Chapter 5 of 19 · 1'47"
When the Game Breaks 游戏失灵了IMDb ↗
当没人能修好你的工作机器
Wreck-It Ralph · 2012
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingRalph is missing from the arcade game, and the cheerful routine starts to unravel. Players look for the wrecking guy while Fix-It Felix tries to keep the building—and everyone’s confidence—intact. When the machine misbehaves, Mr. Litwak treats the crisis as a practical business problem, hinting that old characters may be retired. The scene turns a broken cabinet into a comic lesson in panic, reassurance, and polite euphemism.
Chapters
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Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingstick with something
坚持某个计划
put someone out to pasture
让老成员退役
go cuckoo
变得不正常
busted
坏掉了
out of order
故障停用
pull the plug
断电关停
act natural
装得自然点
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Shh! Stick with the program.”
按原计划来,别露馅。
短促祈使句既是在控场,也暗示大家必须继续演下去。
stick with + 计划、做法或选择
临时出状况时,提醒同伴别乱改安排。
Stick with the plan. / Stay on script.
informal
Stick 和 program 重读,句尾短降调,像在压住慌乱。
“Looks like the game's gone cuckoo, like my nana.”
看来这游戏机和我奶奶一样,犯迷糊了。
把设备故障和老人的糊涂并置,一本正经里带着冒犯又好笑的调侃。
Looks like + 情况,like + 类比对象
想轻松描述某物突然不正常时使用。
It seems to have gone haywire. / Looks like it has lost its mind.
informal
Looks like 连读,gone cuckoo 重读;like my nana 语调故意轻描淡写。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use busted for a broken machine.
- Recognize out of order as a service warning.
- Use stick with something to stay on plan.
- Hear out to pasture as a retirement metaphor.
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Questions, then the linesDoes “the game's busted” mean the game is broken?
Yes. Busted is an informal way to say broken.
How should I use “Stick with the program”?
Use it to tell someone to follow the plan or routine.
What is the difference between “out of order” and “broken”?
Out of order often describes a temporarily unavailable machine.
Is “put someone out to pasture” insulting?
It can be teasing or euphemistic when talking about retirement.
What does “pull our plug” mean here?
It means shutting down the arcade, literally or metaphorically.
