季海峰
【影片簡介&推薦理由】
《X戰(zhàn)警1》是美國導(dǎo)演布萊恩·辛格執(zhí)導(dǎo)的科幻大片,影片中具有超強特異功能的變異人形象以及逼真的、超乎想象的特技效果,使影片一上映,就取得了巨大成功;同時,導(dǎo)演布萊恩·辛格也因這部影片榮獲2001年的土星獎最佳導(dǎo)演獎、英國帝國獎最佳導(dǎo)演獎,2002年星云獎最佳導(dǎo)演獎等一系列大獎,使其迅速躋身于美國“大導(dǎo)演”的行列。下面我們就通過一些經(jīng)典臺詞,來感受一下這部影片給觀眾帶來的震撼。
【經(jīng)典臺詞賞析】
1. Mutation; it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve into the dominant species on the planet. This process normally takes thousands and thousands of years. 突變,是進化的關(guān)鍵。它讓我們由單細胞進化至宇宙生物的主宰。這個過程很長,要經(jīng)過上千萬年。
▲the key to sth.,譯為“……的鑰匙/答案/關(guān)鍵”。這是介詞to的一種特殊用法——表示從屬關(guān)系。例如:the key to the door,這個門的鑰匙。該詞組的難點是和動詞連用:the key to doing sth.,譯為“做某事的關(guān)鍵”——to后接的是doing(動名詞),而不是do(動詞原形)。
▲take,此處譯為“花費(時間)”——take作為“花費”的用法,初中常見的句式為“It takes somebody sometime to do something (做某事花費某人多少時間)。
▲thousands and thousands of years, 此處thousands of短語是數(shù)詞的特殊用法。一般情況下,五百、五千、五百萬、五十億等數(shù)詞,不管其表達的數(shù)量有多大,但其終究為“一個數(shù)”,所以hundred、thousand、million、billion等詞后均不能加“s”,如500寫作“five hundred”。但以上詞匯和of連用,表示數(shù)百、數(shù)千等概數(shù)時,要加“s”,如此例臺詞。
2. Thats unfair, Senator Kelly. The wrong person driving a car can be dangerous. We do license people to drive. Yes, but not to live. 你這問題并不恰當(dāng),議員。有些人開車會出車禍,所以要考駕照,但生存沒有執(zhí)照。
▲the wrong person driving a car,此處臺詞中,driving a car為現(xiàn)在分詞短語(動賓短語)作定語,修飾名詞person,表示被修飾詞與現(xiàn)在分詞動作為主動關(guān)系,且表示動作正在進行。
3. Senator, mutants whove come forward and revealed themselves publicly have been met with fear, hostility, even violence. It is because of that hostility that I am urging the Senate to vote against mutant registration. 事實上,如果變種人公開露面,會引起恐慌、敵意、甚至暴力相向。為避免變種人受到這種敵意,我懇請國會取消變種人注冊。
▲whove come forward and revealed themselves publicly一句為定語從句,修飾先行詞mutants;又因mutants為“人類”,故引導(dǎo)詞用“who”,本句臺詞亦可譯為“主動公開露面的變種人”。
▲It is because of + 賓語從句,譯為“這是……的原因”,如此例臺詞。本句式的of后也常加人稱代詞或名詞,如:it is because of you (就是因為你)。
4. I didnt say they were hiding. Let me show you what is being hidden. I have here a list of names of identified mutants living right here in the United States. 我沒有說他們正在躲藏。我讓你看看什么正在躲藏。我知道他們躲在哪里,我有一份在美居住的變種人名單。
▲I didnt say they were hiding. Let me show you what is being hidden. 兩句臺詞都用到了賓語從句,其中they were hiding做主句動作say的賓語,為“動賓結(jié)構(gòu)”; what is being hidden與you一起做主句動作show的雙賓語,為“雙賓語結(jié)構(gòu)”。
5. Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that mutants are very real. And they are among us. We must know who they are, and, above all, we must know what they can do. 各位先生女士,事實上,變種人的確存在,而且就在我們身邊,我們必須知道他們是誰;最緊要的是,我們必須知道他們的能力。
