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Samuel: And the German military is ready to use chaos in Croatia as justifications for actions that could plunge the entire civilized world into...
Colonel Ludlow: Samuel! The word "civilized" has no place in any discussions of the affairs of this world.
Alfred: Miss Finncannon, Mother has told us of your sympathy for the social reformers.
Susannah: You make it sound like a disease.
Alfred: No, no, no, on the contrary, I'm in agreement.
Susannah: Your mother told me all about One Stab. She says that he was a great warrior.
Alfred: Oh yes. He has a bag of scalps sitting away somewhere to prove it too, but don't worry, he's...haha... he's devoted to father now.
Samuel: Or rather, they're devoted to each other.
Susannah: Can he speak English?
Alfred: Stab? Speak English? He wouldn't lower himself to speak English. Would you, Stab? But watch out. Because he understands it perfectly well.
Samuel: Hey, there's Tristan.
Samuel: Don't they feed you up there?
Tristan: Not much.
Samuel: You smell.
Tristan: Miss me, did you?
Samuel: Still hung over?
Tristan: Still drunk.
Samuel: Isn't she amazing?
Susannah: So this is Tristan. And does he speak English?
Alfred: Tristan, for God's sake.
Tristan: Miss Finncannon. It's a pleasure to meet you. I hope you and Ugly here find every happiness together.
Alfred: Don't mind my brother. Your dog has more breeding than he has.
妙语佳句，活学活用
1. plunge into
“卷入，陷入”的意思。Samuel的意思是说“整个文明世界都被卷入到战争中”。 Plunge 还可以指“全神贯注地投入到某件事情中”，例如：The kids plunged into the story. 孩子们整个被这个故事迷住了。
2. Has no place in
“‘文明'这个词根本不能用来形容这个世界。”在Colonel Ludlow看来，这个世界虚伪又残忍，根本谈不上“文明”。Has no place in 通常的意思是 inappropriate （不适合/不应该……），但语气要比它强许多。例如：Fast food has no place in hospitals. 快餐不应该卖到医院里。
3. One Stab
叙述整个故事的印第安老人，是美国屠杀印第安人后的幸存者，Colonel Lodlow 的朋友， Tristan 的师父。
4. Rather
“更确切地说”的意思。例如：He is my friend, or rather he was my friend. 他是我的朋友，更确切的说，他曾经是我的朋友。
5. Lower oneself
“降低自己的身份，做出有损道德、有损尊严的事”，例如：I won't lower myself to do such kind of things. 我才不会降低身份做这种事呢！
