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雨果的祕密The Invention of Hugo Cabret

關乎一個男孩生存希望的祕密 A boy whose survival depends on secrets

小男孩雨果是個孤兒，住在法國一座火車站裡。 雨果的父親在一場大火中喪生，因此他只好到車站和叔叔住在一起。

叔姪兩人負責維護車站內的二十七座鐘。

後來，雨果的叔叔失蹤，雨果只得自己照顧自己和那些時鐘。

雨果的父親生前一直在修復一個機器人，那是一個具有發條的機械人形裝置。

雨果在大火肆虐後的廢墟中發現機器人，並試著用父親筆記本裡的圖解將機器人修好；他深信機器人握有父親遺留給他的祕密訊息。

為了取得所需零件，雨果開始從車站的玩具製造匠喬治·梅里葉那裡偷東西。

有一天，喬治還到了雨果，把他口袋裡的東西全部拿走，也包括了筆記本。

雨果要求喬治歸還筆記本，但喬治一口拒絕．而且還假裝要把筆記本燒掉。

喬治要求雨果在玩具鋪擔任修理機械玩具的工作，於是雨果結識了喬治的教女伊莎貝兒。

伊莎貝兒對雨果說喬治並沒有燒掉他的筆記本，後來還偷來還給他。

timepiece

fitness tracker

be on time

Hugo, a young orphaned boy, lives in a French train station. His father was killed in a fire, so Hugo went to live in the station with his uncle. They take care of the 27 clocks in the train station. When his uncle disappears, Hugo must take care of himself and the clocks. Before his father died in a fire, he was fixing an automaton, a wind-up mechanical man. Hugo found the automaton in the ashes of the fire and is trying to fix it using his father's notebook of drawings. He is certain tilt the automaton has a secret me age for him from his father.

To get the parts he needs, Hugo steals from a toy maker, Georges Melies, in the train station. One day Georges catches Hugo and takes everything in his pockets, including the notebook. Hugo demands that Georges give it back to him. Georges refuses and pretends to burn it. Georges insists that Hugo take a job fixing mechanical toys at his booth, and Hugo meets Isabelle, Georges' goddaughter. She tells Hugo that Georges didn't burn his notebook and steals it back for him.

invention發明

We can all thank to Thomas Edison for the invention of the light bulb.感謝愛迪生發明電燈泡

Simone used a technique of her own invention to keep the curtains in place on the porch windows.用自己發明的小妙方把陽台上的窗簾固定好

invention虛構；捏造

The story Peter told us about being kidnapped in South America and then released was an invention of his imagination.想像虛構出來的

mechanical（adj.）機械性的

Joey loves to watch his mechanical monkey walk along the sidewalk beside him.

Joseph always uses a mechanical pencil to figure out math problems.自動鉛筆

Eleanor has given the same speech so many times that it comes across as mechanical now.

historical fiction歷史小說是一種文學體裁，其情節發生在過去的環境中。儘管該術語通常用作歷史小說的同義詞，但它也可以應用於其他類型的敘事，包括戲劇，歌劇，電影和電視，以及視頻遊戲和圖畫小說。歷史小說的一個基本要素是它設定在過去，並註意所描繪時期的舉止，社會狀況和其他細節。

orphaned boy

to take care of = to maintain + self

to look after + somebody

兩者有點不太一樣

wind-up toy

Automaton

自動機，是指非電源供應，以發條裝置作為動力來源，使自己運作的機器；自動機是必須先手動上緊發條，發條帶動機器內部的齒輪及隨動機械零件，才能自己運作，發條的能量就像蓄電池一樣消耗，必須再上緊發條；運作原理有別於發動機、發電機、電動機及永動機。

keep it under your hat告訴你一個秘密，絕對不要說出去

I will tell you, but you keep it under your hat.【由來：魔術師會把鴿子藏在帽子裡】

demand（v.）強烈要求

Peter demanded that his brother return the iPad to him immediately

Mrs. Peavy demanded to know what the two boys in the back of the room were doing. 要求知道兩個男孩在房間後方做甚麼

demand（n.）

Marion makes too many demands of her assistant, so people don’t stay in that job very long.留不住人

booth有棚子的小貨攤

Nora always buys her fresh fruit at the first booth inside the market.

booth餐廳裡隔開的座位區

Caleb and Julia sat in a booth at the back of the restaurant because they didn't want people to see them.

booth投票地點；用布簾圍起來的圈票處

When people vote, they usually go into a voting booth so everything is kept private.

to catch

to capture or to find and stop somebody or something who is trying to escape

The trap captured the rat, and then we took the rat outside.

Give it back！

to take a job

You are going to start doing a job or working somewhere.

You accept a job.

to offer vs. turn down a job

people watching

Goddaughter