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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.
Move the mouse over the words in red to see the meaning.
SCARLETT: I've been looking for you everywhere. I've got something I must tell you. Can't we go some place where it's quiet?
ASHLEY: Yes, I'd like to, but... I've something to tell you, too. Something I hope you'll be glad to hear. Now, come and say hello to my cousin, Melanie Wilkes.
SCARLETT: Oh, do we have to?
ASHLEY: She's been looking forward to seeing you again. Melanie! Here's Scarlett.
MELANIE: Scarlett, I'm so glad to see you again.
SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton, what a surprise to run into you here. I hope you're going to stay with us a few days at least.
MELANIE: I hope I shall stay long enough for us to become real friends, Scarlett. I do so want us to be.
ASHLEY: Yes, I'd like to, but... I've something to tell you, too. Something I hope you'll be glad to hear. Now, come and say hello to my cousin, Melanie Wilkes.
SCARLETT: Oh, do we have to?
ASHLEY: She's been looking forward to seeing you again. Melanie! Here's Scarlett.
MELANIE: Scarlett, I'm so glad to see you again.
SCARLETT: Melanie Hamilton, what a surprise to run into you here. I hope you're going to stay with us a few days at least.
MELANIE: I hope I shall stay long enough for us to become real friends, Scarlett. I do so want us to be.
| to look for somebody | buscar a alguien |
| everywhere | por todas partes |
| quiet | tranquilo, silencioso |
| I'd like to | me gustaría |
| you'll be glad to hear | te alegrará escuchar/saber |
| cousin | primo/a |
| to look forward to doing something | esperar hacer algo, estar ansioso por hacer algo |
| I'm so glad to see you | me alegro de verte |
| what a surprise | que sorpresa. Notar que debe usarse el artículo a. |
| to run into somebody | encontrarse con alguien casualmente |
| a few days | algunos días. La expresión every few days significa "cada pocos días". |
| at least | por lo menos, al menos |
| long enough | el tiempo suficiente |
| for us | como para que nosotros |
| I do so want us to be | realmente deseo tanto que lo seamos. El auxiliar do se utiliza para enfatizar la acción. Por ejemplo: I do love you significa "sí te amo, realmente te amo". |
SCARLETT: Don't you want to marry me?
ASHLEY: I'm going to marry Melanie.
SCARLETT: But you can't, not if you care for me.
ASHLEY: Oh, my dear, why must you make me say things that will hurt you? How can I make you understand? You're so young and I'm thinking you don't know what marriage means.
SCARLETT: I know I love you and I want to be your wife. You don't love Melanie.
ASHLEY: She's like me, Scarlett. She's part of my blood, we understand each other.
SCARLETT: But you love me!
ASHLEY: How could I help loving you? You have all the passion for life that I lack. But that kind of love isn't enough to make a successful marriage for two people who are as different as we are.
ASHLEY: I'm going to marry Melanie.
SCARLETT: But you can't, not if you care for me.
ASHLEY: Oh, my dear, why must you make me say things that will hurt you? How can I make you understand? You're so young and I'm thinking you don't know what marriage means.
SCARLETT: I know I love you and I want to be your wife. You don't love Melanie.
ASHLEY: She's like me, Scarlett. She's part of my blood, we understand each other.
SCARLETT: But you love me!
ASHLEY: How could I help loving you? You have all the passion for life that I lack. But that kind of love isn't enough to make a successful marriage for two people who are as different as we are.
| to marry somebody | casarse con alguien |
| to care for somebody | sentir cariño hacia alguien |
| to hurt | lastimar |
| marriage | matrimonio, casamiento |
| to mean | significar |
| wife | esposa, mujer |
| blood | sangre |
| to help doing something | En este caso, significa evitar hacer algo. I can't help it significa "no lo puedo evitar". |
| to lack | no tener, carecer |
| successful | exitoso. Success significa éxito. |
| as different as | tan diferentes como |
CHARLES: Oh, Miss O'Hara, I've told you I loved you. I think you're the most beautiful girl in the world. And the sweetest, the dearest. I know that I couldn't hope that you could love me, so clumsy and stupid, not nearly good enough for you. But if you could, if you could think of marrying me, I'd do anything in the world for you, just anything, I promise!
SCARLETT: Oh, what did you say?
CHARLES: Miss O'Hara, I said, would you marry me?
SCARLETT: Yes, Mr. Hamilton, I will.
CHARLES: You will? You'll marry me? You'll wait for me?
SCARLETT: Well, I don't think I'd want to wait.
CHARLES: You mean you'll marry me before I go? Oh, Miss O'Hara... Scarlett, when may I speak to your father?
SCARLETT: The sooner, the better.
CHARLES: I'll go now, I can't wait. Will you excuse me, dear?
SCARLETT: Oh, what did you say?
CHARLES: Miss O'Hara, I said, would you marry me?
SCARLETT: Yes, Mr. Hamilton, I will.
CHARLES: You will? You'll marry me? You'll wait for me?
SCARLETT: Well, I don't think I'd want to wait.
CHARLES: You mean you'll marry me before I go? Oh, Miss O'Hara... Scarlett, when may I speak to your father?
SCARLETT: The sooner, the better.
CHARLES: I'll go now, I can't wait. Will you excuse me, dear?
| the most beautiful | la más bella. Es la forma superlativa de beautiful. Para aprender a hacer comparaciones, ver Comparatives and superlatives. |
| in the world | del mundo. Notar que se debe utilizar in y no of. |
| the sweetest | la más dulce. Es la forma superlativa de sweet. |
| the dearest | la más querida. Es la forma superlativa de dear. |
| I couldn't hope | no podría esperar |
| clumsy | torpe |
| not nearly | ni de lejos |
| good enough | lo suficientemente bueno |
| to think of something | pensar en algo |
| I'd do anything in the world | haría cualquier cosa del mundo |
| would you marry me? | ¿se casaría conmigo? |
| to wait for somebody | esperar a alguien |
| may I speak | podría hablar yo |
| the sooner, the better | cuanto antes, mejor |
| will you excuse me | me disculparía, me permitiría |
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