介绍:
更多精彩内容 尽在微信公众@驻下英语美术
背景音乐：影视原声-pal pal
Lost in Translation
Check your vocabulary
1. To check for error . P________ (v. ) also “p______ -read”
2. Little, not important s________ (adj.)
3. If a part of your body is in________, it is red and swollen. Like Chinese saying “up fire”
4. The part of your body where urine is ___________.
5. A person who walks on the pavement. P__________. (n.)
Preparation
1.What do you think “lost in translation” means? Give examples !
2.Have you seen the film “Lost in Translation”? What was it about ? Why was it called that? If you haven’t seen the film, can you guess what t could be about ?
Key words
1.Jill: I think we've done a good job of fixing the lawn mower.
Jane: Well, the proof is in the pudding. We haven't tried to mow the lawn with it yet.
2. Paraphrase: It’s a shame that crime has inflamed the whole city recently .
3. Paraphrase: I’m really bladdered! Can anyone drive me home ?
4. His style is so pedestrian that the book is really ________________. (put appropriate word(s) in the gap)
Practice
Look at these signs that have been translated badly into English. Which words have been”lost in translation” ? What should the sign say?
1.Tokyo hotel lobby
Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily.
2.In Copenhagen airline ticket office
We take your bags and send them in all directions
3.At a mountain inn
Special day-- no ice cream!
4.Bucharest hotel lobby
The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable.
Question
Do you have any translating-related anecdotes? What are they?
大家还在听
