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第二页：巧学口语
第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：文化一瞥

 

影片对白：

Mr. Gilbertson: So, I have one question for you. Are you both committing fraud to avoid her deportation so she can keep her position as editor in chief at Colden Books?

Andrew: That's ridiculous.

Margaret: Where did you hear that?

Mr. Gilbertson: We had a phone tip this afternoon from a man named...

Margaret: Would it be Bob Spaulding?

Mr. Gilbertson: Bob Spaulding.

Margaret: Bob. Poor Bob. I am so sorry. Bob is nothing but a disgruntled former employee. And I apologize. But we know you're incredibly busy with a room full of gardeners and delivery boys to tend to. If you just give us our next step, we will be out of your hair and on our way.

Mr. Gilbertson: Miss Tate, please. Let me explain to you the process that's about to unfold. Step one will be a scheduled interview. I'll put you each in a room, and I'll ask you every little question that a real couple would know about each other. Step two, I dig deeper. I look at your phone records, I talk to your neighbors, I interview your coworkers. If your answers don't match up at every point, you will be deported indefinitely. And you, young man, will have committed a felony...punishable by a fine of $250,000 and a stay of five years in federal prison.

Mr. Gilbertson: So, Andrew. You wanna... you want to talk to me? No? Yes?

Andrew: The truth is...Mr. Gilbertson, the truth is...Margaret and I...are just two people who weren't supposed to fall in love. But did. We couldn't tell anyone we work with because of my big promotion that I had coming up.

Mr. Gilbertson: Promotion?

Andrew: Yeah.

Margaret: Your?

Andrew: We... we both felt, uh...That it would be deeply inappropriate if I were to be promoted to editor.

Margaret: Editor. Mmm-hmm...

Andrew: While we were...

Mr. Gilbertson: So...Have the two of you told your parents about your secret loves?

Margaret: Oh, I... impossible. My parents are dead. No brothers or sisters either.

Andrew: Gone.

Mr. Gilbertson: Are your parents dead?

Margaret: Oh, no, his are very much alive.

Andrew: No... very much.

Margaret: Very much. They're, ah... well, we were gonna tell them this weekend. Gammy's 90th birthday, and the whole family's coming together. And we thought it'd be a nice surprise.

Mr. Gilbertson: And where is this surprise gonna take place?

Margaret: At Andrew's parents' house.

Mr. Gilbertson: Where is that located again?

Margaret: Um... why am I doing all the talking? It's your parents' house. Why don't you tell him where it is. Jump in.

Andrew: Sitka.

Margaret: Sitka.

Andrew: Alaska.

Margaret: Alaska?

Mr. Gilbertson: You're gonna go to Alaska this weekend?

Andrew: Yeah.

Margaret: Yes, yes. We are going to Alaska. Alaska, that's where...That's where my little... that's where my Andrew's from.

Mr. Gilbertson: OK. Fine. I see how this is gonna go. I will see you both at 11:00 Monday morning for your scheduled interview, and your answers better match up on every account.

Andrew: Thank you.

Margaret: (Answering the phone) Hello?

Mr. Gilbertson: I have to say, I'm looking forward to this one.

Andrew: We're looking forward to this one.

Margaret: Thank you.

Mr. Gilbertson: Gonna be fun. I'll be checking up on you.

Andrew: You got it.

Margaret: OK...so, what's gonna happen is we will go up there. We will pretend like we're boyfriend and girlfriend, tell your parents we're engaged. Uh, use the miles for the tickets. I guess I will pop for you to fly first class. But make sure you use the miles. If we don't get the miles, we're not doing it. Oh, and please confirm the vegan meal, OK? 'Cause last time they actually gave it to a vegan, and they, uh... forced me to eat this clammy, warm, creamy salad thing, which was...Hey, I'm... why aren't you taking notes?

Andrew: I'm sorry, were you not in that room?

Margaret: What? What? Oh! The thing you said about being promoted? Genius! Genius. He completely fell for it.

Andrew: I was serious. I'm looking at a $250,000 fine and five years in jail. That changes things.

Margaret: Promote you to editor? No, no way.

Andrew: Then I quit, and you're screwed. Bye-bye, Margaret.

Margaret: Andrew!

Andrew: It really has been a little slice of heaven.

