Chapter 14 of 20 · 4'02"
Spirit At The Airport 机场救场IMDb ↗
航班取消后总有人用话把全场稳住
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two · 2020
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe airport PA keeps announcing delays while Santa pops open the time machine: it runs on triple-A batteries, and his are expired. Kate dashes to the gift shop with 2020 cash that looks like a toy. The clerk wants a boarding pass and figures she might be a runaway. Then every flight cancels and the gate explodes. Watch how Santa, with a gospel choir, talks a furious crowd down to one thing: the spirit of Christmas.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingfor all I know
据我所知、说不定
get right on that
我马上办(反话)
the man with the plan
胸有成竹的那个人
complimentary
免费赠送的
monopoly money
假钞、当玩具的钱
cool with
不反对、能接受
the spirit of christmas
圣诞精神、节日心意
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“-For all I know, you could be a runaway. -But I'm not a… Not exactly.”
——据我所知,你没准是离家出走。——可我不是……不完全是。
先用猜测把孩子定性,她用 Not exactly 把话锋躲开。
For all I know, you could be…
证据不够、只能凭印象往坏处猜时。
As far as I know, you might be… / For all we know, it could be…
informal
For all I know 连成一串,could 稍加重。
“-Yeah, I'll get right on that. -[scoffs]”
——行,我马上办。——(嗤笑)
字面是立刻去办,嗤笑把意思翻成绝不去办。
I'll get right on that.
别人提了你觉得离谱的要求时甩反话。
Sure, I'll get on that right away. / Yeah, I'll hop right on it.
informal
right 拉长带刺,句末下沉,别读成真答应。
“…the spirit of Christmas!”
……圣诞精神!
整场怒气收到三个词上,像把开关按亮。
the spirit of + 节日/团队。
要把乱场子收成一个共同信念时。
the Christmas spirit / what we need is some Christmas spirit
literary
spirit 拉长,Christmas 扬起来收住。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage-[choir vocalizes] -Now, listen, brothers and sisters. We ain't going nowhere with all this negativity. All this fussin' and fightin' ain't nothing but stupidity. I've been listening to this noise and nonsense all night and day. Now, let's hear what the man with the plan has to say.
——(合唱哼鸣)——听着,兄弟姐妹们。 咱们哪儿也去不了 要是一直这么丧。 这么吵吵闹闹、打架拌嘴 纯粹就是犯傻。 这些噪音和废话我听了一整天 从早听到晚。 现在,听听那位胸有成竹的人怎么说。
