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Ben: Mike, your scam didn’t work.
Mike: How could it not work?
Ben: I didn’t even get to finish the buttering up stuff. Dad caught me off with one of those looks of his where he squints his eyes.
Mike: Ben, you got to rub harder than that, alright? How can I teach something that complicated if you can’t even buff my car?
Ben: Oh, I can. I can! I’ll prove it. Mike, you got to help me! You’re so slick, you could con people into doing anything, even if they don’t want to, and they don’t even know it!
Mike: Don’t forget the chrome.
Ben: AAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! [Next scene] Jason: So, Ben, where were we?Ben: Huh?
Ben: What’s wrong with that?
Carol: He’s a slime ball.
Ben: Hey, he’s the neatest guy on Earth and he knows everything!Carol: I thought you were mad at him!Ben: Oh, yea. I like him so much, how come he treats me like this?
who knows how to deal with Mom and Dad. Who in this house can stay up as late as she wants?Ben: Mom.Carol: Me, Ben, me! And I can go out on a school night and I never, ever get punished.
Ben: That’s because you’re perfect, Carol. I can’t use that, they’re ontome.
Carol: Well, fine, then. Fine. Just go get taken by Mike, ok?Ben: Ok, what do you got?[Next scene] Ben: Mom, Dad, I have a confession to make.Maggie: Oh?Ben: Well, you remember how I told you, you were beautiful and you were musical? I was
lying. I was just buttering you up to ask you for something. Sheer folly.Jason: Sheer folly?Maggie: Sit down, Ben.Ben: I just wanted to apologize for getting so excited about this great new bike that even
Chris Kusman’s dad got him. Sometimes I don’t know what gets into me. I probably been
hanging around Mike too much.Maggie: Honey, if you’d just come in here and told us that you wanted a new bike, we would’ve…
Ben: $120.
Jason: For a bike?!
Ben: Well, what I’d really like to know is if I were to work real hard and save every penny, would I have your permission to buy that bike myself?
Maggie: Why, of course, pumpkin.Jason: Absolutely. We thought you meant for us to buy it for you.
Ben: Thanks, Mom.
Maggie: And honey if you can manage to save half of that, $60, we’ll pay for the other half.
Ben: You will?Jason: We will?[Next scene] Mike: Hey, Ben! Ben!Carol: He’s busy!
Mike: And for your information I don’t think of Ben as my slave. We just help each other out. It’s part of a brother bonding thing that is very beautiful. Ben: Carol! Carol! It worked perfect!Carol: Oh, I told you it would!
Mike: What? What worked perfect?
Ben: They said everything you said they would.
Mike: Hey, what’s going on?
Carol: Ok, here’s the rest of my plan.
Mike: You know, I don’t even care what you guys are saying, I’m just listening out of kindness here.Ben: Whatever you say, Carol.Carol: Alright. Here’s…Mike: Hey!Ben: Oh, hi Mike.
Ben: Really, buddy?
Carol: You don’t need to earn the $60, Ben.
Ben: Buff your own stinking car, Mike.
Carol: Ok, now for the second part of my plan. You think any of your friends would be willing to pay, say, $1 for your old bike?Ben: Heck, yea! Who wouldn’t?
Jason: Relax, Mike. Ben already did the dishes.Mike: Yea, for Carol. It figures. Maggie: Michael, your night to take out the trash.Mike: Oh, just perfect, Mom. Maggie: Where’s your brother and sister?Mike: Oh, upstairs, laughing, joking, talking, sharing…Jason: Well, I can certainly put a stop to that.Maggie: Something wrong, Mike?Mike: No, nothing you guys can understand.Jason: Try us.
Carol: Don’t move, Ben, or I’ll stick you.Ben: Oh, no, no, no, no, no!Carol: Hi, Mike! Ben, don’t move! I mean, with all the help I’m giving you on this raffle, it does
not hurt you to help me with a little chore of mine.
