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JOR-EL: Your name is Kal-El. You are the only survivor of the planet Krypton.
Although you have been raised as a human, you are not one of them. Your road has been a difficult one; it will continue to be. You have great powers but you are confused as to how to use them. All this I know. Here in this
fortress, a place of solitude, I will train you for the tasks that lie ahead. Now
let us work together to complete your education. Over the years I have
instructed you in all the languages, arts and sciences of Earth as well as the
far more advanced knowledge of Krypton. Now, my son, we turn to a more difficult subject: virtue. How does a good man live? This is not yet -not even on Krypton- a precise science..
| survivor | sobreviviente. El verbo sobrevivir se dice to survive. |
| although | aunque |
| to raise somebody | educar a alguien. Se refiere a la educación recibida en la casa. |
| fortress | fuerte |
| a place of solitude | un lugar solitario |
| to train somebody for something | entrenar a alguien para algo. Entrenador se dice trainer y la persona que recibe el entrenamiento se dice trainee. |
| task | tarea |
| let us work | permítanos trabajar |
| over the years | a través de los años |
| to instruct somebody in something | enseñar algo a alguien. La persona que enseña se dice instructor. |
| far more advanced | mucho más avanzado. Para aprender a realizar comparaciones, ver Comparatives and Superlatives. |
| to turn to something | dedicarse a algo |
| more difficult | más difícil. Para aprender a realizar comparaciones, ver Comparatives and Superlatives. |
LOIS: Well, how are you enjoying your first day on the job?
CLARK: I think I lost a week's salary at the dart board.
LOIS: Some people aren't the athletic type.
CLARK: But otherwise it's swell.
LOIS: 'Swell.' When was the last time I heard anybody say it? Where are you from, anyway?
CLARK: I doubt you ever heard of it. A little town called Smallville.
LOIS: Well, you're going to find Metropolis is a pretty tough town compared to it.
CLARK: I think I lost a week's salary at the dart board.
LOIS: Some people aren't the athletic type.
CLARK: But otherwise it's swell.
LOIS: 'Swell.' When was the last time I heard anybody say it? Where are you from, anyway?
CLARK: I doubt you ever heard of it. A little town called Smallville.
LOIS: Well, you're going to find Metropolis is a pretty tough town compared to it.
| How are you enjoying your first day? | ¿Cómo le está yendo en su primer día? |
| a week's salary | el salario de una semana |
| dart board | tablero de dardos |
| otherwise | sino, de lo contrario |
| swell | fenomenal, bárbaro |
| the last time | la última vez |
| Where are you from? | ¿De dónde es usted? |
| to doubt something | dudar de algo. Una duda se dice a doubt. |
| pretty tough | bastante duro |
| compared to | comparado con. Notar el uso de la preposición to. |
CLARK: Would you be interested in dinner?
LOIS: Thanks, Clark, but I'm booked for the night.
CLARK: Oh.
LOIS: It's not what you think. Darn it! I'm going out on a story. The Secretary of Defense is landing at the airport tonight and this kid's going to be there to make sure he answers a few questions he'd rather duck.
CLARK: Don't you ever give up?
LOIS: For what? Oh, I've seen the way the other half lives. My sister, for instance. It looks terrific, but is that what I really want? Three kids, two cats, and fifteen needlepoint pillows? I'd go bananas after one week. Hell, I need this crazy existence of mine. Like I need the plague, right? That's what you're thinking.
CLARK: No. I'm just thinking that you smoke too much, if you don't mind my saying so.
LOIS: There's no real proof that tobacco...
CLARK: Lois, you should see what the inside of your lungs look like.
LOIS: I appreciate the advice, okay? But I've got a story to do.
CLARK: Can I take you to the airport?
LOIS: Not unless you can fly...
LOIS: Thanks, Clark, but I'm booked for the night.
CLARK: Oh.
LOIS: It's not what you think. Darn it! I'm going out on a story. The Secretary of Defense is landing at the airport tonight and this kid's going to be there to make sure he answers a few questions he'd rather duck.
CLARK: Don't you ever give up?
LOIS: For what? Oh, I've seen the way the other half lives. My sister, for instance. It looks terrific, but is that what I really want? Three kids, two cats, and fifteen needlepoint pillows? I'd go bananas after one week. Hell, I need this crazy existence of mine. Like I need the plague, right? That's what you're thinking.
CLARK: No. I'm just thinking that you smoke too much, if you don't mind my saying so.
LOIS: There's no real proof that tobacco...
CLARK: Lois, you should see what the inside of your lungs look like.
LOIS: I appreciate the advice, okay? But I've got a story to do.
CLARK: Can I take you to the airport?
