3.17早读 | 后妈茶话会
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3.17 早读原文
Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed
I must find the way to power through a noble brow
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音标符号来自权威词典| Longman Dictionary
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1. 打拍子，找节奏感
Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed
I must find the way to power through a noble brow
2. vow/brow 包含相同的元音/aʊ/
言之有物
1. ever since... 自从.../打...后一直
He's been there ever since you left!
自从你离开后他就一直在那里！
I simply gave in to him, and I've regretted it ever since.
我就向他屈服了，从那以后我一直后悔。
And then one day you left me and I've been desperate ever since.
有天你离开了我，从那以后我伤心绝望。
图片来自电影《拯救大兵瑞恩》
2. 区分 power（权力）和right（权利）
3. vow verb. 发誓、起誓
He vowed to follow all the rules.
他发誓遵守全部规则。
My own mother vowed...
我妈妈发誓...
4. noble brow
brow noun. 眉毛，可指代“阶级”、“层次”。
noble brow=noble class 贵族阶级
图片来自电影《小妇人》1994版
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Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed
从我小时候起，我母亲发誓
I must find the way to power through a noble brow
我必须要找到爬上权力顶端的捷径
I married once for love then my senses came
因爱结婚，突然我意识到
I must marry for the stature of my husband's name
我必须要找个有名声的丈夫来结婚
Onto marriage number two
所以第二次结婚
I knew what I had to do
我知道我必须要怎么做
and my poor husband fell ill in a year or two
我可怜的丈夫，在两年内病死了
Solved the problem number one,now to problem number two
解决了第一个问题，是时候解决第二个了
His doe-eyed little girl with gentle point of view
那个他经常用温柔的眼神看着的小女孩
Would I ship her off to school?
我该送她去学校吗？
No, I told her if she stayed that she'd have to earn her keep
当然不了！我告诉她，如果她想要留下来，她就得挣钱养活自己
and so she became the maid
于是她变成了女仆
She was lazy!
她很懒！
She was crazy!
她很疯！
She was talking to the mice!
她曾经和老鼠们说话！
She was hopelessly naive,so she had to pay the price
她天真的无药可救，所以她必须付出代价
I moved her to the attic out of sight and out of mind
我让她搬去那个我毫不在意也不想看见的阁楼
I could have thrown her out, but I'm benevolent and kind.
我本可以赶她出去，就是我太仁慈了
Mother, your heart's too big for you
妈，你心真大
I knew what I had to do
我知道我必须要怎么做
After all, difficult children will take advantage of your good nature.
毕竟，那难相处的孩子会占你的便宜
So you lock them up
所以你把她们关起来
throw away the key
把钥匙扔了
There's one on every family's tree
每个家族里都有一个人 她
Ungrateful!
忘恩负义！
Hateful!
可恨！
Vile too! The things she put you through!
还很邪恶！是她让你变成这样！
Break their spirit so they obey
毁灭她们的心灵，让她们顺从
now they'll do anything you say
现在她们会乖乖听你的
Maybe you'd call it cruel but
也许你觉得这会很残忍，但是
others would call it love
有些人会称这叫爱
Tough love.
严厉的爱！
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今日早读背景乐：
（ BGM：Tough Love）
《迪士尼后妈茶话会》（THE VILLAINS LAIR）：作为迪士尼的反派角色，不受观众的喜爱是很正常的事情，但是当《灰姑娘》、《长发公主》、《白雪公主》里的反派后妈们都聚到了一起的时候，不仅不觉得厌恶，甚至觉得有点赏心悦目了。
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