Mike: Uhh…
Carol: Mike, we’re busy. Get out.
Mike: Look, Mom and Dad sent me up here to get you. They said it’s your turn to take out the trash.
Carol: It is not. It was my turn to do the dishes. which I have taken care of.
Mike: You don’t know what lackey means? Where you been?Ben: In a gown, ok? What’s it mean?Mike: Toady, grunt, slave.
Ben: Oh, you mean like what you use me for.
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Mike: Ben, are you kidding? I mean have I ever once asked you to wear a dress?Ben: No. I would’ve.Mike: Ben, come on, man. Don’t you see what she’s doing to you?Ben: Mike you can say anything you want, but Carol’s getting me a bike.Mike: Uh huh. Boys bike or girls?[Next scene]
Jody: Face it, Ben you blew it. I told you, you were gonna mess up. But did you listen?Carol: What happened? Jody what did he do?Jody: He just ruined the whole raffle, that’s all.Carol: What?!
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Jody: He sold the first two tickets to the Bobotz brothers.
Carol: So?
Ben: So they put the word out if anybody else buys a ticket, they’ll pound them. Carol: So you only sold two tickets?
Mike: Ben!
Ben: You’re history, Carol. Jason: Hi kids.
Ben and Carol: Hi.
Carol: Mom! Dad!
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Ben: Oh, no!Jody: This is getting good.Carol: I thought you two went shopping.Maggie: That’s what you were supposed to think. We parked around the corner.
Mike: Hey, we all did. But I think the little guy here knows that what he did was wrong. Right, Ben?Ben: Mike!Mike: But this should certainly not go unpunished.
Ben: What?Mike: I think that a fitting punishment is for you two fine parents to just call this whole raffle thing off and you should tell any kid that comes up here that Ben is not raffling off his old bike and, uh, you should give them the money back.
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Ben: Yes, I’m guilty. I did it. Punish me.Maggie: You want Mike or Ben?Jason: I took Mike last time.Maggie: Mike come with me.Mike: What? Mom, I’m an innocent bystander here.Maggie: Sure.Mike: I am. Carol would you say something?Carol: I have a lot of studying to do. Mike: Carol!Maggie: Mike, I’m waiting.Jason: She’s waiting, Mike.
Jason: How many kids do you have to pay back?Ben: Three.Jason: You were gonna raffle your bike for three bucks?
Jody: Two-fifty. I got a discount.
Maggie: Mike, how many times do we have to cover this? You know Ben worships you. You know he’ll follow your lead no matter how stupid or scatter-brained your idea is.Mike: Mom.
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Maggie: Don’t you take that tone with me, young man. Raffles are illegal. You could’ve gotten our little Ben thrown in the slammer!Mike: Mom, first of all, I agree. It was an incredibly stupid idea.Maggie: Oh, progress. Mike: But the idea wasn’t mine.
Mike: Mom, I tried to talk Ben and Carol out of this all along.
Maggie: So you expect me to believe that it was Carol’s idea that Ben have an illegal raffle and the whole time you were the voice of reason as you tried desperately to convince them that what they were doing was wrong?
Mike: I believe I have the right to an attorney.
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[Next scene] Jason: Ben, that bike cost us seventy-five bucks.Bobotz brother #1: Ok, Seaver head. The Bobotz boys are here.Bobotz brother #2: Yea. Jason: Gentleman.Bobotz brother #2: Oh, hi sir. Will you be conducting the raffle?Jody: The raffle’s cancelled, jerk bag.Bobotz brother #1: What?Ben: Yea.
Jason: Wait a minute now. We don’t threaten young ladies here, Benny.Bobotz brother #1: Hey, I’m Benny.Bobotz brother #2: I’m Todd.Jason: I don’t care. Get out of here!
