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Bridget: Everything under control , I see. Um... Excellent graph. Lovely legs.

Becky: Thank you.

Bridget: I am so sorry. I thought... Oh, I don't know what I thought. Now you're really angry with me.

Mark: No, no, I'm not angry.

Bridget: It's OK; you can say if you are. It's not the end of the world.

Mark: I'll get you a glass of wine.

Bridget: The thing is I ran into Janey Osborne, who said she'd just seen you with this girl, with really long legs, and Shazzer and Jude said I should get over here straightaway.

Mark: So, following the orders of the dating war command, you decided to execute a raid.

Bridget: You are angry. 

Mark: No, I'm not angry, just disappointed.

Bridget: Disappointed? Oh, God, that's worse than angry.

Mark: I'm just disappointed I can't take you home this instant.

Bridget: Oh. What about all those lawyers?

Mark: Oh, plenty of time to butter them up at the Law Council Dinner next Friday. Don't want to go, do you?

Bridget: I'd love to. Oh, stupid Bridget, stupid friends. Wonderful, loyal Mark Darcy... who loves me just the way I am.

Mark: What on earth are you doing?

Bridget: Getting dressed.

Mark: Why are you dancing around in that tent, Bridget?

Bridget: Because I don't want you to see any of my wobbly bits.

Mark: That's been pointless, because I have a very high regard for your wobbly bits in all circumstances.

Bridget: Really?

Mark: Absolutely, and I think it's high time we had another look.

妙词佳句，活学活用

1. everything under control

或许大家在看到这句话的时候会觉得有些奇怪，因为这句话实际上是没有谓语的，正确的说法应该是everything is under control.但大家要注意了在口语中我们有时不会太强调语法的正确与否，只要说的“随意”就好。

2. the end of the world

“世界末日”。知道了意思之后要学会它的用法。通常情况下，当某人受委屈或受到打击时可以安慰他说 Well, it's not the end of the world. （这又不是世界末日，赶快振作起来吧。）

3. butter someone up

“取悦某人”，但是这里的取悦，一定是有目的性的。比如说，非常想买条裤子，但是没钱，怎么办？只能去求老妈了。这里就可以说：You have to butter your mother up before she gives you the money.

4. have a very high regard for..., it's high time to do...

“非常喜欢，很是崇拜”的意思，而这里可以说用的最好的词就是high，它代表的是一种程度。那么下一句 it's high time to do...就可译为这是“做……的最好时机”。举个例子：“这是消灭敌人的最好时机”就可以说It's high time to get rid of our rivals.