The Tiger

〈老虎〉
1Q：He said pretty please and thank you. 為什麼 please 會 pretty 呢？ How can please be pretty?

A：Pretty has several meanings beside 'pleasing to the eye.' （除了眼裡看漂亮之外，pretty 還有不同的意思）
It also means 'considerable'.
" From the "Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins" by William and Mary Morris （HarperCollins, New York, 1977, 1988）. That would explain "pretty please."

One is REALLY saying please, a whole big bunch, a considerable amount.
也就是說：〔許多許多許多的 please.〕

2Q：電影＜愛在心裡口難開＞（As Good as It Gets） 傑克尼柯遜對飾演女服務生，正在清桌子的海倫韓特說： The table's fine if it had some cholesterol on it. Two sausages, six bacon strips, fries, three eggs over easy and coffee.

請翻譯這句：Two sausages, six bacon strips, fries, three eggs over easy and coffee. ＊如果你已經認真唸完＜聽力初體驗＞，就能回答這問題

A：〔兩條臘腸, 六片培根, 一些薯條, 三個兩面煎，蛋黃不要熟的煎荷包蛋, 和咖啡〕

3Q："Tiger"--He walked on to the stage and then went into the screen, and now the tiger's "starring" in almost every scene.
老虎走向舞台然後在螢幕上表演, 現在每場戲中幾乎都有老虎表演。請問這樣的中譯對嗎?因不清楚starring在這邊怎麼翻譯

A：＊starring：主演（你以後注意看，每部電影開場好像都有出現這個字） ＊ star：(v)擔任主角 ＊ every scene：每一幕戲。
〔老虎走向舞台然後在螢幕上表演, 現在每一幕戲中幾乎都有老虎主演的表演。〕

4Q: It was early in the morning when the the tiger raised his head.
【raised his head】要怎麼翻？

A: ＊跟字面一模一樣 raise：抬起 〔老虎抬起他的頭〕

5Q: The tiger came on smiling and he said, "How do you do ?"
[come on] 的意思是開始嗎？

A: ＊逐漸開始 〔老虎逐漸開始微笑，以及他說：你好嗎？〕

6Q："So I crawled in right beside him."
這句昰什麼意思? 是"所以我爬到他的右邊"嗎?

A：＊right：正好 〔所以我爬到他的身邊（緊緊靠著他）〕

7Q：we went on toward the city, and we came up to a stop.


A: go on：（動詞片語）有【繼續前進】的意思。
字典例句：He went on to the station.他繼續向車站前進。
〔我們繼續朝城市的方向前進〕


A: ＊ came up to ：來到 〔以及我們來到巴士站〕


8Q：I told them we could see him on that very afernoon.


A: ＊that very afternoon：就在那個下午，very：正是、恰好。
〔我告知父母我們就在那個下午會見到他〕

9. He sang a song or two.〔他唱一兩首歌。〕

10. Then we went down to the corner, and got on the city bus.

A: ＊went down 〔走過去〕to the corner
〔一直走下去，走到街角〕