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Learn with BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
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.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind.
But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress.
The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?
But then, one winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. Repulsed by her haggard appearance, the prince sneered at the gift and turned the old woman away, but she warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within. And when he dismissed her again, the old woman's ugliness melted away to reveal a beautiful enchantress.
The prince tried to apologize, but it was too late, for she had seen that there was no love in his heart, and as punishment, she transformed him into a hideous beast, and placed a powerful spell on the castle, and all who lived there.
Ashamed of his monstrous form, the beast concealed himself inside his castle, with a magic mirror as his only window to the outside world. The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken. If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?
| Once upon a time | Había una vez. Es una introducción comúnmente utilizada en cuentos e historias. |
| a faraway land | una tierra lejana |
| shining | brillante. Para aprender diferentes formas de referirse a algo que brilla, vea Ways of shining. |
| spoiled | arruinado, dañado |
| selfish | egoísta |
| unkind | cruel, despiadado, nada amistoso, poco amable |
| beggar | mendigo. El verbo to beg es mendigar. A beggar woman es una mujer que mendiga. Existe un proverbio que dice 'Beggars can't be choosers', que equivale al español 'A buen hambre, no hay pan duro.' |
| shelter | refugio |
| bitter cold | Bitter significa amargo y cold es amargo. En este caso, se trata de una metáfora que se podría traducir como frío terrible, extremo. |
| repulsed | rechazado. El verbo to repulse significa rechazar. |
| haggard | ojeroso, demacrado |
| appearance | apariencia |
| to sneer at something | despreciar algo |
| to turn somebody away | rechazar a alguien |
| to warn somebody not to do something | advertir a alguien de no hacer algo |
| to be deceived by something | ser engañado por algo |
| ugliness | fealdad. El adjetivo correspondiente es ugly (feo). |
| to melt away | Literalmente, significa derretirse. En sentido figurado, desaparecer, desvanecerse. |
| to apologize | pedir disculpas |
| punishment | castigo. El verbo to punish significa castigar. |
| to place a spell on something/somebody | hechizar algo/a alguien. También suele decirse to cast a spell. |
| to be ashamed of something/somebody | avergonzarse de algo/alguien |
| to conceal | ocultar, disimular |
| to bloom | florecer |
| to break a spell | deshacer/romper un hechizo |
| to be doomed to something | estar condenado a algo |
| to fall into despair | caer en la desesperación |
| to lose all hope | perder todas las esperanzas |
BEAST: That hurts!
BELLE: If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
BEAST: Well, if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened!
BELLE: Well, if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!
BEAST: Well, you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!
BELLE: Well, you should learn to control your temper! Now, hold still. This may sting a little. By the way, thank you for saving my life.
BEAST: You're welcome.
BELLE: If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much.
BEAST: Well, if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened!
BELLE: Well, if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away!
BEAST: Well, you shouldn't have been in the West Wing!
BELLE: Well, you should learn to control your temper! Now, hold still. This may sting a little. By the way, thank you for saving my life.
BEAST: You're welcome.
| to hurt | doler. En las formas del pasado permanece invariable (hurt, hurt, hurt). |
| to hold still | quedarse quieto, inmóvil |
| to run away | salir corriendo, escaparse |
| to frighten somebody | asustar a alguien. Frigthened significa asustado y frightening equivale a espantoso, aterrador. To be frightened of something es tener miedo de algo. |
| to control one's temper | controlarse. También puede decirse a alguien 'Mind your temper!' (¡Contrólate!) |
| to sting | picar. El sustantivo sting significa picadura. |
| by the way | a propósito. Para aprender más expresiones con la palabra by vea Expressions with 'by'. |
| to save somebody's life | salvarle la vida a alguien |
| you're welcome | de nada |
| If you'd hold still, it wouldn't hurt as much. | Condicional del tipo 1 |
| if you hadn't run away, this wouldn't have happened! | Condicional del tipo 3 |
| if you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away! | Condicional del tipo 3 |
BEAST: Belle? Are you happy here with me?
BELLE: Yes.
BEAST: What is it?
BELLE: If only I could see my father again, just for a moment. I miss him so much.
BEAST: There is a way. This mirror will show you anything, anything you wish to see.
BELLE: I'd like to see my father, please.
BELLE: Yes.
BEAST: What is it?
BELLE: If only I could see my father again, just for a moment. I miss him so much.
BEAST: There is a way. This mirror will show you anything, anything you wish to see.
BELLE: I'd like to see my father, please.
| if only… | si tan solo... Se usa para introducir situaciones hipotéticas. |
| to miss somebody | extrañar a alguien |
| I'd like… | Me gustaría… |
MAURICE: Belle?
BELLE: Oh, Papa!
MAURICE: How did you find me?
BELLE: Oh, your hands are like ice! We have to get you out of here.
MAURICE: Belle, I want you to leave this place.
BELLE: Who's done this to you?
MAURICE: No time to explain. You must go...now!
BELLE: I won't leave you!
BEAST: What are you doing here?
MAURICE: Run, Belle!
BELLE: Who's there? Who are you?
BEAST: The master of this castle.
BELLE: I've come for my father. Please let him out! Can't you see he's sick?
BEAST: Then he shouldn't have trespassed here.
BELLE: But he could die. Please, I'll do anything!
BEAST: There's nothing you can do. He's my prisoner.
BELLE: Oh, Papa!
MAURICE: How did you find me?
BELLE: Oh, your hands are like ice! We have to get you out of here.
MAURICE: Belle, I want you to leave this place.
BELLE: Who's done this to you?
MAURICE: No time to explain. You must go...now!
BELLE: I won't leave you!
BEAST: What are you doing here?
MAURICE: Run, Belle!
BELLE: Who's there? Who are you?
BEAST: The master of this castle.
BELLE: I've come for my father. Please let him out! Can't you see he's sick?
BEAST: Then he shouldn't have trespassed here.
BELLE: But he could die. Please, I'll do anything!
BEAST: There's nothing you can do. He's my prisoner.
| papa | papá. Es una forma familiar. Nótese que la pronunciación es similar a la palabra española 'papa'. |
| to want somebody to do something | querer que alguien haga algo |
| No time to explain | No hay tiempo para explicaciones. |
| master of the castle | jefe del castillo. La expresión master of the house significa 'jefe de familia'. De la misma manera, master bedroom es el dormitorio principal, justamente donde duerme el master of the house. |
| to come for somebody/something | venir por alguien/algo |
| to let somebody out | poner a alguien en libertad |
| to be sick | sentirse mal o vomitar. Enfermarse se dice to get sick. No debe confundirse con to be ill, que significa estar enfermo, padeciendo una enfermedad. |
| to trespass | entrar ilegalmente. En las grandes residencias, es común encontrar un cartel que dice 'No trespassing', que significa 'Prohibida la entrada'. |
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