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The Graduate 《畢業(yè)生》（精講之五）
[ 2006-10-12 11:03 ]
影片對白 Nervous. Nervous? Well, I am a bit nervous. I mean it's - it's pretty hard to be suave when you're -
影片背景及意義 The Graduate 是電影史上里程碑式的經(jīng)典，刻畫了60年代內(nèi)心孤獨無助的一代。
考考你 一展身手
3. I'd rather not go to the trouble of bringing it all in.
我不想費事把行李都搬進(jìn)來。
I'd rather 相當(dāng)于I would prefer… 例如：我不想去參加那個會。I'd rather not attend that meeting.
4. I'd just as soon find it myself.
我想自己上去找房間。
本做賊心虛，不愿意讓人看到他與一位女士進(jìn)入房間。所以不想讓門童帶路。
just as soon相當(dāng)于to prefer，例如：我想自己去游泳。I'd just as soon go to swim by myself.
5. Whatever you say, sir.
這是個省略句，完整的句子應(yīng)該是Whatever you prefer is OK with me. 隨您的便。/您說怎樣就怎樣。
文化面面觀
Room clerk / hotel receptionist
 酒店業(yè)在國外非常發(fā)達(dá)。旅館，酒店的前臺接待員hotel receptionists都訓(xùn)練有素。影片中的Room clerk也是一種接待員。他們還有不同級別，如shift leader or supervisor, head receptionist。
A receptionist is the first person that hotel guests see or talk to when they arrive or ring to make a booking. A hotel receptionist therefore has an important job of making people feel welcome (讓人有賓至如歸的感覺), being efficient and dealing professionally with enquiries（問詢）. In this work the tasks are likely to include welcoming guests as they arrive, allocating them a room and handing out keys to guests or porters，taking and passing on messages. He will probably also have to put together the guest's bill, take payment and help guests with any special requests. A receptionist sometimes order taxis for guests and book excursions on request （為客人安排出行）, for example theatre or sightseeing trips.
A hotel receptionist needs to be welcoming, friendly and helpful, efficient and professional, well-organized and able to handle several tasks at once. （熱情，友善，熱心，高效，專業(yè)，有條理，勤快麻利，一心多用）。
顯然，影片中的room clerk是個非常稱職的接待員。他對本因為緊張，慌亂，做賊心虛而做出的不合情理的解釋并不好奇，或追問。他那句"Whatever you say, sir."顯示出他非常有專業(yè)性。
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