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《真爱挑日子》一

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Emma: Tilly?
 
Dexter: Callum!
 
Emma: Tilly, come on. It's time to go home. Come on.
 
Dexter: Callum!
 
Tilly: Ow! (Callum shushes)
 
Dexter: You know, we've never actually met.
 
Emma: Actually, we have. Several times.
 
Dexter: Have we?
 
Emma: You gatecrashed my birthday party, called me Julie, and spilled red wine down my top.
 
Dexter: Ouch. Well, I'm sorry about that.
 
Emma: No, not at all. You were delightful.
 
Dexter: Was I?
 
Emma: No. No, you weren't.
 
Dexter: Look, if you're not Julie, then...
 
Emma: I'm Emma.
 
Dexter: Emma.
 
Emma: Emma Morley.
 
Dexter: Emma Morley. Listen, I'll walk you home.
 
Emma: So this is me. Shh! Welcome home. So debate is fine, but anyone can talk... (Dexter kisses Emma) Just sometimes, action's what's needed.
 
Dexter: To change the world. I completely agree.
 
Emma: So what are you gonna be when you're, I don't know, 40?
 
Dexter: Forty? Can I say famous? Horribly rich?
 
Emma: Terrible. You're so terribly posh.
 
Dexter: Where are you going?
 
Emma: I'm just gonna go brush my teeth. You know, booze and fags and...
 
Dexter: I don't mind.
 
Emma: I do. Listen, won't be a minute. No playing with yourself while I'm gone.
 
Dexter: What?
 
Emma: All right, concentrate. Concentrate. Do not cock this up! Oh, you're going?
 
Dexter: Well, it's getting light out, so I thought I could just...
 
Emma: You should go if you want to go. It's very poignant.
 
Dexter: Really I just thought you might wanna get some sleep. I don't have to go.
 
Emma: No, no, go. I'm not bothered. Sneak off.
 
Dexter: I wasn't sneaking off.
 
Emma: Jump out the window for all I care. It's five floors up, mind.
 
Dexter: Look, I'll stay. All right? I'll stay. Come on.
 
Emma: Sorry, I'm no good at this. It's just whenever I go to bed with someone, I always end up either laughing or weeping, and it could be nice to go for something in between.
 
Dexter: Look, that's fine. That's fine. Maybe we could just be friends.
 
Emma: Okay. Friends.
 
Dexter: Of course, you know it's Saint Swithin's Day today, don't you?
 
Emma: What is?
 
Dexter: Well, today. Saint Swithin's Day, the 15th of July.
 
Emma: How do you know that?
 
Dexter: Well, he was buried in Winchester Cathedral, which is where I went to school.
 
Emma: Well, la-dee-da.
 
Dexter: La-dee-da. You know, there's a poem. "If on Saint Swithin's Day, it doth rain / something, something, something remain."
 
Emma: Dexter, that's beautiful.
 
Dexter: Shut up.
 
Emma: Let's get some sleep. But, Dex.
 
Dexter: Em?
 
Emma: If it doesn't rain...
 
Dexter: Mmm...hmm?
 
Emma: Do you want to do something? Me and you?
 
Dexter: Mmm-hmm.
 
妙语佳句 活学活用
 
1. gatecrash: 擅自参加,不请自来,闯入。
 
2. posh: 漂亮的;优雅的。
 
3. booze and fags and...: 又是酒又是烟……。fags是“纸烟、香烟”的意思。例如:He gave me a packet of fags.(他给了我一包烟。)
 
fag还可以表示“苦活,苦差事”。例如:Cleaning ovens is a real fag.(清洗烤箱是一件累人的活。)
 
4. cock up: 搞糟。看一下例句:She completely cocked up our trip.(她把我们的旅行搞得一团糟。)
 
5. for all I care: 我才不在乎呢。例如:He may sell whatever is left in the house for all I care.(那房子里剩下的东西他爱卖什么就卖什么,我才不在乎呢。)
 
6. Saint Swithin's Day: 圣史威逊节,在每年的5月15日。传说每年的这一天若是下雨的话,则会有可能再连续下个四十天的雨。