2. Santa Barbara

Mission Santa Barbara, known as "the queen of the missions".

Santa Barbara, city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. A beautiful residential and resort city with many recreational facilities, it also has electronics and aerospace research and development firms, and an orchid industry. Oil fields are in the area and offshore. The region was discovered by Juan Cabrillo in 1542 and explored and named in 1602. A Spanish presidio, remnants of which remain, was founded there in 1782. The Spanish mission (established in 1786; present building completed in 1820) is a major tourist attraction. Santa Barbara is known for its prevalent Spanish architecture. Points of interest include a "street in Spain" shopping area, an undersea aquarium, and many parks and gardens. The Univ. of California at Santa Barbara and Westmont College are just outside the city limits. Santa Barbara is headquarters of the Los Padres National Forest in the Santa Ynez Mts., which rise behind the city. In Feb., 1942, oil tanks in Santa Barbara harbor were the object of a Japanese submarine attack. In Jan., 1969, an oil leak in an offshore drilling platform in the Santa Barbara Channel brought great destruction to the city's harbor and beaches.

思想火花

一句"Good luck"在老爸這里卻成了"失敗者的借口"。在爸爸的教育下，Olive 堅信自己會贏。這時，出乎意料獲得的參加全國比賽的機會讓Olive 更是驚喜萬分。然而，全家人卻為支付不了去參加比賽的費用而發愁。這個一心要成功的家庭已經開始處在失敗的邊緣，或者說，他們從來都沒能像自己想象的那樣成功。

考考你

這個片段中出現了很多非常實用、短小的口語句子，試著翻譯一下，你會掌握的更快哦！

1) Richard: Finish your dinner!
Olive: I'm finished!

2) Sheryl: Where does that leave us?

3) Richard: What about Olive?

4) Richard: You promised?

5) Richard: Don't start that.
Sheryl: It all goes to your nine steps!

Little Miss Sunshine《陽光小美女》（精講之二）考考你 參考答案

1. Mainly, though, I fell in love with someone who didn't love me back.
但主要的（原因）是，我愛上了一個不愛我的人。

2. I was very much in love with him.
我非常愛他。


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