Samuel: And the German military is ready to use chaos in Croatia as justifications for actions that could plunge the entire civilized world into...
Colonel Ludlow: Samuel! The word "civilized" has no place in any discussions of the affairs of this world.
Alfred: Miss Finncannon, Mother has told us of your sympathy for the social reformers.
Susannah: You make it sound like a disease.
Alfred: No, no, no, on the contrary, I'm in agreement.
Susannah: Your mother told me all about One Stab. She says that he was a great warrior.
Alfred: Oh yes. He has a bag of scalps sitting away somewhere to prove it too, but don't worry, he's...haha... he's devoted to father now.
Samuel: Or rather, they're devoted to each other.
Susannah: Can he speak English?
Alfred: Stab? Speak English? He wouldn't lower himself to speak English. Would you, Stab? But watch out. Because he understands it perfectly well.
Samuel: Hey, there's Tristan.
Samuel: Don't they feed you up there?
Tristan: Not much.
Samuel: You smell.
Tristan: Miss me, did you?
Samuel: Still hung over?
Tristan: Still drunk.
Samuel: Isn't she amazing?
Susannah: So this is Tristan. And does he speak English?
Alfred: Tristan, for God's sake.
Tristan: Miss Finncannon. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you and Ugly here find every happiness together.
Alfred: Don't mind my brother. Your dog has more breeding than he has.
妙語(yǔ)佳句，活學(xué)活用
1. plunge into
“卷入，陷入”的意思。Samuel的意思是說(shuō)“整個(gè)文明世界都被卷入到戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中”。 Plunge 還可以指“全神貫注地投入到某件事情中”，例如：The kids plunged into the story. 孩子們整個(gè)被這個(gè)故事迷住了。
2. Has no place in
“‘文明'這個(gè)詞根本不能用來(lái)形容這個(gè)世界?！痹贑olonel Ludlow看來(lái)，這個(gè)世界虛偽又殘忍，根本談不上“文明”。Has no place in 通常的意思是 inappropriate （不適合/不應(yīng)該……），但語(yǔ)氣要比它強(qiáng)許多。例如：Fast food has no place in hospitals. 快餐不應(yīng)該賣(mài)到醫(yī)院里。
Samuel: And the German military is ready to use chaos in Croatia as justifications for actions that could plunge the entire civilized world into...
Samuel: You smell.
