场景

Joe: I bought you flowers.
乔：我给你买了花。
Kathleen: Oh, thank you.
凯瑟琳：哦，谢谢。
Joe: Why don't I put these in some water? And, hey, you're sick, you should sit down.
乔：为什么不把花插到水瓶中呢？嗨，你是病人，应该坐下休息。
Kathleen: All right.
凯瑟琳：好的。
Joe: Okay, I need a vase, a vase.
乔：好了，我需要个花瓶……花瓶。
Kathleen: Above the refrigerator.
凯瑟琳：在冰箱上面。
Joe: Here it is. Hey, George says hello by the way.
乔：找到了，嗨，乔治向你问好呢。
Kathleen: Oh.
凯瑟琳：哦。
Joe: He's the one who told me you were sick.
乔：是他告诉我你生病的。
Kathleen: How's George?
凯瑟琳：乔治还好吗？
Joe: Great! Really great! He's revolutionizing the place. So you can't work in his department unless you have a P. H. D. in children's literature.
乔：好着呢！那个地方让他弄得快翻天了，以后如果你没有儿童文学的博士学位，可别想在他那工作了！
Kathleen: I love daisies
凯瑟琳：我喜欢雏菊。
Joe: You told me.
乔：你告诉过我。
Kathleen: They're so friendly. Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower?
凯瑟琳：它们是那么友善。你不认为雏菊是最友善的花吗？
Joe: I do.
乔：同意。
Kathleen: When did you break up?
凯瑟琳：你们什么时候分手的？
Joe: A couple of weeks ago.
乔：几个星期以前。

Kathleen: Everyone is breaking up, you, me, this other people I know broke up with someone in an elevator, or just after it, or just outside it, or they got stuck. I... I... When I saw you at the coffee place I was waiting for him and I was..
凯瑟琳：到处都是分手。你，我，还有一个我认识的人在电梯里和爱人分手，或者是从电梯出来之后，或者是在外面，或者他们被困在电梯里了。当我在咖啡店里见到你的时候，我正在等他，我当时很……
Joe: Charming.
乔：迷人。
Kathleen: Was not charming.
凯瑟琳：根本不迷人。
Joe: Well look charming. Tea?
乔：你当时看起来很迷人。要茶吗？
Kathleen: Yes. I was... I was upset and horrible.
凯瑟琳：要。我当时烦躁不安，令人讨厌。
Joe: Honey?
乔：要蜜吗？
Kathleen: Yes.
凯瑟琳：要。
Joe: I was the horrible one.
乔：我是那个让人讨厌的人吗。
Kathleen: Well, that's true, but I have no excuse.
凯瑟琳：你的确如此。我却没有道理那样。
Joe: Oh, I see. I see what you're saying. That's interesting whereas I am a horrible person therefore I have no choice but to be horrible. That's what you're saying. But that's alright, that's alright. I put you out of business so you're entitled to hate me.
乔：哦，我明白了，我明白你的意思了。非常有趣，因为我就是个讨厌的人，所以我没得选择只能让人讨厌，这就是你的意思。不过没有关系，是我把你的生意搞垮了，你有理由恨我。
Kathleen: I don't hate you.
凯瑟琳：我不恨你。
Joe: But you'll never forgive me. Just like Elizabeth.
乔：但你不会原谅我。就像伊丽莎白一样。
Kathleen: Who?
凯瑟琳：谁？
Joe: Elizabeth Rennet in Pride and Prejudice. She was too proud.
乔：《傲慢与偏见》中的伊丽莎白·贝纳特。她太骄傲了。
Kathleen: What? I thought you hate Pride and Prejudice.
凯瑟琳：什么？我以为你不喜欢那本书呢。
Joe: Or was she too prejudice and Mr. Darcy is too proud? Well, I can't remember. It wasn't personal.
乔：还是她太偏见而达西先生太傲慢了？我记不清楚了。这不是个私人的问题。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. break up （恋人）分手；（夫妻）结束关系；
例句：She's just broken up with her boy-friend.
她刚与男朋友分手。
2. have no choice but to do sth. 不得不；只好；
例句：We have no choice but to turn back.
没办法，我们只有回去。
3. put out of business 停业；破产；
例句：But there are enough wanting to put you out of business to make it very awkward of you.
可是要你做不成生意，让你处境非常狼狈的也大有人在。
4. be entitled to do sth. 给予…权利；给予…资格；
例句：Every defendant is entitled to a day in court.
每个被告都有机会出庭答辩。