|
 Brief
Details
Directed
by:
Steven Spielberg
Writing
credits:
Frank Abagnale Jr. (book)
Stan Redding (book)
Plot
Outline:
Based on the true story of Frank Abagnale Jr., a successful
con artist who managed to pass himself off as several identities
and the FBI agent hot on his trail.
Useful
Expressions
1. Why didn't you
go to a legitimate profession?
= allowed by law, not criminal
2. I'm here to read
the articles of extradition.
= taking the criminal from the foreign prison to his home
country for a trial.
E.g. French citizen
murdered his wife while being in USA. US police took him to
the prison. French government has the right to extradite him
to France for trial according to French laws.
3. If he dies, I'm
holding you responsible.
= If he dies, I will blame you. You are the reason of his
death.
4. In all those years
we've only seen a handful of deserving gentlemen
inducted as lifetime members.
= In all those years we've only seen a few worthy men in
our organization (group), which were formally introduced as
lifetime members.
5. You're being investigated
by the government for tax fraud.
= Government
thinks that you trick the tax department (like IRD), and it
wants to discover the truth (investigates you).
6. They've
threatened to put me in jail.
= They've
told me that they will arrest me, if I will not do what they
want.
Jail = prison = the place where criminals are held.
7. Didn't that bank
turn you down for a loan, though?
= But this bank refused (said "No") to give you
money on credit, right?
8. Mum, you said
you were gonna quit (smoking)?
To quit smoking = to stop smoking
Gonna (informal) = going to
9. He looks like
a substitute teacher.
Substitute teacher = the person who replaces teachers who
are absent
10. This note, it's
a fake, right?
= This note is not real? (You made it to trick people)
11. But there is no crease in the paper
= But there is no line where it has been folded.
12. Your father and
I are getting a divorce.
= We are going to end our marriage by an official process.
13. It states whom
you're going to live with after the divorce, whose custody
you will be in.
= the right to take care of a child.
14. She's so stubborn
you mother.
= It your mother decided to do something, she cannot change
her mind.
15. And I'm chasing
these two Puerto-Rican guys.
= I hurry after them, I follow them, I run to take them.
16. They got
a suitcase filled with bank robbery loot.
= They got a bag full of money or other valuable things,
which were stolen (taken illegally) from the bank.
Suitcase full of money: 
17. Does it bother
you?
= Do you worry about it?
Yes, it does bother me
= It really bothers me.
'to do + verb' is used to stress that something you
feel or do is truth.
E.g. I love you. I do love you (I really love you).
18. Don't put
yourself in the position of being humiliated.
= Don't do the things which you will be ashamed of and
will lose the respect of others.
19. What he did is
a felony.
= a serious crime which can be punished by many years in
prison.
20. Your son is forging
checks.
= Your son is making false cheques (bank cheque, personal
cheque, etc).
21. Mr. Applebaum fractures his ankle.
= Mr. Applebaum has broken his leg.
Ankle: 
22. Dr. Harris, do you concur?
= Dr. Harris, do you agree with the opinion of other doctor?
23. They're trying
to scare me, to intimidate me.
= They are trying to frighten me, to make me nervous, to
threaten me (see above)
24. I'd like to meet
the groom.
= a man who is going to marry a woman
In marriage: husband & wife
In the wedding: groom & bride
In the engagement: fiancé & fiancee
|
HOME
