主持人：任亞凌

北京新東方學校聽力口語部教師，主講聽說速成，電影英語。曾在大學任教多年，在英語聽說讀寫方面積累了豐富的教學經驗，并曾參與編寫過一套大學英語四級考試聽力部分的輔導教材。同時任亞凌老師在口譯和筆譯方面經驗豐富，把電影教學和翻譯實踐結合在一起，希望能使學員在電影聽說的過程中，使自己的語言表達更加流暢和精確。

文化面面觀  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 尼采

考考你  一展身手

 

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Simon Wyler: About the... the other day it was not a good moment. I was ina hell ofa hurry.

Alex: Of course. You've got some nice pieces here.

Simon: Oh, yeah. Music's fine, music helps. It's like Nietzsche says: "Life would be senseless--"

Alex: "Without music."

Simon: I guess I told you that, huh? Pour yourself a drink. Can you appreciate a good wine by now?

Alex:You bet.

Simon: You know, you'll have to forgive your father for being curious but where have you been all these years? I thought your Kerouac days were behind you.

Alex: I'm sorry, what?

Simon: What? Oh, you can come up, if you like. 

Alex: What are you working on?

Simon: Oh, I'm just--I'm just remembering things. It's not such an easy job, let me tell you. Nor is it particularly innocent, in my case. Your father is writing his memoirs.

Alex: Are we in it?

Simon: What do you think? Do you wanna be?

Alex: Do you?

Simon: Of course. You were all a part of your father's life.

Alex: Why are you talking to me in the third person?

Simon: Well, I--I don't--Because I'm writing about myself, I suppose. Why, doesn't it suit you?

Alex: I thought you might like these.

Simon: What are these? Something you've been working on?

Alex: No, they're--They're yours. From a house I just bought on the lake.

Simon: Oh, yes, I heard. They said some sleazy little condo developer hadsnapped it up. Oh, come on, indulge your father. Can't you take a little joke, for God's sake? Come on. Tell me. Where have you been? I really want to know.

Alex: I was trying to forget you. Or forgive you.

Simon: Did you succeed?

Alex: No. Let me know if you need any help remembering.

Simon: Oh, yeah, I will.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. a hell of a

這是一個表示程度的表達，意思比較靈活，可以是“非常好的”或者“極惡劣的，讓人受不了的”。如：
You did a hell of a job! 看看你干的好事！（這里是反語，表示讓人受不了。）
18 is a hell of an age. 十八歲真的是黃金年華！

2. You bet!

口語中的一個常用的短句，意思相當于 Of course! 或者You are absolutely right! 當你完全同意別人觀點的時候就可以使用這個表達。如：
--I think this movie really sucks!
--You bet!

3. snap up

If you snap something up, you buy it quickly because it is cheap or is just what you want.
搶購；搶先弄到手
e.g.: Every time we get a new delivery of clothes, people are queuing to snap them up.
One girl snapped up a pair of ancient style earrings for just $6.