迪斯尼动画英语《小美人鱼》为了爱情你愿意放弃什么

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        【剧情简介】女巫给了Ariel一种神奇药水，喝下去之后就会变成人类，但是必须要让王子爱上她，不然就前功尽弃……女巫最后的开价，就是Ariel的美妙歌喉……
       
       
       
        【电影片段台词】
        - If he does kiss you before the sun sets on the third day, you'll remain human, permanently, but - if he doesn't, you turn back into a mermaid, and - you belong to me.
        - No Ariel! (He is silenced by Flotsam and Jetsam.)
        - Have we got a deal?
        - If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again.
        - That's right. . . . But - you'll have your man. Life's full of tough choices, innit? Oh - and there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the subject of payment. You can't get something for nothing, you know.
        - But I don't have any -
        - I'm not asking much. Just a token, really, a trifle. You'll never even miss it. What I want from you is . . . your voice.
        【重点词汇讲解】
        1. Have we got a deal? 成交不？
            口语中常用到deal一词，如：It's a deal. 这事就这么定下了。我们也可以简单说一个Deal，意为“成交！”
        2. Life's full of tough choices. 活着就得做选择。
            很无奈的一句，但也是真理。劝服别人的时候可以用到这一句。
        3. You can't get something for nothing. 天下没有免费的午餐。
            something和nothing是口语中的万用代词，这里字面意思就是：你总不能什么都不付就有好处拿，也就是我们说的，天底下没有免费的午餐。
        4. token，trifle
            token意为“信物”，什么定情信物之类的就是token；而trifle意为“琐事，无关紧要的小东西”，这里女巫索要的信物就是Ariel的美丽嗓音，这可不是什么trifle啊！