活学活用
1. At ease
这个短语的意思是“安心;自在;不拘束”,在影片里也就是“放轻松”。这个词也可以作为口令,就是我们上体育课常说的“稍息”。请看例句:The dentist soon put the small girl at ease. 牙医很快使小女孩的情绪放松了。
2. get in your way
意思是“阻碍你;妨碍你”。“Get in one's way”有“挡路”或“阻碍”的意思。比如:He is busy with his work now. Don't get in his way. 他很忙,别妨碍他。
3. It just kills you that I'm not an honor student.
“我不是模范生真是要了你的命了”。Honor student 是指“优秀学生”或“模范生”。“honor”在这里是“模范、荣誉”的意思。相似的用法有:honor president,荣誉主席。It kills… 是一种夸张、强调的说法,下文中的mothers have killed to get their daughters on squads 也是同样的用法,意思是“妈妈们拼了命也要让女儿进啦啦队”。
4. in great shape
这里指“学得好”,也就是在学习方面有好的状态。“In shape”指的是“处于良好的状态”。比如:Athletes must stay in shape. 运动员一定要保持良好状态。
5. less of a shock
这里是指“less of surprise 不那么意外”,Christine 其实是想让女儿多修几门难一点的课程,这样可以容易申请到大学,不会“意外的”的被录取(这是她的反讽)。
6. get you off my back
这句话的意思是“(高级化学)能让你不对我唠叨了吗?”Get off one's back“的意思是”别再对谁唠叨“,”get A off B's back“就是”让A不要跟B唠叨“。比如:Hey, get off my back, will you! 喂,你别跟我唠叨了,行不行!
7. hit man
“Hit man”就是我们平常所说的“职业杀手”。“Hit”这个词作为名字,在俚语中就有“谋杀”的意思。That mother didn't kill anyone. She hired a hit man 是Christine 一句玩笑话。
影片简介
Bring it on 美少女拉拉队
奥运会也是拉拉队展示风采的时候。日前在门头沟体育馆举行了北京奥运会、残奥会拉拉队大赛,在大赛中获奖的队伍将取得进入奥运赛场加油助威的资格。曾为NBA、全美橄榄球大联盟等多项体育赛事进行过场地表演的美国女子冠军拉拉队也远道而来。相信看过拉拉队热情、奔放表演的人们都想了解一些他们幕后的事情吧?这部电影就为大家讲述了美国加州一所中学拉拉队的故事。
The hard work, dedication, and personal politics behind "rah rah rah!" and "sis boom bah!" go under the microscope in this engaging teen comedy. Torrance Shipman (Kirsten Dunst) discovers that being captain of her San Diego high school's five-time championship-winning cheerleading squad is more complicated than she had imagined. Torrance's parents want her to spend more time on her homework, her boyfriend cheats her, and she learns that the squad's former captain stole some of their best routines from other teams —— and that Isis (Gabrielle Union), captain of a top squad at a crosstown, inner-city high school, plans to fight back this year. To make things worse, when one of the cheerleaders is injured, Torrance is forced to replace her with Missy (Eliza Dushku), a cynical new kid who is involved only because the school doesn't offer gymnastics. In the midst of this chaos, with the national championship around the corner, Torrance couldn't have picked a worse time to fall in love with Cliff (Jesse Bradford), a classmate who cares a lot more about punk rock than school spirit. Dunst trained with a cheerleading squad for her role, though a double performed the more complicated stunts. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
