Top of the World

Brian: Oh, sweetheart, can you give me a back-rub?
Rita: Alright. I'm really busy but I can give you two minutes. Now is this what you want?
Brian: Well darling, I prefer a full-body massage.
Rita: But I've never given you one of those. So that's what you do on those boys-only holidays? Don't rub me up the wrong way.
Brian: Harder please.

Alwin: Ah my little sugar-candy. Oh, my little melon seed.
Vivian: He's got a cheek.
Alwin: You are my little lotus root, I love you.
Vivian: Excuse me, don't be fresh. I find what you are saying offensive.
Alwin: Well for your information I was talking to the delights in my Chinese New Year candy bowl, not you. By the way, it's all a lot fresher than you and probably a lot sweeter. Do you want one?

A few days later, Halloween night, Holly's cousin is staying over
Nell: Wow, Holly, your place is totally decked out for Halloween. It's cool!
Holly: That's because we're having a party here later tonight, squirt.
Nell: Can I stay up?
Holly: We'll see. You'll probably be on a big sugar high anyway.
Nell: Hee-hee! Yeah! I hope your neighbors give out good candy.
Holly: They will when they see what a scary witch you are. I love your fake nose and warts.

Arriving at Holden Elementary
Yi-jun: Wow, these hall decorations are great! I love the wall hangings-witches, ghosts, and ghouls.
Holly: I like the tissue paper ghosts hanging from the ceilings.
Yi-jun: [Looking in a classroom] What's this big square made up of numbered squares? It kinda looks like hopscotch....
Holly:...Oh, that's for a cakewalk. It's like musical chairs. Music is played...
Yi-jun: ...and when the music stops, you stand on a square!
Holly: They pick a number. Whoever's on that number wins a cake.

Joe: Hey good looking, do you come here often?
Candy: Not really. Once in a blue moon.
Joe: Well there must be a lot of blue moons.
Candy: Why do you say that?
Joe: Well I saw you here yesterday and the day before that and the day before that…

Husband: Come on, let's go out today. We're always stuck at home.
Wife: No, I'd rather not. I'm a homebody. You knew that when we met.
Husband: Yes, but three years without going out is a bit excessive.
Wife: That's so not true. I went out just six months ago.
Husband: But then you had to. That's when we moved in here. You're not a homebody, you're a lazy body.
Wife: Yeah, yeah. The remote…

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Other places to go are the Ginza, the famous shopping district, and Shinjuku, home of the busiest train station in the world. If you are more interested in history, you can go to Kamakura, one of the old shogunate capitals, which is only an hour away from Tokyo by train.

Have you ever thought about going to Japan? There are many places in Japan worth visiting, but if you only have a little time, you absolutely cannot miss visiting Tokyo. This city is the country's capital and the center of everything that happens in Japan.

Marcus: Would you like some coffee?
Rita: No thanks, I don't like coffee. It's not really my cup of tea.
Marcus: Some cocoa? Hot chocolate? Hot water? How about some hot lemon?
Rita: No, no, no and no. None of them are really my cup of tea.
Marcus: Then what is your cup of tea?
Rita: How about a nice…cup of tea!
Marcus: Garcon, a nice cup of tea for this lady here.
Rita: Thank you.

Yi-jun: I saw Gimi the other day. He wanted me to give you these. [hands photos to Holly]
Holly: He took these when he was sitting in that tree. That's not something a normal person does, Yi-jun.
Yi-jun: We've been through this before. It's just Gimi's style. He feels more comfortable taking photos from that angle.
Holly: I know. But it makes me feel shy around him. [looking at photos] Wow, these are really good.
Yi-jun: You know, I think Gimi likes you.
Holly: He asked me out to dinner.

Shawn: Woah…look at this! This food is off.
Waiter: That is not possible. We use only the freshest ingredients in our cooking.
Shawn: But this steak is green, it smells terrible. This is not fresh.
Waiter: Well that would be your untrained palate. We use only the new green breed of cow. The one that eats only French cheese and smelly bean curd. Now eat up.
Shawn: What?

Adrian: That's good. You are a magician when it comes to cooking.
Brian: What do you mean?
Adrian: This soup you're making smells great. It's an aromatic dish.
Brian: Soup? That's not soup. I'm boiling my gym shoes, it's the only way I can get them really clean.
Adrian: Agh!
Brian: Want a taste?

Candice: I'm glad we came here. I love Japanese cuisine.
Katherine: Me too. I especially like this sashimi. How do they cook it?
Candice: They don't. Most of the dishes in this restaurant are raw.
Katherine: Raw? Then why are there so many chefs here. What a rip-off. Let's go!
Candice: Oh it's not a rip-off. Come back !Come back!

叫人轻松一点，英文常用‘冷下来’这个比喻，除了Cool off 、 Cool down，还有Simmer down、Chill out两个说法。Simmer是‘慢煮’，simmer down字面意思是‘沸腾之后冷下来’；chill则是‘使冷冻’。此外，Hold your horses（勒马）也是‘稍安无躁’的意思，例如：He'll come in an hour. Until then, hold your horses （他一小时后会到。在他到之前，请稍安无躁）。

Teacher: Here's your test, Junior. Good job!
Junior: What did I get? [looks at the test] Yes! Eighty-two percent. Yeaaaah!
Teacher: This is your best test in the last two months. I'm impressed.
Junior: Can you tell my parents you said that?
Teacher: Ha! Sure, Junior. Why, did they ask you to study more?
Junior: Yep! They said if I study more and smile more, I'll live a happier life! And I won't be grounded!
Teacher: That's right. You know, parents can be very smart people sometimes!