The Lake House《触不到的恋人》（六）

Kate: Oh, by the way, happy Valentine's Day.

Morgan: Oh, God, Katie, I didn't get you anything. I'm sorry. I've just been so swamped and...

Kate: Doesn't matter.

Henry: Oh. What is this? It's global warming.

Henry: Dr. Forster? Hi, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.

Vanessa: Hi. Dr. Forster. Good to see you again.

Kate: You too.

Vanessa: You're welcome.

Morgan: Hi, I'm Morgan.

Vanessa: Hey, Morgan. Vanessa Vanderbeck.

Henry: So obviously, the first thing you see is what we had talked a bout. The atrium.

Kate: That's stunning. So we were able to do it with all the glass panels in the metal structure?

Henry: Yeah.

Kate: Can I--?

Alex: Wanna get a beer after work?

Henry: I'm sorry, I can't. I'm taking Vanessa out for Valentine's Day.

Alex: Wait. Say that again.

Henry: It's Valentine's Day today. I'm taking out Vanessa, my girlfriend. Cold champagne, some oysters, maybe a little chocolate.

Alex: What's the date?

Henry: It's February 1 4th.

Alex: February 14th, 2006.

Henry: Yeah.

Kate: Stunning. Thank you so much.

Henry: Our pleasure.

Vanessa: Thank you. Henry will make sure you have everything.

Kate: Great. They were absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

Morgan: What? Katie, I gotta get back to work.

Kate: Who did this drawing?

Henry: My brother did, actually.

Kate: Who's your brother?

Henry: Alex Wyler. Did you know him?

Kate: Yeah. Yeah, I know him. Do you know how I can get in touch with him? Is he--? Is he anywhere that I can...?

Henry: I'm sorry. He died two years ago today, actually. There was an accident.

Kate: Where?

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. swamped

这个单词本身作为动词是“陷入沼泽, 淹没, 覆没”的意思。名词自然就是“沼泽地”的意思，但是它还有一些引申的词义，比如在这里它的意思是“使应接不暇，使陷入困境”等等。
e.g. She was swamped with work. 她忙得不可开交。
This company was swamped by heavy debts. 这个公司债台高筑。

2. stunning

意思是“极好的”“足以使人晕倒的”，当然也有“使人惊讶的”意思。如：
The circus gave a stunning performance to the audience. 马戏团给观众们带来了精彩的表演。
He thought you were perfectly stunning. 他觉得你令人陶醉。
英语中表示类似意思的词很多，比如：impressive/ gorgeous/ fabulous/ amazing/ wonderful，等等，大家应该多多积累，灵活使用。

3. say that again.

这里的这个句子就是它本来的意思，Alex 让 Henry 重复一遍他刚才说的话。我们还可以学一个跟这个句子很相似的句子：You can say that again. 我们来看一个例子：
--Shirley is a clever girl. 雪莉是个聪明的女孩。
--You can say that again. 你说的没错！
这里的You can say that again，意思是“一点没错；对极了！”。

4. take out

在这里，这个词组的意思是“带（某人）出去”，在这里其实就是和某人约会，在口语中大家也经常这么用，比如在电影 Sabrina中有一句台词是 David's taking out Patrick Tyson's daughter. 大卫在和泰森的女儿约会。
此外表示和某人约会还有一些其它的表达，都是由简单词组构成的，如：
He asked me out tonight.
I'm with him.
How about going out with her?