影片对白
Nervous. Nervous? Well, I am a bit nervous. I mean it's - it's pretty hard to be
suave when you're -
影片背景及意义 The Graduate
是电影史上里程碑式的经典，刻画了60年代内心孤独无助的一代。
考考你
一展身手
3. I'd rather not go to the trouble of bringing it all in.
我不想费事把行李都搬进来。
I'd rather 相当于I would prefer… 例如：我不想去参加那个会。I'd rather not attend that
meeting.
4. I'd just as soon find it myself.
我想自己上去找房间。
本做贼心虚，不愿意让人看到他与一位女士进入房间。所以不想让门童带路。
just as soon相当于to prefer，例如：我想自己去游泳。I'd
just as soon go to swim by myself.
5. Whatever you say, sir.
这是个省略句，完整的句子应该是Whatever you prefer is OK with
me. 随您的便。/您说怎样就怎样。
文化面面观
Room clerk / hotel
receptionist
酒店业在国外非常发达。旅馆，酒店的前台接待员hotel receptionists都训练有素。影片中的Room
clerk也是一种接待员。他们还有不同级别，如shift leader or supervisor, head receptionist。
A receptionist is the first person that hotel guests see or talk to when they
arrive or ring to make a booking. A hotel receptionist therefore has an
important job of making people feel welcome (让人有宾至如归的感觉), being efficient and
dealing professionally with enquiries（问询）. In this work the tasks are likely to
include welcoming guests as they arrive, allocating them a room and handing out
keys to guests or porters，taking and passing on messages. He will probably also
have to put together the guest's bill, take payment and help guests with any
special requests. A receptionist sometimes order taxis for guests and book
excursions on request （为客人安排出行）, for example theatre or sightseeing trips.
A hotel receptionist needs to be welcoming, friendly and helpful, efficient
and professional, well-organized and able to handle several tasks at once.
（热情，友善，热心，高效，专业，有条理，勤快麻利，一心多用）。
显然，影片中的room
clerk是个非常称职的接待员。他对本因为紧张，慌乱，做贼心虚而做出的不合情理的解释并不好奇，或追问。他那句"Whatever you say,
sir."显示出他非常有专业性。
