场景

Selected Scene 2
场景2
Joe, on his way to Kathleen's apartment building, carrying a bunch of daisies, wrapped in cellophane. Joe goes up the stoop to her building and presses at buzzer.
乔手捧着一大束用玻璃礼品纸精致包裹的雏菊，走向凯瑟琳的公寓。乔站凯瑟琳公寓门前的台阶上，按响了对讲器。
Kathleen: (voice clogged, through intercom ) Who is it?
凯瑟琳：谁啊？
Joe: It's Joe Fox.
乔：是乔·福克斯。
Kathleen: What are you doing here?
凯瑟琳：你来干什么？
Joe: Hi, may I please come up?
乔：我能上来吗？
Kathleen: No, I don't, no, I don't really think that... that is a good idea. Someone else walks up to the door, unlocks it and walks in. Joe follows.
凯瑟琳：不，不，不行。我不认为这是个好主意。有人打开门，走了进去，乔也跟着进去了。
Kathleen: ( into the intercom ) I have a terrible cold, can you hear that? Listen, I'm sniffling and I'm not really awake-and I'm taking echinacea—and vitamin C and sleeping practically twenty-four hours a day. I have a temperature and I think I'm contagious so I would really appreciate it if you would just go away...
凯瑟琳：（对着对讲机讲）我感冒了，你听到了吗？听着，我鼻子不通气，而且昏昏欲睡，因为吃了些感冒药和维生素C，我可能要睡上一天。我还发着烧呢，我的病可能会传染的，你还是走吧，我谢谢你了。

Joe: ( knock on the door), Kathleen?
乔：（敲门）凯瑟琳？
Kathleen: HAHA, Just a second. Just a second.
凯瑟琳：哦，等一下，等一下啊。
Joe: Hello.
乔：嗨！
Kathleen: Hello. What are you doing here?
凯瑟琳：嗨！你来做什么？
Joe: I heard you were sick and I was worried and I wanted to make sure.
乔：听说你病了，我有点担心，过来看一下……
Kathleen: What?
凯瑟琳：什么？
Joe: Is there somebody here?
乔：家里有人吗？
Kathleen: No. Oh, it's the Home Shopping Network.
凯瑟琳：没有，是家庭网上购物系统。
Joe: Oh, do you buy any of those little porcelain dolls?
乔：哦，有没有买些小瓷娃娃？
Kathleen: I was thinking about it. Hey you put me out of business.
凯瑟琳：想过，嗨，你把我的生意搞垮了。
Joe: Uh, yes, I did.
乔：嗯，是的。
Kathleen : Did you come to gloat?
凯瑟琳：你就是来幸灾乐祸的？
Joe: No.
乔：不是。
Kathleen: To offer me a job.
凯瑟琳：还是要给我一份工作？
Joe: I would never...
乔：我从来不……
Kathleen: Because I have plans, I have plenty of offers, you know? I got offered a job by...
凯瑟琳：我有我自己的打算，我有许多职业选择呢，知道吗？其中一个是你的……
Joe: My former?
乔：我的前任女友？
Kathleen: Oh, yeah, actually by... Oh, your former?
凯瑟琳：哦，是的，实际上是……你的前任女友？
Joe: We broke up.
乔：我们分手了。
Kathleen: That's too bad. You were so perfect for each other. I don't mean to say things like that. No matter what you have done to me, there is no excuse for my saying anything like that. But every time I see you...
凯瑟琳：太可惜了，你们是如此的般配！哦，我不是那个意思。无论你怎么伤害我，我都不应该这么说的。但是每次见到你就会……
Joe: Things like that just fly out of your mouth.
乔：那些话就会不由自主地冒出来？
Kathleen: Yes.
凯瑟琳：是的。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. a bunch of 一束（花）；
例句：He had left a huge bunch of flowers in her hotel room.
他在她宾馆房间里留下了一大束花。
2. go away 离开；
例句：I think we need to go away and think about this.
我认为我们有必要走开一下去考虑这件事。
3. put out of business 停业；破产；
例句：You both want to put me out of business.
你们俩都想使我停业。
4. plenty of （尤指足够的或超出需要的）丰富，充足，大量；
例句：There was still plenty of time to take Jill out for pizza.
还有充裕的时间带吉尔出去吃比萨饼。
5. break up （恋人）分手；（夫妻）结束关系；
例句：He felt appalled by the whole idea of marriage so we broke up.
他被结婚的想法吓住了，因此我们分了手。
6. no matter 不管…；无论…；
例句：No matter what happened, I will not say a word.
不管发生什么事我一句话也不说。