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Learn with SUPERMAN
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.
JOR-EL: Your name is Kal-El. You are the only survivor of the planet Krypton. Although you have been raised as a human, you are not one of them. Your road has been a difficult one; it will continue to be. You have great powers but you are confused as to how to use them. All this I know. Here in this fortress, a place of solitude, I will train you for the tasks that lie ahead. Now let us work together to complete your education. Over the years I have instructed you in all the languages, arts and sciences of Earth as well as the far more advanced knowledge of Krypton. Now, my son, we turn to a more difficult subject: virtue. How does a good man live? This is not yet -not even on Krypton- a precise science..
| survivor | sobreviviente. El verbo sobrevivir se dice to survive. |
| although | aunque |
| to raise somebody | educar a alguien. Se refiere a la educación recibida en la casa. |
| fortress | fuerte |
| a place of solitude | un lugar solitario |
| to train somebody for something | entrenar a alguien para algo. Entrenador se dice trainer y la persona que recibe el entrenamiento se dice trainee. |
| task | tarea |
| let us work | permítanos trabajar |
| over the years | a través de los años |
| to instruct somebody in something | enseñar algo a alguien. La persona que enseña se dice instructor. |
| far more advanced | mucho más avanzado. Para aprender a realizar comparaciones, vea Comparatives and Superlatives. |
| to turn to something | dedicarse a algo |
| more difficult | más difícil. Para aprender a realizar comparaciones, vea Comparatives and Superlatives. |
LOIS: Well, how are you enjoying your first day on the job?
CLARK: I think I lost a week's salary at the dart board.
LOIS: Some people aren't the athletic type.
CLARK: But otherwise it's swell.
LOIS: 'Swell.' When was the last time I heard anybody say it? Where are you from, anyway?
CLARK: I doubt you ever heard of it. A little town called Smallville.
LOIS: Well, you're going to find Metropolis is a pretty tough town compared to it.
CLARK: I think I lost a week's salary at the dart board.
LOIS: Some people aren't the athletic type.
CLARK: But otherwise it's swell.
LOIS: 'Swell.' When was the last time I heard anybody say it? Where are you from, anyway?
CLARK: I doubt you ever heard of it. A little town called Smallville.
LOIS: Well, you're going to find Metropolis is a pretty tough town compared to it.
| How are you enjoying your first day? | ¿Cómo le está yendo en su primer día? |
| a week's salary | el salario de una semana |
| dart board | tablero de dardos |
| otherwise | sino, de lo contrario |
| swell | fenomenal, bárbaro |
| the last time | la última vez |
| Where are you from? | ¿De dónde es usted? |
| to doubt something | dudar de algo. Una duda se dice a doubt. |
| pretty tough | bastante duro |
| compared to | comparado con. Note el uso de la preposición to. |
CLARK: Would you be interested in dinner?
LOIS: Thanks, Clark, but I'm booked for the night.
CLARK: Oh.
LOIS: It's not what you think. Darn it! I'm going out on a story. The Secretary of Defense is landing at the airport tonight and this kid's going to be there to make sure he answers a few questions he'd rather duck.
CLARK: Don't you ever give up?
LOIS: For what? Oh, I've seen the way the other half lives. My sister, for instance. It looks terrific, but is that what I really want? Three kids, two cats, and fifteen needlepoint pillows? I'd go bananas after one week. Hell, I need this crazy existence of mine. Like I need the plague, right? That's what you're thinking.
CLARK: No. I'm just thinking that you smoke too much, if you don't mind my saying so.
LOIS: There's no real proof that tobacco...
CLARK: Lois, you should see what the inside of your lungs look like.
LOIS: I appreciate the advice, okay? But I've got a story to do.
CLARK: Can I take you to the airport?
LOIS: Not unless you can fly...
LOIS: Thanks, Clark, but I'm booked for the night.
CLARK: Oh.
LOIS: It's not what you think. Darn it! I'm going out on a story. The Secretary of Defense is landing at the airport tonight and this kid's going to be there to make sure he answers a few questions he'd rather duck.
CLARK: Don't you ever give up?
LOIS: For what? Oh, I've seen the way the other half lives. My sister, for instance. It looks terrific, but is that what I really want? Three kids, two cats, and fifteen needlepoint pillows? I'd go bananas after one week. Hell, I need this crazy existence of mine. Like I need the plague, right? That's what you're thinking.
CLARK: No. I'm just thinking that you smoke too much, if you don't mind my saying so.
LOIS: There's no real proof that tobacco...
CLARK: Lois, you should see what the inside of your lungs look like.
LOIS: I appreciate the advice, okay? But I've got a story to do.
CLARK: Can I take you to the airport?
