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  • You want a piece of me ? Come get some.

  • Heads up.

  • Oh, shit !

  • - Oh, hiya. - Don't sneak up on me like that !

  • Ooohh ! Do you want a cup of tea ?

  • Yes.

  • - There's your tea. - Thank you.

  • - You're up early. - I haven't been to bed.

  • Me and Mike met up with two Scottish guys in the pub and they gave us cheap speed.

  • Oh, Tim, that's so tacky.

  • I know. They were so nice.

  • If we'd have said no, they'd have got offended and beaten us to death with a pool cue.

  • Where's Mike now ?

  • Is there any post ?

  • - I did hear droppage. - I'm gonna go and get my rejection letters.

  • I met this really, really nice girl last night.

  • Shh ! I'm supposed to be your girlfriend.

  • - Marsha might hear. - Don't be daft !

  • - You never know who's listening. - Nobody's listening.

  • - You never know who's listening, - Nobody's listening,

  • So who was this girl, then ?

  • Her name was Cassandra, she was a psychic, she gave me her phone number.

  • That's our phone number.

  • Man, she's good.

  • Rejection, rejection, rejection.

  • This is shit ! This is so shit !

  • I'm a good writer, you know ? All I want is a chance to prove it.

  • Yeah ? Too much to ask ?

  • Oh, I really miss my boyfriend.

  • I'm gonna go to Hull to see Richard.

  • Don't try and stop me, Tim. OK ? I really need this.

  • Oh ! It's from Flaps !

  • - Who ? - The woman's magazine.

  • I've got an interview today ! I'd better get ready.

  • - What about Richard ? - Who ? Right, I'm gonna go to the shops.

  • - Do you want anything ? - Porn !

  • Tim, I'm not gonna buy you porn.

  • You can get it from railway sidings like everybody else.

  • I can't, I'm an adult. I'm supposed to leave it there.

  • Oh, hi, Bri !

  • Brought your mop back.

  • What are you playing ?

  • It's a subtle blend of lateral thinking and extreme violence.

  • What, like It's A Knockout ?

  • Did you want something ?

  • No. Not really.

  • Oh, there's a letter here for you. Came yesterday.

  • It's open.

  • Yeah. I opened it by accident because we've both got I's in our names.

  • - It's from Vulva. - Is that another woman's magazine ?

  • Vulva, it's an old friend. She's having a show tonight.

  • You've got a friend called Vulva ? Who's called Vulva ?

  • - Her real name's lan. - What do you mean her real name's lan ?

  • - She's non-gender specific. - What, you mean he's a tranny ?

  • - More than that. - What, a big, fat tranny ?

  • Vulva. We had a multimedia performance-art partnership before she moved on.

  • Such aesthetic wonders. Such vibrant times.

  • Yeah, I can imagine.

  • No. No, no. We did valuable work.

  • She was the beautiful one, really, I just danced to her tune,

  • It was purity.

  • It was physical. Not in a sexual sense, no, we were collaborative.

  • I don't expect you to understand. Most people don't want to hear, they just switch off.

  • It's hard to hear the story of a love affair between two straight men,

  • one of whom is the most divine woman alive.

  • So, are you gonna go ?

  • - I don't know, I haven't seen her for ages. - No, I meant are you gonna go now ?

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Research, research, research, research, research, research, research,

  • Clothes, clothes, ideas, clothes,,,

  • Clothes, ideas, photographers,,, and,,, ooh !

  • Right.

  • Current affairs, right. Ooh, current affairs.

  • OK. What do you think about...

  • What do you think about current affairs, Daisy ?

  • What do I think about them ? Erm, well, I like them. I think they're good.

  • Right. What shall I wear ?

  • - I think you should dress like a lesbian. - How do lesbians dress ?

  • Kind of like Suzi Quatro ?

  • It's not really a lesbian magazine.

  • It's more for modern, go-getting women with something to say, women like...

  • - Suzi Quatro ? - No ! Like me.

