看《瘋狂動物城》學地道口語：爭分奪秒

【內容簡介】

《瘋狂動物城》是迪士尼影業出品的一部3D動畫片，由裏奇·摩爾、拜恩·霍華德及傑拉德·布什聯合執導，並由演員金妮弗·古德溫、傑森·貝特曼、夏奇拉、艾倫·圖代克等配音。這部影片講述的是在一個動物城裏，兔子朱迪一直夢想着成爲一名警察，最終通過自己的努力實現了這一夢想的故事。

【選段臺詞】

Judy：Wow, this is a lot of great info. Thank you.

Cattle：Told you Nangi has a mind like a steel trap. I wish I had a memory like an elephant.

Nick：Well, I had a ball. You are welcome for the clue. And seeing as any moron can run a plate, I will take that pen and bid you adieu.

Judy：The plate. I can't run a plate. I'm not in the system yet.

Nick：Give me the pen, please.

Judy：What was it you said? Any moron can run a plate? Gosh, if only there were a moron around who were up to the task.

Nick：Rabbit, I did what you asked. You can't keep me on the hook forever.

Judy：Not forever. Well, I only have36 hours left to solve this case. So can you run the plate or not?

Nick：Actually, I just remembered, I have a pal at the DMV. Flash is the fastest guy in there. You need something done, he's on it.

Judy：I hope so. We are really Fighting the clock and every minute counts. Wait. They’re all sloths?

【重點詞彙】

1. a steel trap 

朱迪和尼克去自然俱樂部找線索，犛牛店長說南吉大象是奧獺頓的瑜伽老師，就帶他們倆去找她，結果明明是犛牛自己記得……a steel trap 在這裏指機靈，記憶力好的意思。本意是捕獸器的意思。

2. have a ball

尼克和朱迪在自然俱樂部找到線索後，尼克想跟朱迪分道揚鑣，說自己跟她調查的這段時間have a ball 玩的愉快，狂歡的意思。這只是一句敷衍到不行的客套話，不過朱迪可不管這些，她就是賴着尼克啦~

3. bid your adieu

尼克說自己玩的愉快的目的是爲了拿走那隻錄音筆，裏面可是有他的把柄。他希望朱迪能放過他，朱迪要是把筆給他了，這動畫片還怎麼繼續下去呢？Bid your adieu 是再見的意思。

4. fight the clock

牛局長只給了朱迪48個小時斷案，這簡直就是強人所難。朱迪簡直把每分每秒都掰開來用。結果，尼克她帶去找閃電查車牌號…… Fight the clock 爭分奪秒，與時鐘戰鬥，很形象的說法。