Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingGiulia thanks her father and hustles the boys to the square. The pasta sponsor, Giorgio Giorgioni, is still selling himself as a sea-monster slayer while kids shout for the rules: swim the bay, eat a mystery bowl, bike Mount Portorosso and back. Then five-time champion Ercole cuts in, pockets their stuff as an out-of-town weirdo tax, and dares them to fight. Luca holds Alberto back. They sign up as a team. One week to train.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingwe'd better
最好还是去做
coming through
借过,请让路
in a row
连续,连着赢
eat for breakfast
把人当早餐吃掉
make it my mission
当成自己的任务
put an end to
彻底结束某事
vagrants
流浪汉,无业游民
bottom-feeders
食底泥的;势利骂人
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“They don't love you. They're afraid of you.”
他们不是爱你。他们是怕你。
把「爱」拆成「怕」,一句话揭穿恶霸的人气泡沫。
They don't X you. They're Y of you.
拆穿被吹捧的人其实靠吓、不靠爱时用。
They're not fans. They're scared. / Nobody likes a bully; they just duck.
informal
love 轻、afraid 重,两句中间切开。
“I'll make it my mission to destroy you.”
我要把打垮你当成使命。
报名变成宣战,mission 把小孩较劲说成正经任务。
I'll make it my mission to + V
公开接下比赛、项目、挑战时用,带点较劲。
Consider it my personal project. / I'm making it my job to finish this.
informal
mission 拉长,destroy 砸下去。
“Yeah. Hard to lose. We're going to win.”
是啊。想输都难。我们会赢。
接过 hard,拧成 hard to lose,自负里带着节奏。
Hard to + V. We're going to win.
队友说难,你把它拧成稳赢、给队伍打气。
Losing would be the hard part. / This one's ours.
informal
Hard 重读,lose 上扬,win 收死。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageTo win my famous race, your team must be the first to brave the treacherous waters of the bay, devour a mystery bowl of my delicious pasta, and ride to the top of Mount Portorosso and back!
要赢下我这著名的比赛, 你们队必须最先敢闯 海湾里那些凶险的水域, 扫光一碗我美味的神秘意面, 再骑上波托罗索山顶,然后回来!
