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Rio《里约大冒险》精讲之三
本片段剧情：珠儿原打算从图里奥的精美鸟舍中逃脱，却不幸和布鲁一起落入了走私者手中。正在外面享受当地美食的琳达和图里奥接到警方电话，才知道布鲁和珠儿失踪了，一时间两人束手无策……
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影片对白：
Blu: Excuse me. Please, I am trying to sleep.
Jewel: I'm sorry, sleepy-head, I'm trying to escape.
Blu: Escape? Why? This cage is awesome.
Jewel: This... (Laughs) Oh, what was I thinking? I wouldn't expect a pet to understand.
Blu: Pet? Did you just call me a pet? For the record, I am not a pet. I am a companion. And you know what? Do whatever you want, 'cause tomorrow morning, Linda will come for me and this whole nightmare will be over.
Jewel: Incredible! You would rather be with a human than with your own kind.
Blu: Well, that human has given me love and affection for the past 15 years whereas my own kind tries to strangle me after 15 seconds.
Jewel: Yeah, well, because of them, I've lost everything. You can't trust them.
Blu: Of course...you can trust humans.
(Jewel grunts)
Blu: Jewel? Jewel? Hi, there.

Tulio: It was nice of you to join me for dinner. I often eat alone. Because, of course, my work.
Linda: I thought I was the bird nut until I met you.
Tulio: Yes, right. Do you have a favorite bird?
Linda: Well, obviously, I'm a blue macaw kind of gal.
Tulio: That makes sense. They are very handsome birds.
Linda: Actually, it's the brains I'm more attracted to. I'm not so impressed by fancy feathers.
Tulio: I know exactly what you mean. My favorite bird is the spotted owl. I've always been mesmerized by those big...round, intelligent eyes.
(Laughing loudly)
(Screams)
Waiter: Chicken hearts?
Linda: Chicken eyes! Oh, gosh. (Exclaims) Oh...
(Rooster crowing)
Tulio: Oh. Hello?
(Chatter on police radio)
(Linda sobbing)
Linda: Oh, Blu. We should have never left Moose Lake. This is all my fault.
Tulio: No, no, Linda, Linda, please. This is not your fault.
Linda: You're right. It's not my fault. It's your fault!
Tulio: What?
Linda: With your little bird talk. And that whole "save the species." Well, you know what? Squawk, squawkity, squawk, squawk! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to curse.
Tulio: I don't understand. Sylvio is the best guard in the business.
Policeman: So, let me get this straight. You were attacked by a little white bird?
Sylvio: Yes, with this rag. He held it to my mouth like this.
(Mumbling)
(Sniffing)
Linda: We're doomed.
Blu: Okay, okay. There's no place like home, there's no place like home. How I wish I was back in my own cage with my mirror and my swing, and my little bell. How I miss my little bell.
Jewel: Shh. Play dead.
Blu: What? I don't need to play dead, I'm about to have a heart attack.
Jewel: Just do it!
Blu: Fine.
(Dramatic groan)
(Twitching)
Jewel: Stop twitching.
Blu: Come on, it's the twitching that sells it.
(Knocking on door)
Armando: Come on in, kid.
Marcel: Well, what do you know? Good work, Fernando. You see, boys? What did I tell you about this one?
Tipa: That you were going to pay him half as much as you said?
Marcel: No, you idiot. That he reminds me of myself when I was that age. Smart, resourceful. Here you go, kid.
Fernando: Hey. This is only half of what you promised me.
Marcel: Ah, shut up, kid. What the...I thought I told you I needed these birds alive. Tell me, Fernando...does this look alive to you?
(Exclaiming)
Marcel: Get her!
Armando: Come over here!
Blu: Jewel!
Marcel: Come here!
(Panting)
Nigel: Hello...pretty bird. What's the matter? Cockatoo got your throat?
Marcel: Nigel! Alive.
Nigel: To be continued.
(Groaning)
Blu: That was your plan? To take off and leave me? Gee, thanks.
Jewel: Well, why didn't you follow me?
Blu: Uh...
Marcel: Nice work, Nigel.
Tipa: Yeah, nice work, Nigel.
Marcel: The last blue macaws on earth. These are worth a fortune. Hey, Fernando, hang these up in the other room.
(Birds calling)
Bird A: Hey, birdie! Let me out! Let me out! Let me out of here!
Bird B: Who's a pretty bird? I'm a pretty bird. Pretty bird, I'm a pretty bird. I'm a pretty bird.
Bird C: I was framed. They got the wrong guy.
Fernando: Sorry, guys. Nothing personal. So, what's going to happen to them?
Marcel: Don't worry, we're going to find good homes for them. Now go home to your mama.
Fernando: But I don't have a mama.
Marcel: Father?
Armando: Brother?
Tipa: Goldfish? Can we keep him, boss?
Marcel: No.
Tipa: So, Marcel, what's really going to happen to those birds?
Marcel: Plucked, stuffed, eaten, who cares? All I know is we're going to be rich.
Tipa: We're gonna be rich!
妙语佳句 活学活用
1. sleepy-head: 贪睡者；懒鬼。
2. awesome: <主美口> 顶呱呱的。也可以表示“令人敬畏的；可怕的”，例如：awesome consequences（种种可怕的后果）。
3. strangle: 扼死；勒死。
4. bird nut: 鸟迷。nut在这里的意思是“狂热的人，入迷的人”，例如：a movie nut（电影迷）；a camera nut（摄影迷）。
5. spotted owl: 斑点猫头鹰。
6. mesmerize: 迷惑，迷住。看一下例子：She followed every word of her lover with mesmerized fascination.（她着了迷似地倾听她情人的每一句话。）
7. doomed: 注定失败的。
8. swing: 秋千。
9. twitch: 抽搐，痉挛。看一下例子：Ralph felt his lips twitch.（拉尔夫感到他的嘴唇在抽搐。）
10. sell: 使人相信。也可以表示“欺骗”，例如：She was sold again.（她又上当了。）
11. resourceful: 足智多谋的。
12. cockatoo: 凤头鹦鹉。
13. framed: 被陷害，受诬陷。请看例子：The accused man said he had been framed.（被告人说他受了诬陷。）
14. Plucked, stuffed, eaten, who cares?: 被拔毛、填满作料、吃掉，管它呢。
巴西特色美食

