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Sam: Mommy got sick, and it happened just like that. There was nothing anyone could do. It isn’t fair. There’s no reason and if we start asking “why?”, we’ll go crazy.
Greg’s wife: Five minutes in the microwave, anyone of them, five minutes and.... done, ready to eat. Do you know how to make juice?
Sam: Microwave. Five minutes.
Sam’s workmate1: Here, my shrink.[ shrink: slang for psychiatrist] Call him
Sam: “Loss of Spouse Support Group”, “Chicago Cancer Family Network”; “Parents Without Partners” ; “Partners Without Parents”; Hug yourself. Hug a friend, hug a shrink or work, work hard, work will save you. Work is the only thing that will see you through this. Don’t mind him, he’s just a guy who’s lost his wife. I think what we really need is change.
Sam’s workmate1: Good idea. Take a couple of weeks off. Get some sun. Take Jonah fishing.
Sam: No, a real change. A new city. Some place where every time I go around a corner I don’t think of Maggie.
Sam’s workmate1: Where are you going to go?
Sam: I was thinking about Seattle...
Greg’s wife: Eventually, in a few months, you’ll start seeing women. You’ll meet someone.
Sam: Right, right. Move on. Right. That’s what I’m going to do. And then, in a few months “ Boom”. I’ll be fine. I’ll just grow a new heart.
Greg’s wife: Sam, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it.
Sam: I know. I know. Look, it just doesn’t happen twice.
Walter: The tall one with red hair is your cousin Irene...
Annie: You’ll recognize her by the disappointed look on her face.
Walter:... Who is married to Harold, who ran off with his secretary.
Annie: But came back because Irene threatened to put the dog to sleep[ put the dog to sleep: to kill an animal, in a merciful way, at the Veterinarian’s ( Animal doctor) office.] if he didn’t .
Walter: Your brother Dennis is a professor at John Hopkins, who’s married to Betsy.
Annie: The most competitive woman in the world.
Walter: I don’t see how I’m going to remember all this.
Annie: Oh, well, Walter, you will.
Walter: Your uncle Miltton lost all of his money...
Annie:.... and some other peoples’...
Walter:... in a pyramid scheme. Don’t mention the IRS or the federal business system. Your mother is Barbara. Your father is Cliff.
Annie: My father has electric trains.
Walter: Really? Am I what they had in mind?
Annie: Oh, Walter they’re going to love you!
Barbara: Everybody, Annie has an announcement.
Annie: Walter and I are engaged!
Everybody: Yea! Congratulations Walter.
Walter: (sneezes)
Everybody: Bless you. Bless you.
Cliff: Are you all right?
Walter: It’s nothing.
Annie: Maybe it’s the flowers.
Barbara: We’ll move them.
Walter: No, no! Don’t touch them. It’s terrible sneezing at a time like this. This is a very important moment for me.
Annie: He’s allergic to everything. Don’t worry about it.
Harold: Bees... I’m allergic to bees.
Irene: Harold is allergic to every type of bee. We always have to carry a hypodermic of adrenaline[ adrenaline: A hypodermic needle full of a strong natural stimulant that can counteract an allergic reaction.] wherever we go.
Annie: If he eats even one tiny piece of a nut...
Walter: My head swells up like a watermelon and I drop dead.
Irene: It’s the same with Harold and bees.
Cliff: Your mother and I had salmon at our wedding, and I really think that a wedding without cold salmon is...
Walter: I am not allergic to salmon... I don’t think. But, you never know.
Harold: You never know.
Irene: Harold wasn’t always allergic to bees.
Barbara: Oh, honey, what a shame! We had some champagne and what did we use it for?
Dennis: Uncle Milton’s parole.[ parole: When a person gets out of jail.]
Milton: It was wonderful.
Barbara: It was, wasn’t it, Milton?
Betsy: When are you getting married, Annie?
Cliff: Early June, in the garden.
Harold: Does it have to be in the garden?
Irene: What about Harold and bees?
Harold: I’m allergic to bees.
Betsy: We’ll spray.[ spray: poison to kill any bees. Poisons that kill insects are called “insecticides”]
Cliff: Cold Salmon, a lovely cucumber salad, strawberries...
Walter: I’m afraid I am allergic to strawberries. Today I consider myself the luckiest m-m-man on the f-f-face of the e-e-earth.
Annie: A Lou Gerrig line. You remember? the Lou Gerrig line from...
Walter: “ Pride of the Yankees”
Annie: “ Pride of the Yankees”
Harold: Baseball. It’s baseball. A historical reference.
