《捉刀手》二-凯发手机版

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lang: hi, darling.

ruth: how was new york?

lang: short and sweet. hi, barry. hi, amelia. hello. who are you?

ghost writer: i'm your ghost.

lang: right.

ruth: don't worry. he isn't always such a jerk.

ghost writer: this place really comes alive at night.

waitress: you'll be with us for four weeks, is that right?

ghost writer: i'm afraid so.

waitress: and the bill goes directly to the rhinehart corporation?

ghost writer: good.

waitress: that doesn't include the mini-bar.

amelia: all right. he's ready for you. how's your hotel? quiet?

ghost writer: monastic.

amelia: that's nice. no ¹.

lang: thanks, love. hi, man. you ready to start?

ghost writer: absolutely. is the manuscript loaded on this?

amelia: lt is.

ghost writer: can l have it?

amelia: i'm sorry, that would be a security risk.

ghost writer: you mean i've got to retype the whole manuscript?

lang: have you really got my entire book on that little thing?

amelia: we can get 100 books on it, adam. and it can be copied in a flash. that's the trouble.

lang: amazing. you know the worst thing about my life? you get so out of touch. everything's done for you. you don't drive, you don't carry money. if i need cash, i have to borrow it from the protection boys.

ghost writer: this is the kind of details we need in the ².

lang: i couldn't put that in. people would think i was a complete idiot.

ghost writer: no, not at all. no, this shows what it's like being prime minister. that's exactly what the readers want to know. how does it feel to run a country? how does it feel to be so cut off? how does it feel to be so hated?

lang: thanks a lot.

ghost writer: and so loved.

lang: amelia, what do you think?

amelia: i think i should leave you two alone.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. ghost：这里指的是ghost writer，捉刀手。

这里再向大家介绍几个含有ghost的短语：

a ghost of a chance 一丝机会

ghost town （曾一度繁华的）被废弃的城镇

be a shadow/ghost of your former self 失去昔日的力量（或影响等）；威风不再；不如当年。

2. jerk：傻瓜，笨蛋。

3. come alive：热闹起来，活跃起来。

例如：sound and movement make information come alive.（声音和活动画面使信息变得活灵活现。）

4. mini-bar：迷你酒吧，小酒吧。

5. monastic：庙宇的，也用来形容宁静简朴的，清修的，禁欲的。这里捉刀手的意思是说旅馆里非常冷清，“像座寺庙”。

例如：he leads a monastic life.（他过着隐居的生活。）

6. security risk：危险分子（尤指危及国家、机构等安全的），阿米莉娅的意思是“我觉得会有安全隐患”。

7. in a flash：立刻，一瞬间。

例如：the answer came to her in a flash of inspiration.（她突然来了一阵灵感，答案想出来了。）

8. out of touch：不谙时势的，脱离现实的，也可以指失去联系。

例如：we've been out of touch with roger for years now.（我们至今已有数年未与罗杰来往了。）