Ammer: No, Linda, I think Stacy gets the most-beautiful-feet award.
Michael: You wanted to see me?
Ammer: Michael. Look, I'm heading out to the Hamptons in a couple of minutes. I'm counting on you. This hotel project? It's a big fish. You reel it in for me and it's "Howdy, partner."
Michael: Okay. Thank you.
Ammer: Screw it up, though, and it's "Back to the mailroom, atrium boy."
Woman: Mr. Ammer, Denise just called. She's gotta go to rehab again, so she can't make it to the Hamptons.
Ammer: I'm gonna be alone on the Fourth of July?
Michael: Mr. Ammer, if you need female companionship this weekend, my wife's friend Janine, wow.
Ammer: Really? What's she like?
Michael: Let's just say she will eat you up, sir.
Alice: Excuse me. I'm sorry to interrupt, but this is kind of important.
Michael: Okay. Go to the bathroom.
Alice: Okay.
O'Doyle: Dude! You suck so bad.
Ben: Do not. Hey, Dad.
Michael: How’re you doing, buddy? Playing some catch?
O'Doyle: Actually, we're playing some drop, because Ben hasn't caught one yet.
Ben: Darn it.
Michael: You're a regular Derek Jeter yourself, O'Doyle? Love you, kid.
Ben: Love you too, Dad.
妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用
1. Big fish
Big fish 這個(gè)俚語(yǔ)本意是“重要的，有影響力的人物”，和我們?cè)凇度松b控器》（精講之二）中講到的big shot 差不多。在這里，big fish 則指的是“the hotel project”。
Big fish 常常出現(xiàn)在片語(yǔ) big fish in a small pond里，意思是“A person who is important in a limited arena, someone overqualified for a position or in relation to colleagues”，例如：Steve has both a Ph.D. and an M.D., yet he's content with his practice at a rural hospital; he prefers to be a big fish in a little pond.
2. Reel in
Reel in 是指“to pull (eg a fish out of the water) by winding the line to which it is attached on to a reel”，釣魚(yú)時(shí)咬餌的魚(yú)拉上來(lái)的動(dòng)作。在這里，因?yàn)锳mmer先提到了big fish，所以接下來(lái)他用了“釣魚(yú)”這個(gè)比喻。
3. Howdy
是個(gè)感嘆詞，意思和hello，how do you do等打招呼的用語(yǔ)差不多。
4. Screw up
俚語(yǔ)，“搞砸，搞糟”的意思，例如：The young architect screwed up the entire construction project.
在美國(guó)，你動(dòng)不動(dòng)就會(huì)聽(tīng)到別人說(shuō)："You suck! She sucks! It sucks!"。有很多情況下可以用到這個(gè)詞：
a. 昨天晚上你看了一場(chǎng)電影，如果朋友問(wèn)你："How was the movie? (電影怎么樣？)"，你覺(jué)得那部片子真是拍得不怎么地，你就可以說(shuō)："It sucked!"，而且可以特別使勁地，強(qiáng)調(diào)一下"sucked"，強(qiáng)烈表示你的不滿。
b. 你有朋友今晚要向他心愛(ài)的女生表白，如果明天你問(wèn)起他事情進(jìn)行得如何，他告訴你他最終還是臨陣打了退堂鼓，你可以笑他真是沒(méi)出息，然后趕緊加一句："You totally sucked!"(你可真沒(méi)用。)
c. 你們?nèi)ペs公共汽車(chē)，但是剛好錯(cuò)過(guò)沒(méi)趕上，下一班車(chē)還要很久才會(huì)來(lái)，這時(shí)候：
A: Guess what? We've just now missed the bus, and the next one won't come for another 45 minutes. 知道嗎，我們剛好錯(cuò)過(guò)公車(chē)了，下一班還要過(guò)四十五分鐘才會(huì)來(lái)。
