文化面面觀：going native

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影片對白：

Annie: I don't know, you know, I just... I would love to quit. I really would, but I...I can't leave Grayer. I can't. You're gonna think I'm totally crazy, but I feel really bad for her also. Do you think I'm crazy?

Harvard: Well, you know, you could be suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. You ever heard of Patty Hearst?

Annie: Are you kidding?

Harvard: Yes. But I do think you should probably let me kiss you right about now.

Annie: What?

Harvard: Well...we're two blocks from your building. And once we get any closer, I won't be able to go near you. Which, to tell you the truth, is all I've really thought about since that day I saw you in that Betsy Ross getup.

Annie: That is really kinky and weird.

Harvard: You don't know the half of it.

*****

Annie: Good night.

Old lady in the elevator: Pleasant evening.

Annie: Yeah.

Harvard: Good night.

         Look out for the...

(sound of broken vase)

Annie: Sorry.

*****

Annie: While doing field work, anthropologists have been known to lose themselves in the very society that they're studying, a phenomenon known as "going native." When this occurs, the proper course of action is to remove oneself ASAP. After my night with Harvard Hottie, it became quite obvious that my obsession with the Xs meant I'd gone native. Daydreaming in the park that day, I came to the conclusion that the only right thing to do was confront Mrs. X...and quit.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. Stockholm Syndrome: 斯德哥爾摩綜合癥（被劫持人質對劫持者產生好感并同情、寬容他）

2. getup: 衣服，穿戴（常指離譜者）。影片中Harvard Hottie指的是Annie在國慶節那天的女仆打扮。請看例子：a circus-clown getup（馬戲團小丑的穿戴）。

getup還可以指“（書籍、雜志、服裝等制作的）式樣”。

3. kinky: <口>異乎尋常的，奇形怪狀的。Annie指她那天穿的服裝就是奇裝異服（kinky clothes）。另外，kinky還有“別出心裁的，巧妙的”的意思。

例如：That's a marvelous, kinky idea. 這是個別出心裁的好主意。

4. field work: 實地工作。影片中Annie的專業是Anthropology（人類學），她把自己的保姆經歷看作是人類學家的實地體驗。field work還可以指“田間耕種工作”。請看例子：

During busy seasons they help with field work. 農忙季節他們就幫著干農活。

相應地，fieldworker就是“實地考察工作者，現場調查工作者，田間工作者”。

5. go native: 過土人生活，為當地人同化。例如：

After living in South Africa for 20 years, he has gone completely native.

他在南非住了二十年，已完全適應當地人的生活方式。

在影片中，go native指的是人類學家在實地考察中，通過和自己的考察對象的交往，逐漸認同他們的文化，或被他們所同化。

6. ASAP: 即As soon as possible，盡快，越快越好。看一下例子：

We will arrange the payment ASAP. 我們會盡快安排付款。

文化面面觀：going native

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