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本片段劇情：換屋居住并沒有阿曼達想象的那么愉快，百無聊賴的她打算第二天就搭飛機回家。沒想到這天半夜阿曼達的哥哥格拉漢姆醉醺醺地敲開了房門，他英俊的面容讓阿曼達一見傾心……

影片對白：

Amanda: Who is it?

Graham: It's me. Hurry up. It's freezing.

Amanda: Who are you?

Graham: Iris, open the door, or I swear I'm gonna take a leak all over your front porch. Oh. You're not Iris. Or if you are, I'm much drunker than I realized. I'm sorry for my profanity. I wasn't expecting you.

Amanda: Well, I wasn't expecting you, either.

Graham: Nevertheless, may I just...

Amanda: Oh, yeah, of course, sure, you had to... Yeah.

Graham: I'm Graham. Iris' brother.

Amanda: Oh, brother. Well, I'm Amanda Woods. I'm staying here.

Graham: Amandawoods? Is that all one word?

Amanda: No. No, it's not.

Graham: So Iris is... Where is... Where is she?

Amanda: She didn't tell you?

Graham: She could've done, but as previously stated, I'm a...I'm just, I've been on the...

Amanda: She's in Los Angeles.

Graham: That's not possible. Iris never goes anywhere.

Amanda: Well, we have that in common. No, she listed this cottage on a home exchange website and I found it. We switched houses for two weeks for the holiday. She's in L.A. at my house and I'm here.

Graham: People actually do that?

Amanda: Apparently. Yeah. I mean, it seems. Here I am in my pajamas.

Graham: She did ring me last night. I didn't get a chance to get back to her. I feel awful now. Would you mind if I sat? I feel like I might bump into you.

Amanda: Sure. Yeah. Sit.

Oh, God.

(Graham sighs)

Amanda: You okay?

Graham: Yeah. I'm good. Look, I'm sorry about the intrusion. Although I may not appear it, I am, in fact, Iris' semi-respectable big brother. But on the rare, or lately not so rare, occasion that I frequent the local pub and get inordinately pissed, my little sister puts me up so I don't get behind the wheel. Pathetic explanation, but, unfortunately, it's become a bit of a routine. So how's it going so far? I mean, up until I showed up and ruined your night.

Amanda: (Stammering) Well, it's not going so great. Yeah, I'm leaving tomorrow on a noon plane.

Graham: Oh. When did you get here?

Amanda: About six hours ago.

Graham: We've made a great impression on you, haven't we?

Amanda: No, it's not that. It's just that, you know, I'm not quite myself right now. I came here on a stupid whim. Honestly, I've never thought about anything less. It's very unlike me. Would you like something to drink? Glass of water? Tea? Wine, maybe?

Graham: Maybe there's a bottle of brandy. You fancy a glass?

Amanda: Sure.

Graham: Good. So, I'm sorry, I've totally blanked and forgotten your name.

Amanda: Amanda.

Graham: So, Amanda, you're not married, are you?

Amanda: Why? Do I look not married?

Graham: No, it was just a backwards way of asking if you were married.

Amanda: No, not at all. Don't know what that means. I mean, no, I'm not married.

Graham: Me, either.

Amanda: Here you go.

Graham: Cheers.

Amanda: Cheers.

Graham: So is it horrible if I stay? I'll be gone before you even wake up. I promise you will never lay eyes on me again.

Amanda: Oh. No, that's fine. Sure.

Graham: Thank you.

Amanda: Let me just get you a blanket.

Graham: In the cupboard on top of the Scrabble. So why is it you aren't quite yourself at the moment?

Amanda: Well, I just broke up with someone. Yesterday.

Graham: Ah.

Amanda: And I guess what I was feeling was that I didn't want to be alone over the holidays, and I thought that if I was somewhere else that I wouldn't realize that I was alone. But then I got here, and I've never felt more alone in my life. Big surprise. Bet you're glad you knocked on this door.

Graham: I am, actually.

Amanda: Yeah, well... Sorry and good night.

Graham: Sweet dreams.

Amanda: Do you think you could...Would you mind...trying that again?

妙語佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. take a leak: 小便。

2. front porch: 前廊。

3. profanity: 粗俗污穢的言語，不敬的言語。

4. have sth. in common (with somebody): 人（想法、興趣等方面）相同，有共同點。例如：Jane and I have nothing in common.（簡和我毫無共同之處。）

5. bump into: 撞見，碰見，偶然遇見。看一下例子：I often bump into him at the supermarket.（我經(jīng)常在超市同他不期而遇。）

6. frequent: 常去，常到（某處），時常出入于。例如：Tourists frequent the district.（游客常去那個地方。）

7. put somebody up: 為某人提供（膳）宿；得到（膳）宿，宿夜。put/take somebody up for the night就是“留某人過夜”。看一下例子：
My aunt was put up at the Garden Hotel.（我姨媽住宿在花園飯店。）
We'll put up at a roadside inn.（我們將在一家路邊小旅館里寄宿。）

8. get behind the wheel: 駕車。

9. show up: 出現(xiàn)；露面。

10. I'm not quite myself: 我的狀態(tài)不大好。也可以表示“身體不舒服”。

11. blanked: 頭腦不清，腦子一片空白。可以作及物動詞，也可以用作不及物動詞。例如：My mind suddenly blanks.（我的腦子突然間成了一片空白。）blank在口語中也可以表示“記不得，認不得”。例如：His name has been blanked out.（他的名字已被忘卻。）

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