好莱坞电影口语模仿秀：《电子情书》
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选自：You’ve Got Mail《电子情书》 You Are Nothing but a Suit 你只不过是件外套■ 生活中的爱情有很多误会。虚幻的网络使生活中的不可能成为了可能，这就是网络的可爱。谁能想到唇枪舌剑的敌人却会是甜言蜜语的网络情人。凯瑟琳和乔在咖啡馆的这段对话充满智慧。凯瑟琳的反唇相讥是那么伶牙俐齿，同时却不失涵养。好词好句，强力推荐。单词通缉令 1. coincidence n.巧合 2. sentimental a. 多愁善感的 3. end up 结束;告终 4. mochachino 一种饮料，巧克力、咖啡和牛奶混合摇成 5. nonfat a. 脱脂的 6. gee int.惊讶时所发声音 7. complex a.复杂的 8. character n.人物;角色 9. cash register 收银机 10. bottom line 残忍;无情 11. breakthrough n.突破; 突破性进展 12. confront vt.使面对; 遭遇 13. horrible a.可怕的;极可憎的 14. insensitive a. 感觉迟钝的 15. gift n.天赋;才能 16. blend n. 混合 17. meanness n.无聊卑劣 18. compliment n.称赞;恭维 19. crimson a.深红色的 20. hanky n.手帕 21. generation n.一代;一代人 22. cocktail n.鸡尾酒 23. can n. 罐头 24. olive n.橄榄;橄榄树 25. expert n.专家;能手 26. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg 俄国间谍夫妇，后在美国被捕，被判无期徒刑，死在牢中 27. careless a.疏忽的;粗心的 28.multi-level 多级别的 29. homogenize vt.均质化；使均匀 30. delude vt. 不切实际地欺骗自己 31. benefactor n.恩人 32. suit n.外套，暗喻没有良心的商人 33.cue n.线索; 要点Joe: Kathleen Kelly, hello. This is a 1)coincidence. Would you mind if I sat down? Kathleen: Yes, yes, I would. Actually I’m expecting someone. Thanks. Joe: Pride and Prejudice. Kathleen: Do you mind? Joe: I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that Mr. Darcy and your 2)sentimental heart just beats wildly at the thought that he and, well, you know whatever her name is, are truly honestly going to 3)end up together. Waiter: Can I get you something? Kathleen: No, no, he’s not staying. Joe: 4)Mochachino, decaf, 5)non-fat. Kathleen: No, you are not staying. Joe: I’ll just stay here until your friend gets here. 6)Gee, is he late? Kathleen: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. She is one of the greatest and most 7)complex 8)characters ever written, not that you would know. Joe: As a matter of fact, I’ve read it. Kathleen: Oh, well, good for you. Joe: I think you’ll discover a lot of things if you really knew me. Kathleen: If I really knew you, I know what I would find instead of a brain, a 9)cash register, instead of a heart, a 10)bottom line. Joe: What? Kathleen: I just had a 11)breakthrough. Joe: What is it? Kathleen: I have you to thank for it, for the first time in my life when 12)confronted with a 13)horrible, 14)insensitive person I knew exactly what I wanted to say and I said it. Joe: Well, I think you have a 15)gift for it. It was a perfect 16)blend of poetry and 17)meanness.Kathleen: Meanness, let me tell you something about meanness… Joe: Don’t misunderstand me. I’m just trying to pay you a 18)compliment.Kathleen: Oh, oh, why are you touching that? What are you doing? Joe: Is this a red rose? No, you know it’s a 19)crimson rose. Something you read about in a book, no doubt. Kathleen: It’s funny to you, isn’t it? Everything is a joke to you. Please leave. Please, please leave, I beg you.... Thank you. Joe: You know what that 20)hanky reminds me of? Kathleen: Hmm… Joe: The first day I met you. Kathleen: The first day you lied to me. Joe: I didn’t lie to you. Kathleen: You did too. Joe: No, I didn’t. Kathleen: Yes, you did. Joe: I did not. Kathleen: You did too. Joe: I did not. Kathleen: You did too. Joe: I did not. Kathleen: You did too. I thought all that Fox stuff was so charming. F-O-X. Joe: Well, I didn’t lie about it. Kathleen: Joe, just call me Joe. Joe: Sure. Kathleen: As if you were one of those stupid 22-year old girls with no last name. Hi, I’m Kimberly, hi, I’m Janice. Don’t they know you’re supposed to have a last name? It’s like they’re an entire 21)generation of 22)cocktail waitresses.Joe: Look, I am not a 22-year old cocktail waitress. Kathleen: That is not what I meant. Joe: And when I said the thing about the Price Club and the 23)cans of 24)olive oil, that’s not what I meant. Kathleen: Oh, you poor sad multi-millionaire. I feel so sorry for you. (Someone comes into, Kathleen raises her head and looks forward.) Joe: Take a wild guess that’s not him either. So who is he, I wonder? Certainly not I, gather the world’s greatest living 25)expert on 26)Julius and Ethel Rosenberg but somebody else entirely different. And will you be mean to him too? Kathleen: No, I will not. Because the man who is coming here tonight is completely unlike you. The man who is coming here tonight is kind and funny and he’s got the most wonderful sense of humor. Joe: But, he’s not here. Kathleen: Well, if he’s not here he has a reason because there’s not a cruel or 27)careless bone in his body. But I wouldn’t expect you to understand anybody like that. You with your theme park 28)multi-level 29)homogenize the world mochachino land. You’ve 30)deluded yourself into thinking that you’re some sort of 31)benefactor bringing books to the masses. But no one will ever remember you Joe Fox and maybe no one will remember me either, but plenty of people remember my mother and they think she was fine and they think her store was something special. You are nothing but a 32)suit. Joe: That’s my 33)cue. Have a good night. |
