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Emilia: Jack¹? Hi. He does? Uh, where are you? Hey, Will. What's up?

Jack: Well, his mother's getting married today. And he wouldn't leave the house without me, and now he won't go inside without you.

Emilia: Let me guess. When I moved out three weeks ago, did you think your dad was gonna move back in with your mom?

William: Sort of. Since you were done being married, they could be done being divorced.

Emilia: But it's not working out that way, is it? She's marrying somebody else.

William: Yeah.

Emilia: That's hard. Not everything works out the way you hope. What can you do? Will, help me out here, bud. Why'd you ask to see me? I would have thought I'd be the last person you'd want to see.

William: Well, Sonia's in New Jersey². But she's not family. And I figured, you're my sister's mom. And that's family. Right?

Emilia: I will always be your sister's mom.

William: Then how come you don't live with us anymore?

Emilia: Well, because... I don't belong with you guys. It's like Lyle the Crocodile. Lyle doesn't belong in an apartment. He belongs with all the other crocodiles at the Central Park Zoo.

William: There are no crocodiles there, only caimans.

Emilia: It's a metaphor³, William. You know metaphors⁴. What I'm trying to say is, I'm sort of like Lyle. You know, I don't belong with you and your dad, 'cause, you know, my teeth are too sharp and my tail is too long.

William: But Lyle does so belong with his family. They love him, even though he's a crocodile, even when he's not always the nicest or not so good with children.

Emilia: Lyle was always nice to children.

William: It's a metaphor, Emilia.

Emilia: Thanks, Will. It's a really good one.

Jack: So what do you say, Will? You ready to do this?

Emilia: Let's not ruin her day, okay? Not bad. I mean, you look miserable⁵, but not bad. That's what I shoot for.

Jack: Come on.

Carolyn: She'll hold our time, won't she?

Carolyn's husband: I'm sure.

Carolyn: Oh, thank God. What happened? Why is Emilia here? Never mind. Let's go. We're late. We were due in Judge Jody's chambers⁶ ten minutes ago. We have to run.

Jack: Thank you.

Emilia: Anytime.

Jack: What are you doing now?

Emilia: Getting fired, probably. I've been working at Simon's legal aid thing. It's day six, and I've been AWOL twice.

Jack: I meant- I thought maybe we could have dinner or take a walk or something.

Emilia: Are we allowed?

Jack: Yeah. We are.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. What's up: 什么事？怎么了？

2. sort of: （想不出恰当的词或不知下面该怎么说时用）可以说，可说是

3. Central Park: 纽约中央公园，号称纽约“后花园”，不只是纽约市民的休闲地，更是世界各地旅游者喜爱的旅游胜地。

4. caiman: 凯门鳄，宽吻鳄

5. my teeth are too sharp and my tail is too long: 我牙齿太尖了，尾巴太长。这里艾米莉是在讽刺杰克之前说她的话：“对那些爱你的人，你恰恰是最苛刻的。”

6. shoot for: 力争达到；努力获取

例如：We should shoot for the best results.（我们应力争取得最好的成绩。）

7. legal aid: 法律援助，多指对没钱聘请律师或进行诉讼者给予的经济援助

8. AWOL: 全称为absent without leave或者absent without official leave，擅离职守，无故离队，开小差