Kenneth: When I told you I had a particular building in mind for you. This is the one I was talking about. It's a historical home on one of the best blocks in all of Brooklyn.
Alex: Remember what we talked about.
Nancy: I know, poker1 face .
Kenneth: Built-ins, built-ins.
Nancy: Oh, the kitchen's a little small.
Kenneth: Well, rip off this awful room pider, and you've got an eat-in kitchen. And over here you have your library.
Alex: Wow.
Nancy: For your books.
Kenneth: Oh, you like books?
Alex: I have a little collection of first-edition novels.
Nancy: Alex is a writer.
Kenneth: The parlor2.
Nancy: Oh, my God.
Alex: So, this staircase. This leads to where?
Kenneth: I thought you realized. This is a duplex.
Nancy: As in two floors for the price of one?
Kenneth: I believe it's right there in the listing sheet.
Alex: So, why was it sealed off? Were there, like, a slew3 of murders up there or something?
Kenneth: No, there's just a sweet, little old lady that lives upstairs.
Nancy: A tenant4?
Kenneth: Mm-hmm.
Alex: So, rent control means we can't kick her out, right?
Nancy: Alex!
Kenneth: That's a legitimate5 question. No, you cannot evict6 her. She has to decide to leave or, God forbid... Poor thing hasn't been feeling well lately. She's gotta be close to 100 years old.
妙词佳句，活学活用
1. poker face
很好使的一个短语，是指不显露出任何表情的时候用的。打个比方，在杀价的时候，千万不要露出任何喜欢的表情就能说成：When you are making a bargain, you'd better keep a poker face.
2. rip off
A：rip something off
这个短语有两个含义，第一层含义也就是本文当中所提到的拆掉。除此之外，大家说脱衣服也可以用它：rip off the T-shirt。
B：是最为常见的俚语之一，意思是steal something。譬如：有的人以偷东西为生就能说：Some people rip off the goods from the supermarket to make a living.
3. a slew of
意思是不少，用起来的时候也非常简单，譬如今天我有不少课就可说：I've got a slew of classes for today.
