part to cast because Hamlet gets on a lot of people's nerves. He makes one stupid mistake after another. And for 5 acts, he never shuts up.
What? I have a booger?
Words & Information:
parlance : You use parlance when indicating that the expression you are using is normally used by a particular group of people. 说法;语调
brillo head: A brillo head is a person who has ugly, curly hair. Often times a person of mixed ethnic 11 descent, a halfie will have that white complexion 12 but black hair. They can accurately 13 be described as a brillo head.
Ah~
Good. Now, let's start planning our springtime class play.
Ah~~~
Been there, heard that. Now, before you give up in despair, you may want to hear my play selection. It has sword-fights, murder, skulls 3, even ghosts. How does that sound?
Sounds like Spielberg.
Sounds like Shakespeare.
Sounds like a loser.
We will be doing selected scenes from the play Hamlet. Mr. Hunter, in the parlance 4 of the theater, you will be a spear-carrier.
Excellent. So this guy I'll play is like what, a warrior 5 and a hero?
No, this guy you play has very few lines to memorize. Ms. Laurence, you will be playing the tragic 6 heroine Ophelia. Now, this is a challenging role. She goes quite insane.
Tapanga is insane? What a stretch!
If I were a less-evolved person, I'd say cram 7 it, brillo head.
Mr. Minkus, you will be playing the role of the wise old Polonius.
Polonius? He only has 48 lines. I sort of pictured myself as the melancholy 8 Dane.
For those of you unfamiliar 9 with the reference, Mr. Minkus means the lead role Prince Hamlet. Now, this is a tricky 10 part to cast because Hamlet gets on a lot of people's nerves. He makes one stupid mistake after another. And for 5 acts, he never shuts up.
What? I have a booger?
Words & Information:
parlance : You use parlance when indicating that the expression you are using is normally used by a particular group of people. 说法;语调
brillo head: A brillo head is a person who has ugly, curly hair. Often times a person of mixed ethnic 11 descent, a halfie will have that white complexion 12 but black hair. They can accurately 13 be described as a brillo head.
1 agonized
v.使（极度）痛苦，折磨( agonize的过去式和过去分词 )；苦斗；苦苦思索；感到极度痛苦
- All the time they agonized and prayed. 他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She agonized herself with the thought of her loss. 她念念不忘自己的损失，深深陷入痛苦之中。 来自辞典例句
2 groan
vi./n.呻吟，抱怨；(发出)呻吟般的声音
- The wounded man uttered a groan.那个受伤的人发出呻吟。
- The people groan under the burden of taxes.人民在重税下痛苦呻吟。
3 skulls
颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜
- One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
- We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！
4 parlance
n.说法；语调
- The term "meta directory" came into industry parlance two years ago.两年前，商业界开始用“元目录”这个术语。
- The phrase is common diplomatic parlance for spying.这种说法是指代间谍行为的常用外交辞令。
5 warrior
n.勇士，武士，斗士
- The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
- A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。
6 tragic
adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
7 cram
v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习
- There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
- The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。
8 melancholy
n.忧郁，愁思；adj.令人感伤（沮丧）的，忧郁的
- All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
- He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过，他感到很郁闷。
9 unfamiliar
adj.陌生的，不熟悉的
- I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
- The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
10 tricky
adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的
- I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
- He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。
11 ethnic
adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
12 complexion
n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格
- Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
- Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。
13 accurately
adv.准确地，精确地
- It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
- Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。