Dennis: I would like to propose a toast... to my kid sister
Cliff: To Walter and my baby.
Barbara: Everyone, please eat, before it gets cold.
Barbara: Here it is. The historical society wanted this and I never would give it to them.
Annie: Oh, Mom!
Barbara: I notice these things are back in fashion.
Annie: Grandmother’s dress.
Barbara: He’s a lovely man, Annie.
Annie: I know. He is wonderful, isn’t he? And he’s such a wonderful athlete.
Barbara: Are his folks nice?
Annie: You’ll love them. We’re going down to D.C. tonight to be with them Christmas morning.
Barbara: How did it happen?
Annie: It’s silly, really. Um, I’d seen him at the office. Obviously I’d seen him, he’s the associate publisher, and then one day, we both ordered sandwiches from the same place and he got my lettuce-and-tomato on whole wheat which of course he was allergic to, and I got his lettuce and tomato on white.[ whole wheat and white: refer to two different and most common types of bread.]
Barbara: How amazing!
Annie: It is, isn’t it? You make a million decisions that mean nothing and then one day, you order take-out[ order take-out: call a restaurant and have food delivered to you.] and it changes your life.
Barbara: Destiny takes a hand!
Annie: Mom, destiny is something we’re invented because we can’t stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.
Barbara: Then how do you explain that you both ordered exactly the same Sandwich, except for the bread? How many people in this world like lettuce and tomato, without something else like tuna?
Annie: Well, it wasn’t a sign. It was a coincidence.
Barbara: I was in Atlantic city with my family. Cliff was a waiter. He wasn’t even supposed to work that night, and suppose he hadn’t? He asked me to take a midnight walk on the steel pier. I’ve probably told you this a million times, but I don’t care. And he held my hand. At one point I looked down and I couldn’t tell which fingers were his and which were mine, and I knew.....
Annie: What?
Barbara: You know.
Annie: What?
Barbara: Magic. It was magic.
Annie: Magic?
Barbara: I knew we’d be together forever, and that everything would be wonderful, just the way you feel about Walter. Walter, it’s quite a formal name, isn’t it. One of the things I truely knew was that your father and I were going to have a wonderful time in... “ the sack” [ in the sack: means in bed. She is referring to sex.] , I believe you call it.
Annie: Mom!
Barbara: Of course it took several years before everything worked like clockwork in that department, so don’t be worried if it takes a while.
Annie: Well, we already...
Barbara: Fine, fine. Fiddle-de-dee. How’s it working?
Annie: Like.... clockwork.
Barbara: Oh! Honey.
Annie: It’s a sign.
Barbara: You don’t believe in signs.
Annie: They love you. I told you they would love you and they loved you.
Walter: I love you.
Annie: I love you, Walter. Did anyone call you anything other than “ Walter”?
Walter: No.
Annie: Not even when you were young?
Walter: No. Not even when I was young. You’re sure you don’t want do drive with me?
Annie: How will I get back to Baltimore on Friday? Oh, I forgot the present. Walter, I left your step-mother’s present inside by accident. I swear, when we’re old and gray you’re going to have to remind me to put my teeth in. I’ll be walking all over town smacking my gums together and not even noticing.
Walter: I’ll wait.
Annie: Oh, right. No, don’t wait, Walter. It’s silly. You go ahead. We’re late anyway. I’ll be ten minutes behind you.
Annie: (singing)
Dr.Marsha: Welcome back to “ You and Your Emotions”. I’m Dr. Marsha Fieldstone, broadcasting live across America from the top of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Tonight, we’re talking about “ Wishes and Dreams “. What’s your wish this Christmas Eve?
Annie: What’s your wish?My wish is to turn the radio station... ( She changes the station and then decides to change it back.)
Dr.Marsha: Seattle, go ahead.
Jonah: Hello, this is Jonah... ( Beep!)
Dr.Marsha: No last names, Jonah. You sound younger than our usual callers. How old are you?
Jonah: I’m 8.
Dr.Marsha: Eight! How come you’re up so late?
Jonah: It’s not that late in Seattle.
Dr.Marsha: Oh, of course. You’re absolutely right. What’s your Christmas wish, Jonah?
Jonah: It’s not for me, it’s for my Dad. I think he needs a new wife.
Dr.Marsha: You don’t like the one he has now?
Jonah: He doesn’t have one now. That’s the problem.
Dr.Marsha: Where’s your mom?
Jonah: She died.
Dr.Marsha: I’m so sorry to hear that.
Annie: (sarcastically) Well, I can believe this.
