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In this section, we analyze parts of the movie script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
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HENNESSEY: I'm really sorry about this morning, John, really sorry. Please don't hate me for
dragging you into that. Please don’t...
JOHN: I don't hate you.
HENNESSEY: That's good to hear. Really good.
JOHN: But could you at least wait until I call for you before you show up?
HENNESSEY: You didn't call?
JOHN: Not yet. Jesus, Hennessey, you freak me out sometimes.
HENNESSEY: So you want me to go away and come back?
JOHN: No. I've got an assignment for you.
HENNESSEY: Really? What kind of assignment?
JOHN: The kind you'll have to be sober for.
JOHN: I don't hate you.
HENNESSEY: That's good to hear. Really good.
JOHN: But could you at least wait until I call for you before you show up?
HENNESSEY: You didn't call?
JOHN: Not yet. Jesus, Hennessey, you freak me out sometimes.
HENNESSEY: So you want me to go away and come back?
JOHN: No. I've got an assignment for you.
HENNESSEY: Really? What kind of assignment?
JOHN: The kind you'll have to be sober for.
| I'm really sorry | lo siento mucho |
| to drag somebody into something | arrastrar a alguien a algo |
| to hear | escuchar |
| to show up | aparecerse |
| to freak somebody out | asustar a alguien |
| to go away | irse |
| assignment | misión, función, tarea |
| sober | sobrio |
ANGELA: I killed a man today. Another one.
FATHER GARRET: I'm sorry, Angela.
ANGELA: Most cops go twenty years without firing their gun. Not me. I always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I didn't even see his face. I just pulled the trigger and he went away. Just like all the others.
FATHER GARRET: These feelings are natural in your line of work, Angela. I'd be worried if you didn't have them. But you have to be strong. You can't allow your faith to be overshadowed by guilt.
ANGELA: I'm trying. I'm trying really hard.
FATHER GARRET: I'm sorry, Angela.
ANGELA: Most cops go twenty years without firing their gun. Not me. I always seem to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. I didn't even see his face. I just pulled the trigger and he went away. Just like all the others.
FATHER GARRET: These feelings are natural in your line of work, Angela. I'd be worried if you didn't have them. But you have to be strong. You can't allow your faith to be overshadowed by guilt.
ANGELA: I'm trying. I'm trying really hard.
| cop | poli, policía |
| to fire a gun | disparar un arma |
| to pull the trigger | apretar el gatillo |
| worried | preocupado |
| faith | fe. Faithful significa fiel. Faithless significa infiel, desleal. Blind faith es fe ciega. |
| to be overshadowed | ser eclipsado |
| guilt | culpa. Culpable se dice guilty. |
| to try really hard | intentar mucho |
JOHN: No, I've beaten things, insurmountable things, things most people have never even heard of and after all that, you think I'm going to be
done in by
this?
DR. ARCHER: You wouldn't be the first, John.
JOHN: It can't be that simple. I mean, come on, Les, you saved me before. You can do it again, right?
DR. ARCHER: This is different. This is aggressive. Twenty years ago you didn't want to be here. Now you don't want to leave.
JOHN: That's because I know exactly where I'm going this time.
DR. ARCHER: You wouldn't be the first, John.
JOHN: It can't be that simple. I mean, come on, Les, you saved me before. You can do it again, right?
DR. ARCHER: This is different. This is aggressive. Twenty years ago you didn't want to be here. Now you don't want to leave.
JOHN: That's because I know exactly where I'm going this time.
| to beat something | golpear algo |
| insurmountable | insuperable |
| to do in | dejar a alguien muy cansado, extenuar |
| to save somebody | salvar a alguien |
| to leave | irse |
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