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Samantha: One night in Abu Dhabi, all expenses paid.

Carrie: I've always been fascinating about the Middle East, desert moons, magic carpets.

Lily: Like Jasmine and Aladdin?

Carrie: Yes sweety. Just like Jasmine but with cocktails¹.

Charlotte: It really is exciting. When are you gonna go?

Samantha: I don't know. When can you all be free? You didn't think I was going without my gals³?

Miranda: What?

Samantha: I told the sheikh I'd go on one condition. I get to bring my 3 best girlfriends.

Carrie: Get out the town.

Samantha: My point excatly. And we are being flown on sheikh's own airline.

Carrie: He has his own airline? Oh that is one sheikh.

Samantha: Super super super first class. And you get your own individual sweet on the plane.

Miranda: Oh my god.

Samantha: All expense are paied for everything for all 4 of us. All we have to do is pick the week and the sooner the better. I can hear the decade's calling.

Miranda: Let me just check my work schedule. Yeah. All clear.

Caiire: I gotta check with old, but I'm good to go Middle East.

Samantha: Charlotte, how's 3 weeks from now?

Charlotte: I don't know.

Samantha: We have to go this month. Because next month it gets so high, you burn into flames.

Carrie: That's not a website.

Charlotte: I mean I don't know if I can go at all. I have two children.

Samantha: Yes yes, but you have a husband and a full-time⁴ nanny. You said so youself the kids love the nanny right?

Charlotte: Yes. But...

Samantha: But what? What's the problem? We haven't been anywhere together since Carrie and Big's wedding blow up honeymoon⁵ disaster.

Carrie: Memories.

Samantha: And that was 2 years ago. Two years of bad business and this bullshit economy and I'm done！We need to go somewhere rich.

Charlotte: Samantha I appreciate...

Samantha: No! I go to children's birthday parties for you. You are going to Abu Dhabi for me.

Miranda: Children's brithday party, pulling out the big guns.

Charlotte: Ok!

Samantha: Thank you!

Carrie: Look at us! Going to Abu Dhabi.

妙语佳句 活学活用

1. magic carpet：飞毯。

阿拉伯民间故事集《一千零一夜》中可载人悬浮前行并往来于宫中的飞毯。这里四位好友前往阿联酋，因此凯瑞想到了飞毯。此外，magic carpet还可以指“幻想中的神奇无比的交通工具”。

2. Jasmine and Aladdin：《阿拉丁神灯》童话中的茉莉公主和阿拉丁。

3. gal²：姑娘，女子，girl的口语化说法。

gal.是gallon（加仑）的简称。

4. sheikh：（阿拉伯国家的）酋长。

在口语中也可以指令女子倾心的迷人男子，风流情郎。

5. burn into flames：这里形容天气太热，人会被烤熟。这句话可以翻译为“下个月去会成北京烤鸭的”。

6. I'm done：我受够了。

7. big gun：重要人物，重大决策，这里指萨曼莎参加夏洛特女儿的生日派对这件事。这句话可以翻译为“底牌都打出来咯”。