影片對白They love you. They hate you. They're hot. They're cold. They're high.

 

4. bolt

這里是個名詞，意思是“猛沖，逃跑”。

5. adios

“再見，一路平安。”

6. plow down

Plow 有“費力穿過，費力前進”的意思，因為舉行婚禮的新人是站在圣壇上，要逃跑得先下來，所以用plow down。我們來看個例子：I plowed my way through the crowd. 我費力穿過人群。

7. she’s turning another body on the spit

Spit 是我們用來熏烤肉類的工具，可以翻轉，以便把肉烤得更均勻。這里是個比喻，是說Runaway Bride 讓她的新郎們經受煎熬。

文化面面觀

西班牙奔牛節(jié) Pamplona bull running festival

The festival of San Fermin, or the Pamplona bull running as it's more commonly known outside Spain officially begins at midday on 6th July every year with the 'chupinazo' which takes place on the balcony of the Casa Consistorial in Pamplona. Thousands of people congregate in the square awaiting the mayor's official announcement that the fiestas have begun, a rocket is launched and the partying begins.

The history of the bullrunning in Pamplona is not clear. There is evidence of the festival from as far back as the 13th century when it seems the events took place in October as this coincided with the festival of San Fermin on October 10th. It seems that the modern day celebration has evolved from this as well as individual commercial and bullfighting fiestas which can be traced back to the 14th century.

Over many years the mainly religious festival of San Fermin was diluted by music, dancing, bullfights and markets such that the Pamplona Council proposed that the whole event be moved to July 7th when the weather is far more conducive to such a celebration. To this day San Fermin remains a fixed date every year with the first bullrun at 8am on July 7th and the last at the same time on July 14th.

The joining together of the religious, commercial and bullfighting festivals and the move to July 7th led to the first official celebration of San Fermines in 1591. This inaugural fiesta was a low key affair in comparison to the modern day running of the bulls as it only lasted two days although there was much merriment involving music, a procession and a bullfight. Dancing and fireworks became features of the festival over the next few years and the event was extended to July 10th.

By the 19th century all kinds of fairground attractions were making their way to Pamplona including human cannonballs and circus animals. The actual route of the bull run didn't have a double security wall as is the case today so the bulls were able to escape, creating chaos in the streets of Pamplona.

It was thanks to the writing of American writer Ernest Hemingway that San Fermin developed the notoriety of today. The publication of his novel "The Sun Also Rises" in 1926 told the world about the Pamplona bull running festival which attracted people from all over the world to this annual festival. Such is the popularity of the event that overcrowding is a serious problem and if you're planning on staying there then you should book accommodation many months in advance. (spanish-fiestas.com)

考考你

用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。

1. 媽媽準備了好吃的東西給我。

2. 別理他——他不過是想激怒你而已。

3. 太糟糕了，我總是追不到女孩子。沒有好女孩想和我一起出去。

Runaway Bride《落跑新娘》精講之一 考考你 參考答案

1. 謝謝你傾聽我的想法并給我建議。

Thanks for letting me bounce some ideas off you.

2. 別再數零錢了，這沒啥重要的。

Stop counting the change--forget it!

3. 你以為裝秋千很容易啊——根本不是那么回事！

You think assembling this swingset was easy--forget it!

4. 已經做過了，我不會再嘗試了。

Been there, done that, and I'm not going to try that again.

 

影片對白They love you. They hate you. They're hot. They're cold. They're high.

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