【剧情简介】小男孩卡尔怀揣着对于冒险的热爱偶遇假小子艾丽，相同的爱好最终使两个人成为了一生的爱侣。他们有一个梦想，那就是有朝一日要去南美洲的“仙境瀑布”探险，但直到艾丽去世，这个梦想也未能实现。终于有一天，曾经专卖气球的老人卡尔居然用五颜六色的气球拽着他的房子飞上了天空，他决定要去实现他们未曾实现的梦想。

【电影片段台词】

-l thought you were dead.

-What happened?

-l steered us.

-l did. l steered the house.

-Steered us?

-After you tied your stuff down, you took a nap.

-So l went ahead and steered us down here.

-Yeah. Sure.

-Can't tell where we are.

-We're in South America, all right.

-lt was a cinch with my Wilderness Explorer GPS.

-GP... What?

-My dad gave it to me.

-lt shows exactly where we are on the planet.

-With this baby, we'll never be lost!

-Oops.

-We'll get you down, find a bus stop, you just tell the man you wanna go back to your mother.

-Sure, but l don't think they have buses in Paradise Falls.

-There. That ought to do it.

-Here, l'll give you some change for bus fare.

-No, l'll just use my city bus pass.

-Whoa. That's gonna be like a billion transfers to get back to my house.

【重点词汇讲解】

... down

(用带子、绳子等)拴紧，捆住

She tied the lid down.
她把盖子拴紧了。

a nap

小睡一会儿

Take a nap after a heavy study session to allow your brain time to rest.
在刻苦学习一段时间后可以打下盹，留些时间让大脑休息下。

ahead

急不可待地去做；毫不犹豫地去做

The teacher told the students not to go out of yet, but Tom went ahead and left the room.
老师告诉学生们不要走出教室，可是汤姆急不可待地离开了房间。

to do

应该做，当为

If other countries are concerned about Tibet they ought to do what we are doing, through quiet diplomacy.
如果其他国家真的关心西藏的话，那他们就应该使用平静的外交手段。