4. 讨价还价  视频详见>>

Bones: I’m going home.
我这就回家去了。
Booth: Great...could we? Look could we just skip this part?
好极了……我们能不能……我们能不能跳过这部分？
Bones: I find you very condescending
我觉得你这人还真是自我感觉良好。
Booth: Me? I’m condescending? I’m not the one who’s gotta mention that she’s got a doctorate every five…
我自我感觉良好？我可没有老说自己有博士学位来着，每五分钟就……
Bones: I am the one with the doctorate.
我的确有博士学位啊。
Booth: Yeah, well you know what. I’m the one with the badge and the gun. Huh? You know you’re not the only forensic anthropologist in town.
没错，不过告诉你好了，我还有警章和枪呢。你没吧？说起来方圆五百里又不是只有你这么一个人类学家。
Bones: Yes I am. The next university is in Montreal. Parlez vous français?
还真就只有我一个。接下去的大学就得在蒙特利尔了。会说法语么你？
Booth: What’s it going to take?
说吧，什么条件？
Bones: Full participation in the case.
全程参与案件调查。
Booth: Fine.
行。
Bones: Not just lab work…everything.
不只是实验室里的工作，所有的一切都要让我参加。
Booth: What do you want me to do? Spit in my hand? We’re Scully and Molder.
你还想让我怎么样？要不要我朝手上吐口水来着？我们就是Scully跟Molder了嘛。（《X档案》里面暧昧了11年的某两只，男主演也叫David……囧 于是：你也想暧昧一个世纪？！）
Bones: I don’t know what that means.
我不懂你什么意思。（骨头最标志性的台词！灭哈哈，好可爱~~说起来，我不懂的是朝手上吐口水是什么意思……）
Booth: It’s an olive branch. Just…get back in the car.
化干戈为玉帛啦。总之……回车上行不？

【口语讲解】
What's it going to take?  代价是什么？条件是什么？讨价还价的时候常用。
It’s an olive branch. extend an olive branch可以用来表示求和  短语详细解释点此进入>>

【文化背景】
Forensic anthropology 法医人类学家

Bones剧集的原型Kathy Reichs就是一位著名的法医人类学家。

'Forensic anthropology' is the application of the science of physicalanthropology and human osteology (the study of the humanskeleton) in a legal setting, most often in criminalcases where the victim's remains are more or less skeletonized.A forensic anthropologist can also assist in theidentification of deceased individuals whose remains aredecomposed, burned, mutilated or otherwiseunrecognizable. The adjective "forensic" refers to theapplication of this subfield of science to a court of law.

Scully and Molder 《X档案》的Scully和Molder

《X档案》同样是当年FOX热门的剧集，演了漫漫11季，俩主角在灵异中暧昧。

TheX-Files is a Peabody, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winningAmerican cult science fiction television series, created byChris Carter, which first aired in 1993 and ended in 2002. In theseries, FBI agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (GillianAnderson) are the investigators of X-Files:marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormalphenomena. Mulder is a "believer" in the existence of aliens andthe paranormal, while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned by powerfulforces to debunk and control Mulder's unorthodox work. Infact, early in the series both agents turn into pawns in alarger conflict (termed the "mythology" or"mytharc" by the producers), and come to trust only each other,a close relationship which was interpreted by viewers as eitherplatonic or romantic.