Paul: Hello.
Katherine：It s me.
Paul: Hey!
Operator: Collect from Katherine Watson. Will you accept?
Paul: Yeah; sure; of course I will. Hey, is everything okay?
Katherine: Yeah.
Paul: Tough , huh? Well, how are the classes? Snobs1, right? I hate to say I told you so.
Katherine: You don t have to. I can t really talk right now. I ll write you tonight.
Nancy Abbey: So you got a fella?
Katherine: He s... He s there. I m here.
Nancy: Long distance. Torture. I know. Come. Come in and sit down. When Lenny left for the South Pacific, it nearly broke my heart. We wrote every day until... He was a great man.
Katherine: I m sorry.
Nancy: It was a hundred years ago. I m babbling2.
Nancy: I love Lucy. Even if she is a communist.
Amanda Armstrong: The only thing red about Lucy is her hair. And even that s fake. Desi said it. Winchell wrote it. Amanda Armstrong. I see you survived.
Katherine: Katherine Watson. Just barely.
Nancy: Oh, good. You ve met. Katherine s taken the third bedroom. How about a little dinner before What s my line ?
Amanda: How about a little drink?
Nancy: Her companion died in May.
Katherine: Companion?
Nancy: You know, companion. Josephine Burns. Taught biology here for 30 years.
Nancy: You ll love it here, Katherine. You ll see.
Katherine: I already do. I... Honestly, it s beautiful. It s perfect; really.
Amanda: Well, don t fool yourself. They have claws underneath3 their white gloves.
Katherine: Who?
Amanda: The alumnae4; their offspring, the faculty5. You name it. Watch out for yourself. Too much independence frightens them.
Nancy: Will you please stop?
Amanda: Oh, a word of advice. Don t let those girls know that they got to you.
Katherine: They didn t.
Amanda: Good for you. You almost convinced me.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1. Collect
这实际上是一个很简单的词，希望大家了解这个熟悉的词的比较容易被忽略的一个意思：由对方支付费用的。Collect 本来是一个副词，但是在口语里演变为名词用法，等于省略的a collect phone call。所以以后当大家自己在电话中听到了这个词的时候，要明白这是要你自己付钱的电话哦。
2. Tough
在这个片段里这个单词的意思是“艰难；棘手”。但这实在是一个意思很多变的词，所以想用几个例子给大家加深一下印象：
She is a tough mother to her only son. 对于唯一的儿子来说，她是个严厉的母亲。
But she is also a tough customer while shopping. 但是购物的时候，她也是个难伺候的顾客。
The beef we are eating is tough. 我们吃的牛肉有点嚼不动。
Journalists raised a lot of tough questions in the press conference. 记者招待会上记者们提出了很多尖刻的问题。
3. I m babbling.
很生动的一个小句子，意思是“我瞎说的；我多嘴了”。Babbling本身就有喋喋不休的意思，也是一个比较常用的表达：
Babbling bothers one s ears. 多言聒耳
Don t be fooled by their babbling. Nothing of the sort. 别听他们胡说八道，根本没那回事。
4. You name it.
“凡你想得起的；不管什么”的意思。我们再用两个例子来加深大家的印象：
1) Fancy chocolates, exotic flowers-you name it, we had it. 精制的巧克力，外国的鲜花。只要你能想到的，我们都享用了。
2) This is the biggest department store in the city-you name it, and they ve got it. 这是这座城市里最大的百货公司，你要什么这里就有什么。
