美國的夫妻財產制

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本片段劇情：凱蒂被迫去醫院打了胎，自此以后夫妻感情日漸疏遠。凱蒂考上了醫學院，就在凱蒂的娘家人開心地為她開慶祝會的時候，戴維卻要求提前離開，并要凱蒂和他一起回家。凱蒂不愿意，戴維就抓著凱蒂的頭發強行把她帶走了……

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(cheering, applause)

(party chatter)

Girl: Harriet, just say it. You can enjoy smoking, all right?...

Woman: ...No, 'cause you called me.

Katie’s brother: My little sister's going to go to medical school. Can you believe this?

Friend: Congratulations, David. You must be so proud.

Katie’s mother: Where is the campus?

Katie: It's in the Bronx. It's in the city. And it has one of the best pediatric programs in the country.

Katie’s mother: Jim, I always thought you would become the doctor.

Katie’s brother: Thank you, Ma. That's nice. I feel much better about my life. (laughs)

Katie’s mother: I'm kidding.

Katie: That's real nice, Mom.

Katie’s mother: It's all right, Jim.

David: Um, I can't find your jacket. Do you know where you put it?

Katie’s mother: Oh, you're not leaving?

Katie: No.

David: Yes. I gotta drive...

Katie’s brother: Sit down, David. Come on, what are you drinking?

David: I gotta drive all the way back to the city. So, Katie?

Katie: Uh...what? I...I...I'm not going anywhere. Jim, Jim, sit down.

David: I'm just... I'll go start the car.

Katie: Do whatever you want. I'm not... I'm not leaving yet. (scoffs) What? What is so important that we have to rush home for? What, David?

David: (groans) I'll be waiting in the car. (mutters) "What's so important that we have to rush home for?"

(engine starts)

(engine shuts off)

(chatting)

(screams)

(glass breaks)

(door slams)

David: Where are you going? Where you going to go? Where you going to live? 'Cause if you leave me, I'm not going to be able to subsidize your lifestyle. Which I don't think that you want. I don't want that. Look, can we just... think about this for a second?

Katie: I've never been closer to anyone and I don't know you at all. (scoffs)

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Katie: Maybe I should go stay at my mom's until I sort things out.

Lauren: You're joking, right? Why would you give up everything you've done just because of him? And you're not leaving New York to move back to...Long Island... yuck.

Waitress: Ma'am, I'm sorry. Your card was declined.

Katie: What? I... Try it again.

Waitress: Well, I already did.

Katie: Um...I don't understand. Um...

Waitress: Do you have another card, or cash? It's only $22.75.

Katie: I know how much it is.

Lauren: Here. What the hell are you looking at? Eat your salad.

Katie: I just need enough money to get through school.

Consultant: Look, I'm trying to explain. Your husband is the beneficiary of a number of family trusts, most of which were set up a long time ago.

Katie: I know that.

Consultant: That means that as long as you're married, you can have access to his money, but if you separate, if you divorce him, you won't get any money, because he doesn't have any. Not of his own.

Lauren: Motherfuckers.

Consultant: Regardless, families like the Marks set their assets up this way to protect them from divorces.

Lauren: Motherfuckers!

Consultant: Okay, could you just not...just not do that? These people play hardball. If you want a settlement, you're gonna have to think of a way to motivate them.

(thunder rumbling)

(rubbing chopsticks)

David: How was your day?

Katie: Good.

(rubbing continues)

Katie: I... had lunch with Lauren today.

(rubbing stops)

David: What else did you do today?

(crashes)

Kel: What the hell is that?

(knocking)

Kel’s husband: Someone's on the terrace.

Kel: Call the police.

Kel’s husband: Oh God. Jesus, Jesus.

(Katie panting)

Kel’s husband: What happened? What the hell happened? Kel, call the police.

Katie: No no. No! No no no. No no no...

Kel’s husband: Shh-shh, okay. David. Katie's next door with us. She's scared to come home.

David: Mm-hmm. Well, we had a fight. But it's nothing, you know? It's nothing. I mean, it's not nothing, but you can tell her to come home. It's over. Will you tell her to come home, please?

Kel’s husband: Actually I think she should stay with us tonight. Just let things cool off between you.

Katie: Thank you.

David: Good night. Thank you.

妙語佳句 活學活用

1. pediatric: 小兒科的。

2. sort out: 弄清楚；解決好；恢復正常，整頓好。請看例子：We have to sort things out between us.（我們得把我們之間的事情弄弄清楚。）又如：Don't worry, things will sort themselves out in the end.（別擔心，情況最終會恢復正常的。）

3. yuck: 啐！（表示反感、不快的擬聲）

4. beneficiary: 受益人。

5. have access to: 可以獲得或使用。看一下例句：Only a few people have access to the full facts of the case.（只有少數幾個人能看到有關該案全部事實的材料。）

6. play hardball: 采取強硬方式。hardball的意思是“強硬方式，強硬手段”，也可以作形容詞用，表示“強硬的”，例如：field hardball questions in a TV interview（在電視采訪中對刁難的問題應答如流）。

7. settlement: 贈與的財產。例如：make a settlement on somebody（贈與某人財產）。

8. terrace: 露臺。

美國的夫妻財產制

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