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本片段劇情：經(jīng)過婚禮上的一番廝打，Emma和Liv忽然間對(duì)這種爭(zhēng)斗感到厭倦。Emma向Fletcher提出分手，并和Liv言歸于好。婚禮進(jìn)行曲再次響起，Liv挽著Emma的手向自己的未婚夫走去……

影片對(duì)白：

Fletcher: Emma, what the hell are you doing? Have you lost your mind? You just ruined our wedding. You happy now? Your friend? History. 'Cause she's a bad influence on you, and she always has been. Judging by that DVD, you're a lot more like her than I thought.

Emma: Good. I hope so.

Fletcher: What?

Emma: Fletcher, you've been my friend for 10 years. I need you to be my friend now and tell me the truth. You're in love with a girl that you met 10 years ago.

Fletcher: Hey, what's the matter with that? Huh?

Emma: She's not here anymore. I don't want to spend the rest of my life fighting, Fletch. Or caving. Neither do you. We're different. We want different things. You know that's true, don't you?

Fletcher: I knew.

Emma: Good-bye.

Liv: Oh, my God. Emma.

Emma: I'm fine.

Liv: This is all my fault. That video was never supposed to happen. I mean, it was supposed to happen, but I canceled it. I thought I did. 'Cause I could never do that to you. Emma, you're my best friend.

Emma: Oh, this fighting is so dumb. I'm so sorry about everything.

Liv: I'm sorry...too. I'm so sorry. If I ruined it for you, I don't want it anymore.

Emma: If Fletcher and I were perfect for each other, then...we'd be getting married, and we're not. Are you crying?

Liv: Yeah. It's like a whole new me. And I just - I cry all the time. I'm kind of a basket case.

Emma: No, Liv, I didn't want that. I'm sorry.

Liv: No. No, you were right. I don't have to have it constantly together all the time. It's like... this huge wake-up call. And I'm kind of stumbling around a little bit, but...I'm awake. Will you stand up there with me?

Emma: Where else would I be?

Wedding planner: Reset, people. Reset.

Emma: Oh, I almost forgot something.

Liv: Oh, my God. Em? here did you find that?

Emma: Two little girls saved it for us. Come on.

妙語佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. cave: 讓步，屈服。Emma意識(shí)到如果她的余生要在吵架和遷就中度過，那她寧可不要和Fletcher結(jié)婚。看一下例子：

The school committee caved in to the demands of parents.

（在家長(zhǎng)的要求下，學(xué)校委員會(huì)最后屈服了。）

2. dumb: 愚蠢的。例如：Don't be so dumb!（別犯傻了！）

dumb還有“沉默寡言”的意思，例如：He remained dumb, refusing to answer.（他保持著沉默，拒絕回答。）

3.basket case: 精神瀕于崩潰的人。basket case還可以表示“失去四肢的人”、“完全傷殘（或不能行動(dòng)）者”和“處于無助境況的人（或事）”。請(qǐng)看例子：

The country was an economic basket case due to civil war.

（那個(gè)國(guó)家由于內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的關(guān)系，經(jīng)濟(jì)癱瘓。）

That manager has been a basket case here since his wife left him.

（自從太太離開他后，那位經(jīng)理就變得意志消沉。）

4. wake-up call: 讓人對(duì)某事有所警覺的事物。Liv的意思是因?yàn)樗虴mma之間的爭(zhēng)斗引發(fā)的情感崩潰讓她對(duì)自己有了一個(gè)清醒的認(rèn)識(shí)。

5. stumble: 失足，犯錯(cuò)。影片中Liv指她在過程中犯了些錯(cuò)誤，但好在最終清醒了。看一下例子：The waiter stumbled several times over our order. （那位侍者好幾次弄錯(cuò)了我們點(diǎn)的菜。）

stumble還有“偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)，碰巧找到”的意思。例如：

I stumbled upon the rare book in a second-hand bookstore.

（我在一家舊書店偶然找到這本珍貴的書。）

6. reset: 重新安置。影片中婚禮策劃人請(qǐng)大家重新回到自己的座位上。請(qǐng)看例子：

reset bowling pins（把保齡球的木瓶重新放好）。

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