LOIS: Not unless you can fly...
| Would you be...? | ¿Estaría usted…? |
| to be interested in something | estar interesado en algo. Note el uso de la preposición in. |
| to be booked | estar ocupado. Significa que ya se tienen otros planes fijados. También se usa para referirse a una reserva: To book a table in a restaurant significa reservar una mesa en un restaurant. |
| darn it! | ¡Caray! Es una forma más suave de decir Damn it! (¡Maldición!) |
| to land at the airport | aterrizar en el aeropuerto. El verbo to land significa llegar, o en referencia a un avión, aterrizar. Si es seguido del lugar, se debe usar la preposición at. Por ejemplo, 'The plane landed at London at 16.45'. (El tren aterrizó en Londres a las 16.45.) |
| to duck | esquivar, eludir |
| to give up | abandonar |
| the other half | la otra mitad |
| for instance | por ejemplo |
| terrific | estupendo, maravilloso |
| to go bananas | volverse loco. Es una expresión informal, coloquial. Otra expresión que también significa lo mismo es to go mad. |
| too much | demasiado |
| if you don't mind my saying so | si no le molesta que lo diga |
| proof | prueba |
| lungs | pulmones |
| advice | consejo. El verbo aconsejar se escribe to advise. Para hablar de 'un consejo' en singular, se debe usar la frase a piece of advice, ya que advice es incontable. La expresión to ask for advice significa pedir un consejo. To take somebody's advice equivale a seguir los consejos de alguien. To take legal advice significa consultar a un abogado. |
| unless | a menos que |
CLARK: It's ridiculous!
LOIS: I'm telling you, I was there.
CLARK: You were probably so scared you didn't look to see what the trick was.
LOIS: It wasn't a trick!
CLARK: Oh, sure. A man flies in the sky like a pigeon and it wasn't a trick.
LOIS: Clark Kent, if you had only seen it the way I did...
CLARK: It was done with wires. They must have rigged him like they do with Peter Pan.
LOIS: There weren't any wires. I looked.
CLARK: Mirrors, then. It's done with mirrors.
LOIS: He grabbed me! He held me! He set me down gently! How could that be done with mirrors?
CLARK: Look, there was probably a trampoline on the roof somewhere and this joker just took a big bounce.
LOIS: Why would he do that? How would he know I was going to suddenly slip?
CLARK: I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.
LOIS: You're just jealous.
CLARK: Jealous? Of what?
LOIS: Of this... Superman.
CLARK: What'd you call him?
LOIS: Superman. Pretty good name for him, isn't it?
CLARK: Is that what they're calling him?
LOIS: They will, once I hang it on him in tomorrow's edition.
CLARK: Super...man. Hmmm...
LOIS: It isn't that I still don't like you, Clark. It's just that... well, once you've had something like that happen to you, it kind of changes a girl. I'm going to make some coffee. You want some?
CLARK: No, thanks.
LOIS: I'm telling you, I was there.
CLARK: You were probably so scared you didn't look to see what the trick was.
LOIS: It wasn't a trick!
CLARK: Oh, sure. A man flies in the sky like a pigeon and it wasn't a trick.
LOIS: Clark Kent, if you had only seen it the way I did...
CLARK: It was done with wires. They must have rigged him like they do with Peter Pan.
LOIS: There weren't any wires. I looked.
CLARK: Mirrors, then. It's done with mirrors.
LOIS: He grabbed me! He held me! He set me down gently! How could that be done with mirrors?
CLARK: Look, there was probably a trampoline on the roof somewhere and this joker just took a big bounce.
LOIS: Why would he do that? How would he know I was going to suddenly slip?
CLARK: I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.
LOIS: You're just jealous.
CLARK: Jealous? Of what?
LOIS: Of this... Superman.
CLARK: What'd you call him?
LOIS: Superman. Pretty good name for him, isn't it?
CLARK: Is that what they're calling him?
LOIS: They will, once I hang it on him in tomorrow's edition.
CLARK: Super...man. Hmmm...
LOIS: It isn't that I still don't like you, Clark. It's just that... well, once you've had something like that happen to you, it kind of changes a girl. I'm going to make some coffee. You want some?
CLARK: No, thanks.
| so scared (that) | tan asustado (que) |
| trick | truc |
| like a pigeon | como una palom |
| wires | cables. Como verbo, to wire significa conectar, cablear. Wireless significa sin cable, inalámbrico. Es importante aclarar que para hablar de la televisión por cable se dice cable TV. |
| to rig | equipar |
| mirror | espejo |
| to grab somebody | agarrar a alguie |
| to hold somebody | sostener a alguien |
| to set somebody down | apoyar a alguien |
| on the roof | sobre el piso |
| joker | chistoso, bromista. En las cartas, se llama así al comodín. |
| a big bounce | un gran salto. El verbo to bounce significa dar saltos o rebotar. |
| to slip | resbalarse |
| fraud | fraude, engaño |
| against all natural laws | contra todas las leyes naturales |
| to be jealous of somebody | estar celoso de alguien |
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