1. Wanna = want to, want a, do you want to
这里是美语缩读之一,美国人在日常生活中频繁的使用缩读,这也造成很多学习者的困惑。比如你想知道你的朋友是否愿意跳舞,就可以说:Wanna dance?
2. a million and a half:
这里是指很多,这是美国人夸张的一种表达方式,使用相当广泛。中文中我们也会夸张,但用的数字通常会小些。比如我们说:"都告诉你几百遍了你还记不住。翻成英文就是"I have told you a million times"也就是说我们通常使用的'百'在美国人嘴里就变成了million。所以百里挑一就变成了one in a million。
3. "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get":
这句话的难点在于对chocolates的理解,阿甘那个时代的巧克力很多都是一盒中口味众多,可上面又没有标记是什么口味,除非亲自品尝。所以,阿甘母亲的意思其实是在表达,生活就像不知道下一块会吃到什么味的巧克力一样,只能顺其自然。当然你也可以将life换成其他词来活用:)
美国文化面面观
Ku Klux Klan(三K党):
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The original Klan was organized in Pulaski, Tennessee, during the winter of 1865 to 1866, by six former Confederate army officers who gave their society a name adapted from the Greek word kuklos ("circle"). Although the Ku Klux Klan began as a prankish social organization, its activities soon were directed against the Republican Reconstruction governments and their leaders, both black and white, which came into power in the South in 1867. The KKK used violence and intimidation to keep blacks segregated and to prevent them from voting and holding office.
Modern Ku Klux Klan: Here members of the Klan demonstrate against Black History Month in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1998.
思想火花
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从这辆公交车的驶过,我们便了解了阿甘现在所处的是1981,而在影片结束Jenny墓前我们再次看到Jenny出生在1945,也就是说与她年纪相当的阿甘出生在baby boom时代即美国二战后的生育高峰。他那带着浓厚南方口音又有些迟钝的声音,让我们看到他的'与众不同'。
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故事发生在阿拉巴马州,一个黑人人口众多,种族歧视严重的地方,为后面的民权运动埋下了伏笔。而三K党的引出也表明了为什么阿甘会一直受人欺负,追阿甘的车头挂了明显的三K党旗帜,他们会欺辱黑人以及像阿甘一样的人群。影片在细节的处理上堪称绝妙。
转载自: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/2006-03/13/content_534617_2.htm