Morgan: Oh, God, Katie, I didn't get you anything. I'm sorry. I've just been
so swamped and...
Kate: Doesn't matter.
Henry: Oh. What is this? It's global warming.
Henry: Dr. Forster? Hi, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting.
Vanessa: Hi. Dr. Forster. Good to see you again.
Kate: You too.
Vanessa: You're welcome.
Morgan: Hi, I'm Morgan.
Vanessa: Hey, Morgan. Vanessa Vanderbeck.
Henry: So obviously, the first thing you see is what we had talked a bout.
The atrium.
Kate: That's stunning. So we were
able to do it with all the glass panels in the metal structure?
Henry: Yeah.
Kate: Can I--?
Alex: Wanna get a beer after work?
Henry: I'm sorry, I can't. I'm taking Vanessa out for Valentine's Day.
Alex: Wait. Say that again.
Henry: It's Valentine's Day today. I'm taking
out Vanessa, my girlfriend. Cold champagne, some oysters, maybe
a little chocolate.
Alex: What's the date?
Henry: It's February 1 4th.
Alex: February 14th, 2006.
Henry: Yeah.
Kate: Stunning. Thank you so much.
Henry: Our pleasure.
Vanessa: Thank you. Henry will make sure you have everything.
Kate: Great. They were absolutely beautiful. Thank you.
Morgan: What? Katie, I gotta get back to work.
Kate: Who did this drawing?
Henry: My brother did, actually.
Kate: Who's your brother?
Henry: Alex Wyler. Did you know him?
Kate: Yeah. Yeah, I know him. Do you know how I can get in touch with him? Is
he--? Is he anywhere that I can...?
Henry: I'm sorry. He died two years ago today, actually. There was an
accident.
Kate: Where?
妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用
1. swamped
這個(gè)單詞本身作為動(dòng)詞是“陷入沼澤, 淹沒(méi),
覆沒(méi)”的意思。名詞自然就是“沼澤地”的意思，但是它還有一些引申的詞義，比如在這里它的意思是“使應(yīng)接不暇，使陷入困境”等等。 e.g. She was
swamped with work. 她忙得不可開(kāi)交。 This company was swamped by heavy debts.
這個(gè)公司債臺(tái)高筑。
Kate: Oh, by the way, happy Valentine's Day.
