婚姻是愛情的墳?zāi)?

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影片對白：

Helen: Oh, April! I can't tell you how pleased I am. Oh, but I expect you'll be needing a bigger house, now. Won't you?

John：Hold it a second, Ma. Hold on a second, Ma. I don't get this. I mean, what's so obvious about it? I mean, okay, she's pregnant. So what? Don't people have babies in Europe?

Frank: Suppose we just say that people anywhere aren't very well advised to have babies unless they can afford them.

John：Okay. Okay, it's a question of money. Money's a good reason...But it's hardly ever the real reason. What's the real reason? Wife talks you out of it, or what? Little woman decide she isn't quite ready to quit playing house? Nah, nah, that's not it. I can tell. She looks too tough and adequate as hell. Okay, then. It must've been you. What happened?

Helen: John, please, you're being very...

John：What happened, Frank? You get cold feet? You decide you're better off here after all? You figure...it's more comfy here in old Hopeless Emptiness after all? Huh? Wow, that did it! Look at his face! What's the matter, Wheeler?Am I getting warm?

Howard：All right, son. I think we'd better be…

John：You know something? I wouldn't be surprised if he knocked her up on purpose just so he could spend the rest of his life hiding behind that maternity dress. That way he never has to find out what he's really made of.

Frank: Now look, I think that's just about enough out of you. I mean, who the hell do you think you are? You come in here and say whatever crazy God damn thing comes into your head.

妙語佳句，活學(xué)活用

1.talk out of: 說服某人不做某事，勸阻。影片中John聽到Wheeler一家改變計劃，不去巴黎了，質(zhì)問Frank道：“老婆讓你打消這個念頭？小婦人放不下過家家?”來看例句：

I tried to talk her out of leaving.我勸她不要離開。

Why don't you talk her out of it? 為什么你不說服她?

2.play house：（兒童）玩“過家家”游戲。引文中解釋見上。

Children like to play house.小孩喜歡玩“過家家”。

3.get cold feet：感到懷疑、害怕或膽怯。影片中John繼續(xù)戲謔Frank道：“那么是你臨陣脫逃了?還是待在這兒比較好?” 來看例句：

I always get cold feet. 我總是很畏縮。

This is no time to get cold feet.現(xiàn)在不是臨陣退縮的時候。

4.better off：景況較好，更富裕。

Since my husband was made the manager, we are better off.自從我的丈夫被任命為經(jīng)理以來，我們的狀況好轉(zhuǎn)了。

5.get warm：在這里也不是變暖和的意思，而是說的差不多，接近正確答案，真相的意思。John揭露了Frank，對他說：“被我說中了吧。”

6.knock up：這里指使...懷孕。影片中John激動地對Frank說道：“要是誰說他是故意搞大她肚子，好下半輩子都茍且偷生，再也不用思索人生的意義，我可是一點都不驚訝。”

knock up還有(使)筋疲力盡，累垮的意思。The long journey knocked her up. 長途旅行把他累壞了。

7.maternity dress：孕婦服。

婚姻是愛情的墳?zāi)?

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