You Are Nothing but a Suit

You Are Nothing but a Suit

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Joe: Kathleen Kelly, hello. This is a 1)coincidence. Would you mind if I sat down?
Kathleen: Yes, yes, I would. Actually I’m expecting someone. Thanks.
Joe: Pride and Prejudice.
Kathleen: Do you mind?
Joe: I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that Mr. Darcy and your 2)sentimental heart just beats wildly at the thought that he and, well, you know whatever her name is, are truly honestly going to 3)end up together.
Waiter: Can I get you something?
Kathleen: No, no, he’s not staying.
Joe: 4)Mochachino, decaf, 5)non-fat.
Kathleen: No, you are not staying.
Joe: I’ll just stay here until your friend gets here. 6)Gee, is he late?
Kathleen: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. She is one of the greatest and most 7)complex 8)characters ever written, not that you would know.
Joe: As a matter of fact, I’ve read it.
Kathleen: Oh, well, good for you.
Joe: I think you’ll discover a lot of things if you really knew me.
Kathleen: If I really knew you, I know what I would find instead of a brain, a 9)cash register, instead of a heart, a 10)bottom line.
Joe: What?
Kathleen: I just had a 11)breakthrough.
Joe: What is it?
Kathleen: I have you to thank for it, for the first time in my life when 12)confronted with a 13)horrible, 14)insensitive person I knew exactly what I wanted to say and I said it.
Joe: Well, I think you have a 15)gift for it. It was a perfect 16)blend of poetry and 17)meanness.

Kathleen: Meanness, let me tell you something about meanness…
Joe: Don’t misunderstand me. I’m just trying to pay you a 18)compliment.

Kathleen: Oh, oh, why are you touching that? What are you doing?
Joe: Is this a red rose? No, you know it’s a 19)crimson rose. Something you read about in a book, no doubt.
Kathleen: It’s funny to you, isn’t it? Everything is a joke to you. Please leave. Please, please leave, I beg you.... Thank you.
Joe: You know what that 20)hanky reminds me of?
Kathleen: Hmm…
Joe: The first day I met you.
Kathleen: The first day you lied to me.
Joe: I didn’t lie to you.
Kathleen: You did too.
Joe: No, I didn’t.
Kathleen: Yes, you did.
Joe: I did not.
Kathleen: You did too.
Joe: I did not.
Kathleen: You did too.
Joe: I did not.
Kathleen: You did too. I thought all that Fox stuff was so charming. F-O-X.
Joe: Well, I didn’t lie about it.
Kathleen: Joe, just call me Joe.
Joe: Sure.
Kathleen: As if you were one of those stupid 22-year old girls with no last name. Hi, I’m Kimberly, hi, I’m Janice. Don’t they know you’re supposed to have a last name? It’s like they’re an entire 21)generation of 22)cocktail waitresses.

Joe: Look, I am not a 22-year old cocktail waitress.
Kathleen: That is not what I meant.
Joe: And when I said the thing about the Price Club and the 23)cans of 24)olive oil, that’s not what I meant.
Kathleen: Oh, you poor sad multi-millionaire. I feel so sorry for you.
(Someone comes into, Kathleen raises her head and looks forward.)
Joe: Take a wild guess that’s not him either. So who is he, I wonder? Certainly not I, gather the world’s greatest living 25)expert on 26)Julius and Ethel Rosenberg but somebody else entirely different. And will you be mean to him too?
Kathleen: No, I will not. Because the man who is coming here tonight is completely unlike you. The man who is coming here tonight is kind and funny and he’s got the most wonderful sense of humor.
Joe: But, he’s not here.
Kathleen: Well, if he’s not here he has a reason because there’s not a cruel or 27)careless bone in his body. But I wouldn’t expect you to understand anybody like that. You with your theme park 28)multi-level 29)homogenize the world mochachino land. You’ve 30)deluded yourself into thinking that you’re some sort of 31)benefactor bringing books to the masses. But no one will ever remember you Joe Fox and maybe no one will remember me either, but plenty of people remember my mother and they think she was fine and they think her store was something special. You are nothing but a 32)suit.
Joe: That’s my 33)cue. Have a good night.

