節(jié)選臺詞：

(Later, on the bus to basic training)

Forrest: Hello, I’m Forrest. Forrest Gump.

Bus Driver: Nobody gives a horse’s shit who you are, puss ball. You’re not even a lowlife, scum-sucking maggot. Get your maggoty ass on the bus. you’re in the army now.

Soldier1: Seat’s taken.

Soldier2: Taken.

Forrest: At first, it seemed like I’d made a mistake. Seeing how it was only my induction day and I was already gettin’ yelled at.

Bubba: Sit down if you want to.

Forrest: I didn’t know who I might meet or what they might ask.

Bubba: You ever been on a real shrimp boat?

Forrest: No. But I’ve been on a real big boat.

Bubba: I’m talking about a shrimp catching boat. I’ve been working on shrimp boats all my life. I started out on my uncle’s boat, that’s my mama’s brother, when I was about maybe nine. I was just lookin’ into buying a boat of my own and got drafted. My given name is Benjamin Buford Blue. People call me Bubba. Just like one of them old redneck boys. Can you believe that?

Forrest: My name’s Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump.

Forrest: So Bubba was from Bayou La Batre, Alabama and his mama cooked shrimp, and her mama before her cooked shrimp, and her mama before her mama cooked shrimp too. Bubba’s family knew everything there was to know about the shrump in business.

Bubba: I know everything there is to know about the shrimpin’ business. (As a) matter of fact I’m going into the shrimpin’ business for myself, after I get out of the army.

Forrest: OK.

重點語匯：

ass

Get your maggoty ass on the bus!

抬你的腚上車！

這是大家在接觸美國口語時經(jīng)常會碰到的一個詞，奇怪的是，中國學(xué)生對待這個高頻詞更多的卻是表現(xiàn)地迷惑和不知所措。

我們來看一下它的具體用法：

1. 指臀部：

He tripped and fell flat on the ass.

他絆了一跤，摔了一個屁股墩兒。

2. get off one’s ass

Stop being lazy. Get off your ass and do something!

別懶了，快采取行動吧。

3. kick some ass 亮一手

We’ll kick some ass this afternoon at the match.

今天下午的比賽我們一定要好好露一手。

4. be on someone’s ass

惹某人討厭

You have been on my ass ever since New York.

在紐約的時候你就已經(jīng)讓我不勝其煩了。

5. get your ass over here: 相當(dāng)于come quickly 過來

Get your ass over here. I need some more help.

過來！我需要更多人手。

6. kiss my ass

見鬼，表示不相信

God is listening? Well, kiss my crippled ass!

上帝在傾聽？見他的大頭鬼去吧!

take

This seat is taken.

這位子有人了

口語中的“take”用法很多，如能靈活運用，可以彌補大家詞匯絕對數(shù)量的不足，希望大家仔細體會以下習(xí)慣表達的地道之處，并牢記不忘。

1. It used to be I ran to get where I was going; I never thought it would take me anywhere.

以前我無論到哪里都會跑著去，但是從來沒想到跑步會將我引向何處（成功）。

2. Let’s take a little walk around.

來，走走看。

3. I always take you seriously.

我一直很看重你的.

4. I’m glad that I took English Literature my junior year.

我很慶幸大三的時候選了英國文學(xué)課程。

5. Jenny has got what it takes to be a wonderful singer.

詹妮具備了做一個好歌手的所有條件。

文化面面觀：

People call me Bubba, just like one of them redneck boys. Can you believe it?

“redneck boy”在美國英語中帶有強烈的地域色彩，專門用來指代那些非常土氣的農(nóng)民們。原來“Bubba”這個名字是專門用來稱呼那些“土包子”的，尤其暗含著蔑視這些人觀念狹隘、思想保守的意思。往往他們受的教育有限，同時還是不可救藥的種族主義分子，奉行性別歧視，對槍支、卡車有濃厚的興趣，當(dāng)然，他們還視啤酒為天下第一重要的飲料。美國被稱為“redneck”的只有這些白人農(nóng)民，粗人比如農(nóng)場主、牛仔等等，黑人是不會被冠以如此稱謂的，因此Bubba 對自己竟然擁有白人專有的綽號，覺得有些不可思議，所以他問阿甘“你能相信么？”。