Jonah: I’ve been pretty sad, but I think my dad’s worse.
Dr.Marsha: Have you talked to your dad about this?
Jonah: No.
Dr.Marsha: Why not?
Jonah: It’s like it makes him sadder.
Dr.Marsha: Well, I can understand that. Jonah, is your dad home right now?
Jonah: Yeah.
Dr.Marsha: What’s he doing? Is he busy?
Jonah: Not really. he’s out on the deck.
Dr.Marsha: Well, I’m sure that I can help, but I’m going to need you to help me help him...
Annie: Wretched woman!
Dr.Marsha: ... so bring your dad to the phone.
Annie: Hang up Jonah! Don’t listen to her!
Jonah: No way! He’d kill me!
Dr.Marsha: Trust me, Jonah. He won’t be angry when he realizes how concerned you are about him.
Annie: Wanna bet? (Do you want to bet?)
Jonah: OK, but if I get yelled at, I’m never going to listen to your show again.
Dr.Marsha: Alright. Fair enough.
Jonah: Dad! There is someone on the phone for you. His name is Sam.
Dr.Marsha: If you’ve just tuned in, this is Dr. Marsha Fieldstone and tonight’s topic is “ Your Wishes and Dreams” and we’re on the line now with someone from Seattle.
Sam: Hello?
Dr.Marsha: Hello, Sam. This is Dr. Marsha Fieldstone on Network America.
Sam: OK, what are you selling tonight? The micro hibachis or the ginsu knives.[ micro-hibachi: a small grill for cooking Ginsu: a brand name of knives
These are products that a typically sold over the phone. Sales people call people at home and try to sell them things. This is called “telemarketing”.]
Dr.Marsha: No, I’m not selling anything. I just want to help. I want you to know that your son called and he asked me for some advice on how you might find a new wife.
Sam: Who is this?
Dr.Marsha: Dr. Marsha Fieldstone of Network America and you are on the air.[ on the air: broadcasting “ live” The radio show is being broadcast at that moment.]
Sam: You called the radio station?
Dr.Marsha: Sam, Sam, Sam, Are you with me?
Sam: Yeah, yes.
Dr.Marsha: Your son feels that since your wife’s death you’ve been very very unhappy and he’s genuinely worried about you.
Sam: Hey, get out here. Get out here! Now I’m not going to go through this alone.
Dr.Marsha: I think it’s very hard for him to talk to you about all this and I thought maybe you and I could talk, maybe it would make Jonah feel a little better, Sam?
Jonah: Talk to her dad, she’s a doctor.
Sam: Of what? Her first name could be “ Doctor”
Jonah: Please?
Dr.Marsha: Sam. Sam. It’s his Christmas wish.
Sam: OK.
Dr.Marsha: OK. Good. Now I know this is difficult, but how long ago did your wife die?
Sam: About a year and a half ago.
Dr.Marsha: Have you had any relationships since?
Sam: No.
Dr.Marsha: No? Why not?
Sam: Marsha, or should I call you Dr. Fieldstone.
Dr.Marsha: Dr.Marsha.
Sam: Dr.Marsha. I don’t mean to be rude....
Dr.Marsha: .... and I don’t want to invade your privacy.
Sam and Annie: Sure you do.
Dr.Marsha: Go on, Sam. I’m listening. Sam?
Sam: We had a pretty tough time there at first, but we’re dealing with it and Jonah and I will get along just fine again, as soon as I break his radio.
Dr.Marsha: I have no doubt that you’re a wonderful father. Y’know, you can tell a lot from a person’s voice.
Sam: You certainly can.
Dr.Marsha: But something must be missing if Jonah still feels you’re under a cloud.[ under a cloud: depressed, unhappy] Now just a few questions: Are you sleeping at night?
Jonah: He doesn’t sleep at all.
Sam: How do you know that?
Jonah: I live here, dad.
Sam: Look, it’s Christmas. Maggie, my wife, she really.. I mean, she loved... she made everything beautiful. It’s just tough this time of year. Any kid needs a mother.
Dr.Marsha: Could it be that you need someone just as much as Jonah does?
Annie: Yes.
Dr.Marsha: Don’t answer that. Let’s get into that right after these messages.[ after these messages: after these advertisements] Sam? Jonah? Don’t go away. If you’ve just tuned in, we’re talking to “Sleepless in Seattle”. and we’ll be right back, after this break, with your listener response.
Sam: What is she talking about?
Jonah: This is when other people get to call in and dump on[ dump on: insult] what you said.