LOIS: Not unless you can fly...
| Would you be...? | ¿Estaría usted…? |
| to be interested in something | estar interesado en algo. Notar el uso de la preposición in. |
| to be booked | estar ocupado. Significa que ya se tienen otros planes fijados. También se usa para referirse a una reserva: To book a table in a restaurant significa reservar una mesa en un restaurant. |
| darn it! | ¡Caray! Es una forma más suave de decir Damn it! (¡Maldición!) |
| to land at the airport | aterrizar en el aeropuerto. El verbo to land significa llegar, o en referencia a un avión, aterrizar. Si es seguido del lugar, se debe usar la preposición at. Por ejemplo, 'The plane landed at London at 16.45'. (El tren aterrizó en Londres a las 16.45.) |
| to duck | esquivar, eludir |
| to give up | abandonar |
| the other half | la otra mitad |
| for instance | por ejemplo |
| terrific | estupendo, maravilloso |
| to go bananas | volverse loco. Es una expresión informal, coloquial. Otra expresión que también significa lo mismo es to go mad. |
| too much | demasiado |
| if you don't mind my saying so | si no le molesta que lo diga |
| proof | prueba |
| lungs | pulmones |
| advice | consejo. El verbo aconsejar se escribe to advise. Para hablar de 'un consejo' en singular, se debe usar la frase a piece of advice, ya que advice es incontable. La expresión to ask for advice significa pedir un consejo. To take somebody's advice equivale a seguir los consejos de alguien. To take legal advice significa consultar a un abogado. |
| unless | a menos que |
CLARK: It's ridiculous!
LOIS: I'm telling you, I was there.
CLARK: You were probably so scared you didn't look to see what the trick was.
LOIS: It wasn't a trick!
CLARK: Oh, sure. A man flies in the sky like a pigeon and it wasn't a trick.
LOIS: Clark Kent, if you had only seen it the way I did...
CLARK: It was done with wires. They must have rigged him like they do with Peter Pan.
LOIS: There weren't any wires. I looked.
CLARK: Mirrors, then. It's done with mirrors.
LOIS: He grabbed me! He held me! He set me down gently! How could that be done with mirrors?
CLARK: Look, there was probably a trampoline on the roof somewhere and this joker just took a big bounce.
LOIS: Why would he do that? How would he know I was going to suddenly slip?
CLARK: I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.
LOIS: You're just jealous.
CLARK: Jealous? Of what?
LOIS: Of this... Superman.
CLARK: What'd you call him?
LOIS: Superman. Pretty good name for him, isn't it?
CLARK: Is that what they're calling him?
LOIS: They will, once I hang it on him in tomorrow's edition.
CLARK: Super...man. Hmmm...
LOIS: It isn't that I still don't like you, Clark. It's just that... well, once you've had something like that happen to you, it kind of changes a girl. I'm going to make some coffee. You want some?
CLARK: No, thanks.
LOIS: I'm telling you, I was there.
CLARK: You were probably so scared you didn't look to see what the trick was.
LOIS: It wasn't a trick!
CLARK: Oh, sure. A man flies in the sky like a pigeon and it wasn't a trick.
LOIS: Clark Kent, if you had only seen it the way I did...
CLARK: It was done with wires. They must have rigged him like they do with Peter Pan.
LOIS: There weren't any wires. I looked.
CLARK: Mirrors, then. It's done with mirrors.
LOIS: He grabbed me! He held me! He set me down gently! How could that be done with mirrors?
CLARK: Look, there was probably a trampoline on the roof somewhere and this joker just took a big bounce.
LOIS: Why would he do that? How would he know I was going to suddenly slip?
CLARK: I don't know, Lois, but I do know a fraud when I hear one. This thing goes against all natural laws.
LOIS: You're just jealous.
CLARK: Jealous? Of what?
LOIS: Of this... Superman.
CLARK: What'd you call him?
LOIS: Superman. Pretty good name for him, isn't it?
CLARK: Is that what they're calling him?
LOIS: They will, once I hang it on him in tomorrow's edition.
CLARK: Super...man. Hmmm...
LOIS: It isn't that I still don't like you, Clark. It's just that... well, once you've had something like that happen to you, it kind of changes a girl. I'm going to make some coffee. You want some?
CLARK: No, thanks.
| so scared (that) | tan asustado (que) |
| trick | truc |
| like a pigeon | como una palom |
| wires | cables. Como verbo, to wire significa conectar, cablear. Wireless significa sin cable, inalámbrico. Es importante aclarar que para hablar de la televisión por cable se dice cable TV. |
| to rig | equipar |
| mirror | espejo |
| to grab somebody | agarrar a alguie |
| to hold somebody | sostener a alguien |
| to set somebody down | apoyar a alguien |
| on the roof | sobre el piso |
| joker | chistoso, bromista. En las cartas, se llama así al comodín. |
| a big bounce | un gran salto. El verbo to bounce significa dar saltos o rebotar. |
| to slip | resbalarse |
| fraud | fraude, engaño |
| against all natural laws | contra todas las leyes naturales |
| to be jealous of somebody | estar celoso de alguien |
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