Rio《里约大冒险》精讲之四
本片段剧情：走私者的帮手大坏鸟奈杰在恐吓了众鸟一番后，狂笑离去。布鲁和珠儿被关在鸟笼里，还被用脚链拴在了一起。见多识广的布鲁自己打开了鸟笼，珠儿逃出鸟笼后才知道布鲁竟然不会飞！眼看奈杰很快就追上来了，两只鸟只好撒开腿拼命地往前跑……
影片对白：
Nigel: I know I'm not a pretty birdie...but I used to be quite a looker. A star. Lights, camera, action. I was striking, suave, ambitious. Feet to beak...so birdie-licious. Now I'm vile, I am villainous, and vicious. Oh, and malicious. I had it all. A TV show, women, too. I was tall. Over one-foot-two. Then they got a pretty parakeet to fill my shoes. That's why I am so evil, why I do what I do.
Chorus: He was a super star.
Nigel: So young and vital.
Chorus: He's nasty.
Nigel: A South American Idol.
Chorus: He's a suspicious bird.
Nigel: Who said that about me?
Chorus: A very vicious bird.
Nigel: I'll have you rotisseried. I'm a feathery freak. With a beak. A bird murderer. You think you're badder than me? I never heard of ya. I'm evil, I'll fill your cheese balls with weevils. I poop on people and I blame it on seagulls. It was him.
Chorus: He's a nasty bird.
Nigel: I'm invincible.
Chorus: He's ghastly.
Nigel: I'm un-mince-able. I'm unwashable, unrinseable. Like an abandoned school I have no principle. All of you Brazilian birds, all 18 million birds, I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to make you...
(Birds vocalizing)
Nigel: Shut up, now. Shut up!
(Silence)
Nigel: It's just me. I will make you ugly...too.
Blu: Hey!
Nigel: Sweet nightmares. (Laughing maniacally)
Blu: Not cool, man! Scary, but not cool! Hey, are you okay?
Jewel: No, I am definitely not okay!
Blu: Wait. What are you doing?
Jewel: Getting out of here. Are you going to help me or what?
Blu: Actually, all the survival guides say to sit and wait, and help will come.
Jewel: No one is coming! We are on our own and if we just sit here, we're going to die!
(Metal clanking)
Tipa & Armando: Yes! Yes! Yes! No!!
Armando: Nigel! Get out of the way! Hold on!
Blu: Stop! Stop! Why don't you just open the door?
Jewel: Are you kidding me?
Blu: What? It's just a standard flip slide bolt.
Jewel: Come on! Let's fly! What are you doing?
Blu: I can't.
Jewel: What? You can't what?
(Blu gasps)
Blu: I can't fly!
(Jewel screaming)
Jewel: You couldn't tell me this before now?
Blu: It didn't matter before now!
Jewel: I hate you.
(Screaming)
Jewel: Is there anything else I need to know?
Blu: Yes, I can't fly, I pick my beak, and once in a while I pee in the bird-bath. Happy?
Armando: There they are!
Jewel: We got to get out of here! Just move! Move!
Blu: Wait, wait. Listen to me. Flying may not be my thing, but walking is. Follow my lead. Inside leg, outside leg.
Jewel: Yeah, okay, I got it.
Blu: Inside, outside, inside, outside!
Crowds: Yes! Yes! Yes!
Tipa: Yes. Yes!
Armando: Come on!
(Mimicking dog)
(Cat screeching)
Blu: See? I'm bilingual, too!
(Nigel squawking harshly)
Jewel: This is great! I'm chained to the only bird in the world who can't fly!
Blu: Actually, there are about 40 species of flightless birds.
Jewel: Duck!
Blu: No, ducks can fly.
Jewel: No! Duck!
(Both exclaiming)
Jewel: Yay!
(Both screaming)
Kid: Yes!
(Commentator speaking Portuguese)
People watching games: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Blu: Hold on!
Nigel: No!
(The whole city black out)
People watching games: No! No! ...
(Clucking)
Nigel: (Groaning) Get out of here, you putrid poultry!
(Exclaiming)
(Chain clinking)
(Twig snapping)
Blu: What was that?
Jewel: A stick.
Blu: And that?
Jewel: It's just a rock.
Blu: Right. Yeah. (Shuddering) Is that a spider on my back?
Jewel: Will you quit it? It's just a leaf. Turn around. Leaf. Told you. Now, just come on, we need to find a safe place to spend the night.
Blu: Safe? Safe? We are in the jungle. You know when people say, "It's a jungle out there"? Well, I'm pretty sure they don't mean it as a good thing.
Jewel: Look, I hate to break it to you, but this is where our kind naturally lives.
