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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.
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JERRY: Love gives you wings. It makes you fly. I don't even call it love. I call it Geronimo.
CYNIC: Geronimo?
JERRY: Geronimo. When you're really in love, you'll jump. Off the top of the Empire State. Screaming 'Geronimo' the whole way down.
CYNIC: But you'll die. You'll squash yourself. What's the point?
JERRY: Aren't you listening, man? Love gives you wings.
CYNIC: Geronimo?
JERRY: Geronimo. When you're really in love, you'll jump. Off the top of the Empire State. Screaming 'Geronimo' the whole way down.
CYNIC: But you'll die. You'll squash yourself. What's the point?
JERRY: Aren't you listening, man? Love gives you wings.
| wing | ala |
| to be in love | estar enamorado |
| to scream | gritar |
| the whole way down | durante todo el trayecto hacia abajo |
| to squash | aplastar |
| what's the point? | ¿de qué sirve? |
LIZA: You're a Holden Caulfield fan?
JERRY: Who?
LIZA: Holden Caulfield? Catcher in the Rye?
JERRY: Never heard of him.
LIZA: You have ten copies of the book, but you don't know who the main character is?
JERRY: I've never read it. I just... Every time I see one I buy it. I don't know why exactly... Wanna hear my favorite part?
JERRY: 'I keep picturing all these little kids in this big field of rye... And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff...'
JERRY: Who?
LIZA: Holden Caulfield? Catcher in the Rye?
JERRY: Never heard of him.
LIZA: You have ten copies of the book, but you don't know who the main character is?
JERRY: I've never read it. I just... Every time I see one I buy it. I don't know why exactly... Wanna hear my favorite part?
JERRY: 'I keep picturing all these little kids in this big field of rye... And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff...'
| rye | centeno. 'Catcher in the Rye' es una famosa novela escrita por J. D. Salinger. |
| main character | personaje principal |
| wanna | Forma coloquial de want to (querer) |
| to picture | imaginarse |
| edge | borde |
| cliff | acantilado |
LIZA: Jerry, there's something I have to ask you. Actually, about a hundred
things, but we can make progress if you answer one question. To my satisfaction.
JERRY: Shoot.
LIZA: It was that painting. The one on the wall.
JERRY: I didn't mean for you to see it. It's like looking in someone's diary and taking it out of context. You know what I mean?
LIZA: It made me feel like you could see inside of me. And I don't know how that's possible.
JERRY: So what's the question?
LIZA: How is it possible?
JERRY: Shoot.
LIZA: It was that painting. The one on the wall.
JERRY: I didn't mean for you to see it. It's like looking in someone's diary and taking it out of context. You know what I mean?
LIZA: It made me feel like you could see inside of me. And I don't know how that's possible.
JERRY: So what's the question?
LIZA: How is it possible?
| actually | No significa 'actualmente', sino 'realmente, en efecto, de hecho'. |
| to make progress | progresar |
| shoot | Este verbo significa disparar, pero en este caso se utiliza en forma figurada, con el significado 'Adelante, lanza tu pregunta'. |
| diary | diario personal |
| to take something out of context | sacar algo de contexto |
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