Sam: (sarcastically) Oh. Oh. This is really fun. And helpful.
Waitress1: I bet he’s tall with a cute butt.
Waitress2: I bet he hasn’t bathed in weeks and he stinks.
Waitress1: Harriet, shut up. Hi, can I help you?
Annie: Tea, with the bag out.
Waitress1: Y’know. Maybe I’ll just hustle myself out to Seattle and give him a little gift for New Year Eve.
Waitress2: Yeah, you go on out there if you want to , but don’t open the refrigerator. They don’t cover anything when they put it in the fridge, they just stick it in there and leave it ‘til if it walks out by itself.[ She is suggesting that single men don’t know how to take care of themselves, specifically, that they allow food to rot in the refrigerator.
]
Waitress1: What I’m saying is I wouldn’t kick this guy out of my bed for eating crackers. 65
Dr.Marsha: Let’s take a call before we get back to “Sleepless” Knoxville, Tennessee, you’re on the air, talk to me.
Woman: Yes, I would just like to know where I can get this man’s address.
Waitress1: Honey, get in line.
Dr.Marsha: If there was one question I was allowed to ask...
Sam: Oh, go ahead.
Dr.Marsha: People who have truely loved once are far more likely to love again. Sam, do you think there’s someone out there that you could love as much as your wife?
Sam: Well, Dr. Marsha Fieldstone, that’s hard to imagine.
Dr.Marsha: What are you going to do?
Sam: Well, I’m going to get out of bed, every morning, and breathe in and out all day long and then after a while, I won’t have to remind myself to get out of bed in the morning and breathe in and out and then after a while, I won’t have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while.
Dr.Marsha: Sam, tell me what was so special about your wife?
Sam: How long is your program? Well. It was a million tiny little things, and when you add them all up, it just meant that we were supposed to be together. And I knew it. I knew it the first time I touched her. It was like coming home, only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car, and I knew it. It was like...
Sam and Annie:... magic.
Dr.Marsha: Well folks, it’s time to wrap it up[ wrap it up: finish] . I’m Dr. Marsha Fieldstone in Chicago, and to all my listeners, a magical and merry Christmas. And to you, “ Sleepless in Seattle”, we hope you’ll call again soon and let us know how it’s going.
Sam: Oh, you can count on it.
Man: This man sells the greatest soup you’ve ever eaten, and he is the meanest man in America. I feel very strongly about this, Becky, it’s not just about soup.
Becky: Do it. What else?
Wyatt: New Year’s Eve. Please don’t make me write it.
Becky: Listen to this: phone service in the greater Chicago area was tied up for two hours Christmas Eve when some kid calls a phone-in radio show and says his dad needs a new wife. 2000 women called the station asking for the guy’s number.
Annie: I heard it. The kid calls up and says his dad needs a wife and the shrink practically forces the guy onto the phone and says “ Do you want to talk about it?” and the guy says “ No, as a matter of fact I don’t. and then suddenly, for no reason at all, he starts to talk about how much he loved his wife and how he just fell in love with her like he was one of those cows in Michigan.
Becky: What cows in Michigan?
Annie: It was on “ 60-Minutes” [ “60-minutes”: a popular news program on television] there were those cows that go zapped by stray voltage and no one knows why, and maybe it was Wisconsin. But, anyway, I was listening to him talk about how much he loved his wife and suddenly I was crying. It’s like what happens when I watch those phone company ads. I don’t have to see the whole thing, just the part where the daughter gives the mother the refrigerator with the big red bow on it.
Becky: Yes. And the Polaroid commercial: two five-year-olds at their grandfather’s birthday party. That kills me. You should write something about this.
Annie: About what?
Becky: What ever it is.
Man: I’ll tell you what it is: Two thousand women calling a radio station looking for a husband? There are a lot of desperate women out there looking for love.
Wyatt: Especially over a certain age.
Man: You know it’s easier to be killed by terrorists than it is to get married over the age of forty.
Annie: That’s not true. That statistic is not true.
Becky: That’s right, it’s not true... But it feels true.
Wyatt: It feels true because it is true.
Becky: There is practically a whole book about how that statistic is not true.
Wyatt: Goddamn. You brought it up.
Annie: I did not, Wyatt. Did you even read that book?
Wyatt: Did anybody read that book all the way through?
Becky: Are you two finished? Fine. Now where were we?
Annie: If someone is a widower, why do they say that he was “widowed”? Why don’t they say that he was “widowered”? (No one answers) I was just wondering.[ widow: a woman who’s husband has died. widower: a man who’s wife has died]
Becky: What was that about up there?
