Carrie: Five hours later, Charlotte's night was just beginning. She and Jack¹ had just had another fantastic date--dancing for dyslexia.

Jack: So, what do you think of her? Is she hot?

Charlotte: Jack!

Jack: You're right. Maybe she's more your taste.

Charlotte: Stop it.

Woman: Have a light?

Charlotte: Sorry, I don't smoke.

Woman:That's a shame.

Jack: Did you see that? She was flirting² with us.

Charlotte: I think she was flirting with you.

Jack: Charlotte, you are such a turn-on, and you have no idea. You're giving off this sexual energy all the time. A vibe like, you've got a fire inside of you. She'd be crazy not to be in to you.

Carrie: Who knows whether it was her vodka or her vibe but Charlotte suddenly did feel a little warm.

Charlotte: I think she put her hand on my leg.

Jack: So should I ask her to join us?

Charlotte: Do you think it means I should do it? Have a threesome? Jack says that I have a fire inside me.

Carrie:You tell him they make a cream for that.

Charlotte: I'm serious.

Carrie: I don't know, it's your call, but don't do it just to make Jack happy.

Charlotte: But maybe it would bring us closer.

Carrie: Sweetie, don't you think it's weird³ that you're thinking of sleeping with someone you don't know to get closer to Jack?

Charlotte: How well do we ever know the people we sleep with?

Carrie: That was the thing about Charlotte. Just when you were about to write her off as a Park Avenue Pollyanna, she'd say something so right on, you'd think she was the Dalai Lama.

Charlotte: Do you think my hair is too shiny today?

Carrie: And then, she'd say something else.

Charlotte: Do you?

Carrie: But the bigger question remained.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. That's a shame.

相当于"It's a pity.（真遗憾）"，可不是"可耻"的意思。

2. Turn-on

在俚语中，turn-on 可以指"Something that causes pleasure or excitement"，这里指"引起性欲的人/事物"。

3. Give off

Give off 这个短语大家都不陌生，它做"放出，散发出"的意思解，可以指"发出（蒸汽，光，香味，能量，热，辐射）"等等。例如：The gardenia⁴ gives off a very strong fragrance⁵.

4. Vibe

俚语，vibration的简化用法，意思是"感应，共鸣"，例如：That place gave me bad vibrations⁶. 那个地方给我一种不好的感觉。

5. You tell him they make a cream for that.

美国有很多抗生素类药是乳霜型的，这里Carrie 把 Charlotte 的fire inside 比作"感染"，抗生素类药可以帮助她，

6. Write off

这个片语的本意是"cut off, cancel"，但在这里的意思是"to label"，Carrie 要把 Charlotte 定性为Park Avenue Pollyanna。

7. Park Avenue

A wide thoroughfare extending north to south on the East Side of Manhattan Island. Traditionally associated with luxurious⁷ apartment houses, it is now the location of many high-rise commercial buildings.