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本片段劇情：年輕干練的伊麗莎白·吉爾伯特是一名人氣作家，她經(jīng)常周游世界，撰寫相關(guān)的旅游文章。她的生活同樣令人欣羨，身為律師的丈夫史蒂芬?guī)洑鉃t灑、氣質(zhì)不凡。但他們的婚姻生活卻暗藏危機(jī)。這天，她和丈夫來參加聚會(huì)，遇到了好友一家。伊麗莎白和好友談?wù)撈饘?duì)于生活和撫養(yǎng)后代的感受。

精彩對(duì)白

Stephen: I proofread all of her manuscripts. My wife is very, very beautiful, but she can't spell for anything.

Delia Shiraz: Look at Uncle Stephen. And Auntie Liz. I'm counting the minutes for this to be over so I can get in my big girl pants.

Liz: You look fantastic. You just had a baby.

Delia Shiraz: Oh, you're lying. I'm fat, I'm exhausted...I can't keep two thoughts. I feel like Liza Minnelli. Stephen, can you hold Jack? I'm gonna introduce you to Walter.

Stephen: Yeah. Hey, dude, you wanna grab a beer or something?

Liz: My new book comes out in April. Thank you for asking.

Walter: Great.

Delia Shiraz: May.

Liz: May. May.

Delia Shiraz: This is Andre. You two are Times' Most Notable nominees.

Liz: So glad to finally meet you.

Andre: Nice to finally meet you.

Stephen: I fed him nachos. Is that bad?

Andy Shiraz: You look comfortable. What'd you feed him, chloroform? Give him to his dad.

Stephen: I told you, nachos. Know what? I'd be asleep too if I had a dump like that.

Andy Shiraz: We'll give him to his mom.

Delia Shiraz: Come here then. Wanna help me change his diaper?

Liz: Yes, I do.

Andy Shiraz: Hey, how's the vintage car thing going?

Stephen: Oh, no, no, no. l changed jobs. I'm a pastry chef now.

Andy Shiraz: You mean you're a baker.

Stephen: Yeah.

Andy Shiraz: You wanna get baked?

Liz: I know, I know. It's hard, isn't it? Oh, no.

Delia Shiraz: This is so much fun.

Liz: Did you know the exact moment you wanted to have a baby?

Delia Shiraz I can't remember, but l've had the box since before l got married.

Liz: What box?

Delia Shiraz: It's girly and embarrassing, and you'll laugh at me if I tell you.

Liz: I will laugh at you, but you still have to tell me. Come on.

Delia Shiraz: Under the bed. I've been filling it with baby things...waiting until Andy was ready to be a father.

Liz: So sweet. Does this come in my size? I have a box just like this, except it's filled with National Geographics...and The Times travel section. All the places I wanna see before I die.

Delia Shiraz: Liz, having a baby is like getting a tattoo on your face. You kind of wanna be fully committed.

妙語(yǔ)佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. proofread: 校閱，校對(duì)。

例如：I have proofread twenty pages.（我已經(jīng)校對(duì)完二十頁(yè)了。）

2. count the minutes for this to be over: 掐表計(jì)算這聚會(huì)什么時(shí)候結(jié)束，也就是“指望這快點(diǎn)兒結(jié)束”。

3. Liza Minnelli: 麗莎?明奈利，出生于演藝世家，上世紀(jì)70年代成為當(dāng)紅演員、歌手、舞蹈演員和電視節(jié)目主持人。1973年她憑借影片《歌廳》獲得奧斯卡最佳女主角獎(jiǎng)。

4. dude: 花花公子，紈绔子弟。在口語(yǔ)中指“老兄，哥們”。史蒂文這里的意思是“嘿，哥們，來瓶啤酒還是啥？”

例如：His immaculate appearance gave him the nickname of "The Dude" among some.（他那完美的外表，使他在有些人之中贏得了“花花公子”的渾名。）

Who's that dude over there? 那邊的那個(gè)男的是誰(shuí)?

5. nacho: 墨西哥人食用的烤干酪辣味玉米片。

6. chloroform: 氯仿，三氯甲烷（舊時(shí)醫(yī)用麻醉劑）

7. change the diaper: 換尿布。

8. vintage car: 古董車，老式汽車。Vintage意思是“佳釀的, 古典的, 優(yōu)質(zhì)的”，作名詞時(shí)可以指“葡萄酒”。

比如：He has some rare old vintage in his collection of wine.（在他的酒類收藏中有一些名貴的陳年葡萄酒。）

9. pastry: 油酥糕點(diǎn)。這里的pastry chef就是“糕點(diǎn)師”。

10.girly: 像少女的, 女人氣的。而girly-girly則是指“過于忸怩作態(tài)的”。

11.Does this come in my size: 這件我也能穿？

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