Annie: What was what?
Becky: What’s with you?
Annie: Nothing with me.
Becky: Something’s with you.
Annie: What are you saying?
Becky: What ever it is, you can tell me.
Becky: “Sleepless in Seattle” ?
Annie: That’s what she called him at the show because he can’t sleep.
Becky: And now 2000 women want his number. The guy could be a crack-head[ crack-head: someone addicted to crack cocaine] , a transvestite[ transvestite: a person who dresses up like someone of the opposite sex] , a flasher[ flasher: someone who exposes their genitals to others in public] , a junkie[ junkie: a drug addict] , a chain-saw murderer or someone really sick. Someone, like my Rick.
Annie: Actually, he sounded nice.
Becky: Oh? Oh, really. Now we’re getting down to it.
Annie: Please, Becky. I’m madly in love with Walter. He did the craziest thing the other night.
Becky: What was that?
Annie: It’s was so funny; we were hysterical, what was that?.... huh...
[Walter and Annie are dancing at a New Year’s Eve party.]
Walter: You know, I’m thinking, I’ve got to go up to Boston for the AAB convention, and then I gotta (I have to go) visit Winston Hughs about switching over our computer. Why don’t we meet in New York, Valentine’s Day weekend?
Annie: Walter, I’d love to!
Walter: We can stay at the Plaza...
Annie: ... Ice skate in Central Park.
Walter: Register[ When a couple get married they usually first “register” at a department store. This means the store keeps a list of the things the couple like as wedding gifts. Thus, wedding guests know what the couple want, and they know they are not giving a gift that someone else is already giving.]
Annie: Register?
Walter: for dishes, glasses, silver, everything. How about it?
Annie: I’ll take you to Chinatown for dim sum.[ dim sum: 小吃]
Walter: Does it have wheat in it?
Annie: I don’t think so.
[Back in Sam’s house. The New Year’s bell is ringing.]
Sam: Wake up, wake up. Oh, there you go.
Jonah: Happy New Year.
Sam: Happy New Year.
Jonah: Kiss Howard.
Sam: Good night, Howard.
[Sam was in a dream, having a conversation with Maggie.]
Maggie: Can I have half your beer?
Sam: Sure, go ahead.
Maggie: What did I use to say? “ Here’s looking at you”? “ Here’s mud in your eye”.
Sam: “ Here’s to us”. You used to say “ Here’s to us”. Oh, I miss you so much. It hurts.
Clair: Sam, I’m so glad you’re here. I heard you on the radio. I told everyone about it. I was brushing my teeth and suddenly there you were ! I just couldn’t believe my ears. I called my mother in Las Vegas. I said “ Mother, turn on the radio. That’s my architect.” Y’know, it’s so nice when a man can express his feelings.
Sam’s workmate2: It’s wonderful. I wish I could express my feelings.
Sam: So, Clair, is there a problem?
Clair: I was just tossing and turning last night. - you know what that’s like, Sam - because I realized, I’m just never going go fit my platters in that refrigerator we ordered, and when I give parties, I always put in platters, so I thought I would get the “sub-zero” refrigerator instead. The only problem is...
Workmate2: We redo[ redo: do again] all the cabinets.
Sam: That’s a delay, Clair, of two, three....
Workmate3: five, six...
Workmate2: twelve weeks.
Clair: I don’t know. The important thing is to get it right.
Sam: Absolutely.
Clair: (mutters something in French.)
Workmate2: Well, this is fate. She’s divorced, we don’t want to redo the cabinets and you need a wife. what do they call that when everything intersects?
Sam: The Bermuda Triangle [ The Bermuda Triangle: A part of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. It is notorious as a dangerous place where ships and planes mysteriously disappear.]
[Sam is heading back home and the postman is delivering the mail]
Post-man: There’s another one. Do you have room for one more?
Jonah: Look at this dad, they’re all for you.
Post-man: Yes, sir. Here you go.
Sam: “ Sleepless in Seattle” care of Dr.Marsha Fieldstone.
Post-man: If you’re having trouble sleeping you might want to try to drink a glass of water from the other side.
Jonah: I thought that was for hiccups[ hiccups: 打嗝儿] ?
Post-man: For hiccups..
Jonah: Yeah, for hiccups.
Jonah: .. take a spoonful of sugar and hold it in your mouth for a minute.
Post-man: Really?
Sam: Thank you. What possessed you to give them our address?
