Lisa: We are at the tipping point, people. If we don't do something now, I'm sorry, I lost my train of thought. Isn't he dreamy?
Man: Agreed.
Lisa: Okay, so here's the bottom line: If we don't change our ways right now, pollution in Lake Springfield will be at this level.
Audience: That's not so bad.
Lisa: No, the lift is stuck. Am I getting through to anyone?
Audience: Hell, yeah. We need a new one of those things.
Man: All in favor of a new scissor lift, say ''aye. ''
Audience: Aye.
Lisa: No! This lake is just one piece of trash away from a toxic nightmare. But I knew you wouldn't listen. So I took the liberty of pouring water from the lake in all your drinking glasses.
Audience: This is why we should hate kids.
Man: This is serious, people. No more dumping in the lake. I hereby declare a state of emergency. Code black.
Man: Black? That's the worst color there is. No offense there, Carl.
Carl: I get it all the time.
妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用
1. Tipping point
The point in time in which a technology, procedure, service or philosophy has reached critical mass and becomes mainstream. 我們可以把它解釋為“臨界點(diǎn)”。
2. Train of thought
你是不是有過(guò)被打斷思路的感覺(jué)呢？這個(gè)“思路”就是“train of thought”，例如：You've interrupted my train of thought; now what was I saying? 你打斷了我的思路，我剛說(shuō)到哪兒了？
3. Bottom line
Bottom line 本來(lái)指“賬本上的底線，盈虧一覽結(jié)算線，在財(cái)務(wù)報(bào)表中用此線標(biāo)明凈收益或凈損失”，這里被引申為“要點(diǎn)或關(guān)鍵之處”，例如：A lot can happen between now and December, but the bottom line—for now—is that the city is still heading toward default. 從現(xiàn)在到十二月份會(huì)發(fā)生很多變化，但是現(xiàn)在的實(shí)質(zhì)問(wèn)題是，這個(gè)城市還是不準(zhǔn)備參賽。
4. In favor of
這里的意思是“In support of; approving支持；贊同”，例如：We are in favor of her promotion to president. 我們贊成提升她為總裁。