Blu: Hey, hey, don't talk to me about nature. I watch Animal Planet. I know all about the food chain. You see? You see? Out here, I'm just an hors d'oeuvre. Nothing more than a featheryspring roll.
Jewel: That is why we stay in the trees and not on the ground. After you.
Blu: Oh no, I don't think so. Nuh-uh. No. I would feel much more comfortable in something man-made. Hey, how about up there?
Jewel: I can't believe I have to drag your clumsy butt up there.
Blu: Drag me? (Scoffs) Watch and learn.
Jewel: Oh! Blu! Just wait one... Blu?
Blu: Who's dragging whose butt now? Huh?
Jewel: Ha ha. Very funny. (Laughing)
Blu: You see? Who needs flying?
Jewel: Birds. Birds need flying. Flying is... It's freedom and not having to rely on anyone. Don't you want that?
Blu: I don't know. It sounds a little lonely.
Jewel: Let's get some sleep.
Blu: I'm probably going to be up for a little while. Because I'm still on Minnesota time.
Jewel: Good night.
Blu: Good night, Jewel. Good night, Linda.
妙语佳句 活学活用
1. looker: <口> 好看的人。
2. striking: 惹人注目的；容貌出众的。请看例子：His striking good looks and charm made him very popular.（他那出众的美貌和魅力使他很受欢迎。）
3. suave: 文雅的。
4. villainous: 卑鄙可耻的，凶恶的。
5. malicious: 恶毒的。
6. parakeet: 长尾小鹦鹉。
7. vital: 充满活力的，生气勃勃的。
8. nasty: 卑鄙的，下流的。
9. rotisserie: 烤（肉）。
10. weevil: 象鼻虫。
11. poop: 排便，拉屎。
12. invincible: 不可征服的，无敌的。看一下例句：This is an invincible army.（这是一支无往不胜的军队。）
13. ghastly: 可怕的，恐怖的。例如：The scene after the battle was ghastly.（战争过后景象十分恐怖。）
14. duck: 迅速低头。影片中布鲁把珠儿的Duck理解为“鸭子”的意思，其实珠儿是让他快速低头以闪避前方的障碍物。请看例子：She ducked her head to avoid being hit.（她迅速低下头避免被击中。）duck还可以表示“回避，躲避”，例如：He ducked a question with a joke.（他用笑话回避问题。）
15. putrid: 放出恶臭的。
16. Will you quit it?: 你有完没完？相似的表达有Will you cut it out?
17. jungle: 可以表示“生存竞争激烈残酷之处”。例如：He's from Chicago; he grew up in a real jungle.（他是从芝加哥来的；他从小生长在生存竞争激烈的地方。）
18. hors d'oeuvre: <法>（主菜前的）开胃小菜。
19. spring roll: 春卷。
凤头鹦鹉
凤头鹦鹉是一种头顶长有冠羽的鸟类，它们主要生活在澳大利亚，长有一个半月形的喙，蠕虫状的舌头。大多数种类的凤头鹦鹉是白色的。凤头鹦鹉的嘴是镰刀形的，而且很坚实，可以啄碎硬的果壳，还能挖出树根。
凤头鹦鹉和其他的鹦鹉有的共同特征：都有钩曲的喙和对趾足。它们与鹦鹉科其他种类的不同点，主要表现在以下几个解剖学特征：包括能够收展的头冠，以及羽毛中缺少令其他鹦鹉羽毛呈现出虹彩的结构。凤头鹦鹉平均要比其他的鹦鹉体型大。但鸡尾鹦鹉却是一种很小的凤头鹦鹉。
