文化面面觀  1940 年代的美國道德觀

小編感言  任何一個處在困境中的女孩聽到"There's me."這句話的時候，一定都會感動得一塌糊涂……

考考你  乘熱打鐵

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Paul: I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Paul Sutton.

Victoria: Victoria Aragon. I'm sorry about the bus.

Paul: Um...

Victoria: I feel terrible. All the problems I've caused you. You should just keep going. Who knows what will happen to you next?

Paul: There's always the possibility of a forest fire, I suppose. Why aren't you on the bus?

Victoria: My stop.

Paul: You're waiting for a ride.

Victoria: No. No. A miracle. He's going to kill me.

Paul: Who?

Victoria: My father.

Paul: Listen, if you're still worried about that picture--

Victoria: It's not about the picture. Oh, God.

Paul: Look, it's none of my business, but if you'd like to talk about it...

Paul: "I was not meant for the conventions of this world, not meant to betied down. I'm a free spirit." Who's a free spirit?

Victoria: My professor. He and I were...We--We were...

Paul: I don't know your father, but I don't think just because some free spiritbroke upwith you--

Victoria: I'm pregnant.

Paul: Oh. Oh. You're very upset. I can understand that. Definitely understand that. But, Victoria, look at the positive side. It's a new life coming into the world. That's a miracle in itself, right?

Victoria: "I will kill anyone who dishonors my family." How many times has he said that? A hundred times, a million times?

Paul: I'm sure it's just afigure of speech.

Victoria: It's not. My father means what he says. Always. He's--He's very old-fashioned. If I come home this way without a husband, he'll kill me. I know he will.

Paul: How about if you do show up with a husband?

Victoria: Who does what, comes for the day and then just leaves?

Paul: Yes, sure. Comes to meet the family, stays one night, leaves in the morning, puts a letter in the mailbox saying he's...

Victoria: Abandoned me.

Paul: It happens.

Victoria: You're very kind for trying to help me. Maybe it might work...but...there's nobody.

Paul: Miss Aragon.Victoria. There's me.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. Tie down

意為"Constrain, confine, or limit 束縛，受限"，例如：As long as the children were small, she was too tied down to look for a job.

2. Break up

Break up 可以表示"結束一段關系"，例如：
Their marriage broke up last year.
當表示"與……分手"時，用 with 引出分手對象：
Finally, David decided to break up with Lily.

3. Figure of speech

本意是"修辭"，這里表示"打比方，說說（而已）"，例如：I didn't really mean she was in outer space it's just a figure of speech.