英文电影宝典——Network

t of here, you’ll have to drag me out kicking and screaming. "To drag" somebody is to pull them, usually on the ground. You think they’ll quit their jobs for you? Not in this recession. A "recession" is an economic down turn in which many people lose their jobs. The mid 1970s was a period of a deep recession. It’s a big, fat big-titted hit. Ridiculous but colorful words. "Tits" are crude slang for female breasts. I’ll be announcing projected earnings for this network for the first time in 5 years. "Projected earnings" is one way of saying predicted profits. Mr. Jenson will be sitting there in his chair, rocking back and forth, and he’ll say "That’s very good, Frank, keep it up." Note that people "rock back and forth" when they sit in a rocking chair. If a person tells you to "keep it up," they are telling you to keep doing what you’ve been doing (in this case, making the company profitable). So don’t have any illusions about who is running this network. An "illusion" is a false or distorted view of reality. I’ll put him in a hospital before I let you exploit him like a carnival freak. A "carnival freak" is any strange human that people would pay to see, such as a man with two heads, or a woman with a beard. I’m going to spread this whole reeking business in every newspaper…. "To spread" news is to make sure it is heard everywhere possible, and if something "reeks," it smells horrible or rotten. I must make my witness. :: Sure thing, Mr. Beale… "To make witness" are words from the bible in which people agree to express what they see as a great truth. "Sure thing" is one way of saying OK. Things are bad. The dollar buys a nickel’s worth, banks are going bust. A "nickel" is 5 cents, and if a bank "goes bust," it goes out of business. The air is unfit to breathe. Another word for unsuitable or too polluted. "Please, let me have my toaster, and my TV and my steel belted radials." A type of tire, and for Howard, a stupid symbol of consumerism. I don’t know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the streets. A good list of the various worries that America had in the mid 70s! I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!!! If you refuse to "take" something, you refuse to accept it. One of the most famous lines in the history of the movies. They’re yelling in Baton Rouge! Son of a bitch, we’ve struck the mother lode! Note that son of a bitch can be used, as here, as just a general expression of excitement. "To strike the mother lode" is to find a main source of gold or other valuable mineral (Baton Rouge is in Louisiana). Stick your head out the window and keep yelling! Note the verb you use when you want to see somebody’s head outside of a window. In the Nielson rati