Jon: I want you to know, you're the most important thing in my life.

Garfield: Let me sleep, please.

Jon: Before I met you, my life had no meaning. I was incomplete.

Garfield: Oh, you still are, really.

Jon: I guess what I'm trying to say is...will you marry me?

Garfield: Eh? Marriage? Well, this is kind of sudden. There may be some legal issues here. Look, I like you, but not as a spouse¹. Maybe as a servant, we could stay together, make it work.

Jon: So what do you say... Liz?

Garfield: Wait a second. Liz? Liz?

Jon: Garfield.

Garfield: Liz is a girl. No, worse. She's a girl vet².

Jon: Turkey's ready.

Garfield: Well, I think Jon has touched bottom now. Hmm, we gotta put an end to this torture. Time for a new DJ. Somebody take my temperature.

Jon: Garfield!

Garfield: Whoa! Man, you have changed.

Jon: I can't have you messing this up for me, okay?

Garfield: Oh, I get it. It's her. She doesn't like our music. Whatever happened to Jon? My metal-head guy. My dude. You were so much cooler when you wore a mullet.

Jon: Now stay here.

Garfield: So much cooler. I suppose she likes this haircut.

Jon: Coming!

Garfield: Tell me she likes it the way it is now.

Jon: Hey, Liz.

Liz: Jon, I have incredible news. Guess who's going to be speaking at this year's fund-raiser for the royal Animal Conservancy.

Jon: Siegfried and Roy?

Liz: Oh, come on.

Jon: Just Siegfried?

Liz: Jane Goodall dropped out at the last minute because she's nursing a sick chimp³ and they asked me. I mean, it's gonna be at this really cool castle on a huge estate.

Jon: Well, Liz, that-that's...

Liz: I am flying to London tomorrow morning. Can you believe it?

Jon: What?

Liz: I mean, I have to pack, and...Oh, are these rose petals⁴ and candles?

Jon: Yeah, well, Liz, I have, have some... some important news of-of-of my own. Uh...

Garfield: Hey, me, too. Excuse me, do you believe in love at first sight? I was hoping you'd say yes. You have made me so very, very cat-happy.

Jon: Uh...

Liz: Well, come on. What's the news?

Jon: The news is, I, uh...I finally house-trained Odie.

Liz: Really?

Jon: Yeah.

Liz: That would explain the rose petals. I have to pack. I'm so sorry about dinner. But you know what? I will send your regards to the queen. Okay, congratulations on Odie.

Jon: Oh, oh, yeah. And, hey, you, too. They're lucky to have you.

Liz: Bye.

Garfield: Oh, I thought she'd never leave.

Jon: Garfield, you ate the whole turkey?

Garfield: Well, yeah.

Jon: What are you doing with this? Oh, never mind. She's already off to...

Garfield: Well, come on, cheer up. I saved you the wishbone.

Jon: There's nothing I can do.

Garfield: Sure there is. Return the ring and get your money back.

Jon: Wait a minute. I'll go to London.

Garfield: Oh, you poor sap.

Jon: She'll love it. She'll be surprised.

Garfield: Please don't do this.

Jon: She'll be thrilled.

Garfield: Tell me you're not gonna do this.

Jon: She'll say yes.

Garfield: Please, don't.

Jon: I gotta go pack.

Garfield: You moron⁵. This is a huge mistake, Jon. One of your biggest. Don't roam. Stay home. Odie and I are not just coming along for the ride, pal⁶. This is actually an intervention⁷.

Jon: Okay, guys. Here we are.

Garfield: Oh, quick flight. We must have been in the jet stream. England is no great shakes, huh? I mean, the buildings here look like, uh, the kennel⁸ back home. That is the kennel back home.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. What do you say?

可不是“你说什么”的意思，而是相当于“How about it”，这可是个很常用的表达，很多场合都可以用到。例如：I'll give you 500 dollars for that horse. What do you say?

2. Touch bottom

"Reach the lowest point 打倒最坏的程度"，例如：During the recession the economists⁹ kept saying that we hadn't touched bottom yet.

3. Put an end to

“停止，结束，终结”的意思，例如：The advent¹⁰ of sound in motion pictures put an end to many a silent star's career.

4. Medal-head guy
这里的意思是“喜爱重金属音乐的人”。

5. Jane Goodall

国际知名的动物行为学家，她创办了珍·古道尔研究会，以及根与芽项目，号召全球的年轻人一同关注环境问题。多年来的重要研究工作让她获得了动物权益研究所授予的艾尔伯特·史威策奖、大不列颠百科全书授予的传播造福人类知识杰出工作者奖、被联合国任命为联合国和平信使。

6. Drop out

Withdraw from participation¹¹ in a group such as a school, club, or game; also, withdraw from society owing to disillusionment. 例如：
He couldn't afford the membership dues and had to drop out.

7. House-train

养猫猫狗狗是不是常为它们的排泄卫生问题发愁呢？其实猫猫狗狗都是很聪明的，你完全可以教会它们在固定的地方大小便，这种教会猫猫狗狗不随地大小便的行为就叫house-train。例如：You'd better house-train your pet cat.

8. No great shakes

在口语中意思是"of no particular ability; unimportant; common"，例如：As opera companies go, this one is no great shakes.

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