文化面面觀：community property

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影片對(duì)白：

Tom: You thought my friend Bill looked pretty fantastic, huh?

Lynette: Okay, I went a little overboard. You know me...two margaritas, and I need a muzzle.

Tom: No, I completely agree with you. He looks really young.

Lynette: I know, right? He must take care of himself.

Tom: Actually, he told me his secret, and I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

Lynette: No, you're not having plastic surgery.

Tom: It's my face.

Lynette: Uh, we live in a community property state, so half that face is mine.

Tom: Fine, you know what? You get the half below the nose. But these wrinkles up here? All going away.

Lynette: Tom, men don't need plastic surgery. They look better as they age.

Tom: Really? Because you couldn't stop talking about how great Bill looked. "you guys were classmates? You mean the same class at the same time?"

Lynette: Okay, that's a lousy impression of me.

Tom: Look, Bill said it really gave him a leg up in job interviews, and I could use that right now.

Lynette: You don't need a face-lift. What if I went out and got a boob job and came home with big, giant sideshow boobs? How would you like that?

Tom: I'd learn to live with it somehow.

Lynette: You're not doing this. We can't afford it!

Tom: It's an investment in our future. We can't afford not to. I'm calling the doctor and making an appointment. If you want, I can also get a price check on a pair of...

Lynette: I'm not getting a boob job.

Orson: Why don't I make you a nice cup of pearl-gray...Oh, dear God.

Bree：Orson, we've been robbed!

Orson: It wasn't me. I swear.

Man:No cuts! Back of the line.

Gabrielle: Oh, relax. I already ate dinner at home... in my box under the bridge. Fran? Oh, god. I was afraid I wouldn't find you here.

Fran: Ah, lucky you, I'm still poor.

Gabrielle: I feel bad I ducked out so fast the other day.

妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用

1.go overboard:狂熱追求,走極端。在本集《絕望主婦》中，Lynette擔(dān)心Tom因她夸贊Bill而吃醋，說(shuō)到：“我剛才有點(diǎn)過(guò)了，你知道我就是這樣，酒后亂說(shuō)話。”來(lái)看例句：

It would be very foolish of the musician to go overboard about pop music. 對(duì)那音樂(lè)家來(lái)說(shuō)，過(guò)份喜歡流行音樂(lè)恐怕是太愚蠢了。

Let's not go overboard. 別做得太過(guò)火了.

2.plastic surgery: Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. While famous for aesthetic surgery, plastic surgery also includes two main fields: cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. The word "plastic" derives from the Greek plastikos meaning to mold or to shape; its use here is not connected with the synthetic polymer material known as plastic.

3.community property:夫妻共有財(cái)產(chǎn)，見(jiàn)文化面面觀。

4.lousy：糟糕的，劣等的。Lynette對(duì)Tom說(shuō)到：“我表現(xiàn)的太差勁了。”或“那是我不好”。

His health has been lousy. 他的健康狀況近來(lái)很糟。

He tried to sell me his lousy radio. 他想把他那臺(tái)破收音機(jī)賣(mài)給我。

5.leg up：幫助，名詞。Tom試圖說(shuō)服Lynette同意他去整容：“聽(tīng)著，Bill說(shuō)在面試時(shí) 這確實(shí)有所幫助。”

I am sure that he will give us a leg up. 我相信他會(huì)助我們一臂之力的。

She is now devoting all her energies to giving him a leg up.她正在盡一切努力來(lái)幫助他。

6.face-lift：面部拉皮整容手術(shù)。也有翻新門(mén)面的意思，例如：

invested in the city's face-lift 投入市容改造

7.No cuts：別插隊(duì)！

8.duck out：巧妙地避開(kāi)。Gabrielle抱歉的對(duì)落魄的Fran說(shuō)：“我很抱歉，那天我走的太急了。”來(lái)看例句：

He can't duck out now. 他現(xiàn)在逃不掉了。

He tried to duck out of doing the chores. 他試圖逃避做那些雜活。

文化面面觀：community property

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