▲who they are與what they can do兩句均是特殊疑問句做各自主句謂語動詞know的賓語從句。
6. Where are we? I thought you said you were gonna take me as far as Laughlin City. 這里是哪?你不是說要載我到洛芬市?
▲as far as,多翻譯為“與……一樣遠”、“一直到……”。在否定句中也可用 so far as,例如:I didnt swim as / so far as the others. 我游泳游得不如其他人遠。
7. No man takes a beating like that without a mark to show for it. Come on, this isnt worth it. I know what you are. You lost your money. You keep this up, you lose something else. 人不可能被揍而身上沒傷的。走吧,這不值得爭論。我知道你是什么東西。再纏下去,你還要輸?shù)羝渌麞|西。
▲take a beating譯為“挨打”動賓結(jié)構(gòu);其中beating為動名詞,做take的賓語。
▲something else,其他的一些東西。else 常與不定代詞(-one,-body,-thing,-where結(jié)尾的詞)連用,表示“另外”、“其它”的意思,且用于這些詞之后。例如:We went to the zoo and nowhere else. 我們到動物園去了,其它什么地方也沒去。另外,else 還可用在疑問代詞或副詞(如who,what,where等)之后,表示強調(diào)。例如 : Who else will come to the house? 還有誰要來這個房子?
8. You dont have anything to eat, do you? Im Rogue. 你有可以吃的東西嗎? 我是小淘氣。
▲anything為不定代詞,不定代詞的修飾成分一般有兩類,一是形容詞,如anything beautiful,任何美麗的事物;二是不定式,如:nothing to eat,沒有可吃的東西。不定代詞的另一個特點是這兩類修飾詞一般都放在不定代詞之后。
▲You dont have anything to eat, do you? 本句為反意疑問句。反意疑問句的構(gòu)成一般分為兩種:一種是肯定句 + 否定一般疑問句;另一種是否定句 + 肯定一般疑問句,如本句臺詞。
9. Logan, Id like you to meet Ororo Monroe, also called Storm. 羅根,我介紹你和Ororo Monroe見個面,她也被叫做“暴風(fēng)女”。
▲would like sb. to do sth.,想要某人做某事。其中,would在日常交際中常常省略為“d”,如此例臺詞。
▲be called...,被動語態(tài),譯為“被叫做(稱為)……”。例如:The fat boy is called Big Dog.那個胖胖的男孩(綽號)被叫做“大狗”。
10. Ive been following his activities for some time. The man who attacked you is an associate of his called Sabretooth. 我密切觀察他有一段時間了。襲擊你的人是他的伙伴“大鋼牙”。
▲Ive been following his activities for some time. 此句臺詞為現(xiàn)在完成進行時,其構(gòu)成為:主語 + 助動詞(have / has)+ been + 動詞的現(xiàn)在分詞 + 其他成分。表示動作從某一時間開始,一直持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在,或者剛剛終止,或者可能仍然要繼續(xù)下去。本例臺詞則側(cè)重“一直持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在”。
▲who attacked you,此句為定語從句,修飾主句主語man。定語從句是初中必須掌握的三大從句之一,其中考考點多為引導(dǎo)詞:當(dāng)先行詞為“人”的時候,引導(dǎo)詞我們用who;當(dāng)先行詞為“物”的時候,引導(dǎo)詞用“which”。引導(dǎo)詞that神通廣大,既可以用于人,也可以用于物。
11. Youve taught me everything in my life that was ever worth knowing. And if anything happens... Ill take care of them. 你教會我生命中值得學(xué)習(xí)的一切,如果發(fā)生了什么事情,你不用擔(dān)心,交給我來處理。
▲be worth doing,固定句式,譯為“值得做某事”。同學(xué)們常犯的錯誤是把doing錯用為to do,記?。河⒄Z中沒有 be worth to do這個句式。
12. I think shes a little taken with you. Well, you can tell her my heart belongs to someone else. 我想他愛上你了。好吧,你告訴她我有心上人了。
▲Be taken with...,被……迷住,被……吸引;對……很喜愛。a little,一點兒,有點兒,表示程度。shes a little taken with you可翻譯為:她有點被你迷住了。
▲my heart belongs to someone else. belong to,初中課標(biāo)的重要短語,常見的用法有三種,多翻譯為:屬于;是(某團體、國家等)的成員;屬于(某時期)……。