巴西菜口味很重，巴伊亚的料理以麻辣出名。大多数巴西人都爱吃红辣椒（Pimenta），放多了的话可能辣得令人吃不消，放得适量的话，可能辣得非常过瘾。不过辣椒酱多半另外备置，随客人喜好自行取用。大多数餐厅供应独家调制的辣椒酱，有时还小心翼翼地谨访调制秘方为人所悉。
巴西的招牌菜是feijoada，是将黑豆与各式各样的烟熏干肉，以小火炖煮而成。起初做这道菜时，用的尽是厨房切下不要的材料，因为那是给奴隶吃的。而今，猪尾巴、猪耳朵、猪脚等都成了慢熬煨煮的材料。在里约热内卢，周末午餐吃feijoada已成了当地人的习惯，全餐（Completa）包括米饭、切得细碎的甘蓝（Coure）、奶油树薯粉（farofa），和切片的柳橙。
巴西菜里口味最特别的，首推巴伊亚菜。仅从其中的dende棕榈油和椰奶，就不难发现受非洲的影响。巴伊亚人喜欢吃辣椒，许多菜里都采用花生、腰果、虾米为配料。巴伊亚最著名的菜有：Vatapa（用鲜虾、虾米、鲜鱼、花生、椰奶、dende油、佐料和面包熬成的浓汤）；moqueca(用鲜鱼、鲜虾、螃蟹或什锦海鲜加dende油、椰奶酱熬煮而成)；xinxim de galnha（鸡丁加dende油、虾米和花生快炒而成）；caruru（鲜虾加秋葵荚与dende油拌抄而成）；bobo de Camarao（作料是树薯泥、鲜虾、dende油和椰奶）；acaraje（一种小薄饼，用dende油炸过的花生加入Vatapa、虾米和红辣椒而成）。这些名菜虽然美味可口，然而油腻的棕榈和椰奶可能使有些人的肠胃不易消化。

有“南美巨人”之称的巴西，是南美土地面积最大、人口最多的国家，地域广阔的巴西充满了街道狂欢、异域沙滩文化、桑巴音乐和生动的食物。巴西的烹饪是一个多民族的万花筒，受葡萄牙、非洲、意大利和土著巴西人共同影响，成为一个厨艺荟萃的国度。
巴西的菜肴受葡萄牙人和非洲后裔的影响，主食是米、黑豆和树薯粉，搭配牛、鸡或鱼肉，以巴西传统的地方菜肴为例，即以牛肉干、香肠、卤猪肉和黑豆加上一些香料调味，入锅烹饪熟了之后，撒上树薯粉，拌入包心菜食用；而国人熟知的巴西炭烤，也是当地人喜欢的食物之一，通常会配上豆类、米饭及蔬菜一起食用。另外，巴西也是世界最大的咖啡生产国，出产的咖啡多属于大众口味的平价咖啡。
“Feijoada”是巴西的国菜，它是用黑豆和熏肉炖成的丰盛大餐。它通常在周末时才食用。巴西人说，吃完这道菜后就没法再回去上班了，原因很简单，就是吃得太饱。如果说“Feijoada”是巴西的国菜，那么巴西烤全牲就毫无疑问是巴西的大众消费菜肴了。从巴西牛仔那儿得到了灵感，巴西烤全牲是在一堆旺火上烤大块大块的肉和鱼。巴西烤全牲通常和一种辛辣的沙司一起食用。里约热内卢的餐厅则更进一步。伴着鼓乐，侍者将一大块嗞嗞冒油的烤肉送到客人桌前，客人可以挑选自己喜爱的部分，侍者再将其割下放到客人的餐盘中。关于甜点，巴西人喜爱用芒果、椰子、菠萝等水果制成的夏季点心。（来源：悠哉旅游网）
考考你
1. 太阳下山时的美丽景色令人叹为观止。
2. 创造力被经济上的重重压力抑制住了。
3. 他是个哈代迷；哈代的小说他都看过。
4. 他为网络所迷。
Rio《里约大冒险》精讲之二 参考答案
1. His laughter was loud and robust.
2. Our journey was beguiled with spirited talk.
3. Sports make us robust.
4. He walked down the street with a swagger.
精彩对白：Linda: Oh, Blu. We should have never left Moose Lake. This is all my fault. Tulio: No, no, Linda, Linda, please. This is not your fault. Linda: You're right. It's not my fault. It's your fault! Tulio: What? Linda: With your little bird talk. And that whole "save the species." Well, you know what? Squawk, squawkity, squawk, squawk!