影視英語口語:帶我出去

【劇情簡介】長髮公主出生不久就被巫婆偷去囚禁在高塔中。18歲生日的前一天，她終於向巫婆說出了自己長久以來的一個願望：走出高塔，去看看那些每逢生日都會漂浮在空中的奇怪的燈……

【電影片段臺詞】
-Please, stop with the mumbling.
-You know how I feel about the mumbling. Blah-blah-blah-blah.
-It's very annoying! I'm just teasing. You're adorable. I love you so much, darling.
-I want to see the floating lights.
-What?
-I was hoping you would take me to see the floating lights.
-Oh! You mean the stars.
-That's the thing. I've charted stars，and they're always constant.
-But these, they appear every year on my birthday, Mother. Only on my birthday. And I can't help but feel like they're meant for me. I need to see them, Mother. And not just from my window, in person. I have to know what they are.
-You want to go outside?【重點詞彙講解】

1. Please, stop with the mumbling.

mumbling: 喃喃；含糊話

e.g.

What are you mumbling about? I can't understand a word!

你嘰裏咕嚕說什麼呀?我一句也聽不懂！

Are you mumbling because you think it's selfish to ask for what you need?

因爲你覺得請求你所需要的是自私的，那你說話的時候含糊嗎？

2. And I can't help but feel like they're meant for me.

can't help but do: 忍不住想做某事

e.g.

I can't help but be astonished by that acrobat.

我不能不爲那雜技演員而深爲驚奇。

Looking into the sunset I can't help but notice her beauty.

凝望夕陽，我無法抑制地看到，她是如何地美麗動人。

3. And I can't help but feel like they're meant for me.

mean for: 專爲某人、某事

e.g.

Computers aren't meant for everyone.

不是每個人都適合用電腦的。

Love is meant for our imperfect world where things go wrong.

愛是給予我們這個有問題的不完善的世界的。

4. And not just from my window, but in person.

in person: 親自，臨場

e.g.

I can't wait to meet you in person!

我等不及要見你本人了！

He appear in person at the bar of the house.

他親自出現在下院議員席的圍欄後面。