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Maggie: Jason, we’ve got someone to talk to.Jason: Oh, come on. You said you’d take Mike this time.Maggie: It wasn’t Mike. It was Carol.Jason: What?Mike: Yea, we’re all pretty stunned.Maggie: Come on.Jason: Not our Carol. Carol Seaver?Maggie: Yes.Ben: Gee, Jody, I’m pretty glad you we’re best friends and
Ben: I only did it because you were abusing me.Mike: How?
Ben: Waxing your car, doing your chores, shining your shoes, ironing your…Mike: Ok, ok. Maybe I’ve learned a lesson here, too.Ben: What?Mike: Maybe the ironing was a little too much.
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Ben: I kind of liked the ironing.Mike: Alright, we’ll talk.Ben: How am I supposed to get my bike back from Jody?Mike: Well, Ben, I am fairly skilled in handling women.Ben: You’d help me?Mike: Of course, you’re my brother.Ben: Yea, you’re right. Who needs Carol?Mike: Yea, you know, I think she was onto something with this raffle thing though. She just
didn’t know how to make it work for her.Ben: I don’t get it.Mike: Let me explain it to you, bro. See, although a good idea is important, what really counts
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Maggie: Well, Carol, we just hope doing kitchen duty for a month will teach you that it’s wrong to run scams.
Carol: Mom, for the first time in my life I messed up, got in trouble, and I’m getting severely punished.
Jason: Why do you sound so happy?Carol: Well, frankly, I found the whole thing, I don’t know, interesting.Jason: Interesting?Carol: Yea, kind of exciting.
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Maggie: Carol, are you saying…
Carol: The planning, the danger, the execution, I guess I know now why Mike finds this delinquent behavior so delicious.Jason: You know, Mike has a real capacity to just…Maggie: I know, I know.
Jason: And Ben…Maggie: Is on his way. Jason: So if we lose Carol, too…Maggie: We’re outnumbered. Jason: We better have another baby quick. 沪江英语编辑部19
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沪江英语Maggie: A six-letter word for extreme dislike. Jason: Maggie! I hate crossword puzzles. As much today as when we first got married. No, no, “hate”isn’t strong enough. I loathe them. Maggie: Loathe! That’s it! Thanks. Jason: Don’t mention it. Maggie: Ok, the Indian sidekick of TV’s Yancy Derringer. Jason: No. Maggie: Eleven letters. Jason: No, no, no, no, no. [Mumbles] Maggie: What? Jason: Pokohatiwah. That means, “Wolf who stands in water.”And you would know these things if you didn’t spend all day on cross word puzzles. Ben: I got a part! I got a part! I got a part! Maggie: Ben! Calm down. What are you talking about? Ben: The high school play that Carol’s drama club is doing. I just went to the auditions with her and they needed a kid and I got the part! Maggie: Oh, congratulations, pumpkin! Jason: Yea, that’s quite a coup, Ben! Getting into the high school play from the sixth grade! Ben: Want to hear my part? Maggie: Well, of course! Wait. Let me get comfortable.Jason: Yep, yep. Ok, me too. Here we go. Alright.Ben: ‘Morning. Do you want your paper now?’Well?Jason: That was terrific, Ben!Maggie: Oh, it sure was!Ben: And I haven’t even had any rehearsals yet, either. Just you wait.Jason: I don’t know if I can.Ben: ‘Morning. Do you want you paper now?’‘Morning. Do you want your paper now?’
Maggie: Sweetheart, what’s wrong?Carol: The drama club auditions today were a complete disaster. Not only did I not get the lead because of Monica Shakelford called in a few favors, leaving me with a crummy little inky-dinky part, and now the whole show is…Maggie: Take a deep breath, Carol.Carol: Ruined.Maggie: Why?Carol: Why? Because who do you think got the romantic lead?Mike: A star is born.
