《國王的演講》的口吃治療

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本片段劇情：大衛(wèi)和辛普森夫人開酒會，邀請伯蒂夫婦前往。酒席間，伯蒂設(shè)法找到大衛(wèi)，想阻止他娶辛普森夫人，但反而遭到大衛(wèi)的譏笑。大衛(wèi)認(rèn)為伯蒂是想借此把自己趕下國王寶座。面對咄咄逼人的大衛(wèi)，伯蒂口吃起來，說不出一個字。

精彩對白：

Mrs Simpson: 3,2,1 and booze.

David: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York.

Mrs Simpson: How lovely to see you both. Welcome to our little country shack.

Bertie's wife: I came at the invitation of the King. Your Majesty.

David: All right.

Bertie's wife: Sorry we're late.

Bertie: Very nice to see you, Mrs Simpson. Very nice. Hello David. Making... some changes to the garden I see.

David: I am. I am not quite finished yet.

Bertie's wife: Don't tell me I behaved badly, Mr Churchill.

Churchill: On the contrary, your Royal Highness. Etiquette decrees royalty should be greeted by the official host: in this case: the King. Not a commoner.

Bertie's wife: Thank you.

Churchill: What is her hold on him?

Bertie's wife: I've no idea. Apparently she has certain...skills, which she learnt in an establishment in Shanghai.

Mrs Simpson: David.

David: just be a sec, darling. Excuse me.

Bertie: David, I've been trying to see you...

David: I've been terribly busy.

Bertie: Doing what?

David: Kinging.

Bertie: Really?

David: Kinging.. is a precarious business these days!

Bertie: Where is the Tsar of Russia? Where is Cousin Wilhelm?

David: You're being dreary.

Bertie: Is Kinging laying off eighty staff and buying yet more pearls for Wallis while there are people marching across Europe singing “The Red Flag”?

David: Stop your worrying. Herr Hitler will sort that lot out.

Bertie: Who'll sort out Herr Hitler?

David: Where's the bloody 23'?

Bertie: And you've put that woman into our mother's suite?

David: Mother's not still in the bed, is she?

Bertie: That's not funny.

David: Here it is, Wally likes the very best.

Bertie: I don't care what woman you carry on with at night, as long as you show up for duty in the morning!

David: Wallis is not just some woman I am carrying on with. We intend to marry

Bertie: Excuse me?

David: She's filing a petition for divorce.

Bertie: Good God. Can't you just give her a nice house and a title?

David: I'm not having her as my mistress.

Bertie: The Church does not recognise divorce and you are the... head of the Church.

David: Haven't I any rights?

Bertie: Many privileges...

David: Not the same thing. Your beloved Common Man may marry for love, Why not me?

Bertie: If you were the Common Man, on what basis could you possibly claim to be King?!

David: Sounds like you've studied our wretched constitution.

Bertie: Sounds like you haven't.

David: Is that what this is all about? Bashing up? Hence the elocution lessons? That's the scoop around town.

Bertie: I'm trying to... to...

David: Yearning for a larger audience are we, B-b-b-bertie?

Bertie: D-don't...

David: What's that? I'm sorry. Young brother trying to push older brother off throne... Po..Po..sitively medieval. Wallis.

Mrs Simpson: Where have you been all this time?

David: I've been talking to.

Mrs Simpson: Never mind. It's very complicated little king you're.

David: I tried to be.

妙語佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. booze: 酒宴，豪飲。這里是說“酒宴開始”。

2. country shack: 鄉(xiāng)村小屋。Shack這里就是指“簡陋的小屋，棚屋”。

Shack up with還可以表示“與某人同居”，例如：He was looking for a dame to shack up with when the police picked him up.（他正在找女人鬼混的時候，警察把他逮住了。）

3. commoner: 平民。與之相對的則是aristocrat（貴族）。此外，commoner還可以表示“自費(fèi)學(xué)生”或者“有共用權(quán)者”。

4. Tsar of Russia: 俄國沙皇。俄國沙皇尼古拉二世就可以稱為Tsar Nicolas II of Russia。

5. dreary: 沉悶的，枯燥無味的。

例如：You can thank your lucky stars (that) you don't have to go to this dreary reception.（你真走運(yùn)，不用出席那死氣沉沉的招待會。）

6. sort someone out: 整治，懲罰，收拾（某人）。

下面再向大家介紹一些sort out構(gòu)成的短語：

separate/sort out the men from the boys 表明╱證明誰有技能（或更勇敢等）

sort out/separate the sheep from the goats 辨別好人和壞人，區(qū)分良莠

sort something/somebody/yourself out 妥善處理某人（或自己）的問題

sort itself out 問題自行化解

sort out/separate the wheat from the chaff 識別優(yōu)劣；分清好壞；去蕪存菁

7. carry on with: 與某人調(diào)情。一般指不正當(dāng)?shù)哪信P(guān)系。

8. file a petition for divorce: 申請離婚，辦離婚手續(xù)。

9. elocution: 演講技巧，演說術(shù)。

10.scoop: 搶先報道的新聞，獨(dú)家新聞。

例如：She scooped all the national newspapers to get the story.（她搶在全國各報之前發(fā)表了這一消息。）

《國王的演講》的口吃治療

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