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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingOn a worn wooden boat, children mock how shabby it looks beside the fancy ones. Their father says this hull has carried them through storms, and that it holds something those pretty ships never will. His wife wonders if the kids are learning anything. He claps, sits them down, and starts the tale of Aladdin, a princess, and a lamp. They demand a song. Agrabah unfolds in music: spice stalls, flying carpets, greed, and a diamond in the rough. Home, he insists, is not the shiny boat.
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Review right after watchingsee someone through
带着渡过难关
not look like much
看起来不起眼
wood rot and rats
反话:就烂木头耗子?
diamond in the rough
未经雕琢的璞玉
more often than not
往往、多半时候
haggle
讨价还价
off one's guard
放松警惕
but hey
不过话说回来
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“This boat has seen us through many a storm.”
这船陪我们渡过了许多风暴。
seen through 把旧船写成共患难的家人,不辩外观。
see someone through something
讲一件旧物、一段关系陪你熬过难关时。
This jacket got me through winter. / She saw me through the worst of it.
literary
seen us 连读,storm 往下沉。
“It's chaotic But hey, it's home”
乱是乱了点,可嘿,那就是家。
先认乱,再用 hey 把家钉死,口语里最暖的让步。
It's X, but hey, it's home.
城市吵、合租乱、故乡土,仍要认它是家时。
It's a mess, but it's ours. / Chaotic, sure. Still home.
informal
chaotic 后大停,hey 轻快上扬。
“The diamond in the rough.”
未经雕琢的璞玉。
四个词把外表寒酸、内里值钱说成一句鉴定。
a diamond in the rough
夸人、夸地方外表不起眼但有真本事时。
A hidden gem. / Rough on the outside, gold inside.
informal
diamond 重,in the 糊过去,rough 咬清。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageOh, imagine a land It's a faraway place Where the caravan Camels roam Where you wander among Ev'ry culture and tongue It's chaotic But hey, it's home When the wind's From the east And the sun's From the west And the sand In the glass is right Come on down, stop on by Hop a carpet and fly To another Arabian night
哦,想象一片土地 那是个遥远的地方 商队骆驼在那里漫游 你漫步其间 每一种文化和语言 乱是乱了点 可嘿,那就是家 当风从东方来 太阳从西方来 沙漏里的沙子刚刚好 来坐坐,顺便来转转 跳上飞毯起飞 去赴又一个阿拉伯之夜