[Next scene]
Jason: Yea. I mean, yea. You know, if you’re just doing this to get next to some girl. That certainly isn’t fair to the other kids who really care about the play.Mike: Oh, come on, Dad. This is just acting. Any fool can do that. You just put some goop on your face and you say some junk that some stupid writer wrote.Carol: Stupid writer? Mike this is “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder, an American genius.Mike: So, it’s got big words. Big deal.
[Next scene]
Mike: Emily, I’m going to make up my mind right now. I won’t go. I’ll tell Paul about it tonight.Boner: Why, George. I don’t see why you have to…Mike: Bone. What’re you doing?Boner: I’m helping you learn your part.Mike: Just stick to your lines, ok?Boner: Why, George, I don’t see why you have to decide right now.Carol: Boner’s playing Emily? How perfect.Mike: Oh, yea? Well, I can think of a lot of uglier leading ladies, Carol.Boner: Yea. Wait, I don’t think I like that.
Monica: No, I mean you were so into character; you just forgot the words and kissed me. Spontaneously.
Mike: Yup, yea, that’s what I did alright.Monica: That is a wonderful use of your instrument.Mike: Uh, well, uh, listen. I gotta warn you this may happen again.Monia: Oh, no, ‘cause see it’s not in the script.
[Next scene]
Mike: Hey, how about we go over that kissing scene on more time?
Monica: We don’t have our scripts.Mike: Eh, we can fake it.Jason: Kind of late for a school night isn’t it?Mike: Uh, yea, yea, but listen I wasn’t out having fun I was rehearsing with Monica.Jason: Carol and Ben got home two hours ago.Mike: Well, not all rehearsing takes place in that auditorium.Jason: Well, where did this one take place?Mike: Uh, well, where really isn’t important Dad. See, what’s important is that we explored the subtext and the internal rhythms of the…Jason: Where, Mike?Mike: In my car.
Mike: A thousand people? Teacher: That’s right, chucklehead. Maybe you don’t mind them laughing at you but I certainly don’t want them laughing at me. I’m a sensitive artist. Alright, everybody take five. Oh, look Seaver. I ‘m sorry I yelled at you but I’ve been a little bit nervous. I never directed a play before and there’s a lot of people on the Hooter faculty who’d like to see the old coach fall on his kiester with this one. They think I got no business messing with arts. But I’m going to prove them wrong. Give it all you got, kid. Mike: A thousand people?
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Mike: Emily, if I do improve and make a big change, then would you be, I mean could you be…There how was that?Boner: You never been better.Mike: Oh, gosh. That is it. I’m dead. I’m two hours away from total public humiliation and everybody’s right. I’m a goof off, a bozo, and a loser.Boner: Hey, who isn’t?Carol: Mike, we should leave soon. We have to backstage by seven. Mike: No, we don’t have to leave for another five…
Boner: Thanks.Mike: I mean, I wouldn’t even have to go on if I was hurt or something. Hey! Hey, that’s it! Bone, oh, oh, great! Um, ok, just as we’re starting to leave, I’m going to fall down the stairs and fake a broken leg. Yea, Bone you’ll be my witness, ok? What do you say?Recorder: Well, I don’t have to tell you that we are run by a board of select men.
Mike: Oh, Would you turn that thing off?Recorder: …At the age of 21. Women vote in the…Jason: Is your voice coming from your armpit?Boner: Yea! Hey, I’ll meet you in the car, ok?Mike: Ok.Jason: Good luck, Boner.Boner: Hey, I don’t need luck.Maggie: Mike, before you leave, we just wanted you to know that we love you and we’re not
expecting much. Jason: Maggie.
Maggie: No, no, no. I didn’t mean it. I just meant, don’t despair, a miracle could happen. No, wait.Jason: We’re behind you, Mike.Maggie: As soon as you step out on that stage you won’t have time to be nervous. All that will
want you to head out towards the trellis here and buttonhook right. Carol, I want you to lead the schoolchildren in a wedge up the middle here, clearing the whole left side, for Debbie and Shelly’s entrance. You got that?
