Billy Elliots big world 跳出我天地

彭姝喆

堅持夢想不放棄，用努力去對抗世俗的偏見，《跳出我天地》講的就是這樣的一個故事。

1 Set in Durham County in England during the 1984 1985 miners? strike， the film Billy Elliot is about a working class boy who discovers a passion for ballet. His father objects， based on negative stereotypes （刻板印象） of male ballet dancers.

2 The film tells a story beginning in 1984. Billy Elliot， an 11 year old boy， loves to dance and has hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer. Billy lives with his father Jackie， whose wife is dead， and his older brother， Tony. Both of them are coal miners out on strike. His grandmother lives with them， who had once been dying to be a professional dancer.

3 Billy s father sends him to the gym to learn boxing， but Billy dislikes it. He happens to see a ballet class that is using the gym. Billy joins the ballet class secretly. When Jackie discovers this， he forbids Billy to take any more ballet classes. But passionate about dancing， Billy secretly continues his lessons with the help of his dance teacher， Sandra Wilkinson. Sandra believes that Billy is talented enough to study at the Royal Ballet School in London.

4 Once， Jackie catches Billy dancing in the gym. Seeing his son is truly gifted， he decides to do whatever it takes to help Billy realize his dream. Jackie s fellow miners and the neighbourhood raise some money， and Jackie pawns （典當） Billy s mother s jew ellery to cover the cost. Then Jackie takes Billy to London to audition.

5 Although very nervous， Billy performs well. Some time later， the Royal Ballet School sends Billy a letter of acceptance， coinciding with the end of the miners? strike. Therefore， Billy leaves home to study in London.

6 In 1998， 25 year old Billy takes the stage to perform as the Swan in Matthew Bourne s Swan Lake， as Jackie and Tony watch from the audience. Jackie is very moved by his performance.

Ⅰ. Analyze some difficult sentences in the text

1. Seeing his son is truly gifted， he decides to do whatever it takes to help Billy realize his dream. 看到兒子是真的有天賦，他決定盡一切努力幫助比利實現(xiàn)夢想。

【點石成金】本句中，Seeing his son is truly gifted為現(xiàn)在分詞作原因狀語，動詞see與主語he構成的是主動關系。do whatever it takes to do sth意為“竭盡全力做某事”。

2. Although very nervous， Billy performs well. 盡管很緊張，但是比利表現(xiàn)得很好。

【點石成金】本句中，Although very nervous相當于Although he is very nervous。當表時間、原因、讓步等的狀語從句的主語與主句的主語一致時，可將狀語從句的主語和be動詞同時省略。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text centered chunks

negative stereotype 負面的刻板印象

male ballet dancer 男芭蕾舞者

on strike 罷工

be passionate about 對……充滿激情

realize one s dream 實現(xiàn)某人的夢想

raise money 籌錢

cover the cost 支付費用

coincide with 與……同時發(fā)生