今天的俚语是on the road,片段来自电影《The Boy Downstairs(楼下男孩)》。 剧情简介: 一对已经分手的恋人碰巧住在同一栋楼里,两人又开始了新的纠缠。 Welcome to English @ the movies, where we teach you American English heard at the movie. 欢迎来到《看电影学英语》节目,我们在这里教授你在电影中听到的美式英语。 Today, our movie is called The Boy Downstairs.It is about a young woman who finds herself living inthe same apartment building as her ex-boyfriend.影片讲述了一个年轻女人发现自己和前男友住在了同一栋公寓楼里。She is so surprised that she falls down and hurts herself.Listen for the expression 'on the road'.It's going pretty well. I'm on the road.I'm sorry, I meant the figurative road. I see how that would be misleading.Are you guys dating? Yeah. Cool. Great.Do you think you could back off Ben a little bit? I live here.Yeah, I can see you when you're creeping outside his window. Definitely not creeping.是啊,我看见你在他窗户外面鬼鬼祟祟了。绝不是鬼鬼祟祟。(end)
So what do you think 'on the road' means?那么你认为“on the road”是什么意思呢?Is it: on the way to a new home or on the way to getting better?Listen again, did you have the right answer?重复对话
The term 'on the road' means 'on the way to getting better'.“On the road”这个表达意为“在变得更好地路上”。The former boyfriend has started to recover from the old relationship.He has a new girlfriend, but his ex is not ready to let go.And that is English @ the Movies.
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