电影剧情拖沓英文「分析」
眼看快到月底了，会计小刘又开始催着大家交报销的票据了。外教Tony不太会弄交得晚了，小刘张嘴就冲他来了一句: "you're slow！" 结果搞得Tony生了小刘好几天的气......
这种情况就是典型的文化差异了，在咱们中文里，说一句"你好慢哟~"无伤大雅，但老外听在耳朵里就变了味儿。原来"you're slow"在英文里不是"你太慢", 而是变成了"你好笨呐！"的意思。
那么应该如何优雅礼貌地催促他人呢？这时用一句"Would you please......at your earliest convenience?"（得便时请务请…从速）就可以啦！
所以说，大家学英语时别太死板了，要记住“slow”当用作形容词时，就是在说某人“不聪明、有点儿笨笨的；迟钝、反应有点儿慢半拍 ”
Be slow
迟钝、迟缓，拖沓；缓慢；沉闷；迟钝的，愚笨的；（电影、书籍、戏剧等）情节拖沓的，索然无趣的
【En】Someone who is slow is not very clever and takes a long time to understand things. 迟钝的人不是很聪明，需要花很长时间才能理解事物。If someone is slow to do something, they do it after a delay. 如果某人做事慢，他们会在延迟之后才做。If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting. 如果你用slow来描述一种情况、地点或者活动，你的意思是它不是很令人兴奋。If you are slow to do something, you do not do it as soon as you can or should. 如果你做事拖沓，你没有尽快做你能做或应该做的事情。Taking a longer time than something similar. 比类似的事情要花更长的时间。Used to describe a film, book, play, etc. that does not have much excitement and action. 用来形容没有太多刺激和动作的电影、书、戏剧等。A person might be described as slow if they are not very clever and do not understand or notice things quickly. 如果一个人不是很聪明，不能很快地理解或注意到事物，那么他可能会被描述为迟钝。
【Scenario Listening 场景听力】
● Sorry, I can be a bit slow at times.
对不起，我有时反应有点慢。
● Their attitude was slow to change.
他们的态度迟迟没有改变。
● The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis.
国际社会对这场危机反应迟缓。
● He has been slow in announcing the name of his successor.
他迟迟没有宣布继任者的名字。
● I've been a bit slow in making up my mind.
我一直没有下定决心。
● Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring.
当事情看起来有点缓慢或无聊时，不要灰心。
● Taylor was concerned at the slow progress of the investigations.
泰勒对调查进展缓慢感到担忧。
● The distribution of passports has been a slow process.
护照的发放一直是一个缓慢的过程。
● Farmers have been slow to exploit this market.
农民们开拓这个市场的速度很缓慢。
● The island is too slow for her liking.
这个岛太沉闷了，不合她的胃口。
● The wound was slow to heal.
伤口愈合得很慢。
● New ideas have been slow in coming.
新想法姗姗来迟。
● We got on the slow train (=one that stops at more stations) by mistake.
我们误上了那列慢车。
● Teaching assistants have time to help the slower pupils.
助教有时间帮助学习较迟钝的学生。
【Scenario Example 场景示例】
● Terry was, as usual, slow to respond.
特里像往常一样反应迟钝。
● He is so slow, that I have to explain everything several times.
他脑子太慢，转不过来，害我每次都得解释好几遍。
● His films are so slow they send me to sleep.
他那些电影情节拖沓，总让我昏昏欲睡。
● I was a bit slow on the uptake there - I didn't follow his reasoning at all.
我对这一点理解能力较差——完全没听懂他的推理。
● The government was very slow to react to the problem.
政府对这一问题反应迟缓。
● Our progress has been fairly slow so far, but it's early days.
到目前为止，我们的进展相当缓慢，但还处于早期阶段。
● She got hit in the head during the crash, and she's been a bit slow since.
她在车祸中头部受了伤，之后反应就有点慢了。
● I feel so slow when I'm with Andrew - he's so much brighter than me.
和安德鲁在一起时，我感觉自己很迟钝——他比我聪明多了。
● We're making slow but steady progress with the painting.
我们这幅画进度缓慢但很平稳。
