ACT 1-2  “你也得為你自己設想才是。”

【故事梗概】

一天前，Marilyn的雇主Rita Mae打電話來問她什么時候可以回去工作。Marilyn很難決定是選擇作為一個時裝設計師的職業還是選擇作為一個媽媽。

Marilyn: Rita Mae called yesterday.Richard: Ah! That's what's got you thinking, isn't it?Marilyn: She wants to know when I think I'll be returning to the boutique.Richard: And you said?Marilyn: I said I'd give her an answer in a few days… that I wasn't sure.Richard: I'm sure Rita Mae will understand and wait until you're ready to go back to work.Marilyn: Well, maybe she will, and maybe she won't. Who knows? If I don't accept her offer, maybe she'll find someone else in the meantime, and when I'm ready to go back, there won't be a job for me.Richard: That's something to consider. You've got yourself to think about, too.Marilyn: But I am thinking about myself. Don't you see?Richard: What do you mean?Marilyn: It's not just the job. It's also my career as Max's mother. That's the way I 1ook at it. I have two career opportunities at the same time. My career as a fashion designer and my career as a mother.Richard: I never really thought about being a mother as a career. I guess you do have two career opportunities and a decision to make.[They hear the baby cry.]Marilyn: I hear Max.Richard: I'll go to him.Marilyn: No, that's Ok. I'll do it.

【語言點精講】

1. That's what's got you thinking, isn't it?就是那件事勾起你的心事了，是不是？get sb. doing: 表示使人或物開始行動。

2. If I don't accept her offer, maybe she'll find someone else in the meantime, and when I'm ready to go back, there won't be a job for me.如果我不接受她的工作，也許她會在這段時間里另找個人，那樣等到我能夠回去時，就沒有我的工作了。accept her offer: accept表示“接受”，與receive表示“接到”不同。in the meantime: 同時，在這段時間。

3. That's something to consider. You've got yourself to think about, too.這倒是一個需要考慮的問題，你也得為你自己設想才是。get yourself to think about: 替自己考慮，為自己設想。

4. I never really thought about being a mother as a career. I guess you do have two career opportunities and a decision to make.我從來沒有真正地把當母親作為一種事業前途來考慮過。我想你現在有兩種事業機會，需要作出一個決定來。think about A as B: 是把A當作B來考慮。

5. I hear Max.我聽到 Max。