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UNIT 40 FILM EXTRACTS 1 Lesson 79 Carve Her Name With Pride ( Ⅰ )

UNIT 40  FILM EXTRACTS


 


Lesson 79  Carve Her Name With Pride (Ⅰ)


Potter: Good morning, my name's Potter. Come in and sit down, won't you ?


Violette: Thank you.


Potter: Well, I suppose you're wondering why I sent for you?


Violette: I expect it's about the pension 2.


Potter: I understand you're partly French, Mrs. Szabo.


Violette: My mother was French.


Potter: And your husband was in the French army.


Violette: Yes. He was killed at El Alamein, six months ago.


Potter: Yes … yes, I know. I'm sorry. You … mm … you speak French yourself, of course ?


Violette: Yes, I was brought up to speak French and English.


Potter: And you're quite an athlete, I'm told. And you're something of a crack shot with a rifle 3.


Violette: Mr. Potter, if it's about the pension, then I really don't see …


Potter: Well, actually, Mrs. Szabo, it's not about the pension.


Violette: But you wrote to me.


Potter: Yes, I know. Ministry 4 of Pensions 5. That's not correct. I belong to quite a different department.


Violette: Well, if it's not about the pension, why am I here ?


Potter: Because I think that you have certain qualifications which might be of great use.


Violette: Qualifications ? What for ?


Potter: The war effort. I must tell you at once, it comes under the heading of “Dangerous Work.”


Violette: Look, I … I really don't think you've got hold of the right person. What kind of work ?


Potter: Well … briefly 6 … we're doing everything we can to make things as difficult for the Germans as we can.


In every way we can. From blowing up their troop trains to … er … putting chalk into their ink.


The French are magnificent 7. Of course. But they have to be organized, and supplied. We need liaison 8 people. It's quite a job.


Violette: Yes, yes, I … I suppose it is.


Potter: One more thing. The Germans don't like what we're doing. They don't like it at all. In certain circumstances, they'll react violently. And brutally 9.


Well now, are you interested ?


Violette: I don't know … I don't know.


Potter: Since your husband died you've rather shut yourself away from everybody, haven't you ? Oh, we have to make some fairly close enquiries before we interview people for this sort of work.


Violette: Oh, yes, I see. Well, I just couldn't seem to face up to things.


Potter: Quite. But you're picking up the threads again now,aren't you ?


Violette: I'm trying to.


Potter: Good. Well, I'd like you to turn this over in your mind.


Violette: I…I…I'm sorry, Mr.Potter, I…I…I really don't think I can be of any use to you.


Potter: I suppose you're thinking about your baby ?


Violette: She's all I have. What if anything happened to me?


Potter: Yes, of course. Well, that's something you must think about.


But, you don't have to make up your mind right away, Why don't you come and see me again in a week's time.


Violette: Yes, yes, yes, all right, if you wish.


Potter: You do realize that you must tell nobody about thismterview…nobody at all. Mot even your parents.


Violette: Yes, of course. Mr. Potter, wouldn't it be possible to find someone else for this job ?


Potter: I don't know. It might be possible. But you see it's taken us a long time to find you. There are so few people with your qualifications.


Oh, just a moment. Don't forget your pass, otherwise you'll be here for ever.





1 extracts
摘录( extract的名词复数 ); 引用; 提炼物; 浓缩物
  • shower gel containing plant extracts that have a stimulating effect on the skin 含有对皮肤有益的植物精华的沐浴凝胶
  • These are all extracts from Chaucer. 这些都是乔叟诗抄中的精萃。
2 pension
n.退休金,年金,抚恤金;v.发给退休金
  • The country provided a pension to the old person.国家给老人们提供养老金。
  • She went to the company to draw her pension.她去公司领退休金。
3 rifle
n.来复枪,步枪
  • The soldiers keep a tight hold of the rifle.战士们紧握手中的枪。
  • They armed him with a rifle.他们发给他一支步枪。
4 ministry
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
5 pensions
n.退休金,养老金( pension的名词复数 )
  • Pensions are linked to inflation, whereas they should be linked to the cost of living. 养老金与通货膨胀挂钩,然而它们其实应该和生活费用挂钩。 来自辞典例句
  • At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government. 此刻他们正依靠政府发放的养老金维持生计。 来自辞典例句
6 briefly
adv.简单地,简短地
  • I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
7 magnificent
adj.壮丽的,宏伟的;华丽的;极好的
  • The museum that we visited is very magnificent.我们参观的博物馆是很宏伟的。
  • That's a magnificent task.这是一项宏伟的任务。
8 liaison
n.联系,(未婚男女间的)暖昧关系,私通
  • She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
  • She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。
9 brutally
adv.残忍地,野蛮地,冷酷无情地
  • The uprising was brutally put down.起义被残酷地镇压下去了。
  • A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.一场争取民主的起义被残酷镇压了。
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15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase
A. O. A.
abrasive grain
acidology
adphen
alpha-oestradiol
angakok
annual inflation rate
articularly
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bestestestest
bill collection
bipoiar taxis
black edging
blimming
bocas
buxuss
C. of C.
Caistor
Camellia acuticalyx
cann't
cantilever beam impact tester
cathode drop
cheq.
contredances
Corydalis trifoliata
cotton blushing
cotton tie
crosshead-pin
designator storage word
destruens mole
dispersed record
domain name system poisoning
driveabilities
drowned in
ellipsoid resonator
engine piston
esthiomenous
eulogious
experimental safety vehicle
folk-memories
g-sharp
gage location
gangliolytic
generate income
Grace City
gram force
groundwater
guide strip
highest-profile
hong kong identity card
hybrid transformer array
ice shove
imidie acid
initial mark up
innocenter
joyeusity
leconotide
limited information instrumental variables
line scanning waveform distortion
log charging
main products
make-up oil
mean-value theorem
microcide
modcom
module interconnection language
multichine
multinomial trials
net outflow of fund
one-dimensional structure
operating reports
ovc
parallel work flow
pelvicephalograph
placental
racewear
recontextualizing
regenerative detection
rehearing
reticulated tortrix
ribbon grass
robshaw
rotatory drier
sea notch
second c/d
self dual circuit
shearing wave
slow-down ions
sodium bromoiridite
spend ... on
support screw cap
sympathisers
Sysmä
teletels
ultraintuitionists
unitarded
upstream monopoist
uralloy
uranium(iii) sulfide
vertebrate palaeontology
yudofsky