乔：凯瑟琳•凯丽，你好。真巧。我坐一坐可以吗？
凯瑟琳：不可以，真的不可以。其实我在等人。谢谢。
乔：《傲慢与偏见》。
凯瑟琳：不可以吗？
乔：我敢说这本书你每年都要读。我敢说你一定爱上了那位达西先生，你善感的心灵一想起他就狂跳不已，还有，那个你知道叫什么名字的，最终和他真诚地走到了一起。
侍者：你要点什么吗？
凯瑟琳：不，不，他马上走。
乔：穆哈咖啡，无咖啡因，脱脂。
凯瑟琳：不，你不能呆在这。
乔：你朋友来了我就走。哦天哪，他迟到了。
凯瑟琳：《傲慢与偏见》的女主人翁是伊丽莎白•贝纳特，她是小说作品中最伟大、最复杂的角色之一，你不会知道的。
乔：事实上我已经拜读。
凯瑟琳：噢，是，对你有好处。
乔：我想如果你真的了解我，你会发现很多很多东西。
凯瑟琳：如果我真的了解你，我知道我会发现什么，我会发现你不是一个有头脑的人，而是一台收银机，残酷无情，没有人性。
乔：什么？
凯瑟琳：我刚刚有了一项突破。
乔：什么突破？
凯瑟琳：这要感谢你，在我人生中第一次当面面对一个恐怖、冷漠的家伙时，我确切知道了自己想说什么，并且说了出来。
乔：噢，我认为你有这方面的天赋。刚才真是诗意加卑劣啊。
凯瑟琳：卑劣，我来告诉你什么叫卑劣……
乔：别误会我的意思。我只是想夸夸你。
凯瑟琳：噢，哦，你动它干嘛?你想干什么？
乔：这是一朵红色的玫瑰吗？不，你知道这是一朵深红色的玫瑰。一定是哪本书里读到的东西。
凯瑟琳：你觉得可笑是吗？对于你一切都是开玩笑。你走吧。走吧，真的。我求求你了。……谢谢。
乔：你知道那块手帕让我想到什么?
凯瑟琳：哦……
乔：第一天我见到你。
凯瑟琳：第一天你对我撒谎。
乔：我没撒谎。
凯瑟琳：你撒谎。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎。
乔：我没撒谎。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你就是撒谎。
乔：我没有。
凯瑟琳：你撒谎。我以为弗克斯家族的东西很可爱。弗-克-斯。
乔：噢，可我并没骗你。
凯瑟琳：乔，叫我乔吧。
乔：当然。
凯瑟琳：搞得好像就像那些不知道姓什么的22岁的笨女孩一样。嘿，我是金伯丽。嗨，我是杰妮丝。他们知不知道你应该有个姓？整个就象是一代鸡尾酒女招待。
乔：喂，我可不是22岁的鸡尾酒女招待。
凯瑟琳：我不是这个意思。
乔：我当时谈到的价值俱乐部和橄榄油罐，也不是那个意思。
凯瑟琳：噢，可怜的数百万富翁。我为你感到难过。
（有人进门，凯瑟琳看了过去。）
乔：猜猜一定也不是他。我在想他是谁？当然不会是我，也不是还活在世上的参加过裘里斯和伊塞尔•罗森伯格案件的侦探专家，一定是个完全不同的人。你对他也会这样卑劣吗？
凯瑟琳：不，我不会对他这样。因为今晚要来这里的人和你完全不一样。今晚要来这里的人善良、风趣，很有幽默感。
乔：可他不在。
凯瑟琳：噢，如果他没来，一定有原因，因为他的身体里没有冷酷漠然这根骨头。但我不会期望你理解那样的人。你和你那主题公园去多层次均质这个世界、莫卡奇诺乐园吧。你以为自己是什么恩人，给大众带来书籍。但没人会记住你乔•弗克斯，也许也不会有人记住我。但很多人肯定会记得我母亲，他们认为她是个好人，他们认为她的书店很特别。而你只是件外套。
乔：我现在知道你对我的看法了。玩得开心。
 
 
1. coincidence  n.巧合
2. sentimental  a. 多愁善感的
3. end up  结束;告终
4. mochachino  一种饮料，巧克力、咖啡和牛奶混合摇成
5. nonfat  a. 脱脂的
6. gee  int.惊讶时所发声音
7. complex  a.复杂的
8. character  n.人物;角色
9. cash register  收银机
10. bottom line   残忍;无情
11. breakthrough  n.突破; 突破性进展
12. confront  vt.使面对; 遭遇
13. horrible  a.可怕的;极可憎的
14. insensitive  a. 感觉迟钝的
15. gift  n.天赋;才能
16. blend  n. 混合
17. meanness  n.无聊卑劣
18. compliment  n.称赞;恭维
19. crimson  a.深红色的
20. hanky n.手帕
21. generation  n.一代;一代人
22. cocktail  n.鸡尾酒
23. can  n. 罐头
24. olive n.橄榄;橄榄树
25. expert n.专家;能手
26. Julius & Ethel Rosenberg  俄国间谍夫妇，后在美国被捕，被判无期徒刑，死在牢中
27. careless  a.疏忽的;粗心的
28.multi-level 多级别的
29. homogenize  vt.均质化；使均匀
30. delude  vt. 不切实际地欺骗自己
31. benefactor  n.恩人
32. suit  n.外套，暗喻没有良心的商人
33.cue  n.线索; 要点