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影片對白：

Susan：Okay. Yeah, I guess that could be fun. While our friends are toasting to our everlasting happiness, we can yell, "surprise! It's all a sham! Thanks for the crock-pot!"

Jackson: No, no, no. We can't tell anybody this is a fake. The whole thing could blow up.

Susan：Can't I at least tell the girls?

Jackson: No way. I mean, they don't call her "Gabby" for nothing.

Susan：Wow. Ah, fake marriages-they're complicated.

Jackson: I... I... I know I'm asking a lot, Susan.

Susan：No, no. It's okay. I wanna do this. Truth is... I miss you, and the house has been kind of lonely since you left.

Jackson: Well, I hear you loud and clear.

Susan：Not that lonely.

Lynette: What are you doing?

Tom: Thinking.

Lynette: Well, think inside. I made pork chops.

Tom: Aren't you gonna ask me about my job interview?

Lynette: Oh, right. How'd that go?

Tom: Ok... Until the 30-year-old who was interviewing me asked me if I'd ever used twittering as part of a marketing campaign.

Lynette: And what'd you say?

Tom: Nothing…Because I don't know what "twittering" is.

Lynette: It's a social networking tool where you send instant updates to anybody who signs up for them.

Tom: So you knew about this, and yet you kept it from me?

Lynette: I didn't keep it from you. It's just one of those tech things that you don't care about. It's for young people.

Tom: And I am a dinosaur marching into the tar pit.

Lynette: I didn't say that. You're not gonna get a whole lot of sympathy from me. I just went through the same thing. Remember?

Tom: Yeah, but you didn't tell me how bad it was. That's another thing you kept from me.

妙語佳句，活學(xué)活用

1.sham：虛偽的事，假的東西, 贗品。影片中Susan對Jackson說：“當(dāng)我們的朋友都舉杯祝我們永遠(yuǎn)幸福時(shí)，我們可以大叫 "驚喜哦! 一切都是假的!”

His anger was a mere sham. 他的憤怒只是假裝的。

What he says is all sham. 他說的都是假的.

短語有：put a sham upon 設(shè)圈套詐騙(某人)

2.blow up：這里的意思指毀掉。Jackson提醒Susan道：“我們不能告訴任何人這些都是假的，否則整個(gè)計(jì)劃就泡湯了。”

He blew up his career himself.他親手毀掉了自己的事業(yè)。

3.gabby：Gabby本來是片中的女主角之一Gabrielle的昵稱，Jackson這里用的是它的另一個(gè)意思，指愛說話的, 多嘴的, 饒舌的, 好辯的。“他們叫她"Gabby(饒舌婦)"也不是沒道理的。”

4.loud and clear: 響亮而明了。影片中Jackson誤解了Susan的話，自以為心領(lǐng)神會(huì)的說：“我聽懂了。”

The pilot's voice came in loud and clear. 飛行員回應(yīng)的聲音大而清晰。

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