Question master: 5,200 runs, with an average of 33.34, and took 383 wickets with an average...

 

Colleague: Ian Botham.

 

Holly¹: It's Ian Botham!

 

Doug: Yeah. You sure?

 

Colleague: Yeah, man.

 

Brent: This has been a sanctuary², Flashy. A closed club, a boys' club...

 

Doug: Yeah, um... No.

 

Brent: Well, I thought we had an unspoken rule.

 

Holly: I, um, asked Brenda along, as I heard you were seeing each other.

 

Brent: Brenda.

 

Brenda: Hi.

 

Question master: What type of transport did Steve McQueen use in the film 'The Great Escape'? What type of transport did Steve McQueen use in the film 'The Great Escape'?OK, listen up, everyone! First question - what is the London Orbital motorway³ better known as?

 

Holly: M25. It's M25.

 

Doug: Yes.

 

Question master: Complete the following TV series title. 'Police Camera...'

 

Doug: Is it 'Action'?

 

Holly: Yes.

 

Question master: In which month is Hogmanay celebrated⁴?

 

Brenda: December.

 

Doug: No, I know. It's December.

 

Holly: It's December. Yes.

 

Question master: Now... Ooh, it's another one for the Professors. What type of music would you associate with Maria Callas? Whoa, ladies and gentlemen. Pretty exciting here. Men at Work and the Professors neck and neck on 56 as we come into the last round. So for the last question of the Science and Nature round, and therefore the last question of the night... What is the world's fastest bird? What is the world's fastest bird?

 

Doug: You write it down.

 

Question master: And the winner is... Men at Work win!

 

Colleague: I call this trick the balanced pillars⁵ of justice. Ah!

 

Doug: Alright. Yeah, now what?

 

Colleague: That's a good question!

 

Brent: Now what? Oh, bugger. Want to help me out? Come on, please help me out. Come on. Come on.

 

Holly: See you later. We're gonna go have a girlie chat over here.

 

Brent: Oh, OK.

 

Colleague: She's great.

 

Doug: Yeah, she's not bad.

 

Brent: Guys... Come on, guys, help me out. Look, it's spilling.

 

Doug: No. I can't help you. Oh, no. I can't!

 

Holly: Yeah, you can. Come on. It's Queen!

 

Doug: Oh, really? I'm not a dancer.

 

Holly: Trust me.

 

Doug: Feeling it.

 

Brent: Guys... Guys. Oh come on, seriously. 

 

Doug: Come on!

 

Susan's friend: So, why are we here again?

 

Susan: Oh, it's an old haunt⁶ of mine...This place is dead.

 

1. sanctuary: 避难所，也可以指圣殿/寺院

 

例如：The escaped prisoner found sanctuary in the temple.（逃跑的囚犯在寺院里获得了庇护。）

 

2. unspoken rule: 潜规则，不成文的规定

 

3. Hogmanay: 苏格兰的除夕，大年夜

 

4. neck and neck: 不分上下，并驾齐驱

 

例如：It was a neck and neck horse race right down to the wire.（这次跑马赛从头到尾都胜败难分。）

 

5. last round: 最后一轮

 

6. girlie: 对少女的昵称，这里指少女的

 

例如：The boy is shy with strangers, a typical girlie.（这孩子见了生人有点腼腆，有典型的女孩子气。）

 

7. haunt: 常到的地方

 

例如：The college library is a favorite haunt.（大学图书馆是人们喜欢的地方。）

 

8. This place is dead: 这片地方死气沉沉。

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