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本片段劇情：朗乘飛機(jī)回來，捉刀手在機(jī)場(chǎng)第一次見到了這位前首相。在商談寫作回憶錄細(xì)節(jié)時(shí)，朗的助手兼情人阿米莉婭不允許捉刀手拷貝一個(gè)字，以防泄密。他開始逐步了解朗的生活，重新寫作回憶錄，但并不知道自己已經(jīng)被卷入了一場(chǎng)政治風(fēng)波中。

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Lang: Hi, darling.

Ruth: How was New York?

Lang: Short and sweet. Hi, Barry. Hi, Amelia. Hello. Who are you?

Ghost writer: I'm your ghost.

Lang: Right.

Ruth: Don't worry. He isn't always such a jerk.

Ghost writer: This place really comes alive at night.

Waitress: You'll be with us for four weeks, is that right?

Ghost writer: I'm afraid so.

Waitress: And the bill goes directly to the Rhinehart Corporation?

Ghost writer: Good.

Waitress: That doesn't include the mini-bar.

Amelia: All right. He's ready for you. How's your hotel? Quiet?

Ghost writer: Monastic.

Amelia: That's nice. No distractions.

Lang: Thanks, love. Hi, man. You ready to start?

Ghost writer: Absolutely. Is the manuscript loaded on this?

Amelia: lt is.

Ghost writer: Can l have it?

Amelia: I'm sorry, that would be a security risk.

Ghost writer: You mean I've got to retype the whole manuscript?

Lang: Have you really got my entire book on that little thing?

Amelia: We can get 100 books on it, Adam. And it can be copied in a flash. That's the trouble.

Lang: Amazing. You know the worst thing about my life? You get so out of touch. Everything's done for you. You don't drive, you don't carry money. If I need cash, I have to borrow it from the protection boys.

Ghost writer: This is the kind of details we need in the memoirs.

Lang: I couldn't put that in. People would think I was a complete idiot.

Ghost writer: No, not at all. No, this shows what it's like being Prime Minister. That's exactly what the readers want to know. How does it feel to run a country? How does it feel to be so cut off? How does it feel to be so hated?

Lang: Thanks a lot.

Ghost writer: And so loved.

Lang: Amelia, what do you think?

Amelia: I think I should leave you two alone.

妙語佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. ghost: 這里指的是ghost writer，捉刀手。

這里再向大家介紹幾個(gè)含有g(shù)host的短語：

a ghost of a chance 一絲機(jī)會(huì)

ghost town （曾一度繁華的）被廢棄的城鎮(zhèn)

be a shadow/ghost of your former self 失去昔日的力量（或影響等）；威風(fēng)不再；不如當(dāng)年。

2. jerk: 傻瓜，笨蛋。

3. come alive: 熱鬧起來，活躍起來。

例如：Sound and movement make information come alive.（聲音和活動(dòng)畫面使信息變得活靈活現(xiàn)。）

4. mini-bar：迷你酒吧，小酒吧。

5. monastic: 廟宇的，也用來形容寧?kù)o簡(jiǎn)樸的，清修的，禁欲的。這里捉刀手的意思是說旅館里非常冷清，“像座寺廟”。

例如：He leads a monastic life.（他過著隱居的生活。）

6. security risk: 危險(xiǎn)分子（尤指危及國(guó)家、機(jī)構(gòu)等安全的），阿米莉婭的意思是“我覺得會(huì)有安全隱患”。

7. in a flash：立刻，一瞬間。

例如：The answer came to her in a flash of inspiration.（她突然來了一陣靈感，答案想出來了。）

8. out of touch: 不諳時(shí)勢(shì)的，脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)的，也可以指失去聯(lián)系。

例如：We've been out of touch with Roger for years now.（我們至今已有數(shù)年未與羅杰來往了。）

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