Taylor: Who is it?

 

Holly¹: Doug.

 

Taylor: Isn't Doug coming in?

 

Holly: No. Can you go back in... in your room, please? Goodbye, Doug.

 

Doug: No, I need to talk to you.

 

Holly: We're past talking.

 

Doug: Please. Look, I made a mistake.

 

Holly: You certainly did.

 

Doug: No, you don't understand.

 

Holly: What?! What don't I understand, huh? I can take the hits, yeah. But Taylor can't, OK?

 

Doug: Well, I just... I just wanna make it right, please.

 

Holly: NO! I thought you were decent². But you're just... some bloke who's too scared to fly with a duck that can't.

 

Taylor: Mum?

 

Holly: Yeah, love?

 

Taylor: Are you OK?

 

Doug: A bloody³ mess, eh, Pierre? Makes you wonder what it's all about. It's like Freddie Mercury⁴ says. To be without love is like being locked in a prison cell. Guess that makes us cell mates.

 

Broadcasting: Good morning, Auckland! Looks like another beautiful day In the big city today. We call It an everyday day here, don't we? The forecast mainly fine. Cloudy some areas. A little bit of late rain expected. Tonight Southern Motorway⁵...

 

Gurneesh: Start or die - make a decision! You want this?

 

Brent: Hitting it with a hammer?

 

Gurneesh: Fine, you come start it. Over this! No. Sick of being on lawnmower detail.

 

Brent: I showed you...

 

Gurneesh: Come on, mate. Cheer up.

 

Doug: I know. Just feel sick about how I treated Holly, man. She's really hurt. Shouldn't have mucked her around, eh?

 

Gurneesh: So Doug Gordon's not perfect. Big deal. Look...give her some time. Try talking to her. You never know. She might just come round, man.

 

Doug: Oh, she's made it quite clear that ship has sailed.

 

Gurneesh: I thought I told you dipsticks. Never start it in gear⁶!

 

Doug: Shit! Look out, Pierre! Whoa, Pierre! Go! Go, Pierre! Fly, Pierre! Fly! Fly! Fly!

 

Colleague: Where is he?

 

Doug: There!

 

Friends: Look at him go! That's high enough! Pierre!

 

1. we're past talking: 我们没什么好谈的了，我们结束了。

 

2. take the hits: 经受住打击，hit在这里就是指（精神上）打击，伤……的感情

 

比如：The death of her son has hit her hard.（她儿子的死使她悲痛欲绝。）

 

在口语中，hit常指想起，比如：It hit me all of a sudden that I had forgotten her birthday.（我突然想起，我把她的生日给忘了。）

 

3. bloke: （俚语）小子，家伙

 

4. muck around: 耍弄，这里的意思是“也许一开始我就不应该招惹她”。

 

muck一般用来指把……弄得一团糟，打乱

 

例如：The change in the weather has mucked up our sports timetable.（天气的变化打乱了我们运动比赛的日程。）

 

5. ship has sailed: 一切都结束了。

 

6. in gear: 处于正常状态，处于就绪状态

 

例如：Everything is in gear for the visit.（为这次访问所做的准备工作一切就绪。）

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