Ted即將要去參加婚禮，但他找不到他的plus one
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[INT. APARTMENT: Ted opening wedding invitation, Ted sits down and looks at R.S.V.P card, makes check mark]
Future Ted VO: When you're single and your friends start to get married, every wedding invitation presents a strange moment of self-evaluation. Will you be bringing a guest or will you be attending alone? What it's really asking is where do you see yourself in three months? Sitting next to your girlfriend or hitting on a bridesmaid? I always checked that I was bringing a guest. I was an optimist.
['Two Months and 26 Days Later,' Ted sitting on couch talking on phone]
Ted: Who the hell am I gonna bring to this wedding?
[screen splits, Barney in cab on phone on left side of screen, Ted on right side]
Barney: Ted, have you ignored all my teachings?
Ted: For the most part, yeah.
Barney: You don't bring a date to a wedding. That's like bringing a deer carcass on a hunting trip. Oh Ted, oh Ted, no, no date.
Ted: Deer carcass, really? That's the metaphor you're going for?
Barney: Ted, it's a simile.
Ted: Well, it's too late now. If I don't bring a date, a $200 piece of chicken-slash-salmon will go uneaten. I gotta bring someone, but who?
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首先常見的R.S.V.P其實是法文répondez, s'il vous plaît的意思
就是麻煩您回覆我。
Facebook如果舉辦活動也會有個R.S.V.P選項；邀請卡有時也會附上，當看到時最好要回覆主辦人會比較有禮貌，也利於活動進行哦！
optimist，即是樂觀主義者；相反的，則是pessimist，悲觀主義者。
我們會常用其形容詞：optimistic, pessimistc
ignore，是忽略的意思，也會有種「刻意」忽略、不理會他人的感覺XD
看過《Veep》一定對裡面的討厭鬼Jonah印象深刻，Amy就曾說：Could you ignore Jonah for me?XD
carcass是動物的屍體、殘骸
metaphor是譬喻中的隱喻，simile是明喻。
相信各位應該對修辭學不陌生吧XD
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上週還沒有談完字根字首，再來補充幾個吧。
今天的是Chuya提供的:D
1. -phobia恐懼症
claustrophobia幽閉恐懼症
acrophobia懼高症
其實-ia常常也有病、症的意思，如失眠症insonmia，就是來自此。
2. mal-惡劣、不好的
malefactor作惡者；malevolent惡毒的、惡意的、malfeasance瀆職、惡行
像是malfunction故障也是從這個字首來的哦:D
2)
Robin和他的有錢男朋友分手了，所以Ted想趁機邀她當plus one:3
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Robin: Well, Derek and I just broke up.
Lily: No, that's terrible, are you OK?
Marshall: Yeah, do you need a drink or something?
(Robin sits down next to Lily)
Robin: Never really clicked. I felt bad though, he was pretty bummed.
Barney: Don't beat yourself up. He'll be fine. I mean, the guy's like a billionaire. He can put his platinum card on a fishing line and reel in 10 chicks hotter than you.
Robin: Thanks, I feel a lot better. Think I'll get that drink now. (Robin gets up and walks over to bar)
Ted: OK, guys, I gotta say something. I think my feelings for Robin may be resurfacing.
(Marshall laughs)
Lily: Oh, because they were buried in a shallow grave.
Marshall: Not again. Come on, dude, we all know how this movie ends. Ted falls in love. Love kicks Ted in the sprouts. Roll credits.
Ted: No, you guys just have to look at the whole picture. Fact.
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click，我們滑鼠按下去就是click，也有變成朋友、合拍的意思。
bummed則是disappointed，感到失望、失落
e.g. He's pretty bummed about not getting the scholarship
而platinum就是信用卡的白金卡。
想知道信用卡分級可以看這個網站，就知道他男朋友Derek有多有錢了XD
http://www.cash.idv.tw/wordpress/?p=6580
resurface是重新浮出水面、復出的意思。
shallow grave應該指，Ted對於Robin的感情其實沒有埋得很深，很容易因為一點小事又重新浮上檯面。
而有一部舊電影也叫《Shallow Grave》就是：http://app.atmovies.com.tw/movie/fSen40111149/
而植物發芽稱為sprout，urban dictionary也有找到testicle的意思
Roll Credit，有it's over的意思。其實就是電影散場後會有工作人員名單，因此當我們說Roll credit，就指對話結束了，可以不用再說下去啦！
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今天是最後一則字根字首了:D
感謝ChiouYueh Wang提供:D
ultra-：超過, out, beyond, away
而violet是藍紫色、紫羅蘭，因此ultraviolet就是紫外線囉！
而marathon馬拉松加了ultra就成了ultramarathon(超級馬拉松，簡稱超馬)
ultrasound(超聲波)、ultrasonic(超音波的)也是從這個字根而來。
如果有人要考托福或GRE也可以多背字根字首，可以很有系列的背單字哦:D
我這兒也有一些資料，如果需要也可以跟我說:D
3)
Ted於是下定決心要邀Robin去參加婚禮。
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Ted: So, with that mind, our friends Claudia and Stuart are having this crazy, black-tie wedding on Saturday. You wanna be my 'plus one'?
Robin: Ooh, 'plus one', you make it sound so romantic.
Ted: Fine. You wanna be my date?
Robin: Your date? I'd love to. Um, how fancy are we talking about here?
