文化面面觀：訂婚儀式

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影片對白：

Gabrielle: Fran Schulman? Fran,huh? It's Gabrielle Solis from the tennis club.

Fran：Oh, of course.

Gabrielle: Wow, it's been years! The last time I saw you was at that charity fashion show. Wasn't that fun?

Fran：Yes. Yes, it was.

Gabrielle: So what are you doing here? Are you volunteering?

Fran：Not exactly.

Gabrielle: Me either. My daughter's gotten sosnooty. I am forcing her to spend time with the great unwashed. You wanna ditch this place for a cappuccino?

Fran：Um, actually, I'm here to eat.

Gabrielle: Oh!

Mike: It's Susan.

Catherine: Great. We don't see enough of her.

Mike: And she's not alone. Hey, Jackson, long time no see. What's going on?

Jackson: Um... We sort of have an announcement.

Susan: We're getting married.

Catherine: Oh, my god! This is such great news! Oh! So... When's the date?

Susan: Monday.

Mike: Whoa. Well, that's kind of sudden.

Catherine: Well, when you know, you know. Why wait?

Jackson: And we're having a little engagement party on Friday, and you're both invited.

Catherine: A party? Count us in. I can't think of a better reason to celebrate.

Mike: Have you told M.J. Yet?

Susan: Yeah. He was on board when he found out there was cake.

妙語佳句，活學活用

1.Snooty: 目中無人的, 勢利的。影片中Gabrielle對家道中落的Fran說：“我女兒太傲慢自滿了，我正逼她接觸接觸貧困人們呢。”

 A snooty letter 一封措辭傲慢的信

A snooty store 一家勢利眼的店鋪

2.the great unwashed：Unwashed的本意是，未洗的，未被沖刷的：a stack of dishes 一堆未洗的盤碟。這里的意思是，無知的人，下層民眾（含貶義）。例如：

Popular support lay in the unwashed social stratum.民眾的支持存在于社會底層。

3.ditch: 拋棄，丟棄，這里是指想離開某地。影片中對Fran處境毫不知情的Gabrielle建議到：“你想出去喝杯卡布奇諾嗎?”例如：

 To ditch the meeting 不想去開會，逃會

To ditch one’s girlfriend 甩掉女友

To ditch an old car 丟棄舊車

4. on board：成為其中一部分，同意了。Susan毫無征兆的訂婚讓Mike有些擔憂，他對Susan說：“M.J.知道這件事嗎?” Susan說：“是的，當他有發現蛋糕的時候就同意了。”來看例句：

He had been on board the President’s staff.他曾是總統班子的成員。

文化面面觀：訂婚儀式

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