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Lightman: This is my assistant's notion of whimsy.
这是我助手的小创意。
Reynolds: Very cute.
很可爱。
Lightman: Yeah?
是吗？
Reynolds: Look, I just wanted to say thank you. Hell of a job.
我只是想说声谢谢。干得漂亮。
Lightman: There's no universal signal for gratitude. Surprises some people.
感谢没有通用的信号。让有些人感觉惊讶。
Reynolds: Well, it's a good thing I can use my words.
那幸好我还能用语言表达。
Lightman: Your boss wants to put me on a retainer.
你老板想以后继续聘用我。
Reynolds: Well, even the government has a good idea once in a while.
政府有的时候也会有点好主意。
Lightman: I'll make FBI cases my number one priority.
我优先处理FBI的案件。
In exchange, they pay me handsomely and give me full access to federal resources.
他们付我相当丰富的报酬作为交换，我还可以使用所有的联邦资源。
Reynolds: Well, good luck with that.
那祝你好运。
Lightman: Including you.
包括你。
Reynolds: Excuse me?
什么?
Lightman: They want me to have a man with a gun around full time.
他们希望有个带枪的人全职保护我。
Reynolds: To protect the valuables, huh? Guess I can't blame them.
保护有价值的人，哈？我想我不能责怪他们。
I mean, you guys are a bunch of scientist nerds running around poking your nose in people's faces--calling them liars.
你们是一群科学怪人，到处指着别人，说他们是骗子。
But I am not a bodyguard.
但我不是保镖。
Lightman: I don't have anything like you in my toolbox. And you're something that I clearly need.
在我工具箱里，没有你这样的人。但是你显然是我需要的。
Without you, we wouldn't have found Camille Halpern in time. Plus, Foster could have been killed today. I said yes.
没有你的话，我们没法及时找到Camille Halpern。还有，Foster可能会被害。我说好的。
Reynolds: Yeah, well, I'm flattered, but I'm saying no.
好吧，我很荣幸。但我说不好。
Lightman: No, you're not flattered. You're angry. But the decision's been made above your pay grade, so...
不，你没有感到荣幸。你很愤怒。但是我心已决，薪水可是大涨啊，所以...
Reynolds: Look, if this happens, I work for the FBI.I don't work for you.
听着，如果真得这样，我是为FBI工作。我不是为你工作。
Lightman: You actually believe that, don't you?
你还真信那一套，是吧？
Welcome to the Lightman Group.
欢迎加入Lightman团队。

影视精讲

重要词组
once in a while:语意表达： 有时，偶尔
hansomely: 丰厚地
give access to: 得以接近
a bunch of: 很多
work for: 为…效力

语意表达：责怪；怪罪；归咎于If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
指点迷津：blame的其他用法
blame sb. for... 因...责怪某人
blame sth. on... 把某事的责任归咎于...
be to blame for... 因...受责备
句型操练：If it wasn't Sam's fault, why was I blaming him?
如果这不是萨姆的过错，为什么我要责怪他？
The commission is expected to blame the army for many of the atrocities...
委员会理应谴责军队的诸多暴行。
句型出处：Guess I can't blame them.我想我不能责怪他们。

语意表达：向…谄媚；奉承；讨好If someone flatters you, they praise you in an exaggerated way that is not sincere, because they want to please you or to persuade you to do something.
指点迷津：You flatter me.在口语中以为“您过奖啦！”
句型操练：I knew she was just flattering me.
我知道她只是在恭维我。
句型出处：Yeah, well, I'm flattered, but I'm saying no.
好吧，我很荣幸。但我说不好。

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