Sideways《杯酒人生》精講之五－愛薇塔樂學英文

Sideways《杯酒人生》精講之五

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Victoria: Hello?

Miles: Victoria?

Victoria: Miles?

Miles: Well, well, well, well, well. Victoria. How the hell are ya?

Victoria: What-- Uh-- What's, what’s on your mind?

Miles: Oh, nothin'. I-- Just heard that you got remarried. Congratulations. I, uh--Boy, I didn't think you had the stomach for another go-around.

Victoria: Oh, Miles, you're drunk.

Miles: Oh, just a little local pinot, you know. A little Burgundy. That old Côte de Beaune.

Victoria: Where are you?

Miles: Uh, a little place in Los Olivos. New owners. Cozy ambience, uh, excellent food too. You should, uh-- You should try it. I thought of you at the, uh, Hitching Post last night. Hello?

Victoria: Miles, don't call me when you're drunk.

Miles: No, it's--I just-- I wanted to let you know that I have decided not to come to the wedding so just in case you were dreading some sort of, you know, run-in or something like that well, you worry no more because I'm not gonna be there. It's my little wedding gift to you and what's his name. What is his name?

Victoria: Ken.

Miles: Ken! Right. Ken.

Victoria: I'm gonna hang up now, Miles.

Miles: No-- You know, it's just-- I-I-I heard about this for the first time, uh, today. Uh, your getting remarried, that is. And, uh, I was kind oftaken aback. Just…hard to believe. I guess I thought maybe there was still a chance for us somewhere down the road. And I just, uh--

Victoria: Miles. Maybe it is better if you don't come to the wedding.

Miles: All righty, Vicki. Whatever you say. You're the boss.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. What’s on your mind

這句話可以理解成：“你想幹嘛？” On one’s mind 是個片語，也可以寫作 on the brain，意思就是“in one's thoughts, preoccupying one 心想，惦念”，比如：The book prize has been on my mind, but I haven't been able to discuss it with you. 我一直想著圖書獎，但還沒來的急和你討論。

2. I didn't think you had the stomach for another go-around.

“我以為你沒有興致再來一輪了呢。”

Stomach 這裡指“興致”，尤其是對那些令人不快的事物的“興致”，比如：I don’t have the stomach for quarrels. 我沒興致吵架。

3. take aback

這裡的意思是“surprise, shock”，比如：He was taken aback by her caustic remark. 她刻薄的話讓他感到震驚。

4. You're the boss.

Boss 是幹什麼的？是做決定的。You’re the boss 的意思就是“你說了算”。

文化面面觀

葡萄酒的命名

Victoria 說 Miles 喝醉了，Miles 爭辯說只喝了一點當地的葡萄酒，接著說了三個名字，其實指的都是同一種酒，就是在法國Burgundy的Côte de Beaune 地區，用pinot葡萄釀造的酒。覺得奇怪嗎？下面我們就來瞭解一下葡萄酒的命名。

1、區域命名法

歐洲古老的產酒區多以此種方式命名。例如：法國波爾多區（Bordeanx）及其轄內著名的產區美道（Medoc）、聖愛米倫（St. Emilion）、玻瑪絡（Pomero；）、索坦（Sauterens）、格拉夫（Grayes）、勃根地區（Burgundy）及其轄內的夏伯力（Chablis）、寶酒利（Beaujolais）、紐•聖喬治（Nuits-St-George），另有義大利的巴羅洛（Brolo）、巴巴瑞斯可（Barbaresco）、阿斯提（Asti）、香堤（Chianti），德國的彼斯波特（Piesporter）、聖約翰（Johannisberg）等。

2、葡萄品種命名法

許多國家的葡萄酒均以葡萄品種來做酒名，如此較容易辨別。這種命名方式大多是新興的產酒區如澳洲、加州、美洲等地採用，例如：白富美（Fume Blanc）、卡伯納•蘇維翁（Cabernet Sauvignon）、皮諾•諾瓦（Pinot Noir）、夏多內（Chardonnay），當然，歐洲產酒區也有用葡萄品種來命名的，例如：法國阿爾薩斯的葡萄酒就用葡萄品種來命名，如蕾斯琳（Riesling）等。

3、酒廠或酒商名稱命名法

有的酒廠以自己的廠名為其葡萄酒命名，例如：Ch. Margaux、Ch. Lafite、Ch. Latour、Ch. Montelena、Niebaum Coppala Rubicon、Dominus、Opus one。

4、商標（專屬品牌）命名法

許多酒商以其商譽及歷史自創品牌，例如：法國De Luze的碧加露（Pigalle），Mommessin的Cuvee Saint Piere，Crrusei的Selection、Opusone，安提諾裡（Antinori）的Tignanello、Solaia，歌雅（Goja）的Rossj-Bass、Gaja & Rey、Damagi，Frescobaldi的Montesodi，Stag’s Leap的Cask 23等。