  • I'm not sure if I should go casual or strappy. Reliable and frumpy or stupid and glamorous.

  • Why don't you go something in-between ?

  • - Frumpy and stupid. - Save you getting ready.

  • - Tim, I'm serious ! This is important, I've... - Look ! Daisy...

  • Daisy, Daisy, Daisy.

  • It's gonna be OK.

  • Now have a big toke on this South African drugs-reefer-style spliff doobie.

  • I dunno. Might make me paranoid.

  • Oh, all right.

  • (Music from Psycho)

  • You all right ?

  • Yeah.

  • I nearly didn't make it. I was followed most of the way here by a squirrel.

  • Must have seen it six or seven times.

  • Maybe it was six or seven different squirrels.

  • - I like your shoes. - They're Patrick Cox's.

  • Oh, right. Borrowed them. Yeah.

  • Small feet for a bloke.

  • Oh, give Josh a big kiss for me. See you Saturday. Daisy Steiner ?

  • Hiya, Linda ! Be with you in a minute. Love the shoes. Patrick Cox's ?

  • Maybe you should try buying your own shoes in future.

  • Hello, Vulva.

  • So... come.

  • Hi.

  • Erm...

  • Hello ! Shit.

  • Hello, Vulva.

  • Yeah, hi, Vulva. Nice invitation.

  • Mm ? ! Oh, yeah, yeah. Hi, Vulva.

  • Vulva ! Hi ! How are you ? How... ?

  • How are you ? How are you ? How,,, are,,, you ?

  • Brian, painter. Damien... Damien... ?

  • Damien Hirst, hi, it's Brian.

  • Vulva, I'm talking to Damien.

  • Is it water with the sheep in the box ?

  • No, I paint. Lots of work with... paint.

  • I do big... big... big...

  • Fucking loser. Yeah, yeah, big loser.

  • Brian, painter, loser.

  • Big, fucking,,, loser !

  • Just...

  • Take a seat.

  • Daisy, is it ?

  • Ah. Like a little flower.

  • Right, I'm Yolanda.

  • This is Tracy, who is our stylist, and Catherine who is Head of Marketing,

  • and you've already met Sarah, she's Administration.

  • The position requires you to work closely with Michelle and Tara

  • who are busy working on features for our first edition

  • which we're aiming to get out by the end of the month.

  • We've started our launch campaign, have you seen it ?

  • - I'm sorry. - Have you seen the launch campaign ?

  • Yes.

  • Our magazine reflects the needs of today's women.

  • We want it big, hard and we want it now.

  • I knew I should have bought Huge Fat Cocks,

  • We need to know whether you feel, as someone working for our magazine,

  • you could honestly and intelligently reflect the needs of our demographic,...

  • ..the 20-40-year-old-woman who doesn't say no,

  • who sees her home interiors the same way she sees her life...

  • ..spunk !

  • We don't want you to pigeonhole yourself but would you call yourself a postfeminist ?

  • Um... ?

  • Let me put it this way, do you drink pints or shots ?

  • Well, I do drink a pint, I will drink a pint,

  • but I've been known to drink a vodka and tonic, you know,

  • at a wedding, or...

  • Well,... thanks for coming.

  • It's been really useful.

  • Right, well...

  • Girl power !

  • Don't write me off, Vulva.

  • I can be...

  • conceptual.

  • I'm sorry, Brian.

  • - Please. - It's your work.

  • Abstract expressionism is so mid-to-late '80s.

  • 'There's no reason for us to stay any longer than necessary.'

  • 'Let's split up, look for any survivors and get out of here.'

  • Hey !

  • - How did it go ? - Yeah, great. It went well, actually.

  • - Anyone phone ? - Your boyfriend.

  • - Anyone important ? - No.

  • You know when you said it went well ?

  • Well, when you said "well",

  • - did you mean shite ? - Yes.

  • I froze up. I just... made a tit of myself.

  • How much of a tit ?

  • I said... "girl power".

