The devil wears Prada 《時尚女魔頭》（精講之一）
[ 2007-03-05 19:36 ]
影片對白 I will pretend you
did not just ask me that. She's the editor in chief of Runway, not to mention a legend. You work a year for
her, and you can get a job at any magazine you want. A million girls would kill
for this job.
文化面面觀 The
Devil Wears Prada: 電影與暢銷書的結合
21. In the book Andy has been told by Miranda that she has to babysit her
friend's son at this party. The son ends up being Christian. None of this
happens in the film
 22. Andy has a sister who gives birth to
a baby boy which Andy is unable to meet for the first few months of his life
because of Miranda's tight noose on Andy.
23. Miranda's husband does not leave her in the novel. The two have a stable
and happy marriage.
24. Miranda's job is not in danger at the end of the novel, as it is in the
film.
25. In the novel, Andrea ends her time with Miranda by telling her, very
publicly, "Fuck you, Miranda. Fuck you." instead of simply throwing her cell
phone into a nearby fountain. This happened, in the novel, after Miranda blamed
her for not realizing that her daughters' passports had expired a week earlier
and that she needed to get them new passports and on a plane to Paris by that
very night. She immediately returns to New York to attend to the comatose Lily.
Miranda actually does not make much more of an appearance in the novel after
that moment. She doesn't help with any connections. The major connection that
Andrea was able to make was enhanced by a loathing for Miranda that she had in
common with the woman at Seventeen.
26. The novel ends with Andrea, finally having launched a more serious
writing career with a somewhat autobiographical short story in Seventeen,
returning to Elias-Clark to discuss writing assignments with another of the
company's magazines. In the film, she gets the reporting position she always
wanted with the New York Mirror (a fictionalized Village Voice) instead.
27. The film gives the impression that Miranda has a very high regard for
Andrea at the end, despite her cold, unfeeling exterior, and that even Andrea
has come to like Miranda. In the novel, how Miranda truly feels about Andrea is
not known, although she does offer to let Andrea write short pieces for the
magazine and pull strings at The New Yorker. Andrea does show some appreciation
for Miranda and what she does at some points in the novel, but not as much as
she does in the movie.
28. At the end of the novel, it is implied that Emily is likely to pretend
she does not know Andrea because of the controversy surrounding her
confrontation with Miranda. In the movie, however, it is made clear by Emily to
the new assistant that she greatly respects and likes Andrea, and believes she
did a honorable job as second assistant.
29. In the film, Andrea kindly offers Emily the clothing she received from
Paris. In the book, Andrea sells the clothing to a second-hand shop for $38,000
and finances her writer's life for the next year.
30. In the Book we can read that Miranda and Andrea are both staying at the
Hotel Ritz Paris. In the movie it's the Plaza Athénée.
31. In the novel version, the white Hermès scarves that Miranda likes to wear are
discontinued, however in the movie, when Emily gets hit by a taxi, there is a
shot of white scarves flying all over the street. (answers.com)
我觀之我見
隨著司機的一條短信提示，整個辦公室都開始進入備戰(zhàn)狀態(tài)：穿平底鞋的秘書抓起備用的高跟鞋往腳上套、高級助理飛快地把各種雜志往她桌上擺好、連帶倒上礦泉水捧起日程安排表……當米蘭達抵達公司時，女助理立刻跑到身邊，開始記錄米蘭達的任務，她說話語調從來不會抑揚頓挫，兩片薄薄的嘴唇在短時間內不停地輕微運動，連珠炮地把一大堆事務交代給助理去辦，語句之間不需要停頓，一氣呵成。完了之后一句冷冰冰的"That's
all"就把人打發(fā)走，即便是沒聽清楚也不能問她。這就是這部電影給我們呈現(xiàn)的一個時尚界的"女魔頭"形象。跟著這樣的老板干活大約新陳代謝都要提高二十倍才能保證跟得上步伐、不會被fire掉，同時還得有強大的心理承受力，不然每天對著這樣一張冰冷的臉人都會瘋掉。夸張嗎？不，職場中人很多都經(jīng)歷過這樣的上司，這部電影引發(fā)了他們心中的共鳴，這也是這部小成本的電影能獲得巨大成功的原因。
考考你
用今日所學將下面的句子譯成英語。
1.
公司威脅說誰罷工就解雇誰，那只不過是虛張聲勢罷了。
2. 大家各就各位。主編來了！
Prison Break 1《越獄》1（精講十二）考考你 參考答案
1． 這個團伙那天晚上出去搞破壞了。
The gang was out to raise hell that night.
2．
他說如果他們不還錢給他的話，他就要搞點動作。
He said he'd raise Cain if they wouldn't give him a
refund.
3． 如果她還是那么粗魯?shù)脑挘揖碗x開。
If she's rude again I'm just going to
take a walk.
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