小黄人为什么能这么火？

2010年，第一部《神偷奶爸》在全球上映，立马吸引了不同凡响的关注。

电影讲述了可爱的超级大反派格鲁如何想方设法偷走月亮，结果却被自己收养的三个女儿偷走了自己的心。

故事设定够好，其电影里可爱的小黄人更为影片起了推波助澜的作用。

仿佛一夜之间，小黄人就火了。以致我们在生活中看到越来越多的小黄人周边系列，如玩偶，手机游戏APP等。小黄人蠢萌蠢萌的造型确实吸引了不少观众的心，或许我们每个人心中都住着一个小孩吧，才会被小黄人的天真可爱所吸引。当然小黄人这么火，与其营销策略也有关系。

接下来，让我们来看看小黄人里有什么经典台词（鸡汤）值得我们学习吧！

①

Time can never stop the pace of dreams, he a stubborn persistence, learn to make dreams grow a little bit every day.

时间从来不能阻挡梦想的脚步，有着一份固执的坚持，学会让梦想每天壮大一点点。

【学习要点】

stop the pace of

“停下......的步伐/脚步”，反义词组：keep up with the pace of,“跟上......的步伐”；

stop的用法：

stop doing sth.停止正在做的某事。如：

Hearing the doorbell, she stopped washing the dishes.听见门铃声，她停止洗碗了。

stop to do sth.停下来去做别的事。如：

Hearing the dollbell, she stopped to open the door.

听见门铃声，她停下手中的活去开门。

make sth. do

make+宾语+do sth, “使某人做某事”，而被动语态中，to要还原，为sth. be made to do sth.

如：What makes your dreams grow?

He was made to complete his father dreams.

②

Since my wife Debbie died, everything has been so lonely. My heart is like the teeth like a wormhole, only to fill it with children.

自从我的妻子黛比去世后，一切都是那么孤单。我的心就就好比牙齿一样，有一个蛀洞，只有用孩子才能填满它。

【学习要点】

has been so lonely

have/has been+adj.表示某种行为或状态，has been so lonely一直处于孤独的状态。

fill it with

fill (sth.) with=full of,填满；装满；使充满

fill with侧重于动作和装的东西，full of侧重于状态。

③

So it's your turn. As a former villain, you understand the thinking and behavior of the wicked.

于是就轮到你商场了 作为一个前恶人 你了解恶人的思维以及行为。

【学习要点】

it's your turn

轮到你了；该你了。后面可接to do sth.如：

It's you turn to give a speech.

轮到你发表演说了。

要注意的是，真正的主语是to do后面的内容，it只是形式主语。

④

And sometimes, when something bothers me, I eat what I eat.

而且有时候，什么东西烦我，我就把什么给吃了。

【学习要点】

bother

a.表“打扰/麻烦”时，为及物动词，一般搭配介词with或about，如：

I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.

我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。

b.表“费心/费力”时，多用于否定句和疑问句，后常接to do sth.常用句式：can't be bothered to do sth.表示“嫌麻烦而不做某事/偷懒”，如：

Doctors cannot be bothered to explain what they do.

医生们才懒得解释他们所做的事情。

c.口语中，don't bother表“不必费心了/不用麻烦了”；I am not bothered.表“我无所谓”的意思。

⑤

I enjoy every second of the process, and to be honest, I'm almost high!

我享受整个过程的每一秒钟，说实话，我都快high起来了!

【学习要点】

enjoy

a.后接名词或代词，如：

You're going to enjoy this.

你会喜欢上这个的。

b.+doing，如：

I quite enjoy living here.

我挺喜欢住在这里。

c.后接反身代词，enjoy oneself,“过得愉快，玩得开心”的意思，如：

I enjoyed myself very much at the party.

我在聚会时玩得真开心。

to be honest

“老实说，说实话”，一般用于句子开头，如：

To be honest, I have to improve my English, because my English is not good enough.

说实话，我得补补我的英语了，因为我的英语还不够好。

⑥

Are you out of your gourd?

你疯了吗?

【学习要点】

out of your gourd

gourd

英 [gd; gd] 美 [ɡrd]

n. 葫芦，葫芦属植物；脑瓜

平时，我们除了用Are you crazy?/Are you insane?/Are you out of your mind?还可以用gourd，显得更地道一点哦。

⑦

Well, it seems that because of your checkered past, everyone else refused to work with you.

好像是由于你背景复杂，所以没人愿你和你共事。

【学习要点】

It seems that

“主+系+表”结构，引导表语从句，“看起来....../似乎......”的意思；

可以转化成“名词/代词+seem+动词不定式”的句型，如果动词不定式为to be+adj, to be可省略，如：

It seems that no one knows what has happened in the park.

No one seems to know what has happened in the park.

似乎没有人知道在公园里发生了什么事。

refuse

refuse to do sth. refuse在这里为不及物动词；

refuse sb. sth. refuse在这里为及物动词。如：

You were quite within your rights to refuse to co-operate with him.

你完全有权拒绝跟他合作。

The United States has refused him a visa.

美国拒绝给他发放签证。

⑧

Go about your business。回去干活吧。

【学习要点】

Go about

a.干(某事)，着手做；着手进行

I must go about my business.我必须忙我自己的事。

b.四处走动；旅行

The tourists went about London freely.游客们在伦敦四处自由游览。

c.(消息等)传播，流传；(疾病等)流行

The rumour is going about that John and Mary are getting married.正在谣传约翰与玛丽将要结婚。

d.到处…；经常从事于

Some people go about telling untrue stories.某些人到处传播不真实的事。

e.和…相好；和…混在一起(常与 with连用)

He always goes about with his children.他总是与他的孩子们混在一起。

⑨

But not me. I stepped up。但我愿意，我毛遂自荐的。

【学习要点】

step up

a.增加；促进

Trade has been stepping up recently, since the weather turned warmer. 因天气转暖，最近贸易不断增加。

b.向上走；走进

Many graduates will step up to the starting line of their careers this summer.

许多毕业生将在今夏走上自己的职场起跑线。

c.晋升；提升

He soom stepped up to the chief executive's chair. 不久他就爬上了总经理的位子。

⑩

You've got to be pulling on my leg!

开什么玩笑！

【学习要点】

pull on one's leg

英语俗语，平时除了说You are joking./Are you kidding me?，还可以用地道说法pull on one's leg哦。

Simmer down. Simmer down!

安静，安静！

【学习要点】

除了我们用烂的calm down，不妨下次试下simmer down，有冷静下来和停下来的意思。

Excuse me, sir, is there a commode?

请问，先生，这里有洗手间吗？

【学习要点】

commode指的是坐便器，在这里泛指的是洗手间。

I have pins and needles that I'm sitting on.

我简直如坐针毡。

【学习要点】

on pins and needles

如坐针毡,焦虑不安

We can't afford any distractions!

我们不能再东拉西扯了！

distractions

n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 );娱乐，消遣;心烦意乱;精神错乱

But try not to toss and turn.

不过还是不要翻来翻去的。

【学习要点】

toss and turn

“翻来覆去”，常用于在床上翻来覆去，睡不着。