Jonah: They called and asked for it? “ Dear Sleepless in Seattle, you ‘re the most attractive man I ever laid ears on”
Sam: Wait, wait, wait. They called? How did they get our number? Oh, let me guess. You gave it to them.
Jonah: You have to give them your phone number or they won’t let you on the air. “Dear ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ , I lived in Tulsa.” Where’s that?
Sam: It’s in Oklahoma. Do you know where Oklahoma is?
Jonah: Somewhere in the middle?
Sam: I’m not even going to think about what they’re not teaching you in school. I’m not going to think about it. Yeah, it’s somewhere in the middle and generally speaking, I think we should rule out[ rule out: exclude] anyone that doesn’t live near here.
Jonah: She’s willing to fly anywhere.
Sam: Well she looks like my third grade teacher and I hated my third grade teacher. Wait a minute, she is my third grade teacher!
Jonah: Aren’t you going to read any of these?
Sam: No, because this is not how it’s done. I’d much rather just see somebody that I like, and get a feeling about them, and ask them if they’d like to have a drink or....
Jonah: ... or a slice of pizza?
Sam: Not dinner. Not necessarily on the first date because halfway through dinner, you could be really sorry that you asked them to dinner, where if it’s just a drink, if you like them you can always ask them to dinner, but if not you can just say “ Well, that was great.” and then you go home. See what I mean. I wonder if it still works this way.
Jonah: It doesn’t. They ask you.
Sam: I’m starting to notice that.
Jonah: If you get a new wife, I guess you’ll have sex with her, huh?
Sam: I certainly hope so.
Jonah: Will she scratch up your back?
Sam: What?
Jonah: In the movies, women are always scratching up the men’s back and screaming and stuff when they’re having sex.
Sam: How do you know this?
Jonah: Jess has got cable[ cable TV: rather than using an antenna, the television gets stations and programs from a wire that comes into the home. Cable TV is more expensive but offers many more stations to choose from and is very popular. ] .
Sam: Oh. Hand me that towel behind you would you? Thank you.
Jonah: I need it too.
Sam: Here let me get you.... She’s got cable. Come on.
Voice: Welcome back to “The Best of Dr.Marsha Fieldstone” clinical psychologist and the friend you ever had. Remember “ Marooned in Miami” ?
Woman: He says he doesn’t love me anymore.
Dr.Marsha: Why would you want to be with someone who doesn’t love you?
Voice: “ Disappointed in Denver”
Woman: Every time I come close to orgasm[ orgasm: 高潮] , he goes to make himself a sandwich.
Dr.Marsha: Why don’t you make him a sandwich beforehand?
Voice: “Sleepless in Seattle”
Sam: Well I’m going to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out all day long, and then , after a while, I won’t have to remind myself to get out of bed in the morning and breathe in and out. And then after a while, I won’t have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while.
Dr.Marsha: Sam, tell me what was so special about your wife.
Sam: How long is your program? Oh, it was a million tiny little things and when you add them all up, it just meant that we were supposed to be together, that’s all. And I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It’s like coming home. Only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car. And I knew it. It was like... magic.
[Annie is talking with her brother about marriage.]
Annie: Well I think I’m going crazy, Dennis, I really do. Are you happily married?
Dennis: What?
Annie: I mean, why did you get married? Was it all trumpets and fireworks and....
Dennis: I got married because Betsy said we had to break up or get married, so we got married.
Annie: But when you first met her, did you believe that she was the only person for you, that in some mystical, cosmic way, it was fated?
Dennis: Annie, when you’re attracted to someone, it just means that your subconscious is attracted to their subconscious, subconsciously. So what we think of as fate is just two neuroses[ neuroses: plural of neuroses, a type of mental illness.] knowing they’re a perfect match.
Annie: I don’t even know him. I am having all these fantasies about some man I have never even met who lives in Seattle.
Dennis: It rains nine months of the year in Seattle.
Annie: I know. I know. I do not want to move to Seattle. But what I really don’t want to do is end up always wondering what might have happened and knowing I could have done something. What do you think? It’s just cold feet[ cold feet: last minute trepidation , worries, misgivings] isn’t it? Everybody panics before they get married. I mean, didn’t you?
Dennis: Yes, I did.
Annie: Yes, you did. Thank you, Dennis, I feel so much better having just blown this off. [ blow something off: (slang) to forget or ignore something]
Dennis: Anytime.
[Sam and his workmate are having an interesting conversation while heading to the restaurant.]
Workmate2 : Sandy has a girlfriend, Glenda. She’s a weight lifter. It’s not like her neck is bigger than her head or anything....
