学英语一定要学会活学活用 - 看老友记学英语(014)

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1.《看老友记学英语》这个系列是干什么的?

请参考我之前写的 和我一起看老友记学英语吧 - 从第一季第一集开始 (001) 。在这个系列里我会通过老友记这部美剧作载体,把剧中能够学习到的表达方式转化到我们的现实生活中来,达到活学活用的目的。

2. 如何实现活学活用呢?

让我们把学语言比作做饭,你看到一个很棒的食谱,是教你做红葡萄酒炖牛腩的。你认真地学习了每一步做法,准备试一下。但是你突然发现家里没有红葡萄酒,你只能很惋惜地放弃了做这道菜。 于是你学到的这个食谱就变成了脑子里边没有用的知识。但是如果你再多思考一步的话,你就会想到,家里正好有白葡萄酒, 能不能用白葡萄酒来代替呢?于是你稍加改动,你脑子里的知识就变成了活知识,你真的就做出了一道白葡萄酒炖肉腩。

学语言也是一样的,学习的最终目的是应用,但是我们的学习资料并不是为我们量身定做的,就像是红葡萄酒炖牛腩的食谱。如果我们只是单纯的把书中或者资料中的内容放到脑子里,可能永远都没有合适的场景去应用,因为我们的生活中可能会缺少“红葡萄酒”。所以我们需要一个过程,人为地把学到的东西转化成可以应用的,自己的东西,也就是把红葡萄酒成白葡萄酒的过程。也就活学活用的过程。

拿老友记举例子,我们可以在剧中学到很多表达方法,在学习的过程中,我们就需要加一步转化的过程,把这些表达方法嵌入到自己真正的生活当中去,才能够实现活学活用。

二 学习与分享

[Scene: Monica and Rachel's, Chandler is smoking out on the balcony, Phoebe is absent.] Monica and Rachel的公寓里,Chandler在阳台上抽烟,Phoebe不在。

Joey: 1.Let it go, Ross.

Ross: Yeah, well,you didn't know Chi Chi.

Monica: Do you all promise?

All: Yeah! Wepromise! We'll be good!

Monica: (shouts to Chandler) Chandler? Do you promise to be good?

(Chandler makes a 'Crossmy heart' sign.  It starts to rain and he taps on the window.)

Joey: You can come in, but your 2.filter-tipped little buddy has to stay outside!

(Chandler sulkilty picks up a garbage can lid and uses it as an umbrella.)

(Phoebe enters, walks tothe couch, sits down, and begins to read a letter without saying hi.)

Ross: Hey, Pheebs.

Phoebe: 'Dear Ms.Buffay. Thank you for calling attention to our error. We have 3.credited your account with five hundred dollars. We're sorry for the inconvenience,and hope you'll accept this- (Searches in her purse) - football phone as our free gift.' Do you believe this?! Now I have a thousand dollars, and a football phone!

Rachel: What bank is this?

(The intercom buzzes.)

Monica: Hey. It'shim. (On the intercom) Who is it?

Alan: (on theintercom) It's Alan.

Joey: (shouting toChandler) Chandler! He's here!

(Chandler comes in,dripping wet.)

Monica: (to all)Okay, please be good, please . Just remember how much you all like me.

(She opens the door andAlan enters.)

Monica: Hi. Alan,this is everybody. Everybody, this is Alan.

Alan: Hi.

All: Hi, Alan.

Alan: I've heardschho much about all you guyschh!

(Everyone laughs.)

[Time lapse, Alan isleaving.]

Monica: (to Alan)Thanks. I'll call you tomorrow. (Alan exits, to all) Okay. Okay, let's let the 4.Alan-bashing begin. Who's gonna 5.take the first shot ,hmm?

(Silence.)

Monica: C'mon!

Ross: ...I'll go.Let's start with the way he kept picking at- no, I'm sorry, I can't do this, can't do this. We loved him.

All: Loved him!Yeah! He's great!

