ACT 2-3 “這真是太好了！”

【故事梗概】

在他們在收拾東西準備離開時，Marilyn接到了磨坊旅館的老板Montefiore女士打來了電話。原來磨坊旅館有空房間了。

[The telephone rings.]

Marilyn: Hello? Yes, yes, this is she. Oh, hello! How nice of you to remember us! Yes, my husband did call. You do? Really? It won’t be any trouble? Oh, yes, I think we’d like that very much. Fifteen minutes! Thank you. Good bye. [She hangs up, turns to Richard, and smiles.] You will never guess.

Richard: Uh… I give up.

Marilyn: Mrs. Montefiore from the Watermill Inn.

Richard: What is she calling about?

Marilyn: They have an opening. Someone just checked out, and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us.

Richard: You’re kidding!

Marilyn: No. Isn’t it wonderful?

Richard: It’s fantastic! Oh, now all it has to do is stop raining. Let’s go.

[They kiss, gather their bags, and leave.]

【語言點精講】

1. Yes, Yes, this is she.

是的，是的，我就是。

這里用主格she，是嚴謹的合乎語法的用法，因為它在句中是表語而不是賓語。

2. You will never guess.

你永遠猜不到。這個句子表示有令人吃驚的消息。

3. Uh… I give up.

give up: 放棄。此處Richard的意思是他承認猜不到。

4. They have an opening. Someone just checked out, and Mrs. Montefiore has reserved the honeymoon suite for us.

他們有空房間了。有人剛結了帳走了，Montefiore夫人把蜜月套房留給我們了。

opening: 這里指的是空房間，相當于“an available room”。

suite: 套房，特別指旅館中的套房。

5. It’s fantastic! Oh, now all it has to do is stop raining.

這真是太好了！現在只要不下雨就完美了。

修飾all的定語從句中，關系代詞一般用that而不用which，且凡可省略時（在從句中為動詞賓語或介詞賓語），都省略。另外在stop前面本應有to，但在說明do的內容確指何事的句式中，動詞不定式的to常省略。

stop raining: 雨停止。stop doing sth. 表示“停止做某事”，stop to do sth. 表示“停下（手中正在做的別的事）來去干某事”。