Sam: No, no, no. I’m not asking you to set me up. That’s not what.... I don’t need you help with that. I just want to know what it’s like, .. out there.
Workmate2 : That’s what I’m trying to tell you. What women are looking for: pecks[ pecks: pectoral muscles = chest muscles] and a cute butt.
Sam: You mean like “ He has the cutest butt” .Where did I hear that recently?
Workmate2 : Everywhere. I mean, you can’t even turn on the news nowadays without hearing about how some babe thought some guy’s butt was cute. Who was the first woman to say this, I don’t know, but somehow, it caught on.[ to catch on: to become popular]
Sam: So how’s my butt?
Workmate2: Not bad.
Sam: Really?
Workmate2: Yeah.
Sam: Is it cute, though?
Workmate2: I don’t know. Are we grading on a curve?[ a curve: a system of grading where students scores are compared to each other before issuing grade. (i.e. top 10% get A’s , next 20% get B’s. etc. )]
[Sam and his workmate are in the restaurant, eating , drinking and talking.]
Workmate2: When’s the last time you were out there?
Sam: Jimmy Carter, 1978
Workmate2: Things are a little different now. First you have to be friends. You have to like each other. Then you neck[ neck: passionate kissing] . This could go on for years. Then you have tests. Then you get to do it with a condom[ condom: 保险套] . The good news is you split the check.
Sam: I don’t think I could let a woman pay for dinner.
Workmate2 : Great. They’ll throw a parade in your honor. You’ll be man-of-the-year in Seattle Magazine. Tiramisu.[ Tiramisu: an Italian dessert]
Sam: What is Tiramisu?
Workmate2: You’ll find out.
Sam: What is it?
Workmate2: You’ll see.
Sam: Some woman is going to want me to do it to her and I’m not going to know what it is.
Workmate2: You’ll love it.
Sam: Oh, this is going to be tough, tough, tough. This is going to be much tougher than I thought it would be.
Workmate2: That decorator on the Bennett job.
Sam: Victoria.
Workmate2: Yea. She’s pert.[ pert: lively]
Sam: No. I don’t.. . No...
Workmate2: Yeah, what?
Sam: How would I do that?
Workmate2: You call her up. You say come on, let’s get together. We’ll look at Swatches.[ Swatches: A brand name. A fashionable type of watch made in Switzerland]
Sam: Call her on the phone? Say, come, let’s look at Swatches.
Workmate2: Yea, You know. Color schemes.
Sam: She’s not going to see right through that?
Workmate2: You don’t do it like I do it. You do it in your own suave way. Think Carey Grant.
Sam: Carey Grant would call up and say, “ Come over and look at my Swatches”?
Workmate2: How do you know? Maybe he did?
Sam: “ Gunga-din”? Did he do it in “ Gunga-din’?
Workmate2: Gunga-din is not a Swatch kind of movie. Nobody knows what he did in real life.
Sam: Oh, he did that with Diane Canon? Oh yeah, sure.
Workmate2: “ Hello, Diane. Take a look at these Swatches.”
[Sam gets back home.]
Sam: Jonah, I’m home. Hey Jonah. Jonah? Hey, Jonah?
Jonah: Hi, dad. This is Jessica.
Sam: Well, it’s nice to meet you, Jessica.
Jonah: Dad this is amazing. If you play this backwards. It says “ Paul is dead”.
Sam: Uh, yeah. I know.
Jonah: How do you know ? Dad, could you shut the door?
Sam: Sure, sure.
Jessica: H and G. “ Hi and Good bye”.
Sam: Hello, Victoria? This is Sam Baldwin.I don’t know if you remember me. Oh, great. Hi. Uh, I was wondering if you would like to have a drink with me. Dinner? Dinner would be even better. Uh, Friday would be great. Yeah... I hear that’s a good place. 7:30 would be fine. OK, I’ll meet you there. OK, Alright. Uh, so, it’s Friday. at 7:30 for dinner. Great. Me, too. Bye.
[People on TV are talking]
Man: Are you in love with him?
Woman: I’m not now.
Annie: Now those were the days when people knew how to be in love.
Becky: You’re a basket case[ basket case: a crazy person. Comes from the fact that a long time ago, people who live in insane asylums (疯人院) spent their days weaving baskets.] .
Annie: They knew it. Time, distance, nothing could separate them because they knew it was right. It was real. It was...
Becky:... a movie. That’s your problem. You don’t want to be in love. You want to be in love in a movie. Read it to me.
Annie: “ Dear Sleepless and son, I have never wrote a letter like this in my life...”
