英文电影宝典——Cast Away

rt of the conversation. Chuck returns to Kelly, but is soon off again on another quick trip. Is Kelly Frears around? :: She’s copying her dissertation. A "dissertation" is a major research paper that is written in order to get the graduate degree of Ph.D. You’re home. :: Home, indeed. A British word that means certainly, without question or for sure. He’s been declared physically fit to fly; Santa got checked out by doctors at the VA hospital If a person is "fit" to do something, they are physically able to do it. "To check out" a person is to carefully examine them. A "VA" hospital is run by the Veterans Administration, which serves people who served in the military. After they declared the jolly old elf in tip top shape, Santa took off into the wild blue yonder. "Jolly" is an old fashioned word for very happy, and an elf is a mythical children’s character, like Santa Claus. If a person is in "tip top shape," they are in excellent physical health. "The wild blue yonder" is a literary way of referring to a place in the distance that is very far away. You’ve got to be in the market for some of those candied hams. If you are "in the market" for something, you want to buy it. "Candied hams" are a type of sugar-covered sweet ham that is popular for holidays When I was there we did 2,000,000 and we thought that was a big deal. The glory days. If something is "a big deal," it is considered important or impressive. A Person’s "glory days" are those days in the past when they were at their best or most impressive. And Fred Smith had that cardtable bronzed. "To bronze" a piece of furniture is to cover it with a shiny brown coating that will make it last a very long time (Fred Smith is the founder and head corporate officer of the Fed Ex company). The new hub in Anchorage. A "hub" is an airport that an airline uses as a center of its operations, from which it flies to lots of other cities (Anchorage is the biggest city in the state of Alaska). It’s state of the art and a perfect marriage between technology and systems management. If something is "state of the art," it is made with the very latest and best technology. "Systems management" is the science of managing networks made of either people or computer technologies. Why don’t you make an honest women out of Kelly? This is a silly way of asking Chuck to marry Kelly. Kelly is still recovering from that failed relationship with that parolee. A "parolee" is a person who was in prison but has been released "on parole," which means they can stay free so long as they agree to certain conditions, such as reporting to a parole officer once a week. I knew it had something to do with swearing to tell the truth. In a court of law, a person "swears to tell the truth," which i

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