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剪辑自 《Pocahontas》 风中奇缘
Pocahontas: Is that your village?
John Smith: Yes. It is a very big village.
Pocahontas: What is it like?
John Smith: Well, it’s got streets filled with carriages, bridges over the rivers and buildings as tall as trees.
Pocahontas: I’d like to see those things.
John Smith: You will.
Pocahontas: How?
John Smith: We’re going to build them here. We’ll show you people how to use this land properly, how to make the most of it.
Pocahontas: Make the most of it?
John Smith: Yes. We’ll build roads and decent1 houses and---
Pocahontas: Our houses are fine.
John Smith: You think that only because you don’t know any better.
-W-Wait a minute. Don’t take it tha—Hey! Wait! There’s so much we can teach you. We’ve improved the lives of savages3 all over the world.
Pocahontas: Savages?
John Smith: Uh, not that you’re a savage2.
Pocahontas: Just my people.
John Smith: No.Listen.That’s not what I meant. Let me explain.
Pocahontas: Let go!
John Smith: No.I’m not letting you leave. Look, don’t do this. Savage is just a word, you know.
A term for people who are uncivilized(不文明的).
Pocahontas: Like me.
【口语财富】
1) Make the most of it? 充分利用这块土地?
2) Don’t take it seriously!别当真!
3) There’s so much we can teach you. 你有好多东西要学。
4) Not that you’re a savage. 我没说你是野人。
5) Let go! 放开我!
1 decent | |
adj.象样的,不错的,体面的,正派的,恰当的 | |
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2 savage | |
adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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3 savages | |
未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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