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For a woman, a red rose.
红色玫瑰适合女士。
But if you really want to knock her socks off, you give her an orchid.
不过你如果真的想征服她，你给她一枝兰花的。
Why? What do orchids say?
为什么？兰花代表什么？
You ever seen an orchid?
你见过兰花吗？
How it floats in the water, so delicate and beautiful?
当它漂浮在水面上会怎么样？多么精致，多么美丽。
When a woman gets an orchid.
当一位女士得到一枝兰花。
well, she feels like.
她会感到好象。
she's floating on a cloud of infinite possibility.
她正漂浮在云端。
I swear I'll pay you back.
我发誓会还钱给你的。　　
I still don't get how flowers from you will fix things.
我还是不明白你送出的花能起什么作用。　　
And they're not from me. They're from her perfect man.
不是我送的，是一个完美男人送的。　　
Well, they're not flowers, they're orchids.
它们不是一般的花，它们是兰花。　　
Then let him pay.
那让他埋单。　　
I would, if he existed.
如果他存在的话，我会的。　　
I'm lost.
我糊涂了。　　
Do you remember what your uncle said?
你还记得你叔叔怎么说的吗？　　
An orchid will make my mom feel special.
一朵兰花会令我妈妈感觉特别。　　
Which will make her happy. And not so desperate.
会令她快乐，而不是如此孤注一掷的。　　
Which would make me happy, and then everybody wins.
然后我也会快乐的，最后大家都好过。

妙语佳句
1.knock her socks off
征服她
knock off
击倒；停工；中断
例如：
So if we were to 'reset' the world of wealth, we should just knock off about a third.
因此，如果要我们“重新设定”富人世界，我们应该直接减掉三分之一左右。
2.兰花
orchid；cymbidium；orchis
兰花(Orchid)是新加坡的国花，在南洋被称作胡姬花。早闻其如何芳美与名贵，但在新加坡兰花园我还是被它的美色所倾倒！
例如：
He did indeed import flowers and sell them to otherorchid-lovers.
他确实进口过兰花并卖给其他兰花爱好者。
3.float on
浮在…上
例如：
And those particles float on the warmer air that's rising below.
而且那些微粒漂浮在正在上升的暖空气上面。
4.pay back
偿还；报答
例如：
With these facts in hand, you can begin negotiating with the business owners on which debts you pay back and in what order.
掌握了这几个方面以后，您就可以开始和业务所有人进行磋商，讨论哪些债务需要偿还，按什么顺序偿还。
5.desperate
不顾一切的；令人绝望的；极度渴望的
例如：
Your description desperate, but only to analysis the statement of the word, you let us see the fundamental

mistake.
你的描述令人绝望，不过只是对分析而言，你的陈述让人看到了它的根本错误。
考考你：
翻译：
1.她正漂浮在云端。
2.我还是不明白你送出的花能起什么作用。　　　
上期答案：
1.In my opinion, roses always work, always.
2.The flowers aren't going to change anything.