Monica: Wait aminute! We're talking about someone that I'm going out with?

All: Yeah!

Rachel: And did younotice...? (She spreads her thumb and index finger.)

The Guys: (reluctantly) Yeah.

Joey: Know what was great? The way his smile was kinda 6.crooked.

Phoebe: Yes, yes!Like the man in the shoe!

Ross: ...What shoe?

Phoebe: From the nursery rhyme. 'There was a crooked man, Who had a crooked smile, Who lived in a shoe, For a... while...'

(Dubious pause.)

Ross: ...So I think 7.Alan will become the yardstick against which all future boy friends will be measured.

Rachel: What future boyfriends? No no, I th- I think this could be, y'know, it.

Monica: Really!

Chandler: Oh, yeah. 8.I'd marry him just for his David Hasselh of impression alone. You know I'm gonna be doing that at parties, right? (Does the impression)

Ross: You know what I like most about him, though?

All: What?

Ross: The way hemakes me feel about myself.

All: Yeah...

Commercial Break

[Scene: Central Perk,Monica is alone as Ross, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey enter dejectedly in softball gear.]

Monica: Hi.. how was the game?

Ross: Well..

All: WE WON!!Thank you! Yes!

Monica: Fantastic! Ihave one question: How is that possible?

Joey: Alan.

Ross: He was unbelievable. He was like that-that-that 9.Bugs Bunny cartoon where 10.Bugs is playing all the positions , right, but instead of Bugs it was first base-Alan, second base-Alan, third base-...

Rachel: I mean,it-it was like, it was like 11.he made us into a team.

Chandler: Yep, 12.we sure showed those Hassidic jewellers a thing or two about softball..

Monica: Can I ask you guys a question? D'you ever think that Alan is maybe.. sometimes..

Ross: What?

Monica: ..I dunno, alittle too Alan?

Rachel: Well, no.That's impossible. You can never be too Alan.

Ross: Yeah, it's his, uh, 13.innate Alan-ness that-that-that we adore.

Chandler: I personally could have a gallon of Alan.

[Scene: A street, Phoebe walks up to a homeless person (Lizzie) she knows.]

Phoebe: Hey, Lizzie.

Lizzie: Hey, WeirdGirl.

Phoebe: I broughtyou alphabet soup.

Lizzie: Did you pick out the 14.vowels ?

Phoebe: Yes. But I left in the Ys. 'Cause, y'know, "sometimes y". Uh, I also have something else for you. (She searches in her purse.)

Lizzie: 15. Saltines ?

Phoebe: No, but would you like a thousand dollars and a football phone?

Lizzie: What? (Sheopens the envelope Phoebe has given her.) Oh my God, there's really money inhere.

Phoebe: I know.

Lizzie: Weird Girl,what are you doing?

Phoebe: No, I wantyou to have it. I don't want it.

Lizzie: No, no, Iha-I have to give you something.

Phoebe: Oh, that'sfine, no.

Lizzie: Would you like my 16.tin-foil hat?

Phoebe: No. 'Cause you need that. No, it's okay, thanks.

Lizzie: Please, letme do something.

Phoebe: Okay,alright, you buy me a soda, and then 17.we're even .Okay?

Lizzie: Okay.

Phoebe: Okay.

[Scene: Chandler'soffice, Chandler looks around, opens his desk drawer, takes a puff of acigarette, sprays around some air freshener, and takes some breath spray. He types for a little while, opens the drawer again, and takes another drag ofthe cigarette.   While not paying attention, he sprays the breath sprayaround the room, takes a squirt of air freshener and gags.]

[Scene: A Street, Phoebeand Lizzie are at a hot dog vendor.]

Lizzie: 18.Keep the change. (To Phoebe) Sure you don't wanna 19.pretzel?

Phoebe: No, I'mfine.

Lizzie: (leaves) Seeya.

(Phoebe opens the canand reacts.)

Phoebe: Huh!

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