影視英語口語:投奔父親
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BELLA: I'd never given much thought to how I would die. But dying in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go. So I 【1】 can't bring myself to regret the decision to leave home. I would miss 【2】 Phoenix. I'd miss the heat. I would miss my loving, erratic, 【3】 harebrained mother.
Renee: Okay.
PHIL: Renee, come on.
BELLA: And her new husband.
PHIL: Guys, come on. I love you both. We got a plane to catch.
BELLA: But they want to go on the road, so I'm gonna spend some time with my dad, and this will be a good thing. I think.
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Charlie: I've cleared some shelves off in the bathroom.
BELLA: Right. One bathroom.
Charlie: It's a pretty good 【4】 work lamp. The sales lady picked out the bed stuff. You like purple, right?
BELLA: Purple's cool. Thanks.
Charlie: Okay.
BELLA: One of the best things about Charlie, he doesn't 【5】 hover.☀☪★暮光之城詳細英語口語學習筆記★☪☀
【1】句型講解：can't bring myself to
can't bring oneself to do something表示“不想做某事”。
這裏的bring是“to force, persuade, or make (oneself)/逼迫、說服”的意思。例句：I can't bring myself to discuss it. 我不想討論這件事。
【2】背景知識：Phoenix
鳳凰城（Phoenix），又譯菲尼克斯，是美國亞利桑那州的州府及最大城市。鳳凰城於1881年2月25日被註冊爲城市，當時鳳凰城在Navajo語中被稱爲Hoozdo，意爲炎熱之地；在西阿帕契語中被稱爲Fiinigis。鳳凰城位於常年乾枯的鹽河兩岸。鳳凰城是美國最大的首府城市，人口超過其他州首府及美國首都華盛頓特區。鳳凰城的面積居全美首府城市的第三位，僅次於阿拉斯加州首府朱諾和俄克拉荷馬州首府俄克拉荷馬市。
鳳凰城氣候乾燥，年平均溫度居全美主要城市之首。所以Bella說她會懷念菲尼克斯的炎熱乾燥，因爲她要去的華盛頓Forks小鎮終年陰雨，年平均氣溫要跌掉一半。
【3】口語詞彙：harebrained
harebrained adj. 輕率的,欠考慮的,粗心的 Foolish; flighty
hare在14世紀等同於我們現在的hair頭髮，所以harebrained的意思就是說腦袋瓜跟頭髮一樣無足輕重。
【4】背景知識：work lamp
工作用檯燈，跟牀頭櫃使用的那種裝飾檯燈table lamp還不一樣哦。
hover本義表示懸空在某物體上面，而在這裏則表示逗留在某人周圍或某地不離開。例句：Don't you hover around my girl! 別在我女朋友邊上晃來晃去的。
