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【看电影学英文】The Secret Life of Pets 🎬 爱宠大机密 Part 2

by Bella 二月 27, 2024 27 min read

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核心场景词汇

tattoo parlor

纹身店 — Snowball 说自己曾住在纹身店里，parlor 指专营某种业务的店铺，如 beauty parlor（美容院），比 shop 更有"专门场所"的复古意味：She works at a small tattoo parlor downtown.

trainee

实习生，见习生 — "The trainees used to practise on me"，train + -ee 构成"被培训的人"，类似 employee（受雇者）：The new trainee is learning fast.

treasure

宝物 — Duke 用夸张的"寻宝"口吻描述屋里的美食，是一种小题大做的幽默手法：They searched the island for buried treasure.

Animal Control

动物管制部门 — Duke 走失后被 Animal Control 带走，这是美国负责收容流浪动物的机构，也是他后来被 Katie 收养的悲情前情：The stray dog was taken away by Animal Control.

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日常口语／缩读黑话

ain't

= am not / is not / are not — Snowball 说 "Ain't that right, Sea-Monkeys?"，是非常经典的非标准英语缩读，正式写作绝不使用，但口语中极其常见：Things ain't what they used to be.

gotta

= (have) got to，必须 — "We gotta get to shore"，是几乎所有美剧、动画里都会出现的高频口语连读：I gotta go now, talk later.

man

（表示惊奇、感慨的感叹词）天哪 — Duke 感慨往事时说 "Man, we had fun"，这里不是称呼别人，而是放句首表达情绪波动、带点怀念语气：Man, that was a wild ride.

I'll tell ya

= I'll tell you，我告诉你（真心话） — Duke 感叹寻宝的话时说 "I'll tell ya!"，常放句尾加强语气，ya 是 you 的口语化拼写：That was the best meal I've ever had, I'll tell ya.

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实用结构短语

go out of style

过时，不再流行 — "bunny tricks went out of style"，字面"跳出流行范围"，常用于时尚、潮流、习惯等语境：Big shoulder pads went out of style in the '90s.

that's something

那还不错，至少值得庆幸 — Duke 安慰 Max "you're not drowning, and that's something"，是一种"退而求其次式安慰"，跟中文"总比没有强"很像：At least the flight wasn't delayed — that's something.

had I known...would've...

要是我当初知道……我早就……了 — Duke 说 "Had I known what treasures awaited...I would've broke down that door"，是与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句倒装形式（省略 if）：Had I known you were coming, I would've cleaned up.

mess it up

弄糟，搞砸 — Duke 说 "I had to go and mess it up"，had to go and do sth 带自责懊悔语气，意为"却偏偏做了……"：I finally had a good job, but I messed it up.

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