影片對白  I was waiting for Witter Resource head Jay Twistle whose name sounded so delightful, like he'd give me a job and a hug.

 

3. Hey, wake up. Eat.

“嗨，醒醒，吃飯。”非常簡單的句子吧，事實上日常會話中很多都是很簡單的句子。

4. We pick nicknames.

“我們取外號。”

5. ten-gallon hat

俚語，指的是“寬邊的高呢帽”，牛仔喜戴的一種帽子。

6. make someone's acquaintance

這個片語的意思是“結識某人”，比如：Where did you make her acquaintance? 你是在哪里結識她的?

文化面面觀

小小魔方轉動世界

Rubik's Cube (commonly misspelled rubix, rubick's or rubicscube) is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ern? Rubik. Erno Rubik, a lecturer in the Department of Interior Design at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts, evolved the first prototype of the Cube in Budapest in 1974. Fascinated by the theoretical possibilities of geometrical form, Rubik grounded such ideas in his teaching where he encouraged students to express their ideas in the practical construction of forms that were capable of manipulation. Originally called the "Magic Cube" by its inventor, this puzzle was renamed "Rubik's Cube" by Ideal Toys in 1980 and also won the 1980 German "Game of the Year" (Spiel des Jahres) special award for Best Puzzle. The cube was extremely popular during the 1980s, and at its peak between 1980 and 1983, 200 million cubes were sold world wide. Today sales continue to be over 500,000 cubes sold world wide each year.

Typically, the faces of the cube are covered by 9 stickers in 6 solid colours; there is one colour for each side of the cube. When the puzzle is solved, each face of the cube is a solid colour. The cube celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2005, when a special edition cube in a presentation box was released, featuring a sticker in the centre of the reflective face (which replaced the white face) with a "Rubik's Cube 1980-2005" logo.

Variations of Rubik's Cubes (from left to right: Rubik's Revenge, Rubik's Cube, Professor's Cube, & Pocket Cube).

The puzzle comes in four widely available versions: the 2×2×2 (二階魔方"Pocket Cube"), the 3×3×3 standard cube（三階魔方）, the 4×4×4 (四階魔方"Rubik's Revenge"), and the 5×5×5 Quinn Hancock version (五階魔方"Professor's Cube"). Recently, Greek inventor Panagiotis Verdes patented a method of creating cubes beyond the 5×5×5, up to 11×11×11 level. His designs, which include improved mechanisms for the 3×3×3, 4×4×4, and 5×5×5, are suitable for speed cubing, whereas existing designs for cubes larger than 3×3×3 are prone to breaking. As of June 1st, 2007, these designs are still being tested and are not widely available yet, although videos of actual, working prototypes for the 6×6×6 and 7×7×7 have been released.

魔方的玩法有很多種，除了最普通的復原，還有競速（即最快的復原）、最少步驟還原（最艱難的玩法，不能轉動魔方，只能觀察、思考計算步驟）、盲擰（不用眼睛觀看進行復原）、單擰（單手轉動）、腳擰（用腳轉動）、花式擰法（目的在于創造美麗的圖案）。現在有世界魔方協會（WCA），以及各種魔方賽事舉行，不斷有新的記錄創造出來，WCA亦有世界排名記錄，可以登錄它的官網查看最新世界排名。如果你對自己有信心，不妨也去試一下。

別看魔方小，要把它玩好可不容易，這需要極強的空間思維和數學能力。只有高中學歷的Chris想要進入股票經紀公司幾乎是不可能的事情。后來，Chris抓住機會向Jay Twistle 展現他的數學能力：將一個魔方復原，由此獲得Jay的賞識和進入股票經紀公司做intern的機會。（整理自answers.com、百度百科）

考考你

英漢互譯。

1. 懷特先生，我一直期待與您見面。

2. I wanted to drop this off personally and make your acquaintance. I thought I'd catch you on the way in.

The pursuit of happyness《當幸福來敲門》精講之一 考考你 參考答案

1. 抓緊你的錢。

Hang on to your money.

2. 如果你在街邊停車，你就得整天都付停車費。

When you park on the street, you have to feed the meter all day long.

 

影片對白  I was waiting for Witter Resource head Jay Twistle whose name sounded so delightful, like he'd give me a job and a hug.

(英語點津Annabel編輯)

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