Sid: That s it. Can I just, you know, look at it for a minute?
Michael: You re an artist, Sid.
Sid: You re telling me you re just gonna walk out of here and I m never going to see it again.
Michael: There s a good chance of that, yes.
Sid: Most guys, you know, for the first one, they start with something small. "Mom", girlfriend s initials, something like that. Not you. You get a full set of sleeves, all in a couple of months. Takes guys a few years to get the ink you got.
Mike: I don t have a few years. Wish to hell I did.
Michael: The vault1. Open it.
Woman: We can t. The branch manager s not here.
Michael: Where is he?
Woman: It s lunchtime. He s at White Castle.
Michael: White Castle?
Woman: It s a fast food restaurant. They serve those little square burgers.
Michael: I know what it is. I m not playing games . Open it.
Woman: Sir, you have a half a million dollars cash in your bag. Don t you think it would be better...?
Police: This is the police. You are completely surrounded. Put down your weapon. Put down your weapon now.
Judge: Rarely in the case of armed robbery do we hear a plea of no contest. Are you sure about this, Mr. Scofield?
Michael: I m sure, Your Honor.
Veronica: Your Honor, we d like to recess2 if we could. My client s a bit confused at the moment.
Michael: I m not, Your Honor.
Veronica: He is, Your Honor.
Judge: Perhaps you should heed3 your representation s advice, take some additional time to consider your response.
Michael: I ve already done that, Your Honor.
Judge: I ll retire to my chambers4 to determine sentencing. Court s recessed5 until 1:30.
Policeman: Let s go.
LJ: Uncle Mike?
Michael: I didn t want you to come. Go home, LJ. I didn t want you to see this. He s not gonna take this well.
Veronica: Can you blame him? He s your nephew. He s beginning to get that anybody he attaches himself to is gonna end up in prison. And he s not the only one who s starting to feel that way, Michael. Will you give us a minute?
Policeman: One minute.
Veronica: Don t you understand? You just put the book in that woman s hand and she s gonna lob it at you like a grenade. Justice and punishment are the same thing to her.
Michael: I know.
Veronica: Then will you please tell me what s going through your head?
Michael: We ve been over this.
Veronica: I ve known you my entire life. You don t have a violent bone in your body , and I know you didn t need the money.
Michael: Veronica.
Veronica: Why won t you let me help you?
妙语佳句,活学活用
1. a good chance
“很可能”,例如:There s a good chance he will fail. 他很可能会失败。
2. a full set of sleeves
Have tattoos6 all the way around the arm from the shoulders to the wrist, like a shirtsleeve.
3. ink
本意是“墨水”,这里指身上的“刺青/纹身”。
4. play games
意思是“to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling7 manner in dealing8 with others”,例如:Don t play games with me-I want to know if you love me or not! 别和我绕弯子了-我想知道你爱不爱我!片段中的这句话I m not playing games. 意思是“我不是闹着玩的”。
5. Someone doesn t have a ___ bone in his body.
这是一个习惯说法,意思是“某人并没有某种特征”,例如:Andy doesn t have a lazy bone in his body. 意思就是Andy一点都不懒。注意:这个习惯用法只有否定形式,绝不可以用someone has a ___ bone in his body 来表示“某人有某种特征”。