看《雲圖》學地道口語：有事的話打電話找我

【內容簡介】

1850年，南太平洋，美國公證人亞當·尤因（吉姆·斯特吉斯 Jim Sturgess 飾）在船上被不明寄生蟲病折磨，他用日記記錄下自己所見所聞；1931年，蘇格蘭，落魄青年羅伯特·弗羅比舍（本·衛肖 Ben Whishaw 飾）爲音樂大師記錄曲譜，受到半本旅行日記的啓發創作出了恢宏壯闊的《雲圖六重奏》；1975年，美國加州，小報記者路易莎·雷（哈莉·貝瑞 Halle Berry 飾）冒着生命危險調查一樁核電站醜聞，在老唱片店她被一首不知名的樂章打動……選段中，電影中的兩個主角Luisa和Rufus在電梯裏相遇了……

【選段臺詞】

A Guy：Luisa, wa-wait, c'mon, c'mon, I'm telling you, I'm telling ya baby, you can't leave me. It's know, it's a past life thing or a future life thing, but ya know, it's you and me...

Luisa：Look. For the last hour, all I could think about was throwing you off your balcony.

A Guy：I mean, who the hell do you think you are? You write a bullshit column for a fuckin' rag.

Luisa：Elevator! Thank you. Nice to know the age of chivalry isn't dead. 

(Elevator stopped.)

Luisa：You okay?

Rufus：No bones broken, I think.

Luisa：Wait, wait. No, no. You sit... you sit, you sit. Let me see. Great. Power outage. Perfect end to a perfect day.

Rufus：Still glad the age of chivalry isn't dead?

Luisa：I still rather be right here than back up there.

Rufus：Guess Mr. Ganga isn't everyone's cup of tea.

Luisa：Guys like that are just an occupational hazard.

Rufus：You were interviewing him?

Luisa：Yeah, for Spyglass Magazine. Luisa Rey.

Rufus：Rufus Sixsmith. Rey... You wouldn't happen to be related to the journalist, Lester Rey?

Luisa：Yeah. He was my father.

Rufus：Really? He must have been enormously proud of you, following in his footsteps.

Luisa：Hmm.

Rufus：That's her, my niece, Megan.

Luisa：She's lovely.

Rufus：Born physicist, with a better mind for mathematics than I ever had. Did her PhD at cambridge, a woman at Caius. Gives you hope for the world.

Luisa：It's hot. And we're still here.

Rufus：That's a very peculiar birthmark.

Luisa：Yeah, my little comet. My mother swore it was cancer. She wanted me to get it removed, but I don't know, I kinda like it.

Rufus：I knew someone who had a birthmark that was similar to that.

Luisa：Really? Who was it?

Rufus：Someone I cared about very much. A, uh... A hypothetical question for you, Miss Rey. As a journalist, what price would you pay to protect a source?

Luisa：Any.

Rufus：Prison?

Luisa：If it came to that... yes.

Rufus：Would you be prepared to compromise your safety?

Luisa：My father braved booby-trapped marshes and the wrath of generals for his journalistic integrity. What kind of daughter would I be if I bailed when things got a little tough?

Rufus：Saved.

Rufus：Taxi! You sure you don't need a cab?

Luisa：No, I've got my car. Well, you know, if... there's ever something I can do for you, please give me a call.

Rufus：Thank you, I will.

Luisa：Bye.

【重點詞彙】

1. power outage

當雜誌記者Luisa乘上電梯時，電梯突然不動了，電梯裏的兩人都摔在了地上，Luisa問Rufus：“你沒事吧？”Rufus說道：“骨頭估計沒斷。”Rufus想爬起來看看怎麼了，Luisa阻止了他，“不，不…你坐着，我來看看，這下好了，停電了，完美一天的完美結局。”“power outage”意爲“停電”，“失去電力”。

2. one's cup of tea

“看來那位先生不是每個人的那道菜呀！”Rufus打趣道。“這樣的人完全是職業危機，我採訪他，爲《小望遠鏡》雜誌。”他們只是本部電影中主要角色中的兩位，整部電影由片段構成，但又環環相扣，引人入勝。“one's cup of tea”意爲“符合某人”，“是某人的菜”。

3. happen to do

當路易莎·雷和魯弗斯·思科史密斯互相介紹自己之後，Rufus問道：“你不會碰巧和記者萊斯特·雷有關係吧？” “是的，他是我父親。” “真的嗎，想必他十分以你爲傲。”“happen to do”意爲“碰巧”，“恰巧”。

4. follow in one's footsteps

當Rufus知道了Luisa繼承了她爸爸的職業，“想必他十分以你爲傲，因爲你繼承了他的職業。”“follow in one's footsteps”意爲“步某人的後塵”，“繼承某人的職業”，“繼承某人的衣鉢”。整部電影十分引人入勝，每個人物之間都有微妙的關係，趕緊去看電影一飽眼福吧！