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本片段劇情：妮娜是一名芭蕾舞者，她所在的劇團很快又將上演《天鵝湖》。和以往不同的是，總監決定換下原來的首席舞者貝絲，起用新人。被選中的女主演將在劇中分飾白天鵝和黑天鵝兩個截然不同的角色……

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Veronica: Did you see Beth today? I can't believe she's back.

Galina: Of course she's back.

Veronica: What, she can't take a hint? The company is broke. No one comes to see her anymore.

Galina: Oh, nobody actually comes to see ballet full stop.

Veronica: That's not true. I heard The Royal had one of their best seasons yet.

Galina: He just needs to try something new. That's all.

Veronica: No, someone new.

Galina: Like who?

Veronica: Like someone who's not approaching menopause.

Nina: It's sad.

Veronica: What's sad?

Nina: Beth's such a beautiful dancer.

Galina: Yeah, so is my grandmother.

Nina: Well Fonteyn danced into her fifties.

Veronica: Yeah, we know.

Lily: Great. Thought I'd fucking missed my stop. It's a hell-fit all the way from 79th. OK.

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Coach: Beautiful as always, Nina. Relax. And one, and two, and three, and four. Stop, John. One second. Okay, take position. And one, and two, and three, and up. And one, and two, and three, and four.

Thomas: Hello, dear. We all know the story. Virginal girl, pure and sweet, trapped in the body of a swan. She desires freedom that only true love can break the spell. Her wish is nearly granted in the form of a Prince. But before he can declare his love, the lustful twin, the Black Swan, tricks and seduces him. Devastated, the White Swan leaps off a cliff, killing herself. And in death...finds freedom. Good morning, company.

Girls: Good morning.

Thomas: We will open our season with Swan Lake. Done to death, I know. But not like this. We strip it down, make it visceral and real. A new production needs a new Swan Queen. A fresh face to present to the world. But... Which of you can embody both Swans? The White, and the Black. All the soloists I tapped: Go to your scheduled rehearsals this afternoon. And the girls I didn't tap: Meet me in the principals' studio at 5:00. Thank you.

Coach: All right. Let's go. Did we do left side?

Girl: Yes, mistress.

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. take a hint: 領會暗示。

2.menopause: 絕經期；（婦女的）更年期。男子更年期則是male menopause。

3. take position: 就位。

4. virginal: 貞潔的；純真的。例如：remain virginal（保持童貞）。virginal還可以表示“新鮮的；純潔的；未被觸碰的，沒有玷污的”。例如：virginal green（新綠）。

5. break the spell: 破除魔法。spell在這里是“魔法，咒語”的意思，spell還可以表示“魔力，迷惑力，吸引力，魅力”，看一下例子：This place has a spell and people feel it when they come here.（這個地方有一種魅力，人們來到這兒就會感覺出來。）

6. grant: 準予，允許。請看例子：The firm granted him a pension.（公司同意給他一筆養老金。）

7. devastated: 崩潰，身心交瘁的。例如：Peter was devastated by his wife's death.（彼得因妻子的死而身心交瘁。）

8. done to death: 重演了無數次。done to death表示反復做同一件事，做得太多或太過分了。看一下例子：This maxim has been done to death.（這個格言重復得太多了，簡直令人發膩。）

9. visceral: 出自內心的。have visceral conviction指的是“堅信不疑”。

10. soloist: 單獨表演者。

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