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In this section, we analyze parts of the TV show script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
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From the episode 'Yankee White'
MAN: This is Commander Ray Trapp, Mr. President. He's new on the detail.
PRESIDENT: Have we met before, Commander?
TRAPP: Yes, sir. On the Abraham Lincoln, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT: Ah, the Lincoln. You know, the trip to the Lincoln was the best day I've had on this job. Why don't you join me for lunch?
TRAPP: Be my pleasure, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT: Good, I'll look forward to it.
KATE: Lunch with the boss on your first day. You're destined for stars on those shoulders, Commander.
PRESIDENT: Have we met before, Commander?
TRAPP: Yes, sir. On the Abraham Lincoln, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT: Ah, the Lincoln. You know, the trip to the Lincoln was the best day I've had on this job. Why don't you join me for lunch?
TRAPP: Be my pleasure, Mr. President.
PRESIDENT: Good, I'll look forward to it.
KATE: Lunch with the boss on your first day. You're destined for stars on those shoulders, Commander.
| to meet somebody | conocer a alguien. En este caso, Have we met before? significa "¿Nos conocemos? ¿Nos hemos visto antes?" |
| to join somebody for lunch | ir a almorzar con alguien |
| be my pleasure | será un placer |
| to look forward to something | desear algo, esperar algo. Notar el uso de la preposición to. Siempre va seguido de un sustantivo o de un gerundio. I'm looking forward to hearing from you (Espero recibir noticias suyas). |
| boss | jefe |
| stars on the shoulders | estrellas en los hombros. Se refiere a las condecoraciones que podría recibir. |
GIBBS: What can you tell me about Commander Trapp?
KATE: I can't give him Air Force One floor plans, they're top secret.
GIBBS: Come on, I saw this in a Harrison Ford movie.
KATE: Well, that's Hollywood speculation, you're asking for the real thing.
GIBBS: Isn't the President's head down here some place?
KATE: No.
GIBBS: Now, this was in the movie! Yeah! Harrison was sitting right here.
KATE: I can't risk those plans getting out on the Internet.
GIBBS: NCIS does not leak. These plans get out, you can shoot DiNozzo.
KATE: No, I think I'm destined to shoot you.
KATE: I can't give him Air Force One floor plans, they're top secret.
GIBBS: Come on, I saw this in a Harrison Ford movie.
KATE: Well, that's Hollywood speculation, you're asking for the real thing.
GIBBS: Isn't the President's head down here some place?
KATE: No.
GIBBS: Now, this was in the movie! Yeah! Harrison was sitting right here.
KATE: I can't risk those plans getting out on the Internet.
GIBBS: NCIS does not leak. These plans get out, you can shoot DiNozzo.
KATE: No, I think I'm destined to shoot you.
| floor plan | plano de planta |
| top secret | supersecreto |
| head down | cabeza abajo |
| to risk something | poner en riesgo algo |
| to get out | saberse, conocerse |
| to leak | filtrarse. Puede referirse a un líquido que se filtra o se escapa, y en forma figurada, a información. |
| to shoot somebody | disparar a alguien. Notar que en inglés no se utiliza preposición. |
GIBBS: This is where the terrorists got their weapons in the movie.
KATE: Oh, that is as ridiculous as the President's “escape capsule”.
GIBBS: Anybody switch planes with the President?
KATE: The President was put on a separate plane. Everyone else boarded the backup except three stewards who were put in the press cabin.
GIBBS: What'd you keep them for? Make coffee?
KATE: I may not know the finer points of investigating like sticking needles in liver or measuring swimsuit models, but I do know enough to hold the stewards who prepared and served the President's lunch.
GIBBS: Hmm, okay.
KATE: You want to question...?
GIBBS: No, they're not going anywhere. We've got a crime scene to investigate. Rule number one: Never let suspects stay together.
KATE: Well, I didn't consider them suspects.
GIBBS: Why'd you hold them? Put these [gloves] on.
KATE: My fingerprints are all over this aircraft.
GIBBS: Rule number two: Always wear gloves at a crime scene.
KATE: Oh, that is as ridiculous as the President's “escape capsule”.
GIBBS: Anybody switch planes with the President?
KATE: The President was put on a separate plane. Everyone else boarded the backup except three stewards who were put in the press cabin.
GIBBS: What'd you keep them for? Make coffee?
KATE: I may not know the finer points of investigating like sticking needles in liver or measuring swimsuit models, but I do know enough to hold the stewards who prepared and served the President's lunch.
GIBBS: Hmm, okay.
KATE: You want to question...?
GIBBS: No, they're not going anywhere. We've got a crime scene to investigate. Rule number one: Never let suspects stay together.
KATE: Well, I didn't consider them suspects.
GIBBS: Why'd you hold them? Put these [gloves] on.
KATE: My fingerprints are all over this aircraft.
GIBBS: Rule number two: Always wear gloves at a crime scene.
| weapon | arma |
| to board | abordar, embarcarse |
| steward | auxiliar de vuelo, aeromozo |
| press cabin | cabina para la prensa |
| to stick | clavar |
| needle | aguja. La expresión to look for a needle in a haystack significa "buscar una aguja en un pajar". |
| liver | hígado |
| swimsuit | traje de baño |
| suspect | sospechoso. Como verbo, to suspect somebody significa sospechar de alguien. |
| fingerprints | huellas dactilares |
| aircraft | avión |
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