  • Did you do this ?

  • Yes.

  • Well, I mean, you know, you might have impressed them.

  • How ?

  • - Tim ! - Yeah, I'm thinking.

  • Oh, shit ! Shitting shit it !

  • Oh, don't be so dramatic, you don't know for definite you haven't got it. They might phone.

  • Well, pick it up, then !

  • Hello ? Oh, hi, Mike. Yeah, he's here, I'll just get him. It's your boyfriend.

  • He's not my boyfriend.

  • - Hi, babe.

  • - Hello, Timmy. - 'Where are you ?'

  • - Er, Sheffield. - What are you doing in Sheffield ?

  • - Fell asleep on the tube. - The tube doesn't go to Sheffield.

  • - Yeah, I must have changed at King's Cross. - Well, don't fall asleep on the way back, OK ?

  • 'Mike ?'

  • Mike !

  • What is it with you two ? You sound like his dad sometimes.

  • Well, it's a long story.

  • Hello ? Brian ?

  • No, he's the weirdo downstairs.

  • Oh ! Sorry, Brian ! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come up. OK, bye.

  • Brian's coming up.

  • Why did he phone ?

  • I don't know, why did he paint his arse blue last week ?

  • - You don't like him, do you ? - I do, I just think he's a bit pretentious.

  • How do I look ?

  • - A bit pretentious ? - I think you look lovely, Brian.

  • Do you think I should lose the waistcoat ?

  • I think you should burn it, cos, you know, if you lose it, you might find it again.

  • Are you going out, Bri ?

  • Yeah, he's gonna see his transsexual ex-boylgirlfriend's new play.

  • Oh, that sounds great ! Oh, we'll come ! You'll come, won't you, Tim ?

  • - No way, it's not my cup of tea. - No, it isn't.

  • Oh, come on, Bri, it'll be great, it'll be fun.

  • You'll hate it. It's just a bit of art, load of wankers, influential people.

  • - Free booze, though ! - Mm, yeah.

  • OK, let's go to the theatre.

  • You can come if you want but you probably won't get in.

  • There's three of us, we've only got one invitation.

  • That's OK. Go on, in you go. There's not that many here.

  • - They haven't got tickets. - Look, mate, I've told you, you can go in.

  • It's ridiculous, they haven't even been invited.

  • Just leave it, Brian. Let's just go in, it'll be fine.

  • We're not gonna embarrass you, we're here if you need us.

  • OK. Sorry. Sorry.

  • Hello !

  • - Shit ! - Hi !

  • - What you doin' here ? - Oh, we just came with Brian.

  • Oh, how wonderful !

  • - So how's it all goin' with the flat ? - It's fine.

  • Sorry, you come here for a big night out and there's your landlady spying on you.

  • Hello, Brian. Haven't seen you for a long while.

  • Been painting.

  • You've just been trying to avoid me, haven't ya ?

  • The show's starting.

  • - Hey ! - Sh !

  • Macro...

  • biotic !

  • Dust me clean !

  • A breath... alizer !

  • Using... a cleaning spray.

  • Knee...

  • - jerk ! - Suck it in !

  • Filter it out !

  • Go on !

  • Arrrhhhh...

  • Beautiful, Beautiful,

  • I cannot believe I said "girl power",

  • Hey, deadhead ! Take a bite of peach,

  • Hearing...

  • aidzz.

  • Fade...

  • out !

  • It's not finished !

  • It's finished.

  • - Do you mind if I put my glass there ? - It's a free country.

  • I thought... you were brilliant.

  • - And who are you, then ? - I'm Daisy Steiner, writer, sort of journalist.

  • Do you know any famous or important people ?

  • My mum's cousin went to school with Enya.

  • She was in the year above but they had the same percussion teacher.

  • I hate your mum and I hate you.

  • That's brilliant. Brilliant !

  • - Vulva, hi. - Brian ! You came !

  • - Wouldn't have missed it for the world. - Are you still painting ?

