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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAfter the chase, Aladdin takes the girl who calls herself Dalia to his rooftop. The room is poor, a monkey pours tea, and he boasts they come and go as they please. She claims to be a palace handmaid; he reads her bracelet and silk and names her rank. Over Agrabah, both admit they feel trapped by birth. Watch him infer class from jewelry, and her finally say trapped.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingcome and go as one pleases
想来就来想走就走
quite the
还真是个某种人
get someone out of
把某人从某处救出来
have nothing to do with
跟某事毫无关系
get by
凑合过活
kind of borrowed
其实是偷来的
born into
生来就落入某种身份
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Like you can't escape what you were born into?”
就像逃不出自己生来的那个身份?
一句问句把屋顶闲聊钉成命运:出身不是背景,是笼子。
can't escape what you were born into
共情别人被家庭、阶层、身份卡住时。
You can't outrun where you come from. / Stuck with the life you were born into.
literary
escape 后稍顿,born into 下沉收住。
“Every day I just think things will be different...”
每天我都想着事情会不一样……
Every day 和 will be 对撞,希望天天来、现实不动。
Every day I think things will be different.
讲重复的日子、改不掉的局面时。
I keep hoping tomorrow looks different. / I tell myself it will change.
informal
Every day 拉长,different 轻轻收。
“Just me and Abu. Come and go as we please.”
就我和阿布。想来就来,想走就走。
穷屋顶上的自由宣言,四个词把门锁说没了。
come and go as one pleases
夸自己时间自由、不受管时。
We come and go as we like. / No one tells us when to leave.
informal
Come and go 连读,please 落稳。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageWell, only someone from the palace could afford a bracelet like that. And that silk lining is imported, too. It comes from the merchant boats, straight to the palace. But not to servants. At least, not most servants, which means you are a handmaid to the princess.
唉,只有王宫里的人 才买得起这种手镯。 而且那丝绸衬里也是进口的。 从商船运来, 直接进宫。 但到不了仆人手里。 至少,大多数仆人没有, 所以你是公主身边的侍女。
Every day I just think things will be different... but it never seems to change. It's just sometimes, I feel like I'm... Trapped.
每天我都想着事情会不一样…… 可好像从来没变过。 只是有时候,我觉得自己像是…… 被困住了。
