Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe Minions are stuck on the roadside, waving at anything with wheels. A picture-perfect American family — the Nelsons — slams on the brakes, coos over these adorable little freaks, and ushers them onto the Nelson Express. Apple slices, nicknames, the full wholesome kit. Then the family ducks into a store to rob it, and when Tina trips the alarm, her parents comfort her the way other families talk about homework: she is still learning to be evil. Watch how a ride from strangers becomes a family lesson in crime.
Chapters
14 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
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Review right after watchingweirdos
怪人、怪胎
growing boy-like creatures
拿「长身体」套话玩梗
what a small world
世界真小、居然碰上
pick someone up
开车捎上某人
far out
太炫了、太潮了
give someone a ride
载某人一程
what do you say we
咱们…怎么样
henchmen
打手、手下
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Glad we came along before some weirdos picked you up!”
幸好我们先碰上,没让什么怪人把你们载走!
救人套话出口,说话的一家自己才是怪人。
Glad + 从句 + before + 更糟的事。
庆幸自己先到、同时埋一句反讽时。
Lucky we got here first. / Good thing it was us.
informal
Glad 稍扬,weirdos 咬重,像真心嫌弃。
“He wasn't this good at being evil overnight!”
他可不是一夜之间就这么会作恶的!
把作恶说成练出来的手艺,家常鼓励。
wasn't this + 形容词 + at doing + overnight.
安慰新手、说本事是熬出来的。
Nobody gets that good overnight. / It takes time to get this good.
informal
this good 加重,overnight 往下收。
“What a small world! Hope we're not in rival gangs.”
世界真小!但愿咱们不是对头帮派。
寒暄套话后面直接接黑帮逻辑。
What a small world! Hope we're not + 冲突点。
发现巧合后,半开玩笑怕利益冲突。
Small world. / Hope we're not competing.
informal
small world 扬上去,rival gangs 当笑话说。
