-Why do you even date her, anyway?
-She’s hot. It’s a guy thing.
-But she’s so awful.
-Hey, you know, you could use the front door. And Mom can’t see me. She thinks I’m staying at Dad’s. Dad thinks I’m at Mom’s. In two days they both think I’m going away to school. That is the beauty of divorce.
-Where are you going?
-London for a couple of weeks. Yeah, my band got a slot in a music festival there.
-OK, what are you gonna do about school?
-Yeah, I was kind of hoping you could help me with that. Could you just, like, pretend to be Mom, call Illyria, tell them I’m sick? Something that sounds like it would last for two weeks, like mad cow.
pretend， assume， affect， simulate的区别
这些动词都指采用虚伪的或误导的表象。
1.Pretend 经常暗示一种徒劳地或明显地去愚弄或欺骗：
“My bedmate pretended to be asleep” (George W. Cable).
“我的枕边人假装睡着了” （乔治·W·凯布尔）。
2.Assume 有可能——但是并不必然地——意味着不诚实，不诚心或欺骗：
“Assume a virtue, if you have it not” (Shakespeare).
“假如你没有美德的话，那就假装你有美德” （莎士比亚）。
3.Affect 暗示了一种出于个人喜好或想要留下好印象而有意显示出某种神态的努力：
“He affects the disdainful petulance of a rock star” (Annalyn Swan).
“他假装出摇滚明星般倔傲的任性” （阿那林·斯旺）。
4.Simulate 强调外表的假装或近似现实的形式：
“A . . . verdant scum upon the surface of deep pools simulated the turf that had been removed” (John Lothrop Motley). The remaining terms—feign, fake, and counterfeit —all imply at least a measure of deliberate sham.
“深潭表面上青绿的浮藻给人一种假象，好象草地被转移了” （约翰·洛恩罗普莫·特利）。 

-Picture this: We’re at the country club, they call your name, and you emerge in this.
-No. Sorry, Mom. I have a strict no-ruffles policy.
-Sometimes I just think you just might as well be your brother.
-You want me to turn you into your brother?
-That’s right. I’m going to Illyria as Sebastian. I’ll make the boys soccer team, and in 12 days beat the Cornwall boys team.
-You’ve taken too many soccer balls to the head.
-You know I can do it, Paul.
-Except for the voice, mannerisms, the breasts, the mentality and...
-It doesn’t matter. Nobody at Illyria has even met Sebastian.
-They won’t know the difference.
-They’ll know he’s a girl.
Turn的短语
in turn 轮流，依次
turn off 关掉，关闭；拐弯，使转变方向
turn into v. 变成；进入
turn on 打开，发动
turn out 生产；结果是；关掉；出动；驱逐
turn over 移交给；翻阅；把…翻过来；发动；营业额达到；反复考虑
turn left v. 向左转
turn right v. 向右转
turn around 船只留港
turn in 交上；归还；拐入；告发；[口]上床睡觉
turn back 往回走；阻挡；翻回到
turn up 出现；发生；开大；发现；卷起；使仰卧
turn out to be 结果是；原来是
turn down 拒绝；向下转折
turn from 对…感到厌恶
your turn 轮到你；该你了
turn away 避开；解雇；不准…入内；走开；转过脸
turn round 转身，转向；归航；回车道；转变
by turns 轮流；交替