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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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GRANDFATHER: I brought you a special present.
THE KID: What is it?
GRANDFATHER: Open it up.
THE KID: A book?
GRANDFATHER: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today, I'm gonna read it to you.
THE KID: Has it got any sports in it?
GRANDFATHER: Are you kidding? Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.
THE KID: It doesn't sound too bad. I'll try and stay awake.
GRANDFATHER: Oh. Well, thank you very much. It's very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.
THE KID: What is it?
GRANDFATHER: Open it up.
THE KID: A book?
GRANDFATHER: That's right. When I was your age, television was called books. And this is a special book. It was the book my father used to read to me when I was sick, and I used to read it to your father. And today, I'm gonna read it to you.
THE KID: Has it got any sports in it?
GRANDFATHER: Are you kidding? Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Revenge. Giants. Monsters. Chases. Escapes. True love. Miracles.
THE KID: It doesn't sound too bad. I'll try and stay awake.
GRANDFATHER: Oh. Well, thank you very much. It's very nice of you. Your vote of confidence is overwhelming.
| to bring | traer. Las formas del pasado son brought, brought. |
| present | regalo |
| to open something up | abrir algo que está envuelto o cerrado con llave |
| when I was your age | cuando tenía tu edad |
| used to | solía |
| gonna | Forma coloquial de going to (ir a) |
| are you kidding? | ¿estás bromeando? |
| fencing | esgrima |
| fighting | peleas |
| revenge | venganza |
| chases | persecuciones |
| to stay awake | mantenerse despierto |
| vote of confidence | voto de confianza |
| overwhelming | irresistible, abrumador |
HUMPERDINCK: You're a silly girl.
BUTTERCUP: Yes, I am a silly girl, for not having seen sooner that you were nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear.
HUMPERDINCK: I would not say such things if I were you.
BUTTERCUP: Why not? You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that. Not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it. Not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are a coward, that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth.
BUTTERCUP: Yes, I am a silly girl, for not having seen sooner that you were nothing but a coward with a heart full of fear.
HUMPERDINCK: I would not say such things if I were you.
BUTTERCUP: Why not? You can't hurt me. Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. And you cannot track that. Not with a thousand bloodhounds. And you cannot break it. Not with a thousand swords. And when I say you are a coward, that is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to crawl the earth.
| silly girl | tonta |
| sooner | más pronto, más temprano |
| nothing but | nada más que |
| coward | cobarde |
| fear | miedo, temor. Fearful significa miedoso, temeroso. Fearless significa intrépido, que no tiene miedo. |
| if I were you | en tu lugar, si yo fuera tú |
| to hurt somebody | herir, lastimar a alguien |
| to be joined | estar unidos |
| bonds of love | lazos del amor |
| to track something | rastrear algo, seguirle la pista a algo |
| bloodhound | sabueso |
| to break something | romper, quebrar algo |
| sword | espada |
| the slimiest | el más delgado. Para aprender a realizar comparaciones, ver Comparatives and Superlatives. |
| weakling | alfeñique, enclenque |
| to crawl | arrastrarse |
| the earth | la Tierra |
BUTTERCUP: Oh, Westley, will you ever forgive me?
WESTLEY: What hideous sin have you committed lately?
BUTTERCUP: I got married. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.
WESTLEY: It never happened.
BUTTERCUP: What?
WESTLEY: It never happened.
BUTTERCUP: But it did. I was there. This old man said, "Man and wife."
WESTLEY: Did you say, "I do"?
BUTTERCUP: Well, no, we sort of skipped that part.
WESTLEY: Then you're not married. If you didn't say it, you didn't do it.
WESTLEY: What hideous sin have you committed lately?
BUTTERCUP: I got married. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.
WESTLEY: It never happened.
BUTTERCUP: What?
WESTLEY: It never happened.
BUTTERCUP: But it did. I was there. This old man said, "Man and wife."
WESTLEY: Did you say, "I do"?
BUTTERCUP: Well, no, we sort of skipped that part.
WESTLEY: Then you're not married. If you didn't say it, you didn't do it.
| to forgive somebody for something | perdonarle algo a alguien |
| hideous | horroroso, horrible, espantoso |
| sin | pecado. To sin significa pecar. |
| to commit a sin | cometer un pecado |
| lately | últimamente, recientemente |
| to get married | casarse |
| to happen | suceder |
| man and wife | marido y mujer. Se refiere a la fórmula que se dice al casarse: "I declare you man and wife" (los declaro marido y mujer). |
| I do | acepto. Es la respuesta a la pregunta "Do you accept... as your husband?" (aceptas a... como tu esposo?) |
| sort of | es como que |
| to skip something | saltearse algo |
| to be married | estar casado |
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