(cheering, applause)

 

(party chatter)

 

Girl: Harriet, just say it. You can enjoy smoking, all right?...

 

Woman: ...No, 'cause you called me.

 

Katie's brother: My little sister's going to go to medical school. Can you believe this?

 

Friend: Congratulations, David. You must be so proud.

 

Katie's mother: Where is the campus¹?

 

Katie: It's in the Bronx. It's in the city. And it has one of the best pediatric programs in the country.

 

Katie's mother: Jim, I always thought you would become the doctor.

 

Katie's brother: Thank you, Ma. That's nice. I feel much better about my life. (laughs)

 

Katie's mother: I'm kidding.

 

Katie: That's real nice, Mom.

 

Katie's mother: It's all right, Jim.

 

David: Um, I can't find your jacket. Do you know where you put it?

 

Katie's mother: Oh, you're not leaving?

 

Katie: No.

 

David: Yes. I gotta drive...

 

Katie's brother: Sit down, David. Come on, what are you drinking?

 

David: I gotta drive all the way back to the city. So, Katie?

 

Katie: Uh...what? I...I...I'm not going anywhere. Jim, Jim, sit down.

 

David: I'm just... I'll go start the car.

 

Katie: Do whatever you want. I'm not... I'm not leaving yet. (scoffs) What? What is so important that we have to rush home for? What, David?

 

David: (groans) I'll be waiting in the car. (mutters) "What's so important that we have to rush home for?"

 

(engine starts)

 

(engine shuts off)

 

(chatting)

 

(screams)

 

(glass breaks)

 

(door slams)

 

David: Where are you going? Where you going to go? Where you going to live? 'Cause if you leave me, I'm not going to be able to subsidize your lifestyle. Which I don't think that you want. I don't want that. Look, can we just... think about this for a second?

 

Katie: I've never been closer to anyone and I don't know you at all. (scoffs)

 

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Katie: Maybe I should go stay at my mom's until I sort things out.

 

Lauren: You're joking, right? Why would you give up everything you've done just because of him? And you're not leaving New York to move back to...Long Island... yuck.

 

Waitress: Ma'am, I'm sorry. Your card was declined².

 

Katie: What? I... Try it again.

 

Waitress: Well, I already did.

 

Katie: Um...I don't understand. Um...

 

Waitress: Do you have another card, or cash? It's only $22.75.

 

Katie: I know how much it is.

 

Lauren: Here. What the hell³ are you looking at? Eat your salad.

 

Katie: I just need enough money to get through school.

 

Consultant⁴: Look, I'm trying to explain. Your husband is the beneficiary of a number of family trusts, most of which were set up a long time ago.

 

Katie: I know that.

 

Consultant: That means that as long as you're married, you can have access to his money, but if you separate, if you divorce⁵ him, you won't get any money, because he doesn't have any. Not of his own.

 

Lauren: Motherfuckers.

 

Consultant: Regardless, families like the Marks set their assets⁶ up this way to protect them from divorces⁷.

 

Lauren: Motherfuckers!

 

Consultant: Okay, could you just not...just not do that? These people play hardball. If you want a settlement, you're gonna have to think of a way to motivate them.

 

(thunder rumbling)

 

(rubbing chopsticks)

 

David: How was your day?

 

Katie: Good.

 

(rubbing continues)

 

Katie: I... had lunch with Lauren today.

 

(rubbing stops)

 

David: What else did you do today?

 

(crashes)

 

Kel: What the hell is that?

 

(knocking)

 

Kel's husband: Someone's on the terrace⁸.

 

Kel: Call the police.

 

Kel's husband: Oh God. Jesus, Jesus.

 

(Katie panting)

 

Kel's husband: What happened? What the hell happened? Kel, call the police.

 

Katie: No no. No! No no no. No no no...

 

Kel's husband: Shh-shh, okay. David. Katie's next door with us. She's scared to come home.

 

David: Mm-hmm. Well, we had a fight. But it's nothing, you know? It's nothing. I mean, it's not nothing, but you can tell her to come home. It's over. Will you tell her to come home, please?

 

Kel's husband: Actually I think she should stay with us tonight. Just let things cool off between you.

 

Katie: Thank you.

 

David: Good night. Thank you.

 

 

1. pediatric: 小儿科的。

 

2. sort out: 弄清楚；解决好；恢复正常，整顿好。请看例子：We have to sort things out between us.（我们得把我们之间的事情弄弄清楚。）又如：Don't worry, things will sort themselves out in the end.（别担心，情况最终会恢复正常的。）

 

3. yuck: 啐！（表示反感、不快的拟声）

 

4. beneficiary: 受益人。

 

5. have access to: 可以获得或使用。看一下例句：Only a few people have access to the full facts of the case.（只有少数几个人能看到有关该案全部事实的材料。）

 

6. play hardball: 采取强硬方式。hardball的意思是“强硬方式，强硬手段”，也可以作形容词用，表示“强硬的”，例如：field hardball questions in a TV interview（在电视采访中对刁难的问题应答如流）。

 

7. settlement: 赠与的财产。例如：make a settlement on somebody（赠与某人财产）。

 

8. terrace: 露台。

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