Australian history: the lost generation

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影片對白：

Sarah Ashley:

Emmett, why didn't you radio? I'm so glad you're here. Would you get some tea, Bandy?

Neil Fletcher: Geez, you done the place up nice. I hope you don't mind. Bandy let me in. My father would have been proud. It's bloody beautiful. Geez, I bet you got all the mod cons.

Sarah Ashley: What do you want?

Neil Fletcher: What I've always wanted-FarawayDowns.

Sarah Ashley: Bandy, call the men. Bunchemup, Mr. Fletcher needs to be escorted off the property-

Neil Fletcher: Callahan won't be having any more cups of tea. I will though. Cup of tea. Thanks, Bandy. You know how I like it. Yeah.

Sarah Ashley: It's all right, Bandy.

Neil Fletcher: You know, these days, I canpull a few strings. I can probably bring your creamy in, if you like. Or...I can talk to Dr. Barker and get you guardianship.

Sarah Ashley: I will never sell you my land.

Neil Fletcher: Your land? My family worked this property for three generations. My father died making people like you rich. Faraway Downs belongs to me. Just like... you believe the little creamy belongs to you. I'll pay you what it's worth. You can use the money, go south, get the little one an education.

Sarah Ashley: I'll go to the highest levels of government, to the High Court. Beyond this country, if I have to.

Neil Fletcher: An unmarried woman, living with the likes of the Drover?

Sarah Ashley: I will tell your wife he is your son!

Neil Fletcher: That would be a mistake.Kimberleyspear. Glass-tipped. Real collector's items. Oh! You're missing one. Anyway, I was just out here, checking on all the properties. Might do a little buffalo hunting later. Yeah. Oh. Did you hear about the king? Terrible accident. Yeah. Very dangerous place out here, even for locals... like the Drover and the little creamy. You with me? Anyway...you ought to think about it, Lady Ashley. After all, pride's not power.

Sarah Ashley: The Drover mustn't know.

妙語佳句，活學活用 

1.radio：向...發無線電報。這里的意思是：“你怎么不用無線電和我聯系呢，我真高興你來了。”

radio base camp for fresh supplies 用無線電向大本營要求供應新的給養

2.do up: 維修，使...整潔。影片中，Fletcher打趣Ashley道：“你這里弄的很不錯。”來看例句：

You should have seen the state of the place before it was done up.你真該來看看這地方整修以前的模樣。

3.mod cons:現代化生活設備。Fletcher對Ashley說：“我打賭你什么電器都有。”

It was a small cottage in a remote village, with few mod cons. 那是一個遙遠的村子里的一個小農舍，幾乎沒有什么現代化的設備。

4.pull a few strings：通過私人關系，走后門。Fletcher處心積慮的想得到“遠方莊園”，威逼Ashley到：“我動個關系，就能帶走你的小鬼。”

He pulled a few strings to get that job. 他為了得到那份工作而走了后門。

If you want to see our boss I can pull strings for you. 如果你想見我們的老板，我可以暗中幫忙。

5.guardianship：監護人的職責[身分]。Fletcher對Ashley說：“或是跟說Barker說，幫你搞定監護權。”

under the guardianship of 在...保護之下

Australian history: the lost generation

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