(camera whirring)

 

Katie: It's perfect.

 

(Katie laughing)

 

Sanford: She's certainly a very enthusiastic young woman. Where did you find her?

 

David: 53rd Street. She had a leaky faucet¹.

 

Sanford: Ah yes, the famous leaky faucet of 53rd Street. Aren't you sorry you gave up a promising² career in real estate?

 

David: No.

 

Sanford: You're ignoring a very hard fact of life, David.

 

David: What's that?

 

Sanford: She's never gonna be one of us.

 

David: No, I know. Isn't that great?

 

Sanford Marks: Don't forget your racquet.

 

David: (mumbling) ...a million miles away. It's just like picking off another part of your forehead. I'll burn you. Just you. The rest of you, you're fine, but that part, forget it.

 

Katie: David? You're talking to yourself.

 

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Katie: Thank you.

 

Katie's mother: This was nice.

 

Sanford: Yeah.

 

Katie: We just wanted to do it, to make it official.

 

Sanford: It's $39.50 each. That includes a generous tip.

 

Katie's Mother: Oh. (chuckles) I'm sorry. Yeah.

 

Katie: Thanks, Mom.

 

Katie's Mother: You're welcome, sweetheart.

 

David: Thank you.

 

Katie's Mother: You're welcome.

 

Sanford: So the guy's not selling and his kids are starving. And he's sitting on the world's most valuable butcher shop. But my dad wouldn't give up. He used to say "There's always a way to convince a holdout." You know? I came around. Sooner or later everybody does.

 

(door opens)

 

Katie: Oh, David. Look who's here.

 

Sanford: Oh, speak of the devil. Your grandfather didn't come hat in hand to ask me to join the firm. It was understood. I understood it. Your brother understands it and you do too.

 

David: We're happy here, okay?

 

Sanford: I'm subsidizing that.

 

David: Yeah, only until we get settled.

 

Sanford: Settled? You think she's happy here?

 

David: Isn't she?

 

Sanford: You think she had this dump in mind when she left Mineola? When she laid eyes on you? No, she had more in mind and she deserves better. She's a beautiful woman. Just like your mother.

 

Katie: Thanks for visiting.

 

Sanford: Thank you, honey. I'd better get back to work. How do you think my son can afford to live like this?

 

Katie: What?

 

 

1. faucet: 水龙头。

 

2. hard fact: 冷酷无情的事实。

 

3. racquet: 球拍。

 

4. holdout: 不退让，拒不合作。

 

5. come around: 改变立场（或观点）；让步，同意。请看例子：I think he'll come around eventually.（我认为他最终会回心转意的。）

 

6. speak of the devil: 说曹操，曹操就到。完整的句子是Speak of the devil and he will appear。

 

7. subsidize: 资助。看一下例子：Many universities subsidize research and publications.（许多大学资助研究和出版。）

 

8. settle: 安顿下来。请看例子：The family has settled in Canada.（这家人已定居加拿大。）settle也可以表示“稳定下来；平静下来”，例如：She cannot settle to work.（她安不下心来工作。）

 

9. dump: 脏乱的地方。

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