Margaret: Andrew, Andrew! Fine, fine. I'll make you editor. Fine. If you do the Alaska weekend and the immigration interview, I will make you editor. Happy?

Andrew: And not in two years. Right away.

Margaret: Fine.

Andrew: And you'll publish my manuscript.

Margaret: Ten thousand copy first...

Andrew: Twenty thousand copies, first run. And we'll tell my family about our engagement when I want and how I want. Now, ask me nicely.

Margaret: "Ask you nicely" what?

Andrew: Ask me nicely to marry you, Margaret.

Margaret: What does that mean?

Andrew: You heard me. On your knee.

Margaret: Fine. Does this work for you?

Andrew: Oh, I like this. Yeah.

Margaret: Will you marry me?

Andrew: No. Say it like you mean it.

Margaret: Andrew?

Andrew: Yes, Margaret?

Margaret: Sweet Andrew?

Andrew: I'm listening.

Margaret: Would you please, with cherries on top, marry me?

Andrew: OK. I don't appreciate the sarcasm, but I'll do it. See you at the airport tomorrow.

Margaret: Good.[page]

第一页：片段欣赏
第二页：巧学口语
第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：文化一瞥

1. tip: 有用的意见，劝告，告诫。影片中Bob打电话给移民局通风报信。请看例子：Take my tip and keep well away from that place.（听我的劝告，离那个地方远远的。）

2. disgruntled: （尤指因未能如愿而）不满的，不高兴的。

3. tend to sth.: 照料，料理。例如：The nurse tended to the soldier’s wounds.（护士护理那个士兵的伤口。）

4. out of one’s hair: 不再烦某人。相反的习语是get in someone’s hair，意思是“（因不断烦扰而）惹恼某人”。例如：I find the children get in my hair during the school holidays.（在学校放假的日子里，我被孩子们折腾得烦恼不堪。）

5. match up: （使）相配。例如：These colors match up very nicely.（这些颜色配得很好。）当match up后跟介词to时，意思则是“比得上”或“与（期待的事）一样好”。例如：It wasn’t a bad holiday, but the weather didn’t match up to our hopes.（假期过得不错，可是天气不如我们希望的那样好。）

6. coming up: 要发生的。Come up有“（尤指意想不到地）发生”的意思。看一下例子：I’ll be late home—something’s just come up at work.（我回家要晚一些，因为工作上刚才出了点儿事。）

7. vegan: 严守素食主义的；绝对素食者。影片中Margaret指她上次坐飞机时，负责准备食物的是一个绝对素食主义者，做的沙拉让她难以下咽。

8. clammy: 黏糊糊的。clammy也可以用来形容天气，意思是“湿冷的”。Clammy hands指“湿冷的双手”。

9. fall for: 上……的当。例如：Many people fell for his tricks.（许多人上了他的当。）

10. you’re screwed: 你完蛋了。[page]

第一页：片段欣赏
第二页：巧学口语
第三页：小小翻译家
第四页：文化一瞥

 

 

1. 这本手册里有很多实用的小建议。

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2. 孩子们不停地惹恼我。

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3. 没有人能在体力方面比得过汤姆。

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4. 如有什么事，我会告诉他的。

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答案见下期

The Proposal《假结婚》精讲之一  参考答案

1. They turned the wanted man over to the authorities.
2. The caller is on hold.
3. I am done with the book.
4. He really fell for the new girl in school.[page]

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第四页：文化一瞥

求婚 Proposal of marriage

The proposal of marriage is an event where one person in a relationship asks for the other's hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement. It often has a ritual quality, sometimes involving the presentation of an engagement ring and a formalized asking of a question such as "Will you marry me?". In western culture, it is traditional for the man to propose to his girlfriend, as opposed to the other way around, while literally kneeling before her, and sometimes physically putting the ring on her finger, as opposed to merely giving it to her.

 

In many Western cultures, the tradition has been for the man to propose to the woman. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the 29th of February in a Leap year is said to be the one day when a woman can propose to her partner. As a monarch, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom had to propose to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Finland has the same custom, with the addition that a man rejecting such a proposal was expected to buy his suitor enough cloth for a skirt as compensation. Although still very rare, a woman will occasionally propose to a man.

 

In many cultures, it is traditional for grooms to ask the bride's father for permission before proposing.