《修女也疯狂2》：妈妈，我想唱歌_影视英语

　取自电影《修女也疯狂》续集(sister act 2)中小女孩rita watson和妈妈的谈话。——美国巨星乌比戈登堡（whoopi goldberg）扮演的修女玛丽克莱伦斯（sister marie clarence）要组织教会学校的高中生参加全国唱诗比赛。女孩rita极有天分，由于妈妈认为唱歌不会有出路、不会有前途，坚决反对她参加。

　m: rita, how many times do we have to go through this? singing does not put food on the table. singing does not pay the bills. singing is no guarantee to a future, even if you have got talent.
　　r: mama, do you know i can sing?
　　m: so could your daddy, and he died still trying to make it.
　　r: what does that have to do with me? mom, we're a good choir. they wanna take us to this all-state music competition. we could win.
　　m: if you want to win in life, then you keep your nose in them and out of the clouds.
　　r: if you could just listen to me, let me explain……
　　m: baby, i know how you feel. but there are a lot of talented people right down on the street, singing their “shoulda-coulda-wouldas”. is that how you wanna end up?
　　r: no. that’s not what i want.
　　m: good. then you don't have time for any choir, cause you gotta study.
　　r: we have a chance of winning.
　　m: the choir and the competition are out.
　　r: but mama……
　　m: if you “but mama”me one more time, i would let you out. now i said the choir and the competition are out. you understand?

重点讲解

　妈妈回家以后看到丽塔在听，有些不耐烦地说，这件事已经讨论过多少次了。词组go through，原来意是仔细检查，这里用来说一件事情已经过了许多次。下面是妈妈用一连串排比句说明，唱歌是怎样一件没有出路的事。都是生活中的现实：唱歌不能换吃的，不能付帐单，不能保证有光明的前途，即使你是个很有天分的人。

　丽塔用了几个理由求妈妈：她很有天分（can）、他们组织的唱诗班可能会赢得全国比赛(all-state music competition)。妈妈毫不客气地打断了她，妈妈说，如果你想在活生生的现实中成为强者(to win in life)，就不要学穷困潦倒在街上的歌者，唱着“应该-可能-但愿”(shoulda-coulda-wouldas)的那些人。这里用的都是省略语，使用的是情态助动词加尾音。
　　“难道你就想这样结束么？”(how you wanna end up?)是妈妈威胁丽塔的话。词组end up with，意思是，以某种方式结束、告终，用作疑问句，用表示方式的疑问词how带起，省略了with。

　最后一种需要注意的表达方式是be out。妈妈说，唱诗班和比赛都出局了，想都不能再想了(the choir and the competition are out.)，就用的是这种表达。