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This seat's taken- Forest Gump 3
Question to think about: Have you ever experienced such situations before? Wanted to do something but was told you couldn’t? Being angry?
 
Boy #1 This seat's taken.
Boy #2 It's taken!
Boy #3 You can't sit here.
Forrest (voice-over) You know, it's funny what a young man recollects. 'Cause I don't remember being born.

Forrest I, I... don't recall what I got for my first Christmas and I don't know when I went on my first outdoor picnic. But, I do remember the first time I heard the sweetiest voice...

Forrest (voice-over) ... in the wide world.
Jenny You can sit here if you want.
Forrest (voice-over) I had never seen anything so beautiful in my life. She was like an angel.
Jenny Well, are you gonna sit down, or aren't ya?

Jenny What's wrong with your legs?
Forrest Um, nothing at all, thank you. My legs are just fine and dandy.
Forrest (voice-over) I just sat next to her on that bus and had conversation all the way to school.
Jenny Then why do you have those shoes on?
Forrest My momma said my back's crooked like a question mark. These are going to make me as straight as an arrow. They're my magic shoes.
Forrest (voice-over) And next to Momma, no one ever talked to me or asked me questions.
Jenny Are you stupid or something.
Forrest Mommy says stupid is as stupid does.

Jenny I'm Jenny.
Forrest I'm Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump.
Forrest (voice-over) From that day on, we was always together. Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.

Useful lanuage items:

The seat's taken. 这个座位有人了。Back

recollect 回忆 Back

Why do you think Forest thinks that she is like an angel? back

We was 这里是俚语,非正式用法,意思是 we are... back

like peas and carrots 形影不离。 back

 
 
 

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