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Learn with BACK TO THE FUTURE

Learn English with Back to the Future In this section, we analyze parts of the movie script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.

Read the passages and try to understand them. Then, read the vocabulary explanation. Finally, read the passage again.

Marty: Damn! I'm late for school. Hello, Jennifer!

Jennifer: Marty, don't go this way. Strickland's looking for you. If you're caught it'll be four tardies in a row.

Damn!	Maldición!
to be late for	llegar tarde. Note el uso de la preposición for.
to look for	buscar
tardies	tardanzas (en la escuela)
in a row	seguidas, consecutivas

Doc: Listen. This is very important. I forgot my video camera, could you stop by my place and pick it up on your way to the mall?

Marty: Er... yeah, I'm on my way.

to stop by	pasar por un lugar y detenerse por poco tiempo
to pick up	tomar
on your way	en su camino, cuando vaya. Note la diferencia con in the way = en el camino, pero obstruyendo el paso.
I'm on my way	Ya estoy saliendo para allá

A bolt of lightning strikes the clock tower

Doc: Marty, I'm sorry, but the only power source capable of generating one point twenty-one gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning.

Marty: What did you say?

Doc: A bolt of lightning. Unfortunately, you never know when or where it's ever gonna strike.

a bolt of lightning	un rayo. Lightning (rayos) es incontable. Para referirse a un rayo, debemos usar a bolt of.
to strike	Note el uso de este verbo para referirse a un rayo - a bolt of lightning strikes.

Doc: Let me see that photograph again of your brother. Just as I thought, this proves my theory, look at your brother.

Marty: His head's gone, it's like it's been erased.

Doc: Erased from existence.

to prove a theory	demostrar una teoría (prove no significa probar)
it's like...	es como si...

Doc: You know Marty, I'm gonna be very sad to see you go. You've really made a difference in my life. You've given me something to shoot for. Just knowing that I'm gonna be around to see 1985, that I'm gonna succeed in this. That I'm gonna have a chance to travel through time. It's going to be really hard waiting 30 years before I could talk to you about everything that's happened in the past few days. I'm really gonna miss you, Marty.

Marty: I'm really gonna miss you... Doc, about the future...

Doc: No, Marty, we've already agreed that having information about the future could be extremely dangerous. Even if your intentions are good, they could backfire drastically. Whatever you've got to tell me I'll find out through the natural course of time.

to make a difference in somebody's life	ser importante para alguien. Note el uso de la preposición in.
to succeed in something	tener éxito con algo. Note el uso de la preposición in.
to travel trough time	viajar a través del tiempo
it's hard waiting/to wait	es difícil esperar. Puede usarse el gerundio o el to-infinitve.
to backfire	producir resultados inesperados. Literalmente, significa explotar demasiado pronto.
the natural course of time	el curso normal de los hechos

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