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本片段剧情：娜塔莉追随男友来到奥哈马，却被男友一脚踢开，而且分手方式竟是一条短信，她万分难过。瑞恩和艾历克斯一起安慰她。三个不同年龄的人一起诉说着自己对爱情和婚姻的看法。而此时的瑞恩还不知道艾历克斯已经嫁作人妇。
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Natalie: Never?
Ryan: No.
Natalie: Ever?
Ryan: No.
Natalie: You never want to get married?
Ryan: Nope.
Natalie: Never want kids?
Ryan: Not a chance.
Natalie: Ever?
Ryan: Never. Is that so bizarre?
Natalie: Yes. Yes, it is.
Ryan: I just don't see the value in it. All right, sell it to me.
Natalie: What?
Ryan: Sell me marriage.
Natalie: Okay, how about love? Stability, just somebody you can count on.
Ryan: How many stable marriages do you know?
Natalie: Somebody to talk to, someone to spend your life with.
Ryan: I'm surrounded by people to talk to. I doubt that's going to change.
Natalie: How about just not dying alone?
Ryan: Starting when I was 12, we moved each one of my grandparents into a nursing facility. My parents went the same way. Make no mistake, we all die alone. Now, those cult members in San Diego with the Kool-Aid and the sneakers, they didn't die alone. I'm just saying there are options.
Natalie: Brian left me.
Ryan: All right. Okay, okay. All right. All right. Yeah. Hey. Natalie, this is Alex, my friend. This is Natalie.
Alex: I should give you both a moment.
Natalie: No. No, that's fine. I'm fine. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Ryan: We should just all go up to our rooms and freshen up.
Alex: Or maybe a drink?
Natalie: Now you're talking.
Alex: He broke up with you over text message?
Ryan: It's kind of like firing someone over the Internet.
Alex: What a weaselly prick.
Natalie: Yeah. But what does that make me? Someone who falls for a prick.
Alex: We all fall for them. Pricks are spontaneous, they're unpredictable, and they're fun. And then we're surprised when they turn out to be pricks.
Natalie: I followed him to Omaha.
Ryan: You did?
Natalie: I had a job waiting for me in San Francisco when he got an offer from ConAgra. He said we could start a life together. So, I followed him.
Ryan: To Nebraska?
Natalie: I thought I'd be engaged by now. No offense.
Ryan: None taken.
Natalie: When I was 16, I thought by 23 I'd be married, maybe have a kid, corner office by day, entertaining at night. I was supposed to be driving a Grand Cherokee by now.
Alex: Yeah, life can underwhelm you that way.
Natalie: I mean, where did you think you'd be by...
Alex: It doesn't work that way.
Ryan: At a certain point, you stop with the deadlines.
Alex: It can be a little counterproductive.
Natalie: I don't want to say anything that's anti-feminist. I really appreciate everything that your generation did for me.
Alex: It was our pleasure.
Ryan: Well done.
Natalie: But sometimes it feels like no matter how much success I have, it's not gonna matter until I find the right guy.
Alex: You really thought this guy was the one?
Natalie: I could have made it work. He... He really fit the bill. You know?
Ryan: The bill?
Natalie: White-collar, college grad, loves dogs, likes funny movies, 6'1", brown hair, kind eyes, works in finance but is outdoorsy, you know, on the weekends. I always imagined he'd have a single syllable name like Matt or John or Dave. In a perfect world, he drives a 4Runner. And the only thing he loves more than me is his golden Lab. And a nice smile. What about you?
Alex: Let me think. You know, honestly, by the time you're 34, all the physical requirements just go out the window. I mean, like, you secretly pray that he'll be taller than you, and not an asshole would be nice. Just someone who enjoys my company, comes from a good family. Because you don't think about that when you're younger. I don't know. Someone who wants kids. Likes kids. Wants kids. Healthy enough to play with his kids. Please let him earn more money than I do. You might not understand that now, but believe me, you will one day. Otherwise, that's a recipe for disaster. And hopefully some hair on his head, but, I mean, even that's not a deal breaker these days. A nice smile. Yeah, a nice smile. Nice smile just might do it.
Natalie: Wow, that was depressing. I should just date women.
Alex: Tried it. We're no picnic ourselves.
Natalie: I don't mind being married to my career, and I don't expect it to hold me in bed as I fall asleep. I just don't want to settle.
Alex: You're young. Right now you see settling as some sort of a failure.
Natalie: It is, by definition.
Alex: Yeah. But by the time someone is right for you, it won't feel like settling.And the only person left to judge you will be the 23-year-old girl with a target on your back.
妙语佳句 活学活用
1. make no mistake: 别搞错。完全可以肯定。
例如：The policeman made no mistake that Jack was the murderer in this case.（警察完全确定Jack是这个案子的凶手。）
2. cult:（有极端宗教信仰的）异教团体。
3. fresh up：使精神饱满，也可以表示“梳洗一番”。
4. weaselly: 狡猾的。
Weasel做名词时用来指“黄鼠狼”，引申开来，还可以表示“告密者、狡猾的人”，以及“逃避、推诿”的行为。 例如：Their boss escaped to weasel out of his responsibility.（他们的老板为逃避责任溜走了。）
5. prick：刺，刺痛。
来看看这些带“刺”的短语吧。
prick your conscience; your conscience pricks：唤醒良心；受到良心谴责。
prick (up) your ears：（动物）竖起耳朵；（人）倾耳细听。
6. fall for：爱上，倾心。
例如：They met, fell for each other and got married six weeks later.（他们俩一见倾心，六个星期后就结了婚。）
7. no offense：无意冒犯。
8. none taken: 没事，没关系。这里是对上文“ 无意冒犯”的回应。
9. counterproductive：事与愿违，适得其反。
10.anti-feminist：反对女权主义的人，反男女平等主义的人。Feminist就是指“女权主义者”。
11.fit the bill：符合要求，也可以说成fill the bill。
12.outdoorsy：爱好户外活动的，户外生活的。
13.deal breaker：交易破坏者。艾丽克斯这里的意思是“不过，现在人们不会介意这个”。
14.no picnic：不容易，不是轻松的事。
例如：Bringing up a family when you are unemployed is no picnic.（失了业又要养家，这可不轻松。）
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