嘉年華 carnival

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精彩對(duì)白：

Dana：How you feeling? 

Ashley: Nervous.

Dana: She's gonna love it.

Ashley: Okay. How about right here?

Dana: Yeah.

Miss Braden: This place is amazing!

Dana: Quick. She's ready.

Ashley: Hi, Miss Braden. Sorry. Peggy. So, are you ready to be impressed?

Miss Braden: I'm ready to have questions.

Ashley: Of course. I would hope so. Okay, so we're going for a carnival-like atmosphere. We'll have an upscale mixture of V.I.P.'s, celebs...and record industry insiders. Only, everyone will wear masks.

Miss Braden: Interesting.

Ashley: We'll have a deejay, circus performers...fortune-tellers, atmosphere smoke and neon. Over here will be the V.I.P. Area. We'll have champagne... only the best. Dom Perignon served by waiters on stilts. And then a stage with Masquerade's latest videos and professional dancers. And over there, little alcoves...with couches and with drapes to give people privacy. Overhead, sky dancers. You know, I want people to feel like anything can happen here. It's gonna be a magical night.

Miss Braden: The hired dancers?

Ashley：Are doing their thing.

Miss Braden：And Phillips?

Ashley: Is happy and is going up in five. Peggy, I've got it covered.

Miss Braden: See that you do, my dear.

Ashley: Oh, thank God. Thank you so much. I owe you big time.

Antonio: So, which one is she?

Ashley: Oh, she's the tall blonde one, near the fortune-teller.

Antonio: Ah, very nice. - Yeah, she's a little high-strung.

Antonio: No problem. It is gonna cost you extra.

Ashley: You're terrible. But a doll. Now go. I have work to do.

Antonio: So do I.

Man On Earpiece: Got another freeloader.

Ashley: What? No, no, no. If they're not on the list, they cannot get in. No exceptions.

The freeloader: I'm on the list. "Plus one." I'm on the list. It's the jacket!

妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用

1. carnival-like: 像嘉年華一樣的。Ashley計(jì)劃把這個(gè)masquerade（化妝舞會(huì)）辦成類(lèi)似于嘉年華的飲宴狂歡。

2. upscale: 高端的，高消費(fèi)階層的。這類(lèi)upscale（迎合高層次消費(fèi)者的）商品針對(duì)的顧客通常住在upscale neighborhood（高檔社區(qū)），在upscale market（高檔商品市場(chǎng)）購(gòu)買(mǎi)upscale fashions（高級(jí)時(shí)裝）。

3. deejay: 播放音樂(lè)的人，通常簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)為DJ。

4. fortune-teller: 算命者。Teller作為后綴，用來(lái)表示“……的人”，例如：story-teller（講故事的人）。而teller單獨(dú)使用，則還可以用來(lái)指“出納”。

5. on stilts: 踩著高蹺。在A(yíng)shley設(shè)計(jì)的這場(chǎng)masquerade（化妝舞會(huì)）中，waiters都是踩著高蹺（on stilts)來(lái)為人們服務(wù)的。而如果說(shuō)一個(gè)人talk on stilts，可不是說(shuō)他在踩著高蹺講話(huà)，而是說(shuō)他“夸夸其談，夸張做作”。

6. alcove: 單間，在這里指舞會(huì)上為人們約會(huì)提供的私密隔間。家里裝修的時(shí)候，還常隔出一件coat alcove（衣帽間）。

7. I owe you big time: 我欠你一個(gè)大人情。owe someone a big time的意思就是“欠某人情，十分感激某人”，而big time單獨(dú)使用，則是指“愉快的時(shí)光”。比如，在這次the big time（成功的商業(yè)演出）過(guò)后，Jim和他的同伴外出度假，They had a big time there.

8. high-strung: 高度緊張的, 容易興奮的.He is a high-strung artist.（他是個(gè)容易激動(dòng)的藝術(shù)家。）有時(shí)候我們也用這個(gè)詞來(lái)形容某人“十分敏感”。

9. doll: 美男子。美國(guó)俚語(yǔ)。如果我們稱(chēng)某個(gè)美女為doll，則是說(shuō)她漂亮但沒(méi)有頭腦。

10. freeloader: 不速之客，揩油的人。也就是我們口語(yǔ)中常說(shuō)的“吃白食”。

嘉年華 carnival

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