听电影学英语:革命之路7

 　　[00:02.30]So, Frank, how’s work? They gonna survive without you?

 

　　[00:08.26]Actually, something kind of funny happened the other day.

 

　　[00:12.38]I did some dumb little piece of work to get myself off the hook with Bandy,

 

　　[00:15.82]and suddenly, I’m the bright young man.

 

　　[00:19.66]- That’s always the way, ain’t it? - It’s incredible.

 

　　[00:22.22]I mean, I knocked this thing off in a couple of minutes

 

　　[00:24.22]and now they want me to join their team of "specialist" salesmen.

 

　　[00:28.34]Morons.

 

　　[00:31.58]Well, it would be funny if they weren’t offering

 

　　[00:33.50]so much damn money.

 

　　[00:39.62]So, are you tempted¹?

 

　　[00:41.94]Well, it’s just kind of ironic², don’t you think?

 

　　[01:07.70]I thought you turned the job down.

 

　　[01:11.34]Not yet.

 

　　[01:13.62]It’s just an option, that’s all.

 

　　[01:16.86]With the kind of money they’re talking, things could be different for us here.

 

　　[01:19.90]We could get a better place. Travel.

 

　　[01:23.30]The point is, we could be happy here, at least for a little while.

 

　　[01:26.58]It is possible that Parisians aren’t the only ones

 

　　[01:28.78]capable of leading interesting lives, April.

 

　　[01:31.66]So you’ve made up your mind?

 

　　[01:33.66]No. No. Like I said, it’s just an option. That’s all.

 

　　[01:41.18]And supposing you’re right.

 

　　[01:43.46]You make all this money and we have this interesting life here.

 

　　[01:47.70]Won’t you still be wasting your life toiling³ away at a job you find ridiculous?

 

　　[01:53.18]Maybe we let that be my business, all right?

 

　　[01:55.42]Your business?

 

　　[01:56.86]You know what? It’s too hot for this. I’m going to go get wet.

 

　　[02:12.14]- You don’t want to go, do you? - Come on, April. Of course, I do.

 

　　[02:15.50]No, you don’t. Because you’ve never tried at anything.

 

　　[02:18.42]And if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail.

 

　　[02:21.22]What the hell do you mean I don’t try?

 

　　[02:23.50]I support you, don’t I? I pay for this house.

 

　　[02:25.98]I work 10 hours a day at a job I can’t stand.

 

　　[02:27.46]I work 10 hours a day at a job I can’t stand.

 

　　[02:28.46]- You don’t have to. - Bullshit!

 

　　[02:30.86]Look, I’m not happy about it.

 

　　[02:32.10]But I have the backbone⁴ not to run away from my responsibilities.

 

　　[02:35.02]It takes backbone to lead the life you want, Frank.

 

　　[02:42.54]Where are you going?

 

　　[02:43.66]If it’s all right with you, April, I’m gonna go use the bathroom. Okay?

 

　　[03:14.86]What the hell are you going to do with this?

 

　　[03:17.74]And what do you think you’re going to do?

 

　　[03:19.26]- You’re going to stop me? - You’re damn right I am!

 

　　[03:20.94]Go ahead and try.

 

　　[03:22.14]Listen to me. You do this, April, you do this and I swear to God I’ll...

 

　　[03:25.78]You’ll what? You’ll leave me? Is that a threat or a promise?

 

　　[03:28.10]When did you buy this, April?

 

　　[03:29.26]How long have you had this? I want to know!

 

　　[03:30.78]Jesus Christ.

 

　　[03:31.90]You really are being melodramatic about this whole thing.

 

　　[03:34.82]As long as it’s done in the first 12 weeks, it’s perfectly⁵ safe.

 

　　[03:38.38]- That’s now, April! Don’t I get a say? - Of course you do!

 

　　[03:41.46]It would be for you, Frank. Don’t you see?

 

　　[03:43.70]So you can have time, just like we talked about.

 

　　[03:45.70]How can it be for me when the thought of it

 

　　[03:47.10]makes my stomach turn over, for God’s sake?

 

　　[03:49.06]Then it’s for me.

 

　　[03:50.50]Tell me we can have the baby in Paris, Frank.

 

　　[03:52.38]Tell me we can have a different life. But don’t make me stay here. Please.

 

　　[03:56.54]- We can’t have the baby in Paris. - Why not?

 

　　[03:59.74]I don’t need everything we have here. I don’t care where we live.

 

　　[04:02.74]I mean, who made these rules, anyway?

 

　　[04:06.22]Look, the only reason we moved out here was because I got pregnant.

 

　　[04:11.14]Then we had another child to prove the first one wasn’t a mistake.

 

　　[04:13.66]I mean, how long does it go on?

 

　　[04:17.14]Frank. Do you actually want another child?

