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本片段劇情：阿米莉婭帶捉刀手參加朗的回憶錄新書發布會，無意中透露出書稿的“開頭”暗藏玄機，而且被美國視為國家安全機密。捉刀手翻閱書稿，發現各章開頭是一個“藏頭詩”，連在一起就是“英國前首相朗的妻子是中情局特工，受艾米特教授領導”。真相終于大白天下，然而捉刀手也因為發現了這個秘密而遭到暗殺。

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Amelia: Here we are.

Ghost Writer: Oh, here we are.

Amelia: I'm sorry. I think I'm over it, and then suddenly I realize I'm not.

Ghost Writer: Are you sure this is all right?

Amelia: Of course. My invitation said plus one.

Ghost Writer: Only I wondered if you might've wanted to bring your husband.

Amelia: That didn't work out. I hadn't appreciated quite how bored he was with being my plus one. Shall we go in?

Ghost Writer: Yeah.

Amelia: Amelia Bly, plus one.

Waitress: Thank you.

Ghost Writer: That was a bit of a turn-up, for the books, you calling me.

Amelia: I heard you weren't invited, and l thought you should be here.

Ghost Writer: Ghosts are never invited to the launch party, as a rule. We're an embarrassment. Like a mistress at a wedding. Sorry. I brought you a present.

Amelia: Thank you. That's very funny.

Ghost Writer: I thought, seeing as you were so keen to hold onto it, you might like it as a souvenir.

Amelia: Between you and me, it wasn't us, it was the Americans. They thought the book was a potential threat to national security.

Ghost Writer: But there's nothing in it.

Amelia: Something about the beginnings. I think that's what I heard.

Ghost Writer: The beginning?

Amelia: No, beginnings. The beginnings.

Ghost Writer: Beginnings?

Amelia: You all right?

Ghost Writer: Do you know that man? The one who's speaking to Ruth.

Amelia: Paul Emmett?

Ghost Writer: What's he doing here?

Amelia: Well, he was Ruth's tutor at Harvard when she was a Fulbright scholar. Why shouldn't he be here?

Ghost Writer: Do you mind if l have that back a second? I'm.. .

"Langs are Scottish folk, originally."

"Wife and child in tow, l decided to.. ."

"I decided to settle."

Ruth: I miss Adam all the time. But never more than tonight. Not just 'cause we're meeting to launch his wonderful new book and he should be here to share the joy of his life story with us, but because he was so brilliant at making speeches and I'm so terrible.

"Langs are Scottish folk."

"Wife and child, Langs are Scottish."

"Wife, Langs. Lang's wife."

"Lang's wife Ruth was recruited as a ClA agent by Professor Paul Emmett of Harvard University."

Ruth: Well, you'll be relieved to hear I'm not making a speech this evening. I just want to thank our wonderful publishers, Marty Rhinehart and John Maddox, and our attorney and friend, Sidney Kroll. And finally, but especially, Mike McAra. Mike, our thoughts are with you. In these very difficult few months, I've drawn great comfort from this book, from knowing that, despite the terrible double tragedy of losing both of them, Mike and Adam did at least live long enough to complete it. And I really believe that, as people read these pages, Adam's voice will keep on coming through for generations to come, eloquent, strong and full of hope. Thanks to his words, he is with us still. If I've left out anyone's name, I hope you'll forgive me. But now I must make a toast. To the memory of a great man and a great patriot, a wonderful husband and a devoted father. To Adam!

All: To Adam!

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. over it: 從某件事的陰影中“走出來了”，阿米莉亞的意思是“我以為我不會再難過了”。

2. My invitation said plus one: 我的邀請函可以帶一個人。

3. turn-up: 意想不到的事，也可以說是turn-up for the book。

例如：The champion beaten in the first round? That's a turn-up for the book!（那冠軍在第一回合中就敗了? 真想不到哇！）

下面再向大家介紹幾個turn up構成的短語：

turn your nose up at something 看不起；對……嗤之以鼻

turn up like a bad penny 人（不愿碰上的）卻總出現；冤家路窄

come up/turn up trumps 打出王牌；做有助于獲得（意外）成功的事

turn up the thumb 表示贊成

4. launch party: 這里指“新書發布會”。

5. wife and child in tow: 拉家帶口地，in tow意思是“拖著，在一起”。

6. attorney: 律師（尤指代表當事人出庭者），或者（業務或法律事務上的）代理人。

美國官職中的“檢查長”也可以用這個詞表示，例如state attorney（州檢查官）。

7. eloquent: 雄辯的，有口才的。

8. make a toast: 敬酒，為某人或某事敬酒則為make a toast to someone/something。

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