【跟着美剧练发音】Gossip Girl31

VANESSA: Blair, you got a minute?

B: Sixty seconds clock it.

What are you doing here with those?

Shouldn't you be at Whole Foods?

V: As much as I hate these words coming out of my mouth......I could really use your help with this.

B: Oh, saving a teardown.

Charity is for diseases and endangered species.

Real estate is not on the list, at least not in New York.

V: I can make you help me, you know.

B: Oh, makes jokes too.

V: Everyone knows that you and Marcus broke up, but no one knows why.

B: Even you wouldn't stoop that low.

V: Blackmail¹ seems to work so well for you, so maybe I'm missing out.

Now that we've established that I own you, you have six hours......to get a thousand signatures,

and make sure they're legible. Have fun.

1 blackmail   

n.讹诈，敲诈，勒索，胁迫，恫吓

参考例句：

• She demanded ＄1000 blackmail from him.她向他敲诈了1000美元。
• The journalist used blackmail to make the lawyer give him the documents.记者讹诈那名律师交给他文件。