  • Not exclusively. I'm moving into multimedia pastures -

  • installations, a platter of organic processes mixed with a pinch of irony

  • and a side helping of self-deprecation.

  • Sounds delicious !

  • You should see what's for pudding.

  • Oh, Brian, you came.

  • No, I just spilt my drink.

  • So nice to see you. Are you still painting ?

  • N-not... er,... multimedia,...

  • platters,... irony and self-deprecation.

  • Sounds a little hard to swallow.

  • There's... there's pudding.

  • Pud-ding ! I always loved your quirkiness.

  • You must be able to see I've moved on.

  • The projects I've been working on with Hoover

  • are the most incisive and effective I've ever done.

  • I can't believe some of the shit I used to do with you.

  • That's the difference between you and me, Brian, I could always see into the distance,

  • you, it has to be said, were always a little short-sighted.

  • Anyway, we're having a postmortem at the Squid and Mashed Potato.

  • I suppose you could tag along.

  • You make your mind up and maybe I'll see you later.

  • (Music from Psycho)

  • Now, come on ! There's no need for us to be here any longer than necessary.

  • Let's split up, look for survivors and get out of here !

  • I'm writing a novel, poetry, articles, short stories, children's book.

  • - Ooh, and I'm doing a skydiving course. - Look, piss off, will ya ?

  • - Come on ! - What are you doing ?

  • - I'm saving us ! - This is Hoover.

  • Bye.

  • Bye, then.

  • I'll see you later.

  • - So beautiful. - Yeah.

  • Like a... kind of visual poetry.

  • - Wish I could do that. - Well, I'm sure you could if you had funding.

  • Right hook... bang.

  • - What ? - I should have done it long ago, Daisy ?

  • In his drunken, childish way, Tim saved me.

  • Talk about expression, talk about the truth,

  • but what truer expression is there than the purity of the clenched fist ?

  • I am a man, Daisy.

  • A man !

  • Vulva treated me like a monkey !

  • I'm more than that, I am a man !

  • A monkey-man !

  • A beast with a mind, and a mind, and fists !

  • And I will not be subdued again, not by Vulva, not by anyone !

  • Hey, fella !

  • Morning, slugger. Any letters ?

  • I don't know.

  • Agh !

  • - How do you feel ? - Oh, like I'm gonna die.

  • - Oh, me too. - So what happened last night ?

  • We went to see an interesting piece of contemporary theatre,

  • we drank an enormous amount of free wine, we ate our body weight in Twiglets

  • and you punched an artist in the face.

  • Shit.

  • - I'm not supposed to eat Twiglets. - Why not ?

  • They make me violent.

  • It's from the magazine.

  • Maybe they did like me. Maybe they liked my kookiness.

  • I could be like the cute one in the office, you know ?

  • The ditzy one who always gets it wrong, the office clown.

  • I'd be like "Ooh, Yolanda, I've lost the file."

  • She'd say "That's all right, Daisy, we just like having you around,

  • cos you're crazy and wild, an asset to the office dynamic."

  • - It's a no. - Oh, well, never mind.

  • Who needs them anyway, Daisy ? What do they know ? They're just jealous.

  • - Of what ? - Your tits ?

  • It's not about my tits any more, Tim. I wish it were.

  • It's not like the old days

  • when you could get a job wearing a short skirt and showing a bit of cleavage.

  • I've got to prove my intellectual worth.

  • I know there's something I've got to be, I just don't know what it is.

  • I feel like a rabbit...

  • trapped on a road to nowhere,

  • frozen in the headlights of the 21 st century.

  • Daisy, for the last time, will you stop being so dramatic ?

  • Why do you have to make such a performance out of everything ?

  • Yeah !

  • Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit...

  • Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit !

  • Ooh, like a little flower !

  • Thank you for coming, it's been very useful !

  • It's been very useful !

  • Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit !

  • Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit !

  • It's not as easy as it looks, is it ?

  • Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit...

You want a piece of me ? Come get some.

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