早安英文 第158期:美剧「广告狂人」经典段落赏析：好时巧克力篇
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Every agency you're going to meet with feels qualified 1 to advertise the hershey bar.
你们接下来要面见的每家广告公司，都会自认为有能力替好时巧克力做广告。
Because the product itself is one of the most successful billboards 2 of all time.
因为该产品本身，就是跨越时代的经典。
agency [‘ed??nsi] n. 中介，代理
billboards [‘b?lb?rd] n. 广告牌，这里引申为品牌
And its relationship with america, Is so overwhelmingly positive that everyone in this room has their own story to tell.
它和全美人民的关系，充满了正能量，相信在座的每个人都有属于自己的故事。
overwhelmingly [???v?'welm??li] adv. 压倒性地；不可抵抗地
It could be rations 3 in the heat of battle or in the movie theater on a first date.
可能是战时补给，或在影院的初次约会。
But most of them are from childhood.
不过他们都来自童年的回忆。
Mine was my father taking me to the drugstore after I'd mowed 5 the lawn and telling me I could have anything I wanted.
当年，父亲在我割完草后，会带我去杂货店，让我想要什么都可以随便拿
Anything at all.
什么都行。
And there was a lot .
有好多可以选的商品
But I picked a hershey bar.
但我选了好时巧克力
mow 4 the lawn 修剪草坪
mow [mo?] v. 割
The wrapper looked like what was inside.
包装纸和里面的糖表里如一。
And as I ripped it open, My father tousled my hair and forever his love and the chocolate were tied together.
当我撕开时，我父亲拨乱我的头发，他的爱也和这巧克力永远系在了一起。
wrapper [‘r?p?] n. 包装纸
rip it open 拨开它
tousle [‘ta?zl] 拨乱
That's the story we're going to tell.
这就是我们要讲的故事。
Hershey's is the currency of affection.
好时承载着感情。
It's the childhood symbol of love.
是童年时爱的象征。
currency [?k?r?nsi] n. 货币
affection [?’f?k??n] n. 情感
currency of affection 情感货币，引申为情感的纽带，情感的承载
symbol [‘s?mbl] n. 象征，标志
1 qualified
adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
2 billboards
n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )
- Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
- Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号
3 rations
定量( ration的名词复数 )； 配给量； 正常量； 合理的量
- They are provisioned with seven days' rations. 他们得到了7天的给养。
- The soldiers complained that they were getting short rations. 士兵们抱怨他们得到的配给不够数。
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