影片對白  Would you tell me, please, Mr. Howard, why should I trade one tyrant three thousand miles away for three thousand tyrants one mile away? An elected legislature can trample a man's rights as easily as a King can.

文化面面觀  The Patriot：電影背后的故事

Before they were soldiers, they were family. Before they were legends, they were heroes. Before there was a nation, there was a fight for freedom.

這是 The Patriot 這部電影的tagline。The Patriot是一個美國式的“逼上梁山”的故事，梅爾·吉布森在影片中不太情愿地成為了一位為自由而戰斗的父親。節選的這個片斷發生在南卡萊羅納參戰前夕，人們召集會議討論要不要參戰。參加會議的代表們各懷心思，獨立派和保皇派唇槍舌劍，即使是獨立派內部也存在分歧，一些人希望和國王談判來取得獨立，另一些人則認為只有通過戰爭才能獲得獨立。從中我們可以窺見美國民主的淵源。

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1．留心聽著，這次我該告訴你媽媽了。
2．國王的侄子代表國王來到。

The devil wears Prada 《時尚女魔頭》（精講之六）考考你 參考答案

1. 這不是他們自己的主意，有人鼓動他們這么做。
They didn't think of it on their own; someone put them up to it.

2. 老板說了算。
It's up to the boss to call the shots.

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(英語點津Annabel編輯)