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本片段劇情：Liv受到友情和事業上的雙重打擊，感到很崩潰，因為她是一個不習慣失敗的完美主義者。Daniel告訴她說，其實人生本來就不是完美的，他也不需要一個完美的妻子。Emma向Fletcher得意地吹噓她打敗了Liv，誰知道Fletcher早就對她的偏執舉動忍無可忍，于是兩人吵了起來……

影片對白：

Liv: I'm not this girl. I just don't screw up. I just don't get demoted. It's like I don't have anybody. I feel so alone.

Daniel: Hey. Babe, I'm right here. You miss your friend, especially now. She'd know just what to say.

Liv: I'm mad at her too. She went for the hair. Girlfriends don't do that.

Daniel: You'll fix it. And if you can't, I love it. I do. You're like this very tall, very hot Smurf.

Liv: Oh, honey. It's not just about the hair. I'm mad because maybe she's right. And it's exhausting having to try to be perfect all the time. That's how I held it together ever since I was a kid. I figured nothing - nothing bad would happen again if I was just...one step ahead of everything and everybody, all the time.

Daniel: Life isn't perfect, hon. It's messy.

Liv: You're right. I mean, I was gonna be perfect for you...but now that you say it's impossible - Hey.

Daniel: No, you don't. No, you don't have to be perfect. I've always wanted a human wife. Yeah, the other ones are just...too hard to inflate.

Emma: Hey.

Fletcher: Hey. Almost back to normal, huh?

Emma: I know, right? I have, like, one layer of skin left, but that should be okay for our wedding. So, oops, sorry, Liv. I wish I had pictures. You know? It's like I was up there, and there's this spotlight, and when I hit that rope - Oh, my God!

Fletcher: Hey! Enough, enough, enough! I've heard this story 10,000 times, Emma. You've been acting a little wild lately. Okay? And I'm tired of it. So knock it off. Lately you've been very mad and tense and excited. You know what? I just don't know how to deal with this. OK? And quite frankly, you have me questioning whether or not...this is something about - to do with the wedding or if this is permanent.

Emma: Um, well, Fletcher, it is kind of permanent. You know? I mean it is possible that I might be mad or tense or excited more than once in the next 40 years.

Fletcher: Is it? Really? You know what? You're doing it right now.

Emma: What?

Fletcher: You're being, not, I mean, not bitchy, but - I said "not bitchy." But you're right there in that neighborhood. You should have the cab, like, take a U-turn...drop you off at Pleasant and Nice, where we met.

Emma: Are you upset because of this thing with Liv...

Fletcher: Oh, totally.

Emma: ...or because I'm having feelings? Because it's kind of hard to read you.

Fletcher: My God! That's totally it. I'm upset because you have feelings. You nailed it.

Emma: Okay. So in other words, then don't have so many feelings, but if I do, don't show 'em. I shouldn't have so many-

Fletcher: Oh, God! I can't even talk to you right now!

Emma: You haven't tried yet. Do you realize - Do you know how hard this is for me? I don't even know who you are. You have not even tried to ask me about how I'm feeling. I'm so confused.

Fletcher: I don't even know who you are. All right? I don't want to talk. It's a tense time. We're fine. Whatever. I was gonna go to the gym. Bye.

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. screw up: 弄糟，搞亂，把……弄得一團糟。不習慣失敗滋味的Liv因為工作上的失誤感到很崩潰。看一下例子： She had screwed up and had to do it all over again.（她把事情搞砸了，只得重新做過。）

2. demote: 使降級，使降低地位。影片中指Liv因為在工作中情感失控而被老板降職。例如：demote a soldier from corporal to private（把士兵從下士降到列兵）。

3. Smurf: 藍精靈。

4. messy: 雜亂的，混亂的。例如：a messy bed（凌亂的床）；messy thinking（紊亂的思想）。

另外，messy還可以表示“骯臟的，邋遢的”和“棘手的，難辦的”。例如：

a messy heavy smoker（邋遢的煙鬼）；a messy situation（難以對付的局面）

5. inflate: 吹捧，使得意，使驕傲。影片中Daniel指如果他娶的妻子太完美，那么要哄她就太難了。看一下例子：One could inflate or diminish a person by a few words.（人們寥寥數語可以把一個人捧得趾高氣昂，也可以把一個人貶得無地自容。）

6. knock it off: 別再講下去了。請看例子：Will you kids knock it off? I can't focus. （夠了，小鬼們，停下來。我都沒法集中精力了。）

7. bitchy: 令人討厭的，脾氣壞的。看一下例子：He is a difficult and bitchy man.（他是一個難以相處又令人討厭的人。）

8. read: 讀懂，察識。例如：read sb.'s thoughts/mind（讀懂某人心思）；He reads other people's moods fast.（他善于一下子察識他人的情緒。）

9. nail: 說破，揭穿。Fletcher氣沖沖地對Emma說：我生氣是因為你有感情，被你說中了。這是吵架時的氣話。看一下例子：nail a lie（揭穿謊言）；nail the truth（挑明真相）；We'll nail them if they're lying.（要是他們說謊，我們就揭穿他們。）

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