美國最著名的五大餐館

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本片段劇情：花在索菲身上的日常開銷和醫藥費讓霍莉陷入了經濟困境，原本打算將糕餅店改造成飯館的她不得不考慮放棄這一計劃。梅塞爾得知以后伸出了援手，主動提出將自己的存款借給霍莉。為了表示感謝，霍莉請梅塞爾共進晚餐……

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Messer: Hey, her temp's coming down.

Holly: Clothes, daycare, monthly food bill...and now a $1,200 bill from the emergency room. If something happens to the car, one of us is gonna have to sell a kidney.

Messer: Having a kid is expensive. We talked about that.

Holly: Having kids and an expanding shop, it's a bit much.

Messer: Where'd you get the flowers?

Holly: Oh. Sam sent them today. I haven't even called him back yet. I mean, how can I? I'm a disaster. I can't be this girl on the second date. This is what you save for marriage. Like 10 years in.

Messer: Don't stress about the money. We'll be fine.

Holly: I'll just call Lonnie and we'll patch up the wall...and maybe in a few years, we can revisit it or something.

Messer: Wait, so you're gonna pull the plug on the remodel?

Holly: I can't increase the construction loan. It's okay, you know? I'll just have a shop and not a restaurant. It's fine. It'll be okay.

Messer: You know, I can give you the money. I have savings.

Holly: No. No, I can't let you do that. I would never take your savings.

Messer: I want to. OK? We're raising a kid together. We have this house together. This is just part of it. Look, having somebody help you doesn't mean that you failed. It just means that you're not in it alone.

Holly: Um....Okay, but it can't be a gift. I won't take it unless it's an investment.

Messer: Fine. I'm an investor in Fraiche.

Holly: You're...You're an investor in "Fraiche."

Messer: "Fraiche." Sorry.

Holly: "Fraiche." And as an investor, that entitles you to 2 percent of profits.

Messer: Three percent.

Holly: Two percent. And, hey, a discount on food and wine.

Messer: What's the discount?

Holly: Ten percent.

Messer: Fifteen percent.

Holly: Ten percent. It's a great discount.

Messer: Then you throw in dinner.

Holly: Oh, deal.

Messer: All right.

Holly: Awesome. Okay. Oh, my God. Thank you so much. That's huge. Okay, dinner, tonight, on me. You and me.

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Amy: Hello. You look so pretty.

Holly: Oh, thank you.

Amy: Oh, my God.

Messer: Hey.

Holly: Hey. So here are all the numbers. My cell phone, his cell phone, the restaurant and the pediatrician.

Amy: Yep. You know you actually have to leave the house for me to do my job?

Holly: Yeah. Yes. Okay.

Messer: All right.

Holly: All right. Okay, have fun. Bye-bye.

Amy: Bye-bye.

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Messer: This place is amazing, Holly. I can't believe I haven't been here before. Look at you. You're a kitchen ninja. You don't follow any kind of a recipe?

Holly: No. This is the only place in the whole world where I do not follow a plan.

[Speaking indistinctly]

Messer: Are you sure you wanna do this?

Holly: I got this. A bet's a bet. I can do this.

Messer: You don't have to do this.

Holly: You know what I'm not sure about? The helmet. It's lame. I want something with thunderbolts on it.

Messer: We're gonna pull out the choke, all right?

Holly: The what?

Messer: The choke.

Holly: Okay.

Messer: All right? Turn on the ignition, pull in the clutch. This is the clutch. Hold that in. Hold that in.

Holly: Okay.

Messer: Push the starter button. All right, there we go. All right, left hand is the clutch, right hand is the throttle. Okay?

Holly: Okay.

Messer: All right, let's get your kickstand up.

Holly: Oh, I'm on a freaking motorcycle!

Messer: Easy there, Rain Man. We're not done? Okay? All right. Now we're in first gear.

Holly: Okay.

Messer: Hold that. Don't let go of that clutch till I get on--

Holly: Let go?

[Holly yelps]

[Messer gasps]

Holly: Oh, my God.

Messer: No.

Holly: Oh, my God. Oh, Messer. Oh, Messer, I'm so sorry.

Messer: No, it's okay. Are you all right?

Holly: Yeah, yeah. (The bus crashes the motorcycle) Oh! Oh, no. Oh, no. Are you mad?

Messer: No, I'm just-- I'm gonna sit down.

Holly: I thought you said, "Let go." Do you want me to go talk to the bus driver maybe? God, I am so sorry, Messer.

Messer: Don’t worry about it. Don't worry.

Holly: I swear, I'm gonna pay for it, I promise.

Messer: I'm actually kind of in awe. You didn't even drive it a foot before you destroyed it.

Holly: I feel so bad. I'm really sorry.

Messer: It's fine. Okay? It's just a bike.

Holly: Do you really mean that, or are you just saying that because you think if I keep talking about it, you're gonna cry?

Messer: Get inside.

[Holly giggles]

Amy: Hi.

Holly: Hi.

Amy: I didn't wanna move her.

Holly: [Whispering] That's okay.

Messer: [Whispering] Amy, wait a second. Here you go. Now, come on, no backsies.

Holly: Thanks, Amy.

Messer: Thank you. Bye-bye. Have a good night.

Amy: I think you guys make a really cute couple.

[Door opens and closes]

Holly: She said the same thing about Taylor Swift and that Twilight kid.

(Holly and Messer kisses)

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. temp: temperature 溫度

2. stress: 緊張；焦慮；擔心。請看例子：Don't stress -- there's plenty of time to finish the job.（別擔心，有足夠的時間干完活。）

3. patch up: 修補。patch up也可以表示“平息，解決”。

4. pull the plug on something: 終止；取消；結束，叫停。例如：pull the plug on their account（取消他們的賬號）。

5. remodel: 改建，改造。

6. entitle: 使享有權利；使符合資格。請看例句：This ticket entitles you to a free lunch.（憑這張票你可免費享用午餐。）

7. throw in: 外加，額外奉送。看一下例句：If you buy six bars of soap, you get another one thrown in.（買六塊肥皂，再奉送一塊。）

8. deal: 就這么說定了，一言為定。

9. pediatrician: 兒科醫生。

10. ninja: 忍者（受專門訓練充當間諜、刺客的日本武士）。

11. choke: （車輛發動機的）阻風門，阻塞門。

12. ignition: 點火裝置；點火開關。

13. clutch: （汽車等起換擋功能的）離合器踏板。

14. throttle: 油門。

15. kickstand: （自行車或摩托車的）撐腳架，支架。

16. freaking: 在這里是起加強語氣的作用。

17. Rain Man: 指的是美國一部經典電影，主人公是一個智力有問題的人。影片中梅塞爾是讓霍莉淡定一些，不要那么激動。智障患者一般情緒不穩定，自控力差。

18. no backsies: 不可返還。

美國最著名的五大餐館

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