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Lamont: So children's books right?
你寫兒童書，對吧？
Susan: Yeah.是的。
Lamont: Well, I hope you know how lucky you are. Not everyone gets to realise their bliss.
我希望你知道自己多幸運。不是每個人都這麼有福氣的。
bliss n.幸福；極樂；天賜的福
Susan: Yeah, it can be rewarding.是啊算是我的福氣了。
Lamont: Why don't you join me?
坐到我旁邊來。
口語中:Why don't you join me?是邀請對方和自己一起做某事，可以討論吃飯看電影，日常生活中經常用到，根據不同語境有不同的翻譯：
你週末要看電影，約好朋友：Why don't you join me?和我一起去看電影吧。
Susan: No.不要。
Sophie: Come on. 拜託.
Tim: What's wrong?
怎麼啦？
Susan (finally snapping): For god's sake, Tim, she's ticklish! How many times do you have to be told?
行行好吧，她怕癢。還要告訴你多少次？
Sophie: Oh, (sighs at her daughter) This is so much fun. Let's find another CD.
太好玩了。我們再找張碟。
Susan: Mother, don't you think it's getting a little late.
媽，你不覺現在點晚了。
Sophie:Come on. You haven't even finished your schnapps.
別這樣，你酒還沒喝完呢。
schnapps:[ʃnæps]【單數複數同】n. 荷蘭杜松子酒；任何烈酒
Susan：The perfect capper to the perfect evening. So good night. It's been lovely. Lamont,good luck with all your inventions.
歡樂時光總是那麼短暫。晚安吧，今晚玩得很開心。拉蒙特祝你發明成功。
capper 用作名詞(cap帽子，capper 帽商或制帽商,裝蓋的人（或設備）封口機； 壓蓋機)
美國俚語:
1.誘騙者，(勾引賭客入局上當的)賭棍同夥，連襠碼子；警察
2. (拍賣者為提高賣價而串通好的)假買客
3. (興趣等的)頂點，極點，(事物的)高潮，結局;最後一筆或點睛之筆
The capper came when everyone watched her open her presents.看著她打開一包包的禮物，大家的興致高到了極點。
Sophie:Oh, it's only 11.30! I wanna hit the clubs.
才11點半呢，我還想去夜店玩呢。
Tim: I know a good place just off the interstate. Come on.
我知道個好地方，就在這公路附近 快走吧。
interstate n. 洲際公路
Lamont: Warm up the old war wagon.
準備出發啦。
warm up: 加熱 old war wagon舊戰車 啟動你的車吧。
Susan: Mom! Hold it! you are not getting in a car with those two, you hardly know them.
媽，等一下。不准你單獨跟他們兩個出去，你還不瞭解他們。
Sophie: I have great instincts about people , I always have, sure, you know that.
我一向看人很準，蘇珊，你知道的。
instinct n. 直覺
Susan: You've been married four times.
你結果四次婚。
Sophie: Yes, but twice to the same guy.
是啊，但兩次是和同一個人。
Susan: Mother!媽！
Sophie: Susie, please! You're embarrassing me.
蘇珊，別讓我難堪。
Susan: Oh, I'm embarrassing you？
我讓你難堪？
Sophie: Yes, and I've had it. All night long I've been trying to get you to stop being so crabby, and you've refused to let me help.
就是，我受夠了。整晚我一直在想辦法，讓你不要那麼固執 ，你根本無視我的幫助。
Susan: And your idea of helping is to let Tim just grope you?!
你覺得讓蒂姆摸你就是在幫我嗎？
grope v. 猥褻; 摸(某人);
Tim: Hey, you shouldn't talk to your mother like that, she's a fine lady.
你不該和你媽那麼說話。她可是個淑女。
Susan: Tim, can you just stay out of this?
蒂姆請你別插手。
Lamont: Yeah, mind your own business.
是啊，管好你自己吧。
Tim: Hey, what's your problem, pal?
【 paln. 朋友;老兄，兄弟;小子;（對男子的不友好的稱呼）傢伙】
有你什麼事，兄弟？
Lamont:
Dude,you were feeling up her mother! I'd be pissed off too. C'on, Susie, let's go back inside.老兄，你剛才對她媽動手動腳的。我都覺得噁心了。蘇珊，我們進屋說。
dude一詞是美國乃至世界最常用的稱呼詞之一。可以廣泛的指代任何人。
Susan: Let's go back inside?! Lamont, give it up, you're not getting any!
進屋說？拉蒙特，算了吧。你沒戲的。
Sophie: Why are you being this way? I'm just trying to lighten things up.
你幹嘛這樣？我不過在調節一下氣氛。
Susan:Stop acting like tonight was all about helping me? You wanted to go out and have fun and Lamont needed a date.
別表現得好像今晚是在幫我，你需要出去尋開心，而拉蒙特需要和人約會
Sophie: That's not true.
不是這樣得。
Susan: Yes! It is!
事實就是如此。
Sophie: Okay, it's true. (sits beside her) I wanted to get out and have fun. Why shouldn't I? You know how depressed I've been over my break-up with Morty.
好吧，是真的。我想出去找點樂子，我有什麼不應該嗎？你知道我莫蒂分手得這段時間我是多麼得傷心。
Susan: Yeah, I do and that's what makes me so crazy. The difference between you and I, that you could be heartbroken and you can just move on and I am just broken.
我明白。那正是讓我覺得荒唐得地方。你和我之間得不同， 你可以在傷心難過之後繼續約會，而我卻不能自拔。
Sophie: I know you're sad.
我知道你難過。
Susan: No, mom, I'm not sad. And I'm not crabby. I'm devastated. And you keep acting like all I need is a couple of aspirin. Morty was just one guy in a series of guys for you. And Mike? He was the one. Why don't you get that?
不我不是難過。我也不是固執，我心力交瘁，而你卻一直在假裝我只需要阿司匹林就夠了。莫蒂只是你眾多男人中得一個，而麥克，他是我的唯一，為什麼你就不能明白呢？
crabby adj. 執拗的
devastated adj. 毀壞的;極為震驚的 傷心欲絕的
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