影視英語口語:聽媽媽的話
【劇情簡介】巫婆當然沒有答應公主想要走出高塔的請求，還反覆給她“洗腦”……
【電影片段臺詞】
- Look at you, as fragile as a flower.
- Still a little sapling, just a sprout.
- You know why we stay up in this tower.
- I know, but...
- That's right.
- To keep you safe and sound, dear.
- Guess I always knew this day was coming.
- Knew that soon you'd want to leave the nest.
- Soon but not yet.
- Shh!
- Trust me, pet,mother knows best.【重點詞彙講解】
1. Still a little sapling, just a sprout.
sapling: 樹苗，年輕人
eg. A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline. 小樹要砍， 小孩要管。
2. Still a little sapling, just a sprout.
sprout: 苗，萌芽，發芽，這裏用來比喻年輕人
eg.
Tom has sprout a beard since we see him last.
湯姆長鬍子了，我們上次見到他時還沒長呢。
Wisdom is likely to sprout where there are happiness and suffering.
快樂與痛苦出現時，智慧就可能在那時生起。
3. To keep you safe and sound, dear.
safe and sound: 安然無恙
eg.
Come home safe and sound! 願您平安健康歸來。
He arrived in England safe and sound. 他安全到達英國。
4. Mother knows best.
know best: 最有權威，最瞭解
eg.
The fact is that doctors don't always know best.
事實上，醫生不一定經常都知道得最清楚。
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
如果你們已經知道怎麼做最好，那麼你們自己做就行了。
