捷进英语 lesson 39

NANCY:And she doesn't want any rugs.

Yvonne,Klara may be our strangest client ever.

YVONNE:She's not so bad.

NANCY:You must be joking.

YVONNE:Hey.She knows what she wants and she can pay for it.What's the problem?

NANCY:She doesn't know what she wants.She can't have known.

She's been through a dozen designers.

YVONNE:Nan,she's not that hard to read.

We may not like what we read.But she is the boss.

NANCY:That's another thing.We're freelance.We're supposed to be our own bosses.

YVONNE:Freelance just means everyone is your boss.

But I'm still glad I left my old job.

I'd rather have a crazy rich lady tell me what to do,

than an office full of state attorneys,thank you.

NANCY:Richard was not a bad boss.

YVONNE:No.But some of the others could have been prison guards.

Anyway,who would you rather look at:a State House lawyer,or Antonio?

NANCY:Please.Antonio is very strange.

YVONNE:Nan.It's an iteresting project.She's paying us for our time.

We'll do a good job.

NANCY:I guarantee she will change her mind about what she wants.

YVONNE:She might.

NANCY:She will.

HANNAH:Danny,this is a wonderful meal.Please come and live with me.

MICHAEL:Do you think he does this all the time?

Lisa,you see how we live.Ask Hannah if she wants to sink to our level.

LISA:This is unusually civilized².

DANNY:It's not often I make my sauce.

TONY:I want to know if this is your mother's sauce.

DANNY:The basic recipe is the same,

but I put in a few things my mother would not approve of.

I broke a couple of the rules.

HANNAH:Your mother has rules about spaghetti sauce?

TONY AND DANNY:Of course!

LISA:My mother's rules are about clothes.

MICHAEL:Like what?

LISA:Like skirt length.No minis.

TONY:Bummer. DANNY:Bummer.

LISA:In high school she'd always ask me if I intended to leave the house that way.

HANNAH:She must have been surprised the first time you came home from college.

LISA:Oh yes.

DANNY:My parents sure were.My dad has one rule:be practical.

And I had changed my major from business to theater arts.Oh well.

TONY:Besides Danny,you're using that theatrical³ stuff in your job now.

DANNY:Oh yeah,ha ha,it's always a show down at the copy place.

HANNAH:How's your film coming,Michael?Are you breaking any rules?

MICHAEL:I don't think so.My advisor⁴ asked me who my major influence has been.

I told him it changes every week.I haven't even found the rules yet.

TONY:Well,you'll know what to do when you find them.

ALL:Break'em!

JOE:Richard,if your dinners are like this every night,

I'm going to be a very jealous man.

RICHARD:Oh,absolutely.Five courses.Candlelight.

NANCY:It is so easy to please Richard.

YVONNE:Sorry guys.I've been here.I've seen the Chinese food cartons.

NANCY:I told you he was easy to please.Any food will make Richard happy.

MARIE:You're lucky,Nancy.I cook,and half the time he's too tired to eat.

JOE:We eat too late.

MARIE:You don't get home until 8 o'clock.

DOUGLAS:So you guys have been putting in a lot of hours?

RICHARD:Who isn't?

YVONNE:Really.Well,I bought a lottery⁵ ticket.

NANCY:Uh-oh.What happened to my practical partner?

YVONNE:What do you all want when I win?

Douglas,honey,you and I are taking a cruise⁶.

JOE:Is it too much to ask for a new sailboat?

YVONNE:You got it,Joe.

RICHARD:I'll have one,too.

DOUGLAS:No,no Richard.Yvonne should make a big contribution to your campaign.

RICHARD:No,no,no,no,hey....We have not yet decided⁷ that.

MARIE:What haven't you decided?

NANCY:If Richard is going to run for Attorney¹ General.

MARIE:Oh. JOE:Ow.

MARIE:I'm sorry.I didn't know.I guess Joe was too busy to tell me.

JOE:Ow. MARIE:I'm sorry dear.Was that your foot?

1 attorney   

n.（业务或法律事务上的）代理人，辩护律师

参考例句：

• He acted as attorney for me.他充当我的律师。
• The attorney for the union accused the Mayor of playing politics.工会的律师谴责市长在这次罢工中耍阴谋。

2 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

3 theatrical   

adj.剧场的，演戏的；做戏似的，做作的

参考例句：

• The final scene was dismayingly lacking in theatrical effect.最后一场缺乏戏剧效果，叫人失望。
• She always makes some theatrical gesture.她老在做些夸张的手势。

4 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

5 lottery   

n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事

参考例句：

• He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
• They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

6 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。