Carlos: If you talk to Al Mason at this thing, I want you to casually mention how much I paid for your necklace.

Gabrielle: Why don’t I just pin the receipt to my chest?

Carlos: He let me know how much he paid for his wife’s new convertible. Look, just work it into the conversation.

Gabrielle: There’s no way I can just work that in, Carlos.

Carlos: Why not? At the Donohue party, everyone was talking about mutual funds. And you found a way to mention you slept with half the Yankee outfield.

Gabrielle: I’m telling you, it came up in the context of the conversation.

Carlos: Hey, people are starting to stare. Can you keep your voice down please?

Gabrielle: Absolutely. Wouldn’t want them to think we’re not happy.

今日场景：

美丽而又生活富足的Gabrielle，可是她的生活到底快不快乐呢……

单词：

1.convertible [kənˈvə:təbəl] n. 敞篷车adj. 可改变的；可变换的；（货币）可以自由兑换的；（汽车等）有折篷的

2.mutual [ˈmjutʃuəl] adj. 共有的；共同的；相互的；彼此的

3.Yankee [ˈjæŋki] adj. 美国北方人的；美国佬式的n. 美国佬，美国人；北部人，北方佬；（南北战争时的）北军（在剧终是指扬基球队）

4.outfield [ˈaʊtˌfild] n. （板球及棒球）外场

5.context [ˈkɔntekst] n. 上下文；背景；环境；语境

短语句型：

1.pin…to把…别在…（pin作名词指别针、大头针等，作动词有钉住、别住的意思。不妨与这个短语一起再来记忆一个单词：brooch胸针。A silver brooch was pinned to her sweater.她在毛衣上别了一枚银质的胸针。）

2.work it into the conversation把它带入谈话中（”it” 指的就是” how much I paid for your necklace” . “work”绝对是小词大用里面的典型，它有不同的词性和不同的含义，很难一次性的完全记住，那么这一次除了剧中的这个短语之外，我们再来记忆一个很实用的短语：get down to work 开始做重要的事情。如果你在打电话时想要结束通话去做作业，那么你可以说：Sorry, I’ve got to get off the phone and get down to work.

3.There’s no way没有办法（这是一个很好的说法，后面直接接从句。仔细看看，这个短语是不是很像我们小时候常说的“没门”呢~~如果你和朋友在讨论一件事情，你对于他说的很不赞成，你可以态度强硬地说：There's no way I'm agreeing to that!）

4.it came up in the context of the conversation他们正在谈论这个（这句话要注意断句，应该是：it came up/ in the context of /the conversation.）

5.Absolutely当然了（这个词的运用很广泛，你可以在任何你想表达赞成的时候说这个词，比起”yes”来要好很多。上一次我们用develop a taste for 与 like进行了比较，这一次又把absolutely 和 yes 进行了比较，大家都记住了吗？）

By Cynthia