Ted: Oh, you're gonna wanna bring your A game.
Robin: Oh, I'll bring it. I'll bring it so hard the bride's gonna look like a big white bag of crap. (Robin puts her drink down on the bar and heads over to booth) Lily, I need a dress.
Lily: You're going. That's awesome. Oh my God, four days to find a dress?
Robin: I know, it's a suicide mission.
Lily: Well, if we leave now, we can still have a fighting chance. Let's do it. (Lily and Robin rush out of bar)
Marshall: Bye babe.
Ted: Whoa, did you see how fired up she was? I don't know, there's something there. And come Saturday, a little music, a little dancing, a lot of champagne. Who knows?
Barney: Wow, Ted, you're gonna have to find another gender for yourself 'cause I'm revoking your dude membership.
Ted: Yeah, how was that manicure yesterday?
Barney: Invigorating, thanks.
Future Ted VO: OK, I wasn't going to say it in front of the guys but back then I really thought that's how it worked.
(Ted and Robin dressed up dancing)
Future Ted VO: You put yourself and a girl you like in some romantic setting. The stars line up and shazam.
(Ted and Robin lean in towards each other as if to kiss)
Future Ted VO: I know now that life is never that simple.
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在參加宴會時，邀請函上都會注明dress code(著裝要求)，以下，以下大致依等級來區分：
1. white-tie：ultra-formal，最正式的場合，通常在宮廷晚會之類的，男士穿燕尾服（tailcoat），配白馬甲、白襯衫、白領結；褲子用吊帶；女性穿大裙擺的長晚禮服。
2. black-tie黑領帶，即是指formal、正式的宴會。男性穿晚禮服（Tuxedo），白襯衫、黑領結、黑腰帶、黑襪、黑鞋；會搭配女性穿晚禮服：evening gown。
3. black-tie optional/creative black-tie：男士可以打領帶，襯衫白色為主；女士則選擇性更多。
4. semi-formal：男士穿深色西裝，女生短禮服、考究套裝
5. cockatil：雞尾酒宴會大約在4:00pm-7:00pm，半正式的著裝。
6. dressy casual：男生穿講究點的便裝，女生穿連衣裙或其他
7. business casual：比dressy casual更隨便一些，但不能穿牛仔褲
8. casual/informal：可以隨便穿，但仍避免短褲、涼鞋等
（參考自http://www.360doc.com/content/11/0517/14/774703_117415908.shtml）
但因為在台灣很少有這樣的機會，如果有人真的參加過上述宴會的話也來分享心得吧:D
放了一張himym穿black-tie的圖，有人猜得到是什麼場合嗎？XD
"plus one"，有點像是我們說携伴參加的"伴"，也很像ptt用語+1的感覺XD （但還是有些許不同哦）
A game應該從運動用語而來，指盡全力去做的、拿出你最好的本事來！
fighting chance，則是說倘若用盡全力去完成所有努力，很有可能會成功。
fire up，激勵某人、某人像被生火一樣的興奮、鼓舞。
再來revoke是廢除、取消的意思。
說實在Ted有些婆婆媽媽的個性真的比劇中的Lily和Robin還女人XD
manicure則是美容美甲(補充上次說的，nail polish是指甲油哦XD)
invigorating則是爽快的、心曠神怡的、令人鼓舞的意思XD Barney真的很有趣XD
最後shazam，我看網路是翻為「芝麻開門！」
Urban dictionary指：We use it now to put emphasis on an extraordinary action.
欸.....可以用BAZINGA來代替嗎XD?
是不是有個hero和Shazam有關係呢？
好啦題外話，有個app叫SHAZAM，當你在路上聽到好聽但不知道名字的歌，可以用這個app來查哦，非常方便XD
4)
因為Ted想要帶Robin去參加婚禮，但Claudia卻說Ted沒有check +1；Ted間接的害婚禮差點無法舉行....
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Stuart: I love you too, babe. Marshall and Ted set me straight, and when Marshall told me not to marry you, it made me realize...
Claudia: Marshall said what? (Claudia pushes Stuart out of the way to try to attack Marshall, Marshall hides behind Lily)
Stuart: He made me realize how much I love you. These guys got us back together. (Stuart and Claudia kiss)
Ted: So, where did we land on the whole 'plus one' thing?
(Claudia turns around and tries to attack Ted, Ted runs away)
Future Ted VO: It took three more vodka cranberries to subdue Claudia but eventually she graciously agreed to let me bring Robin.
[INT. ROBIN'S APARTMENT BUILDING: Ted walks up to Robin's front door in tuxedo, knocks on door, Robin opens door]
Ted: Still wow.
Robin: Wow yourself. Look who else brought it.
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set sb. straight，是讓某個人理清思路，甚至是糾正對方。
subdue是壓制、克制的意思，也就是他們灌Claudia酒才讓她同意讓Ted帶伴XD
gracious則是仁慈的、大方的。
tuxedo，其實是半正式的晚禮服。
在之前我一直以為tuxedo就是燕尾服，但實際上tuxedo是沒有尾巴的哦！（可能受成龍那部影片誤譯影響吧...）
真正的燕尾服應該叫做tail coat或swallow tail，也是我們之前談"white-tie"才會穿到的哦！
大家可以看一下這篇：http://blog.sina.com.tw/ronaldli/article.php?pbgid=48631&entryid=574226
千萬別千萬別像我一樣搞錯了XDDD
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