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跨年夜在家把 2018想看的電影看一遍！今年實在太忙碌了

常常上課聽學生推薦很多好看的電影，卻沒有時間看  喔喔～～

跨年時終於給自己修了兩天假，好好的看了這部在美國很賣座的「瘋狂亞洲富豪 Crazy Rich Asians」

我很喜歡裡面提到傳統華人生活的現實描寫

例如：以家庭為重的部分、不是門當戶對會被婆婆瞧不起、較難追求個人的成就、為了面子跟不能對外表現過得不好

看完更覺得有錢人（就算不是很有錢）的媳婦也太辛苦了吧～～～ 

總之來看一下電影裡的經典對白以及筆記吧 

 Nick Young: Rache, we’ve been dating for over a year now,

and I think it’s about time people met my beautiful girlfriend.

What about us taking an adventure East?

date (v.) 約會 (n.) 約會對象; 約會

How long have you been dating Nicky?

He asked her out on a date.

Who's your date for the prom?

it is (about/high) time (that) S + Ved 是時候（誰）該做什麼

表示該做（卻還沒做），因此用假設語氣（過去式）在後面的子句裡

Gosh! It’s almost midnight. It’s time we went home.

 Rachel Chu: I hardly know anything about them.

Every time I bring them up, Nick changes the subject.


hardly (adv.) 幾乎不 = rarely

I could hardly hear her at the back.

bring sth up 提起

change the subject 改變話題

 Rachel Chu: Nick, we can’t afford this.

afford + N / to + VR 負擔得起

I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary.

I can't afford to buy a house.

Rachel Chu: So your family is rich?


 Nick Young: We’re comfortable.


Rachel Chu: That is exactly what a super rich person would say.

comfortable (adj.) 生活上的舒適的; 安逸的; 富足的

= having enough money for a good standard of living

They're not fabulously rich or anything, but they're quite comfortable.

 Eleanor Young: I chose to raise a family.

For me, it was a privilege. But for you, you may think it’s old-fashioned.

*raise (v.) 撫養; 養育

Her parents died when she was a baby and she was raised by her grandparents.

privilege (n.) 特權; 榮幸

I had the privilege of interviewing Picasso in the 1960s.

old-fashioned (adj.) 過時的

Call me old-fashioned, but I like handwritten letters.

 Rachel Chu: If Nick chose me, he would lose his family.

And if he chose his family, he might spend the rest of his life resenting you.

*If + S + Ved, S + would/could/might + VR 與現在事實相反的假設語氣

If I married you, I would die.

人 spend + time + Ving 花時間～

Modern people usually spend 6 to 7 hours using their smartphones.

resent + N/Ving (v.) 憎惡

He resents having to explain his work to other people.

 Goh Peik Lin: She just thinks you’re some like unrefined banana.

Yellow on the outside, and white on the inside.

指華裔美國人，外表看起來是黃皮膚但內在是白人思想

 Colin Khoo: You’re Nicholas Young, you’re untouchable. But Rachel’s not.

untouchable (adj.) 碰不得的; 不可懲罰的; 不許批評的; 不可改變的

He believed the police would never arrest him, that he was untouchable.

 Goh Peik Lin: Chinese sons think their moms fart Chanel No. 5.

fart (v.) 放屁

 Pete Chiarelli: Let me get this straight. You both went to the same school.

Yet someone came back with a degree that's useful,

and the other one came back as Asian Ellen.

Let me get this straight 我就直說吧

Let me get this straight. I don't like this design.

one is ... the other is ... 指只有兩個的情況，一個是...另一個是....

I have two daughters. One is tall; the other is short.

 Rachel Chu: I know Nick told you the truth about my mom,

but you didn't like me the second I got here. Why is that?

the second (that) = as soon as 一...就...

The second I saw him, I knew he was going to be a star.

 Rachel Chu: Well he proposed to me yesterday.

He said he'd walk away from his family and from you for good. 

Don't worry, I turned him down.

propose to sb 向～求婚

I remember the night your father proposed to me.

for good 永遠

I don't want to see you for good!

turn sb down 拒絕～

How dare you turn your father down.

 Eleanor Young: Only a fool folds a winning hand.

fold (v.) 蓋（牌）

a winning hand 好牌

資料參考： Cambridge Dictionary

圖片來源： Google

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