Becky: That’s what everyone writes at the beginning of letters to strangers.
Annie: I know that. You think I don’t know that?
Becky: What about Walter?
Annie: Walter. Oh, I would give anything to marry Walter. He’s so unexpected. You think you can tell by just looking at him, but you can’t. I should write something in this about magic.
Becky: What?
Annie: Something. What if I never meet him? What if this man is my destiny and I never meet him?
Becky: Your destiny can be your doom. Look at me and Rick.
Annie: “ I want to meet you....”
Becky: .. On the top of The Empire State Building, Sunset, Valentine’s Day.
Annie: I’ll be in New York with Walter. I can squeeze it in.
Becky: Do you want to hear about destiny? If I hadn’t married Martin, I never would have bought the house with the dead tree. On account of which, I got divorced. On account of which, I hit a car and met Rick while buying a neck brace[ neck brace: a large padded collar that is worn to prevent a person from turning their head, used only if one has a neck injury.] .
Annie: Wait a minute. You never told me you got divorced because of a dead tree.
Becky: The tree man.
Annie: You fell in love with the tree man?
Becky: I did not say love. Did I say love? This is my favorite part....
Man: It’s now or never.
Woman: ‘ Never’is a frightening word.
Man: We’d be fools to let happen this pass us by.
Woman: Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. We’ve already missed the spring. Yes.
Becky: Men never get this movie.
Annie: I know.
[Jonah was in a dream shouting Mommy. Sam went up to his son’s room.]
Jonah: Mommy! Mommy! Dad!
Sam: It’s OK, it’s OK. I’m here. I’m coming. It’s OK. It’s OK. What was that about?
Jonah: It was sinking.
Sam: What was?
Jonah: Our house. There was water coming in all the windows.
Sam: It’s OK, now. So what should we do? Your mother used to sing to you when you had bad dreams.
Jonah: “Bye-bye Blackbird”. I miss her. What do you think happens to someone after they die?
Sam: I don’t know.
Jonah: Like, do you believe in heaven?
Sam: I never did, or the whole idea of an afterlife. But now, I don’t know. I had these dreams about your mom, and we had these long talks about you, about how you’re doing. She sort of knows, but I tell her anyway. So what is that? That’s sort of an afterlife, isn’t it?
Jonah: I’m starting to forget her.
Sam: She could peel an apple in one long curly strip. The whole apple. I love you, Jonah.
Jonah: I love you, dad.
Annie: Lorie? Hi, it’s Annie. Fine, I’m fine. Listen, I’m doing an article on call in radio shows. Do you know anyone who works for someone named Dr.Marsha Fieldstone? - I’m a writer for the Baltimore Sun and a friend of Lorie Johnson’s. I’m doing a piece on how people handle bereavement and I understand you had a caller the other night, some guy from Seattle..
Answering Machine: This is Jonah Baldwin. We’re not in right now, but you can...
Annie: Baldwin! ( Annie finds Sam’s address on her computer and then hires a private investigator to take his picture.)
Sam: Ok, Clarise, I’m going to be back either by midnight or 8:30 if disaster strikes. Here’s one for the both of us. Now I left the number of the restaurant where I’m going to be at. If there is any problem, here’s the number of the pediatrician. It’s right above the phone. Now here’s a bottle of Epicach[ Epicach: a special type of medicine that induces vomiting
] . If anyone drinks poison, it’s right here next to the juice glasses. How do I look? Do I look OK? Do I look alright? I look stupid. I look stupid. I look like I’m trying too hard. I was going to get a haircut but then I’d look like I just got a haircut.
Jonah: This is a good letter, dad.
Sam: Look, the heels on these shoes are grotesque. I look like I’m trying to be tall. Why am I trying to be tall....
Jonah: Her name is Annie. Annie Reed.
Sam: ... and now I’m late. Bye!
Jonah: Dad, read this! Read this!
Sam: “ Dear Sleepless and son, blah, blah, blah, and I’ve been an excellent third baseman for as long as I or anyone else can remember and as long as we’re on the subject, let’s just say right now that Brooks Robinson was best third baseman ever. It’s important that you agree with me on that because I am from Baltimore.
Jonah: She thinks Brook Robinson’s the greatest! It’s a sign.
Sam: Come here. I’ll show you a sign. Alright. where is Seattle? Right. Where is Baltimore. Ah! It’s right there. Look there are one, two, three, four. There’s , like, 24 states in between here and there. Now that’s a sign. I’m out of here. Good bye. Good night! I love you. Clarise, did you move your car? |
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