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电影公司想借庄园:take a dim view

电影公司上门,想借唐顿庄园拍一个月外景,有人嫌戏子会糟蹋宅子,有人劝:能换个新屋顶呢。怕人说闲话,一句 The county takes a dim view of everything.(郡里对什么都看不顺眼),劝人别被吓住,又能用 let that stop you(让这事拦住你)。想学怎么表达「不看好、不以为然」,这几句正合适。

发生了什么

一位电影人上门,想借唐顿庄园拍一个月外景,还留下一张名片谈价钱。他举阿贝尔·冈斯的《拿破仑》说明 on location(实地拍摄)能拍出真房子、真风景。家族内部却分成两派:有人觉得让演员进宅子是天大的馊主意,担心 the locals take a dim view(当地人可能不看好),还得天天数银勺;也有人劝接,理由是能先换个新屋顶,别让闲话 let that stop you(拦住你)。想练怎么谈判、怎么表达赞成与反对,这些话都很实用。

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take a dim view

不赞成;不看好

主人们讨论剧组进驻唐顿,担心乡里人看不惯,于是用上这个说法。

The board takes a dim view of any unplanned spending.董事会对任何计划外的开支都不看好。

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  • spin out of control

    迅速失控;一发不可收拾

  • on location

    实地拍摄;在外景地

  • finish someone off

    把某人累垮;要了某人的命;彻底压垮

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33 句台词里标了 26 处

短语 · B2be confined to something

局限于;被限制在

Until recently, filmmaking was largely confined to the studios, but now the process has opened up.
短语 · B1open up

打开;放开;变得开放

Until recently, filmmaking was largely confined to the studios, but now the process has opened up.
语法 · B1was largely confined to

被动语态:was 加过去分词构成被动,主语是动作的承受者而不是发出者。这里说电影制作长期被关在摄影棚里,用被动淡化了施动者,强调行业受困于旧模式这一状态。

Until recently, filmmaking was largely confined to the studios, but now the process has opened up.
短语 · B2film on location

实地拍摄;在外景地

制片人解释为什么新片要离开摄影棚,到真实宅邸和风景里拍摄。

Abel Gance's Napoléon last year showed what a camera can do on location, filming in real houses, real landscapes.
短语 · A2what sort of something

哪一种;什么样的

What sort of film is it?
短语 · B1be set in a place or time

故事设定在(某地/某时)

The Gambleris set in 1875.
短语 · A2fall in love with someone

爱上某人

Uh, an earl's daughter, Lady Anne Erskine, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a gambler, to her family's horror. I can imagine.
短语 · B1turn out to be something

结果是;原来是

Uh, an earl's daughter, Lady Anne Erskine, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a gambler, to her family's horror. I can imagine.
语法 · B2a man who turns out to be a gambler

who 引导定语从句:who 从句修饰前面的男人,补充说明他后来被证实的身份。把恋爱对象和赌徒两重身份塞进同一句,剧情的翻转就藏在这个从句里。

Uh, an earl's daughter, Lady Anne Erskine, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a gambler, to her family's horror. I can imagine.
发音turns out to be

turns 结尾的 s 与 out 连读,out 的 t 又和 to 相接,整串像 turn-sou-tə-be。

Uh, an earl's daughter, Lady Anne Erskine, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a gambler, to her family's horror. I can imagine.
短语 · B2spin out of control

迅速失控;一发不可收拾

制片人向庄园主人介绍新片剧情,说男女主角相遇后事情很快失控。

They meet at a house party in the country, and things soon spin out of control.
发音spin out of control

spin 收尾的 n 直接搭上 out,连成 spi-nout;of 弱化为 /əv/,重音稳稳压在 control。

They meet at a house party in the country, and things soon spin out of control.
短语 · B2finish someone off

把某人累垮;要了某人的命;彻底压垮

一家人讨论剧组要在庄园里搭一个赌场俱乐部,有人半开玩笑地说,这事会把老祖母彻底惊倒。

That would finish Granny off.
短语 · A2have time to think

有时间考虑

We must have time to think. Of course.
短语 · A2have any questions

有任何疑问

Mm-hmm. Ring me if you have any questions at all.
短语 · B1the answer to something

某事的答案

I suppose there are two questions that we would need the answer to before we can really have the discussion.
语法 · B2questions that we would need

that 引导定语从句:that 从句限定是哪一些问题,说明真正谈合作之前必须先弄清的条件。用定语从句把问题具体化,比单独再起一句更紧凑。

I suppose there are two questions that we would need the answer to before we can really have the discussion.
短语 · B1the starting point

