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Sex and the City《欲望城市》(五)

2024-11-14 18:07:57 发布

Carrie: While at home, all the English I seemed to encounter was "bills, bills, bills." I envied Amalita. Her life was a blur1 of rich men, designer clothes and glamorous2 resorts. She didn t actually work for a living, yet possessed3 a dazzling sexual power that she exploited to her full advantage. Which presented a certain conundrum4: Where s the line between professional girlfriend and just plain professional?

Samantha: Women have the right to use every mean sat their disposal to achieve power.

Miranda: Short of sleeping their way to the top.

Samantha: Not if that s what it takes to compete.

Charlotte: But that s exploitation!

Samantha: Of men-- which is perfectly5 legal.

Carrie: Saturday night. In an effort to save money and maybe even pick up a few extra bucks6, I invited the girls over for poker7.

Charlotte:I ll buy two.

Carrie:I m in for three.So you advocate a double standard. Women can use their sexuality to get ahead whenever possible, but men should not be allowed to take advantage of it?

Samantha: No. I m just saying that men and women are equal-opportunity exploiters.

Miranda: I fold.

Charlotte: What if you sense that someone is giving you a professional advantage because they find you charming?

Miranda: Charming?

Samantha: This I gotta hear.

Charlotte: Well, a few days ago, Neville Morgan, the notoriously reclusive painter paid a visit to the gallery.

Carrie: Neville was making his yearly pilgrimage to Manhattan to check out what was new and hot on the art scene. And he found it--Charlotte. It was only a matter of moments before he invited her to his farm upstate to view his latest work.

Charlotte: So, if I could get him to show at the gallery, it would be an incredible coup8. But what if he wants me to, you know.

Carrie: Hold his brush?

Miranda: If he so much as suggests what she s suggesting you give me a call and we ll sue the hell out of him. That s the only proper way to trade sex for power.

Samantha: I can t believe what I m hearing. You re like the Harvard Law Lorena Bobbitt.

Miranda: It s Skipper. I told him I was here. He insisted on picking me up, but he s not supposed to be here till 11:00.

Carrie: He s like a sweet little seal pup.

Miranda: That you sometimes want to club. You re an hour early.

Skipper: Oh, I can wait in the hall.

Carrie: No, Skipper, come in.

Miranda: It s all right. I m leaving anyway. You guys have cleaned me out. Good night, ladies. Charlotte,keep me posted.

Carrie: A couple of hours later, I was looking forward to calling it an early night, when-- Hello?

Amalita: Carrie, you bitch! What are you doing?

Carrie: Actually I m getting ready to go to sleep.

Amalita: Why don t you come and join us? We are at Balzac, and there is someone here I am dying for you to meet.

Carrie: I d love to, but I m really trying to cut back. You know, pinch a few pennies.

Amalita: You are crazy, you know that? Why don t you just come down here and be your fabulous9 self?

Carrie: The truth was I could barely afford that either. But I rationalized that my new shoes shouldn t be punished just because I can t budget.

妙语佳句,活学活用

1. At someone s disposal

意为"由某人做主,听某人之便,受其管理,由其支配",例如:They put their car at our disposal for our entire stay.

2. Fold
这里的fold 特指玩游戏时的一种行为--收回:在失利时收回,如把牌面朝下放在桌上。
上文中Charlotte 提到"I ll buy two.",Carrie 提到" I m in for three. "均指玩牌时赌的钱数。

3. Sue the hell out of

"Hell" here is simply a swear word used for emphasis. "Sue"指得是"诉讼",意思是"让某人输得一败涂地"。

4. Clean out

意思是"to drive out by force",例如:The new CEO tried to get away with cleaning out all employees over the age of 60.

 5. Keep me posted

意思是"有消息通知我"。我们在The Queen《女王》中也学过一个同样意思的表达:keep me updated。

6. Call it a night

Call it a day 的意思大家应该都知道吧,就是"Stop a particular activity for the rest of the day",比如快到下课的时候,老师说"Let s call it a day."意思就是"这节课结束了"。同样的,call it a night 的意思就是"to stop something for the rest of the night",例如:One more hand of bridge and then let s call it a night.

7. Be dying for

这个片语的原形是die for,意思是"long for, desire excessively渴望,强烈的希望",例如:I m dying for some ice cream.

8. Cut back

意思是"Reduce, decrease",例如:They are going to cut back defense10 spending.



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