嘉年華 carnival

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精彩對白：

Dana：How you feeling? 

Ashley: Nervous.

Dana: She's gonna love it.

Ashley: Okay. How about right here?

Dana: Yeah.

Miss Braden: This place is amazing!

Dana: Quick. She's ready.

Ashley: Hi, Miss Braden. Sorry. Peggy. So, are you ready to be impressed?

Miss Braden: I'm ready to have questions.

Ashley: Of course. I would hope so. Okay, so we're going for a carnival-like atmosphere. We'll have an upscale mixture of V.I.P.'s, celebs...and record industry insiders. Only, everyone will wear masks.

Miss Braden: Interesting.

Ashley: We'll have a deejay, circus performers...fortune-tellers, atmosphere smoke and neon. Over here will be the V.I.P. Area. We'll have champagne... only the best. Dom Perignon served by waiters on stilts. And then a stage with Masquerade's latest videos and professional dancers. And over there, little alcoves...with couches and with drapes to give people privacy. Overhead, sky dancers. You know, I want people to feel like anything can happen here. It's gonna be a magical night.

Miss Braden: The hired dancers?

Ashley：Are doing their thing.

Miss Braden：And Phillips?

Ashley: Is happy and is going up in five. Peggy, I've got it covered.

Miss Braden: See that you do, my dear.

Ashley: Oh, thank God. Thank you so much. I owe you big time.

Antonio: So, which one is she?

Ashley: Oh, she's the tall blonde one, near the fortune-teller.

Antonio: Ah, very nice. - Yeah, she's a little high-strung.

Antonio: No problem. It is gonna cost you extra.

Ashley: You're terrible. But a doll. Now go. I have work to do.

Antonio: So do I.

Man On Earpiece: Got another freeloader.

Ashley: What? No, no, no. If they're not on the list, they cannot get in. No exceptions.

The freeloader: I'm on the list. "Plus one." I'm on the list. It's the jacket!

妙語佳句，活學活用

1. carnival-like: 像嘉年華一樣的。Ashley計劃把這個masquerade（化妝舞會）辦成類似于嘉年華的飲宴狂歡。

2. upscale: 高端的，高消費階層的。這類upscale（迎合高層次消費者的）商品針對的顧客通常住在upscale neighborhood（高檔社區），在upscale market（高檔商品市場）購買upscale fashions（高級時裝）。

3. deejay: 播放音樂的人，通常簡稱為DJ。

4. fortune-teller: 算命者。Teller作為后綴，用來表示“……的人”，例如：story-teller（講故事的人）。而teller單獨使用，則還可以用來指“出納”。

5. on stilts: 踩著高蹺。在Ashley設計的這場masquerade（化妝舞會）中，waiters都是踩著高蹺（on stilts)來為人們服務的。而如果說一個人talk on stilts，可不是說他在踩著高蹺講話，而是說他“夸夸其談，夸張做作”。

6. alcove: 單間，在這里指舞會上為人們約會提供的私密隔間。家里裝修的時候，還常隔出一件coat alcove（衣帽間）。

7. I owe you big time: 我欠你一個大人情。owe someone a big time的意思就是“欠某人情，十分感激某人”，而big time單獨使用，則是指“愉快的時光”。比如，在這次the big time（成功的商業演出）過后，Jim和他的同伴外出度假，They had a big time there.

8. high-strung: 高度緊張的, 容易興奮的.He is a high-strung artist.（他是個容易激動的藝術家。）有時候我們也用這個詞來形容某人“十分敏感”。

9. doll: 美男子。美國俚語。如果我們稱某個美女為doll，則是說她漂亮但沒有頭腦。

10. freeloader: 不速之客，揩油的人。也就是我們口語中常說的“吃白食”。

嘉年華 carnival

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