Lawyer: How did you and Katie feel about your new life in the city?

 

David: Well, New York commercial real estate¹ is very, you know, it's button-down and white-shoe, and I really wasn't set up for that. But Katie seemed to like the city and she'd fixed² up the apartment and... and eventually we even ended up buying a weekend place on a lake in Westchester.

 

(classic rock playing)

 

Katie's sister-in-law: Am I...am I overdressed?

 

Katie's brother: You look beautiful. Oh! This place must have cost a pretty penny.

 

Katie's sister-in-law: Do you think all of these people drove up from the city?

 

Katie's brother: Hey, we're looking for Katie.

 

Katie: Oh, my brother's here. Come on.

 

Katie's brother: Katie.

 

Katie: Hi.

 

Barry: Oh my God, disco people. Honey, babe...

 

(laughter)

 

Katie's brother: You know, I really think it's quite unique. Of course I'd love to pick your brain about the business plan.

 

Deborah: Get up. Dance with me.

 

Barry's wife: Thank you for inviting³ us. It's nice to finally meet the neighbors.

 

Katie: Can I touch your belly⁴?

 

Barry's wife: Sure.

 

Katie: It's moving.

 

Barry's wife: She's moving.

 

Katie: How do you know?

 

Barry's wife: I just do. Before we walked over, Barry tried on every shirt he owns. (Katie chuckles) We don't get out much.

 

Katie: Most of these people are David's friends. I don't even think he knows half of them.

 

Barry's wife: Oh, I thought they were your friends.

 

Katie: Some of them.

 

Barry's wife: I guess it's just the way people act around you. They sort of favor you.

 

Katie: Maybe because I'm pregnant⁵.

 

Barry's wife: Are you?!

 

Katie: You're the first person I've told.

 

Barry's wife: That's wonderful! How far along are you?

 

Katie: I just found out. Um, I don't know how it happened. It wasn't planned.

 

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David: That's not what I said.

 

Katie: You said that you couldn't, that it wasn't possible.

 

David: That's not what I said.

 

Katie: That there was something wrong with you.

 

David: I didn't say that.

 

Katie: Yes you did.

 

David: What's the difference?

 

Katie: All the difference in the world.

 

David: Look, um, we've got an apartment in Manhattan. We got a house in the country. We got a Mercedes.

 

Katie: I don't care about all of that.

 

David: You don't care...

 

Katie: I care about you, David. I want to have your child. David!

 

David: Okay, if you don't care, we'll just go back to Vermont.

 

Katie: Fine, we'll go back to Vermont, fine. We'll do whatever you want to do. Please, David. (sighs) It won't be like when you grew up.

 

David: What do you know about it?

 

Katie: I'm not blind.

 

(David smashes⁶ things)

 

(exhales)

 

Katie: David? Look at me.

 

David: You make me out to be this person that you...think that I am. But I'm not that person. You can ask me anything you want. Anything, anything. (sighs) Anything and I'll do it. Just don't ask me this. I can't do this.

 

 

1. button-down: 守旧的。

 

2. white-shoe: <主美口> 属于特权（或有产）阶级的；属于上流社会的；杰出人物的。

 

3. weekend place: 周末度假屋。

 

4. overdressed: 过分打扮的；穿着过于讲究或正式的。看一下例句：She is always overdressed for a party.（她总是为赴宴而过分打扮。）

 

5. cost a pretty penny: 花了一大笔钱。

 

6. pick one's brain: 征求某人的意见。看一下例子：Do you mind if I pick your brains on a minor⁷ legal matter?（我想向你讨教一个小小的法律问题，行吗？）

 

7. favor: 偏爱，偏袒。请看例句：The mother favored her eldest⁸ son.（母亲偏袒大儿子。）

 

8. make out to be: 企图证明；把……说成。看一下例子：You made me out to be an awful fool.（你把我说成一个大笨蛋了。）

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