凤头鹦鹉是唯一具有头冠的鹦鹉。头冠可以用来展现他们的思考跟与他们同伴的沟通。健康的凤头鹦鹉的皮肤应有粉末，是一种类似白色滑石粉的粉末，主要由钙组成，所以常会黏在地上或主人的衣服上。这种粉尘有时会引起人类的过敏。凤头鹦鹉咬人据说是最痛的。因为他们的下颚有两个尖起的部份，再加上上嘴喙的一个钩，如果真的被咬到，会造成三个点的伤口。
凤头鹦鹉的叫声是非常大的，要确定你的家人能够容忍平均一天两次的大叫声，因为这种长距离且刺耳的叫声很容易吵到邻居，所以他们并不被认为是适合养在公寓的鸟儿。如果一只凤头鹦鹉愿意和你一起笑或唱歌是再好不过的，因为即便你不在的时候，他们也会这样做。当他们在展现他们的快乐时，声音是非常大的。
凤头鹦鹉是不会非常顺从人的命令的。“不行”对他们而言就表示“等下再试试”。凤头鹦鹉是很聪明的。他们会想出最好的方法，让你同意他们去做他们想做的某件事。凤头鹦鹉的性情是无法预期的。他们可能前一分钟保持沉默，后一分钟马上就会快乐地大叫。他们的心情常会快速的改变。
因为凤头鹦鹉将东西咬坏的案例不胜枚举，他们往往是被视为很有破坏性的鸟类。他们会持续地需要新的木头，将这些木头咬成细丝。绝对不要间断提供这些木头，否则他们会自己找东西来咬，譬如你最珍爱的中国橱箱。凤头比任何其他的鹦鹉更具有机械方面的天份。他们也会将许多的东西如玩具、摇控器、甚至是他们的笼子给解体，他们几乎能将各种型态的锁解开并顺利脱逃，等你发现他时，他可能已经将家里的不少东西弄坏了。
凤头鹦鹉在整个鹦鹉种类中不算是最会说话的一种，很多的凤头鹦鹉只会讲很少的字词，或者是当他们在讲话的时候发音并不清晰。但是他们被认为是最会学习技巧的鹦鹉。你常常可以看到一只凤头鹦鹉表演各式各样的花招。这似乎是与生俱来的特性。绝对不要虐待一只凤头鹦鹉，因为他们将会永远记得。当他们心情不好的时候，他们会闹别扭或者是变得很有侵略性。凤头鹦鹉很需要别人的关怀。他们如果没有得到一个拥抱的话还会要求喔！
凤头是鹦鹉相当好动的一种鹦鹉，总是不停地喧闹，且跳起舞来或唱起歌来都节奏感十足，而且还会左右摇晃地打拍子。他们具有好奇心且喜爱冒险。
当脱离雏鸟的阶段后，凤头鹦鹉被视为会最快展现侵略性的鸟儿，且不会如南美洲的鸟儿有预先警告的行为。凤头鹦鹉很爱他们的主人，并且乐意为了主人付出的爱去回馈，所以在他们接受一些基本训练时并不需要给与太多物质上的奖赏，只要主人对他们付出爱心，他们都会愿意去做的。基于这种人鸟之间的爱，他们往往会在主人回家时马上跟主人打招呼或叫喊，就算你只是去对面的杂货店几分钟也一样。
繁殖特征
1. 孵育
凤头鹦鹉是雌雄轮流孵卵和养育后代的。
2. 筑巢
凤头鹦鹉通常在中空的树干做窝，它们的窝一般离地约一米高。许多种类的凤头鹦鹉在地面上养育后代。蜥蜴是鸟卵和幼鸟的害敌，所以成年凤头鹦鹉必须时刻提防蜥蜴的偷袭。刚出生的幼鸟的喙是肉红色的，不像它们的父母，喙是黑色的。
3. 繁殖
米切氏凤头鹦鹉繁殖期因地方而不同，一窝通常1颗卵，偶尔2颗，孵化期约28天，只由雌鸟孵蛋，如果2颗蛋皆孵出，较晚孵出的幼鸟常被亲鸟忽略而死亡。幼鸟孵出后，母鸟会待在巢中3个星期，雄鸟一天会喂食母鸟2次，雏鸟约3个月后羽毛长成。
有些凤头鹦鹉繁殖难度较大，如米切氏凤头鹦鹉配对较不易，公鸟在繁殖期间侵略性很强，对任何人都可能有攻击性，通常一窝产2-3颗蛋，很少有4颗，公鸟母鸟轮流孵雏，孵化期约需28天，幼鸟在7至8星期时羽毛长成， 他们约3、4岁时有繁殖能力，但通常5、6岁时才会繁殖，繁殖寿命长，可持续育雏超过37年。
生活习性
凤头鹦鹉在森林地区时只在树上觅食，喝水时才会到地面上，在开阔地区或农作物区域，则经常在地面上觅食，栖息与筑巢都爱在靠近水源地的树林中，尤其是尤佳利树林。在傍晚入夜时分常大叫，特别是在有月光的夜晚。有时凤头鹦鹉一起在农作物园区内觅食，造成严重的农业损失，尤其是花生田与玉米田，当地政府有限制地允许农民射杀或是捕捉贩卖。（来源：百度百科）
考考你
1. 那个女招待长得不错，真是一个美人儿。
2. 人们都痛恨恶毒的告密者。
3. 只要工人团结一致，他们就是不可战胜的。
4. 他回避记者，从后门溜出去了。
Rio《里约大冒险》精讲之三 参考答案
1. A beautiful sunset is an awesome sight.
2. Creativity is being strangled by financial pressures.
3. He's a Thomas Hardy nut; he has read all his novels.
4. He got mesmerized by the Internet.
精彩对白：Blu: You see? Who needs flying? Jewel: Birds. Birds need flying. Flying is... It's freedom and not having to rely on anyone. Don't you want that? Blu: I don't know. It sounds a little lonely.
