Carrie: I think we should go. It's the right thing to do.

Samantha: Give me one good reason.

Okay. You're driving down the road. You see a sign. It says "two-headed snake." Youpull over. Wild Laney is having a baby shower. You pull over.

Samantha:She's got a point. It's the right thing to do. Just imagine how fat she must be.

Carrie: As I penciled in the date, I noticed something missing¹. In between the Versace show and dinner at Moomba, there it wasn't--my period, four days late. That Saturday, also known² as "Seven Days Late", four city girls set off to visit the country mice. Are we there yet?

Miranda: I've already had two of these, so we're gonna be stopping a lot.

Carrie: Hey, nice outfit³. Is there gonna be some belly⁴ dancing at the shower?

Samantha: Yeah. Right after the gifts.

Carrie: Shit! I totally spaced. I've forgot to buy her a present. How tacky is it to give the mother-to-be a fistful of cash?

Samantha: Oh, don't worry about it. You can go in on mine.

Carrie: You bought a pregnant⁵ woman a bottle of Scotch⁶?

Samantha: The invitation said BYOB.

Miranda: That meant "bring your own baby."

Carrie: What did you get her?

Miranda: Condoms.

Carrie: Seriously, what did you get her?

Miranda: Seriously. They're pastel.

Charlotte: Hey, guys! Wait, wait! Hey, guys, wait for me!

Samantha: Oh, my God!

Miranda: Look at the size of that thing. We could drive that to Connecticut.

Carrie: I'm putting my name on that card.

Samantha: All right. Go, go, go, go. Does anybody know how to drive?

Charlotte: I just have to tell you your home is beautiful.

Laney: Thank you. I know it's a big change. But at some point, you have to get serious and settle⁷ down. I mean, life is not a Jacqueline Susann novel--four friends looking for life and love in the big city.

Charlotte: Stop it! You are not going to clean up at your own shower.

Woman: Yeah, relax, 'cause once little Todd or Shayla comes around, you'll never stop cleaning up.

Charlotte: Shayla? Did you say Shayla?

Woman: It's so unique, isn't it?

Charlotte: It's so my name!

Woman: I thought your name was Charlotte.

Charlotte: No, it's not my name. It's my name, my secret baby name that I made up when I was 11 years old for my daughter when I had her. I told you. Don't tell me you don't remember.

Laney: No, I'm sorry, I really don't.

Carrie: A complete lie. She remembered. We all remembered. Charlotte had made us all swear never to use it.

Laney: Anyway, I think my husband heard it somewhere else.

Charlotte: Really? Where? Because I didn't tell him.

Laney: I can't believe you're freaking out over a name.

Woman: I mean you're not even pregnant.

Charlotte:That's not the point!

Samantha: What's going on?

Charlotte: She stole my baby name.

Samantha: You bitch! Let's go.

妙语佳句，活学活用

1. Pull over

意思是"将车泊到路边"，例如：The police officer told the driver to pull over.

2. She's got a point.

这里的意思是"她说的有道理"。片段中的"That's not the point."意为"这不是重点"。总之，point在很多场合都有很多用法，要多多揣摩。

3. Go in

这里的go in 意思是"Join others in some venture"，例如：He went in with the others to buy her a present.

4. BYOB

影片中Miranda 说这个缩写的意思是"bring your own baby"，实际上这个缩写常用来代表 bring your own booze / bottle。国外流行的一种聚会方式，就是去参加的时候自己带酒，难怪Samantha要理解错了。

5. Settle down

这里指的是"Begin living a stable⁸, orderly⁹ life开始过一种稳定的、有规律的生活"，也常用来指"结婚"，通常人们认为结婚才会稳定。例如：After traveling all over the world for years, he decided¹⁰ to settle down in his home town.

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