【影片獨白臺詞】

The?phone?call?that?comes?in the?middle?of?the?night...

The?letter?that?arrives by?special?courier...

The?e-mail?marked?"urgent"!...

Yes,?there?are?all?sorts?of?ways?bad?news?can?be?delivered.

But?some?news?is?so?bad...

It?must?be?delivered?in?person.

Why?do?I?have?to?tell?them?

You?said?this?couple?lives in?your?neighborhood.

Trustees?of?the?hospital

feel?that?makes?you, uniquely?qualified.

And?just?what?am?I supposed?to?say?

Great?block?party.

By?the?way,?one?of?our?nurses?may?have?switched?your?baby at?birth.?Try?the?dip.

Every?minute we?wait,?this?hospital?takes on?more?liability.

Now?get?on?over?to...Wisteria?Lane

and?tell?those?people what's?going?on.

I?don't?know?how I'm?gonna?do?this.

There's?only?one?way?to deliver news?like?this...

Remain?as?calm?as?possible.?

【重點詞匯講解】

1. all sorts of

這是一個比較高級的詞組，譯為：各種各樣的，大家可以在寫作是用來替換all kinds of。sort還有一些其他常用短語：that sort of thing 那類事情（常用于口語）；some sort of 某種的；多少有些；仿佛；sort out 挑選出；of sorts 各種各樣的。例句： If you travel across America by bus, you rub elbows with all sorts of people.要是你乘長途汽車到美國各地旅行的話，你就會接觸到各種人。

2. in person

譯為：親自。與in body, in the flesh同義。do sth. in person 親自做某事。注意不要與in the person of （代表；以……的身份）混淆。例句： I went to Philadelphia yesterday for a 90-minute meeting because it was something I had to do in person.我昨天去費城出席了一個90分鐘的會議，因為這是我必須親自參加的會議。

3. may have swithed

原型為：情態(tài)動詞+have done。?can/could/may/might have done歸納起來一共有四種含義。1）都表示對過去所發(fā)生的事情的推測，譯為“也許、可能已經(jīng)”。2）could/might have done還表示過去本能夠、本可以做某事而實際沒有做，有時含有“責(zé)備”之意。3）could/might have done 還表示過去本會發(fā)生某事而幸好沒有發(fā)生。4) could/might have done 還用于虛擬語氣中。表示“過去本會做某事”而沒有做。

4. try the dip

譯為：嘗一小口。例句：The food looks great. I can't wait to try the dip.這些食物看上去很好吃的樣子，我等不及想嘗一口了。與dip有關(guān)的短語：dip in 浸泡；dip into 浸在……里；稍加研究；take a dip 泡個澡；去游泳；steep dip 陡傾；急傾斜；gentle dip 緩傾斜；平傾斜；voltage dip 電壓驟降；電壓突跌；電壓下降；電壓瞬時跌落；dip switch 大燈變光開關(guān)；dip dyeing 浸漬染色；go for a dip [口語]去(河、海水里等)洗個澡，泡一泡 ??

【經(jīng)典句型】

1. ?Why do I have to tell them?

? ? ?為什么是我去告訴他們？

2.??What am I supposed to say?

? ? ?那我該說些什么？

3.??Every minute we wait, this hospital takes on more liability.

? ? ?我們每拖一分鐘，醫(yī)院就要承擔(dān)更多的責(zé)任。

4.??There's only one way to deliver news like this is to remain as calm as possible.

? ? ?去報告這種壞消息只有一種方法，那就是盡可能的保持冷靜。

there's only one way to……is to……解決某事的唯一方法是……