撒切爾夫人的時裝秘訣

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本片段劇情：瑪格麗特·撒切爾打算競選保守黨領袖，黨內策略家建議她不要再戴單調乏味的帽子以及已婚女士佩戴的珍珠項鏈，因為這樣的打扮可能會讓選民對她望而生畏的能力有所分心。撒切爾夫人放棄了那頂帽子，卻依然佩戴著珍珠項鏈，因為這是她生下雙胞胎后，丈夫丹尼斯給她的禮物。

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Reporter: Mrs Thatcher I understand you recently visited the United States of America. What was it you took away from that visit which may be of value here in Great Britain?

Mrs Thatcher: Oh that's rather easy to answer, actually. They are unafraid of success. We in Great Britain and in Europe are formed mainly by our history. They on the other hand are formed by their philosophy. Not by what has been, but by what can be. Oh, we have a great deal that we can learn from them, yes. Oh yes!

Mr Reece: For a start, that hat has got to go. And the pearls. In fact I think all hats may have to go. You look and sound like... a privileged Conservative wife and we've already got her vote. You've got lovely hair... but we need to do something with it to make it more,

Colleague: Important.

Mr Reece: Yes. Give it more impact. But the main thing is your voice. Its too high. It has no authority.

Colleague: Me thinks the Lady doth screech too much.

Mr Reece: People don't want to be harangued by a woman or hectored. Persuaded yes. That 'oh yes'... at the end of the interview, that's authoritative, that's the voice of a leader.

Mrs Thatcher: It's all very well to talk about changing my voice, Mr Reece, but for some of my colleagues to imagine me as their leader... would be like imagining, I don't know, being led into battle by their chambermaid. It's my background, and my sex. No matter how I've tried, and I have tried... to fit in, I will never be truly one of them.

Mr Reece: If I may say so - I think that's your trump card. You're flying in the face of everything the Tories have been thus far. It's really very exciting. One simply has to maximise your appeal... bring out all your qualities... and make you look, and sound, like the leader that you could be.

Colleague: You've got it in you to go the whole distance.

Mr Reece: Absolutely.

Mrs Thatcher: Prime Minister?! Oh no. Oh no no no. In Britain? There will be no female Prime Minister here, not in my lifetime. No. And I told Airey, I don't expect to win the leadership, but I... am going to run. Just to shake up the party.

Colleague: Respectfully, Margaret, I disagree. If you want to change this party, lead it. If you want to change the country, lead it. What we're talking about here today is surface. What's crucial... is that you hold your course, and stay true to who you are. Never be anything other than yourself.

Mr Reece: Leave us to do the rest.

Mrs Thatcher: Gentlemen, I am in your hands. I may be persuaded to surrender the hat. But the pearls were a gift from my husband on the birth of our twins... and they are absolutely non-negotiable.

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. for a start: 首先，作為開始

For a start, he is too young.（首先，他還太年輕。）

2. harangue: （向……）滔滔不絕地演講

He harangued his fellow students and persuaded them to walk out.（他對他的同學慷慨陳詞說服他們罷課。 ）

3. hector: 欺凌，威嚇，恃強凌弱

The rascal hectored the boy into taking out all of his money.（那個流氓嚇唬小男孩，讓他掏出了所有的錢。）

4. chambermaid: (旅館等)房間部的女服務生，女服務員

5. trump card: 王牌，殺手锏

The coach saved his star player for a trump card.（教練保留他的明星選手，作為他的王牌。）

6. in your hands: 在你手中，按某人說的辦

I put myself entirely in your hands.（我按你說的辦。）

7. non-negotiable: 沒有商量余地的，不可談判的。在金融領域指禁止轉讓的，不可流通的

撒切爾夫人的時裝秘訣

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