起点;起始价

And that's the starting point?
发音plastered in makeup

plastered 的 ed 不单独出声,挤成短促的 d 滑向 in,连作 plaster-in-makeup。

Actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things.
俚语 · B2plastered

烂醉如泥的——英式口语,形容人喝得大醉,带调侃或嫌弃。可对同辈朋友说,不宜对长辈或正式场合使用。

Actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things.
短语 · B2take a dim view of something

不赞成;不看好

主人们讨论剧组进驻唐顿,担心乡里人看不惯,于是用上这个说法。

The locals might take a dim view.
短语 · B1let something stop someone

让某事拦住某人

Well, you mustn't let that stop you.
语法 · B2mustn't let that stop you

let 的使役用法:let 后面接宾语再加动词原形,表示让某事发生或阻止某事发生。这里用否定形式劝对方别让顾虑挡住行动,语气轻却劝得动。

Well, you mustn't let that stop you.
短语 · B1for a start

首先;起码

You could have a new roof, for a start.
短语 · B2be looking at something

面临;要面对

You could soon be looking at real flooding, and then what?
短语 · B2where does someone stand

你是什么立场

Mama, where do you stand?

看懂「电影公司想借庄园」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“plastered”在本场的具体语气
  • 分清“take a dim view”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话

发音重点

  • turns out to be — turns 结尾的 s 与 out 连读,out 的 t 又和 to 相接,整串像 turn-sou-tə-be。
  • spin out of control — spin 收尾的 n 直接搭上 out,连成 spi-nout;of 弱化为 /əv/,重音稳稳压在 control。
  • plastered in makeup — plastered 的 ed 不单独出声,挤成短促的 d 滑向 in,连作 plaster-in-makeup。
Until recently, filmmaking was largely confined to the studios, but now the process has opened up.

直到最近,拍电影大多还困在棚里,但现在流程已经放开了。 用 confined 和 opened up 一组对比,把电影工业的一次转身压缩成一句话,判断式的口吻里带着对时代变化的笃定。

Actresses plastered in makeup and actors just plastered, scrambling over our things.

女演员脸上糊满油彩,男演员干脆喝得烂醉,在我们的东西上爬来爬去。 用 plastered 一词两义做文章:女演员是糊满油彩,男演员是烂醉如泥,再配上 scrambling over our things,把主人的嫌恶写得刻薄又好笑。

The county takes a dim view of everything.

郡里的人对什么都看不顺眼。 把 take a dim view 这个客气短语推成 everything,客气一下子垮成讽刺,既点出乡间的保守,也透出说话人看透世故的口气。

Well, you mustn't let that stop you.

哎,你可别让这个拦住你。 一句轻描淡写的劝阻,把别人的顾虑挡了回去,mustn't let that stop you 既承认障碍存在,又劝人别当回事,分寸拿捏得恰到好处。

关于这一章的问题

take a dim view 是什么意思?

「不赞成;不看好」。有人担心 locals might take a dim view,就是「当地人可能会看不顺眼」;后面又补一句 The county takes a dim view of everything.,说郡里对什么都看不上眼。

「到真实地点取景拍摄」英语怎么说?

on location。指离开摄影棚,到真实地点拍外景。台词里举《拿破仑》为例,说它 showed what a camera can do on location,就是证明了实景拍摄能拍出什么。

spin out of control 是什么画面?

字面是「转出控制」,即「迅速失控、一发不可收拾」。他们这样形容《赌徒》的剧情:男女主角相识后 things soon spin out of control,事情很快失去控制。

finish someone off 是什么意思?

「把某人累垮、彻底压垮」。有人说在唐顿开赌场 That would finish Granny off.,意思就是「那准把奶奶气垮」,off 带着「了结、干掉」的味道。

「你是什么立场」英语怎么说?

Where do you stand?。stand 在这里不是「站」,而是「持什么态度」。有人问 Mama, where do you stand?,就是问妈妈「你到底赞成还是反对」。

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