主持人：任亞凌

北京新東方學(xué)校聽(tīng)力口語(yǔ)部教師，主講聽(tīng)說(shuō)速成，電影英語(yǔ)。曾在大學(xué)任教多年，在英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)說(shuō)讀寫(xiě)方面積累了豐富的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，并曾參與編寫(xiě)過(guò)一套大學(xué)英語(yǔ)四級(jí)考試聽(tīng)力部分的輔導(dǎo)教材。同時(shí)任亞凌老師在口譯和筆譯方面經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富，把電影教學(xué)和翻譯實(shí)踐結(jié)合在一起，希望能使學(xué)員在電影聽(tīng)說(shuō)的過(guò)程中，使自己的語(yǔ)言表達(dá)更加流暢和精確。

特別推薦：2006年影視英語(yǔ)精彩推薦

我觀之我見(jiàn)  影片的結(jié)尾處，還是在情人節(jié)， 原本已經(jīng)打算把這份感情埋藏起來(lái)的Alex突然想到了兩人之前的通信中Kate提到過(guò)這一天她在廣場(chǎng)上，塵封起來(lái)的激情再一次爆發(fā)……

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影片對(duì)白

Kate: Oh, by the way, happy Valentine's Day.

Morgan: Oh, God, Katie, I didn't get you anything. I'm sorry. I've just been soswampedand...

Kate: Doesn't matter.

Henry: Oh. What is this? It's global warming.

Henry: Dr. Forster? Hi, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

Vanessa: Hi. Dr. Forster. Good to see you again.

Kate: You too.

Vanessa: You're welcome.

Morgan: Hi, I'm Morgan.

Vanessa: Hey, Morgan. Vanessa Vanderbeck.

Henry: So obviously, the first thing you see is what we had talked a bout. The atrium.

Kate: That'sstunning. So we were able to do it with all the glass panels in the metal structure?

Henry: Yeah.

Kate: Can I--?

Alex: Wanna get a beer after work?

Henry: I'm sorry, I can't. I'm taking Vanessa out for Valentine's Day.

Alex: Wait.Say that again.

Henry: It's Valentine's Day today. I'mtaking outVanessa, my girlfriend. Cold champagne, some oysters, maybe a little chocolate.

Alex: What's the date?

Henry: It's February 1 4th.

Alex: February 14th, 2006.

Henry: Yeah.

Kate: Stunning. Thank you so much.

Henry: Our pleasure.

Vanessa: Thank you. Henry will make sure you have everything.

Kate: Great. They were absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

Morgan: What? Katie, I gotta get back to work.

Kate: Who did this drawing?

Henry: My brother did, actually.

Kate: Who's your brother?

Henry: Alex Wyler. Did you know him?

Kate: Yeah. Yeah, I know him. Do you know how I can get in touch with him? Is he--? Is he anywhere that I can...?

Henry: I'm sorry. He died two years ago today, actually. There was an accident.

Kate: Where?

妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用

1. swamped

這個(gè)單詞本身作為動(dòng)詞是“陷入沼澤, 淹沒(méi), 覆沒(méi)”的意思。名詞自然就是“沼澤地”的意思，但是它還有一些引申的詞義，比如在這里它的意思是“使應(yīng)接不暇，使陷入困境”等等。
e.g. She was swamped with work. 她忙得不可開(kāi)交。
This company was swamped by heavy debts. 這個(gè)公司債臺(tái)高筑。