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1.
It's not often you find a man who's intelligent, sophisticated, has an appreciation for golden-age Hollywood and is a gentleman to boot.


to boot: moreover; in addition to. Kristen's an amazing girl, and sexy to boot!
sophisticated: having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience,也就是說見過世面的,有閱歷的。這是一個很容易被誤譯的單詞,字典里給出的解釋是“詭辯的, 久經世故的”,但其實這個單詞可以是褒義詞(如同在這句話的解釋),也可以是貶義詞,解釋為deprived of native or original simplicity,即“老于世故”的,但后者出現的情況不是很多。

2.
- Clearly there's some sort of... blockage.
- Perhaps...
- No, Chuck.
- One more go-around, just to clear the pipes.
- You are not using Blair as sexual Drano.


Serena 去找Chuck, 正好碰見那個日本空姐,于是就聊起Chuck糜爛的sex life,只見Chuck一臉郁悶狀,Serena恍然大悟,原來Chuck最近在sex方面是“屢敗屢戰(zhàn),屢戰(zhàn)屢敗”。Chuck解釋說是因為有些 blockage,他想到了找Blair來clear the pipes.

關鍵的地方來了。blockage本意是阻塞,你家的水管堵住了,就用blockage.而clear the pipe就是疏通管道。上文和下文是對應的,但這里用的是字面意思背后的metaphor. pipe, 可以用來指dick(omg, 希望沒有人再用Dick這個英文名字了),而clear the pipe就是指you receive an orgasm from a girl; usually its when you haven't received sex in a while. 另外說一下,pipe這個單詞除了指dick, 還可以用來指blow job, 來源據說是法語里一摸一樣拼寫的pipe, 讀做"peep". (恩…這些單詞都是當年看sex and the city學來的)

至于后面Serena叫Chuck不要把Blair當作是sexual Drano, 這里的Drano是一個排水管清潔劑的品牌,人家的作用就是用來clear the pipes的。

3.
-You like him. He likes you. So just call him.
-He stood me up, remember?

He stood me up: 放我鴿子,讓我空等一場。后面Vanessa看見Catherine和Nate在一起,就質問Is that the reason you keep canceling on me? 這句話也可以表示放鴿子的意思。

另外stand up for sb.可以解釋為support. 后面有一個場景,Dan在公園里遇到三個小妹妹,很老成的在評論Dan與Serena復合的事情,其中有個小姑娘說Your whole breakup? We're on your side. 這句We’re on your side意思是“我們站在你這一邊”,和stand up for是一個意思。

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4.
I got us a room at the Mercer. We can order in.


order in在這里是指點酒店的room service, 在房間里吃飯。日常生活中這個單詞表示“叫外賣”。take out則是表示外帶的意思,在快餐店里點餐,服務員會問你for here or to go, 或者for here or take-out? for here就是堂吃,to go或者take-out就是外帶。而打包叫做wrap up,至于問服務員要打包的盒子,那就叫做doggy bag了。至于為什么要叫狗食袋,一種說法是最早美國人在餐廳吃剩下的東西,不好意思打包,怕別人覺得自己小氣,于是就會問服務員要一個袋子,說是帶回去給自己家的狗吃。久而久之,doggy bag就變成打包袋/盒的代名詞了。

5.
-You know, and if we just start telling people...
- What? What could anybody possibly say that would change this?
- You're right. I'm in.


不要小看I'm in這個短語,雖然簡單,用處卻很多。在這里表示“你是對的,就聽你的吧”,在其他地方還可以表示“加入一個團隊,加入一個活動”。比如你朋說周末組織一場籃球賽,你打算參加,你就可以說I'm in. 又比如你們謀劃什么大行動,你大義凜然的說“算上我”,那也叫做I'm in.


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