荧屏情景

第15周 在海关

荧屏情景：

星期五 盘查 片段选自《假结婚》 The Proposal 14:58--15:52

Margaret: Sorry, I just need to ask him something. I need for you to file this fianc visa for me, please.
玛格丽特：抱歉，我问他一下就走。请处理一下我的结婚申请证书。
Man: Miss Tate?
男：特塔小姐。
Margaret: Yes.
玛格丽特：是的。
Man: Please, come with me.
男：请跟我来。
Woman: Yes, ma'am, I understand that. We're backed up...
女：是的女士，我明白，我们备份了……
Andrew: I have a bad feeling about this.
安德鲁：我有种不祥的预感。
Gilbertson: Hi, hello.
戈博森：你好。
Andrew: Hello.
安德鲁：你好。
Gilbertson: Hi. I'm Mr. Gilbertson.
戈博森：你好。我是戈博森先生。
Margaret: Ah!
玛格丽特：哦。
Gilbertson: And you must be Andrew, and you must be...
戈博森：你一定是安德鲁。那么你是……
Margaret: Margaret.
玛格丽特：玛格丽特。
Gilbertson: Margaret. Sorry about the wait. It's a, uh, crazy day today.
戈博森：玛格丽特，抱歉，久等了。今天真是疯狂的一天。
Margaret: Oh, of course, of course. We understand. And I can't tell you how much we appreciate you seeing us on such short notice.
玛格丽特：是啊，当然，当然。我们理解。真不知怎么感谢你，一接到通知就马上接见我们了。
Gilbertson: Ok. Buh, buh, buh, buh, buh buh, buh, buh, buuuh. So, I have one question for you. Are you both committing fraud to avoid her deportation so she can keep her position as editor in chief at Colden books?
戈博森：好的。啦，啦，啦，啦，啦！有个问题要问一下：你们是不是为了避免她被驱逐而假结婚，这样她就能保住寇登图书总编的位置？

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. ask sb. sth.
询问某人某事；
eg. I asked him his name.
我询问了他的名字。
eg. Hey, can I just ask you something?
嘿，问你点事好吗？
2. back up
备份（文件）；
eg. Make a point of backing up your files at regular intervals.
一定要定期备份文件。
eg. I get so annoyed when I lose work because I've forgotten to back it up.
当我因为忘了备份把完成的工作弄丢时，真是懊恼极了。
3. I can't tell you
（用来强调所说的话）我没法形容……
eg. I can't tell you how glad I was to leave that place.
我无法形容自己离开那个地方心里有多高兴。
eg. We have a lot of work to do, and I can't tell you how happy I am that we've finally, finally got to this point.
我们有许多工作要做，我们最终获胜，我难以表达我有多么高兴。
4. appreciate sb. doing
感谢某人做某事；
eg. I really appreciate you coming over to help me with my math.
我真的很感谢你过来帮我补习数学。
eg. Please contact me with any questions, and I appreciate you taking the time to look.
如有任何问题请联系我，感谢您抽出时间看。
5. on short notice
忽然，急忙；
eg. We had to set out on short notice.
一接到通知，我们就出发了。
eg. Although I had been invited to the opening ceremony, I was unable to attend on such short notice.
虽然我已经被邀请参加开幕式，但是时间这么仓促我还是没能去成。