听力文本
Weren't you an artist? I still am, this is just...
你不是艺术家吗？ 我仍然是 这只是…
Ohho, I see.
我明白了
I'm still a weaver!
我还是织布工呢
Mr. Prater tells me you've been busy.
普拉特先生说你最近很忙
He doesn't mean painting.
他不是指画画
You're losing your bloom and, unlike tulips,
你的花朵正在凋谢 不像郁金香
yours will not be renewed in the spring.
你的春天不会重生
I have a proposition.
我有个提议
I'm worth a thousand florins in bulbs and certificates at today's prices.
按今天的价格我有价值一千弗的球茎和证书
I'd like to invest everything in your fishmonger's Admiral.
我想把一切都投资鱼贩的“上将”
Your proposition is absurd.
荒谬
The Admiral Maria is not a snapdragon.
“玛丽亚上将”不是金鱼草
It's a 2000 florin tulip bulb.
是两千弗的郁金香球茎
Which I'm willing to let go for 1500 out of charitable feeling.
慈善价起码一千五
Twelve hundred.
一千二
Fourteen.
一千四
And I have to go and choose the hymns for matins.
我得去选晨祷的赞美诗
Done.I need a week or two.
成交 我需要一两个星期
重点讲解

proposition
an idea or a plan of action that is suggested, especially in business
提议,建议,计划(尤指业务上的)
I'd like to put a business proposition to you.
我想向您提个业务上的建议。
He was trying to make it look like an attractive proposition.
他正设法使他的计划显得吸引人。

absurd
completely ridiculous; not logical and sensible
荒谬的；荒唐的；怪诞不经的
同义词：ridiculous
That uniform makes the guards look absurd.
警衞们穿着那种制服看起来怪模怪样的。
Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea.
那当然不合乎事实,这个想法太荒唐了！

invest sth in sth
to buy property, shares in a company, etc. in the hope of making a profit
投资
Now is a good time to invest in the property market.
现在是对房地产市场投资的好时机。
He invested his life savings in his daughter's business.
他把一生的积蓄投资到了女儿的企业。

视频及简介
电影是在郁金香狂热背景下发生的，讲述了一名已婚女子与其雇来画像的穷画匠之间的爱情故事。