 

　　[04:22.50]Well, do you? Come on, tell me.

 

　　[04:26.78]Tell me the truth, Frank. Remember that?

 

　　[04:30.26]We used to live by it.

 

　　[04:32.06]And you know what’s so good about the truth?

 

　　[04:34.42]Everyone knows what it is, however long they’ve lived without it.

 

　　[04:38.30]No one forgets the truth, Frank. They just get better at lying.

 

　　[04:43.94]So tell me, do you really want another child?

 

　　[04:50.46]All I know is what I feel.

 

　　[04:54.94]And anyone else in their right mind would feel the same way, April.

 

　　[04:59.18]But I’ve had two children. Doesn’t that count in my favour?

 

　　[05:03.42]Christ, April! The fact that you even put it that way!

 

　　[05:06.30]You make it seem as if having children is some sort of a goddamn punishment.

 

　　[05:10.22]I love my children, Frank.

 

　　[05:14.14]And you’re sure about that, huh?

 

　　[05:16.86]What the hell is that supposed to mean?

 

　　[05:19.02]April, you just said our daughter was a mistake.

 

　　[05:23.02]How do I know you didn’t try to get rid of her,

 

　　[05:24.94]- or Michael for that matter? - No.

 

　　[05:26.62]How do I know you didn’t try to flush our entire fucking family

 

　　[05:29.42]- down the toilet? - No, that’s not true. Of course I didn’t.

 

　　[05:32.42]But how do I know, April?

 

　　[05:34.46]Stop. Please just stop, Frank.

 

　　[05:37.86]April, a normal woman, a normal sane⁶ mother

 

　　[05:42.18]doesn’t buy a piece of rubber tubing to give herself an abortion⁷

 

　　[05:45.42]so she can live out some kind of a goddamn fantasy.

 

　　[05:58.70]Look, all I’m saying is you don’t seem entirely⁸ rational about this thing.

 

　　[06:05.22]And I think it’s about time we found somebody

 

　　[06:07.22]to help make some sense of your life.

 

　　[06:10.62]And the new job’s going to pay for that, too?

 

　　[06:15.66]April, if you need a shrink, it will be paid for.

 

　　[06:21.26]Obviously.

 

　　[06:26.62]Okay. I guess there isn’t much more to say then, is there?

 

　　[06:39.90]So I guess Paris was a pretty childish idea, huh?

 

　　[06:48.70]I guess maybe it was.

 

　　[07:03.22]April, we can be happy here.

 

　　[07:08.38]I can make you happy here.

 

　　[07:11.02]We’ve had a great couple of months. It doesn’t need to end.

 

　　[07:17.10]We’re going to be okay. I promise.

 

　　[07:25.06]I hope so, Frank.

 

　　[07:28.38]I really hope so.

 

　　[08:09.02]Thank you for waiting. Mr Pollock will see you now.

 

　　[08:13.98]Thanks so much.

 

　　[08:25.82]Foiled by faulty contraception.

 

　　[08:29.90]I can’t say that I’m sorry.

 

　　[08:31.46]You’d have been sorely missed in the old cubicle⁹, I can tell you that.

 

　　[08:35.10]Wouldn’t have been the same without you.

 

　　[08:37.82]Besides... Well...

 

　　[08:43.38]What?

 

　　[08:45.66]The plan always seemed a touch unrealistic, don’t you think?

 

　　[08:55.10]I suppose it’s none of my business, really.

 

　　[08:56.46]No. No. I suppose it isn’t.

 

　　[09:03.18]Well...

 

　　[09:07.14]They’ll be celebrating in the secretarial pool.

 

　　[09:38.50]Hey! Remember the first time you brought us here?

 

　　[09:41.46]Absolutely.

 

　　[09:42.66]You said it takes a special kind of taste to enjoy Vito’s Log Cabin.

 

　　[09:46.78]It’s so awful, it’s kind of nice.

 

　　[09:52.86]Look at me. I’m just so happy. Our little gang’s back together again.

1 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

2 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

3 toiling   

长时间或辛苦地工作( toil的现在分词 )； 艰难缓慢地移动，跋涉

参考例句：

• The fiery orator contrasted the idle rich with the toiling working classes. 这位激昂的演说家把无所事事的富人同终日辛劳的工人阶级进行了对比。
• She felt like a beetle toiling in the dust. She was filled with repulsion. 她觉得自己像只甲虫在地里挣扎，心中涌满愤恨。

4 backbone   

n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气

参考例句：

• The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
• The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。

5 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

6 sane   

adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的

参考例句：

• He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
• He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。

7 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

8 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

9 cubicle   

n.大房间中隔出的小室

参考例句：

• She studies in a cubicle in the school library.她在学校图书馆的小自习室里学习。
• A technical sergeant hunches in a cubicle.一位技术军士在一间小屋里弯腰坐着。