It's Time to Let Go

2017-04-06 06:05:37CC

瘋狂英語·新讀寫 2017年2期

It's Time to Let Go

該放手時就放手

本篇適合：模仿、角色扮演

《冰川時代5：星際碰撞》（Ice Age: Collision Course）的故事背景是:由于松鼠奎特（Scrat）在追松果的時候不小心引發了星體碰撞，導致一顆小行星向地球的方向撞去。為了避免災難降臨，猛犸象曼尼（Manny）和他的朋友們齊心協力，化險為夷。與此同時，曼尼還得處理另一個改變他人生的挑戰，那就是他唯一的女兒蜜桃（Peaches）就要結婚離家了。就像天下所有的爸爸一樣，他無法接受女兒要離開自己的事實，于是他百般刁難她的未婚夫朱利安（Julian），極力想把女兒留在身邊。不過在共同阻止星際碰撞的過程中，曼尼改變了對準女婿朱利安的看法，終于明白“該放手時就放手”的道理。

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在曼尼和艾莉（Ellie）的結婚紀念日上，曼尼得知女兒蜜桃就要離開自己，跟未婚夫朱利安去游歷世界。曼尼無法接受這一事實，于是對女兒的未婚夫表現出種種的不滿。

Peaches:Wow, Dad. Best present ever.

Julian:You, sir, are an education in marital excellence. I'm really gonna miss you guys when we leave.

Manny:Ow! (Manny is hit by some fruit.)

Peaches: Um, actually, I haven't told them yet.

Julian:Oh. Surprise!

Manny: You're leaving?

Ellie:I thought you guys were gonna live with us the first couple of years.

Peaches:I know. But Julian and I kind of want to roam for a while.

Manny:Roam?

Julian:Yeah! Travel, explore, just go wherever. No plan is the best plan. That's my philosophy. Hors d'oeuvres?

Manny:That's not a plan, or a philosophy, or very safe.

Peaches:Dad, we're young. We can worry about being safe when we're old and boring, like you and Mom.

Julian:I think we should just...

Manny:Excuse me! This is a family discussion.

Julian:But aren't I part of your family?

Manny:Not yet, you're not.

中文大意請見第45頁。

education[,edj?'ke?∫（?）n] n. 教育

marital ['m?r?t（?）l] adj. 婚姻的

excellence['eks?l?ns] n. 優秀

roam[r??m] v. 漫游，游歷

explore[?k'spl??] v. 探險

philosophy[f?'l?s?f?] n. 哲學

hors d'oeuvre[?? 'dз?v] （法語）主菜以外的食品，主菜以外的小點心（復數：hors d'oeuvres）

discussion[d?s'k?∫（?）n] n. 討論

曼尼和朱利安齊心協力，成功阻止了小行星撞向地球。在這個過程中，曼尼慢慢認可并接受了朱利安。在蜜桃和朱利安結婚當天，蜜桃卻舍不得離開父母。曼尼對蜜桃說：“現在該你放手了。”

Peaches:I don't know. I don't know! What am I gonna do?

Ellie:Sweetie, listen to me. This is normal, okay? Everyone gets nervous.

Manny: What's going on? What happened?

Peaches:It's just...I can't go. How can I go? I don't wanna leave you guys.

gonna和wanna 的用法

這兩個詞主要用于美式英語口語中，gonna=going to（將要），后跟動詞原形；wanna=want to（想要），后跟動詞原形。例如：

We're gonna play volleyball. 相當于We're going to play volleyball.

我們要玩排球。

I wanna go home. 相當于I want to go home. 我想回家。

Manny:Hey, Fuzzball...Remember the first time that we played hockey? You were so afraid to get on the ice 'cause it was slippery. Remember how I held you up while you started to skate? And when I knew you were ready, I let you go.

Peaches:Aw, Dad.

Manny:I know you're ready. Now you have to let go.

Ellie:I always knew it would take someone very special to match your spirit. And you found him. Just like I did. It's your time, Sweetie. See the world, chase your dreams.

Manny:And whenever you decide to come back, we'll be here, okay?

Peaches:Okay.