Dead Poets Society 死亡诗社 （精讲之五）

（单词翻译:单击）

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KEATING: It's open.

KEATING: Neil, what's up?

NEIL: Can I speak to you?

KEATING: Certainly. Sit down.

NEIL: I'm sorry. Here.

KEATING: Excuse me. Get you some tea?

NEIL: Tea. Sure.

KEATING: Like some milk or sugar in that?

NEIL: No, thanks. Gosh, they don't give you much room around here.

KEATING: No, it's part of the monastic oath. They don't wantworldlythings distracting me from my teaching.

NEIL: She's pretty. 

KEATING: She's also in London. Makes it a little difficult.

NEIL: How can you stand it?

KEATING: Stand what?

NEIL: You can go anywhere. You can do anything. How can you stand being here?

KEATING: 'Cause I love teaching. I don't wanna be anywhere else.

KEATING: What's up?

NEIL: I just talked to my father. He's making me quit the play at Henley Hall. Acting¹'s everything to me. I--But he doesn't know. He--I can see his point. We're not a rich family like Charlie's, and we--But he's planning the rest of my life for me, and I-- H-He's never asked me what I want.

KEATING: Have you ever told your father what you just told me? About your passion for acting. You ever show him that?

NEIL: I can't.

KEATING: Why not?

NEIL: I can't talk to him this way.

KEATING: Then you're acting for him, too. You're playing the part of the dutiful son. I know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. You have to show him who you are, what your heart is.

NEIL: I know what he'll say. He'll tell me that acting's awhim², and I should forget it. That how they'recounting onme. He'll just tell me to put it out of my mind, "for my own good."

KEATING: You are not an indentured³ servant. If it's not a whim for you, you prove it to him by your conviction and your passion. You show him that and if he still doesn't believe you, well, by then you'll be out of school and you can do anything you want.

NEIL: No. What about the play? The show's tomorrow night.

KEATING: Well, you have to talk to him before tomorrow night.

NEIL: Isn't there an easier way?

KEATING: No.

NEIL:I'm trapped.

KEATING: No, you're not.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. worldly

Worldly 这个词有两个常用的意思：
a. worldly is used to describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather than to spiritual things世间的，世俗的。
e.g. I think it is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters.
我想你该醒醒，考虑一下世俗的事情了。
b. someone who is worldly is experienced and knows about the practical or social aspects of life. 老练的，见多识广的。
e.g. He was different from anyone I had known, very worldly.
他非常老练，和我认识的所有人都不一样。

2. whim

A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly. 一时的兴致、幻想，反复无常，怪念头，奇想。
e.g. We decided⁴, more or less on a whim, to sail to Europe.
我们决定坐船去欧洲。这个决定有点突发奇想。

几个习惯用语大家要注意一下：
full of whims⁵ (and fancies)
异想天开的；狂热的；任性的
take / have a whim for doing sth
一时兴起做某事
while the whim lasts
在有兴致的时候；兴之所至

3. count on

依靠，指望。例如：
The hospital can count on us for a couple million dollars.

Count含义几多，除“计算，数数”外，还有“计算在内，考虑，认为”等含义，使它在英语中运用广泛，而且形成了很多有特定意义的搭配。
1）count in 包含，计及
Do count me in for the barbecue this weekend.
这周末烧烤一定要把我算进去。
2) count out 不包括，不计及
Count Mary out, she can't even swim.
不要把Mary算进去，她甚至不会游泳。
3) count for anything / nothing / little 有价值、有重要性的 / 无甚价值 / 无关重要
Such man does not count for anything.
这种人成不了什么大事。

4. I'm trapped.

被困住，身陷困境。
If you are trapped somewhere, something falls onto you or blocks you way and prevents you from moving or escaping.
e.g. The train was trapped underground by a fire.
列车被火灾困在了地下。

文化面面观

Private Education in the United States

About 11 percent of American elementary and secondary school (high school) students attend private schools, and 24 percent of all elementary and secondary schools in the United States are private. Private education is also offered at many American preschools as well as at many colleges, universities, and technical institutes.

Unlike public elementary and secondary schools, which are free, nearly all private schools charge some form of tuition. The amount of private school tuition varies widely according to the type of school and the level of education offered. Although the cost of private education is beyond the reach of many American families, most private schools offer some form of financial aid to low-income applicants⁶. In addition to revenue generated by tuition payments, private schools are supported mainly by funds from other private sources, such as religious organizations, endowments, grants, and charitable donations.

Students at Phillips Exeter Academy

Founded in 1781, Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire, is one of the oldest and best-known private schools in the United States. Known for its academic rigor⁷, the school attracts students from around the world. Most students live in dormitories on school grounds.

考考你

用今日所学翻译下面的句子。

1. 今天出去购物纯属心血来潮。

2. 今年我不指望有任何加薪的机会了。

3. 我们永远都无法摆脱世俗的束缚。

《死亡诗社》（精讲之四）考考你 参考答案

1. 给你说过多少次了，不要在公共场合和我顶嘴。
I have told you a hundred of times that don't ever talk back to me on public occasion.

2. 你骗我吧？John和他妻子一刀两断了，简直不敢相信！
Are you kidding? John has been through with his wife? It's hard to believe!

3. 这么多年来他从来不肯努力，这让他的父母非常失望。
In all those years he never worked hard, which let his parents down.