1.who have been married only a short time and whose careers are still in the promising stage.俩人结婚不久，在事业上大有希望，但仍然处于发展阶段。

　　be in the promising stage处于发展阶段，处于有前景的阶段 Socialism is still in the promising stage.社会主义仍然处于迅速发展的阶段。

　　2.There is abundant luxury in the room but a minimum of taste.——（The room is richly furnished but shows little taste.）

　　房间布置相当豪华，但品味很不高雅。

　　1）abundant luxury相当豪华，abundant丰富的，大量的

　　2）but a minimum of taste但品味很不高雅，but表示转折，minimum of taste缺少品味

　　3.He presses the buzzer on the house phone and speaks to the cook.他按了按家庭部电话的蜂音器对厨师说话。

　　Presses，speaks to剧本中的台词是剧本的主体，剧情的发展、人物的展现、剧本的主题思想全通过台词体现是。舞台说明用现在时态（一般现在时和现在进行时）。

　　4.I hardly slept a wink all night……——（I hardly had any sleep at all last night./I slept very little last night.）

　　not sleep a wink or not get/have a wink of sleep；not to sleep at all

　　Our next-door neighbours were so noisy last night that we didn't get a wink of sleep.

　　昨天晚上我们隔壁的邻居特别吵闹使我们一夜没合眼。

　　5.There is nothing to do but face the fact that we're not invited.——（The only thing we can do now is to accept the harsh reality-that we are not invited.）

　　1）there is/was nothing to do but do sth.，there is/was nothing for it but to do sth.：除了……没有别的办法

　　Their car broke down in the wilderness.There was nothing to do but wait for help to arrive.

　　他们的车在荒原抛锚，除了等救援没有别的办法。

　　There is nothing to do but pay up immediately.

　　除了立即还清欠款之外别无选择。

　　2）face the fact that：to accept that a difficult situation exists，although it is unpleasant

　　You must face the fact that you have to support yourself from now on.

　　从现在开始你得养活自己，你要面对这个现实。我们毫无办法，只有面对没有邀请我们这个现实。

　　6.Oh，there's got to be a way.There's got to be.

　　there's got to be a way：We must find a way to explain our absence.

　　has got to：has to

　　7.…there is on reason to feel slighted.We're both pretty new in pictures.It's not as though ）we were oldtimers who had worked with Scotty.——（……we don't have to feel upset that they ignore/snub us.After all，our Hollywood career is just beginning.）我们不必感到不安，毕竟在电影界我们俩人都还是新手，对我们不可能像对和斯格蒂一起共过事的老手那样。（这里兰蒂？布鲁克斯劝妻子卡罗？梅森想开点，没有邀请他们也有一定的道理，不能指望人们对他们像对好莱坞资深演员那样。）

　　1）slight：to treat rudely or without proper respect；to insult冷落

　　She feels slighted because no one spoke to her at the party.

　　参加聚会的人没有一个搭理她，她觉得受了冷落。

　　2）it's （not） as though / if：情况就好像（或不可能像）……一样，又如：

　　It's as if I were a guest while they hosts.

　　事情弄得好像他们是主人我反而是客人似的。（我是主人，他们喧宾夺主。）

　　The manager is very disappointed with their performance.It's not as if they were new hands.

　　经理对他们的表现很不满意，他们又不是新手。（如是新手尚 可原谅。）

　　8.We've been through all（链接） this before.这些事我们已讨论过了！

　　We have discussed/talked about all this before；

　　We've tried to find out why some of our friends have been invited.

　　9.And I may never have worked with Scotty，but I did meet him once，and he danced with me at a party.

　　我确实从来没有和斯格蒂共过事，不过我和他有一面之交，在一次聚会上他还与我跳过舞。

　　1）这里may用来表示承认某件事情是事实，接着but介绍与此相左的事实或论点，又如：

　　He may be very tall，but not necessarily a good basketball player.他个子很高，但未必是一个好的篮球选手。

　　He may be a good teacher，but not necessarily a good headmaster.他是一个好老师，但未必就是一个好校长。

　　I may have never been without a job，but I do understand how laid-off workers feel.

　　我确实是从来没有失过业，但是我能理解下岗工人们的心情。

　　Cooking may be boring，but it can be a delightful thing to do at times.

　　做饭是件乏味的事，不过有时候也可以成为一件愉快的事。

　　Some students may think the training a waste of time，but later they'll find it very useful.

　　有一些学生认为这种训练是浪费时间，不过以后他们会发现很有用。

　　2）did表示强调

　　10.He was very nice to me，too，and said some very complimentary things.他对我很客气，还说了些赞扬我的话。

　　1）be very nice to对……很客气

　　2）complimentary things赞扬的话