本段选自When Harry Met Sally（《当哈利遇上莎莉》），由梅格·瑞恩主演。

在本段的对话中，Harry 向Sally 说了他就要结婚一事，Sally 听后表达了她对婚姻的疑虑，但还是对Harry 以如此积极的态度拥抱人生表示高兴。本段中有一些文化点滴，像男女刚开始谈朋友时，首先是"safe lunch"，然后"dinner"；白人跳舞时用上嘴唇咬下嘴唇以示白人不会跳舞或跳舞时极费劲。最后Harry 说的一长段，以纠正他自己以前说过的“男、女不能成为真正的朋友”的观点开始，绕了几圈后，又绕回了“男、女就是成不了真正的朋友”。这句话有200多字，绕了很多圈子，如能读懂，进而听懂，并学着来表达较复杂的思想，对培养语感大有益处。

对话：

Harry: I'm getting married.
Sally: You are?
Harry: Uh huh1.
Sally: Who is she?
Harry: Helen Hillson. She's a lawyer. She's keeping her name2.
Sally: (She bursts into a funny laugh) You're getting married?
Harry: Yeah. What's so funny about that?
Sally: It's just so optimistic3 of you, Harry.
Harry: Well, you'd be amazed at what falling madly in love can do4.
Sally: Well, it's wonderful. It's nice to see you embracing life in this manner5.
Harry: Yeah, plus, you know, you just get to a certain point when you get tired of the whole thing.
Sally: What whole thing?
Harry: The whole life-of-a-single-guy thing6. You meet someone, you have the safe lunch7; you decide you
　　　like each other enough to move onto dinner8; you go dancing9; you do the white-man's-overbite10; you
　　　go back to her place; you have sex and the minute you finish, you know what goes through your
　　　mind11? How long do I have to lie here and hold her before I can get up and go home? Is 30 seconds
　　　enough?
Sally: That's what you're thinking? Is that true?
Harry: Sure. All men think that. How long do you like to be held afterwards? All night, right? See that's the
　　　problem. Somewhere between12 30 seconds and all night is your problem.
Sally: I don't have a problem.
Harry: Yeah, you do...(In the airport) Staying over?
Sally: Yes.
Harry: Would you like to have dinner? Just friends.
Sally: I thought you didn't believe men and women could be friends.
Harry: When did I say that?
Sally: On the ride to New York.
Harry: No, no, no. I never said this. Yes, that's right, they can't be friends, unless both of them are involved
　　　with other people, then they can. This is an amendment to the earlier rule13: if the two people are in
　　　relationships14,the pressure of possible involvement is lifted15. That doesn't work either be cause
　　　what happens then is the person you're involved with doesn't understand why you need to be friends
　　　with the person you're just friends with, like it means something is missing from the relationship16
　　　and why do you have to go outside17 to get it. Then when you say "No no no. It's no true. Nothing is
　　　missing from the relationship." The person you're involved with then accuses you of being secretly
　　　attracted to18 the person you're just friends with,which you probably are. I mean, c'mon, who the
　　　hell19 are we kidding? Let's face it20, which bring us back to the earlier rule, before the amendment
　　　which is men and women can't be friends. So where does that leave us21?

1. Uh huh: You're right.

2. keeping her name: When a woman marries and does not change her last name to her husband's, she is "keeping her name."

3. optimistic: always believe things will turn out for the best and the future is very bright.

4. falling madly in love can do: being deeply in love can change you.

5. embracing life in this manner: expecting life and enjoying life this way.

6. whole life-of-a-single-guy thing: He is saying that the life of a single man is a routine.

7. the safe lunch: have lunch with a woman and if you are not interested in her,you can leave and say you have other things to do because it is in the middle of the day. If it is dinner, you do not have the same excuse.

8. move onto dinner: have a date to go to dinner with each other, only after you are still interested in her after the lunch.

9. go dancing: go to a club or disco. This is common on a date.

10. white-man's-overbite: This is a joke. He is saying white men bite their lower lip while dancing.

11. goes through your mind: what you are thinking; thinking something.

12. somewhere between: a place or time between...

13. amendment to the earlier rule: a correction to the rule from before.

14. in relationships: involved with someone; having an intimate relationship with someone.

15. The pressure of possible involvement is lifted: The idea or thought that they might become intimately involved with each other is taken away or does not exist anymore.

16. something is missing from the relationship: The relationship is not satisfying; something is lacking. Therefore, the other person needs a female/ male friend.

17. go outside: go outside of the relationship; find something somewhere else.

18. being secretly attracted to: is attracted to and likes the other person but will not tell anyone.

19. who the hell: This has the same meaning as "who" but "the hell" part shows that the speaker is emphasizing "who."

20. Let's face it: let us realize; let us deal with it; let us not lie to ourselves.

21. So where does that leave us?: Where does all of what I said bring us to? What is proven?