David: Yes, I'd like to make a collect call, please. David Marks. Dad, David. Huh? How am I gonna do that? I got on the tuxedo¹. Can't we just call a plumber²? Yeah right, why would we do that? That doesn't make any sense. Why would you send a plumber to do a plumber's job, huh? (car door opens) (groans) What are you looking at, huh?

 

(knocks)

 

Katie: Hi.

 

David: Oh. Hi. Um...I've forgotten why I'm here.

 

Katie: I was gonna make some coffee.

 

David: Excuse me?

 

Katie: Do you want coffee? I was gonna make some.

 

David: No thank you.

 

Katie: Am I keeping you from something?

 

David: Yeah. But it's something I'm dreading³. Hey, do you have some kind of... I don't know, something I could put under here?

 

Katie: Uh, yeah. Here.

 

David: So how long ago did you move in?

 

Katie: On Sunday.

 

David: Oh. From where?

 

Katie: Long Island.

 

David: Oh.

 

Katie: My mom's house. Are you done?

 

David: I think I should stop. You know? I mean...I'm not a plumber. I mean, as you might have guessed. And I can't get a plumber in here until Monday. So, uh...I guess what I've done is, uh...

 

Katie: Do you want help with that?

 

David: Yeah. Uh, anyway, so I guess what I did was come out here to tell you that you have a leak and, uh, that you should get it fixed⁴. (chuckles) You smell good.

 

Katie: You're gonna be late.

 

David: So? I'm always late.

 

Katie: You could always blame me.

 

(dinner party chatter)

 

David: Hi, David Marks.

 

Man: Sir, right this way.

 

David: Oh God.

 

Sanford Marks: Oh look, there. Here, take this.

 

Sanford’s friend: Go easy on him.

 

David: Okay, I don't have to tell you...just ignore him and I apologize for anything he says between now and the time we leave.

 

Sanford Marks: Late. Always late. Anybody who didn't know you would think you were a busy man. Oh, I see you brought a friend.

 

Katie: Katie.

 

Sanford Marks: Your full name, dear, always.

 

Katie: Oh, Katherine McCarthy.

 

Sanford Marks: Well, what a lovely young woman you are. You've even managed to make my vagabond son look handsome.

 

Katie: He is handsome.

 

Sanford Marks: David, I need you to meet the next senator from New York. And I didn't invite you here to help you get laid. Ambassador Moynihan.

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Sanford, congratulations.

 

Sanford Marks: Thank you. Welcome back.

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Thank you.

 

Sanford Marks: Liz. Always more gracious. Ambassador, you remember my eldest⁵ son David?

 

Ambassador Moynihan: David the heir apparent. Of course, how are you?

 

David: Fine, thank you.

 

Sanford Marks: Oh, and this is...

 

Katie: Katherine McCarthy.

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Miss McCarthy. My wife Elizabeth.

 

Daniel: Ambassador.

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Ah, the man himself. Thank you.

 

Daniel: Here you go, Dad.

 

Sanford Marks: Thanks, Daniel.

 

David: Hey, shouldn't you be wearing white gloves?

 

Daniel: Screw you, David.

 

Katie: Is that Irish?

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Excuse me?

 

Katie: Moynihan, is that an Irish name?

 

Ambassador Moynihan: Gaelic. Originally Scottish-Gaelic. But my family...

 

(silverware clinks on glass)

 

Mayor: My friends, a man who's old enough to remember how 42nd Street used to be...Sanford Marks!

 

Sanford Marks: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. My father had a vision for Times Square and he passed it on to me. Where there are peep shows and massage⁶ parlors⁸, I see Broadway theaters restored to their former glory. And where there are dilapidated hotels, I see gleaming office towers bustling⁹ with the important business of this city. It's my hope I can help breathe life back into this neighborhood that was so dear to my father, a man who placed great trust in me to carry on his legacy¹⁰. To Howard Marks.

 

 

1. collect call: 对方付费电话。

 

2. tuxedo: 男士无尾半正式晚礼服。

 

3. plumber: 管道工。

 

4. Go easy on him: 不要对他太苛刻，对他宽容点。

 

5. vagabond: 浪荡的；懒散的。

 

6. get laid: 上床，发生性关系。

 

7. heir apparent: 准继承人。

 

8. Screw you: 你去死吧。影片中David看不惯弟弟那套上层社会的礼节，就嘲讽他说“为什么不戴上白手套？”

 

9. peep show: 脱衣舞表演。“脱衣舞女”是stripper。

 

10. massage parlor⁷: 按摩院，（挂按摩院招牌的）妓院。

 

11. dilapidated: 残破的；摇摇欲坠的。

 

12. bustle¹¹ with: 充满。看一下例子：The city is bustling with life.（城里车水马龙，生气勃勃。）

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