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Wilson: How were all these people chosen?

Anheuser: Same way your Art was. By experts from all over the world. We had geneticists determine the perfect gene pool we need to repopulate.

Adrian: These people were chosen by geneticists?

Notice: All green card holders. Please proceed to hangar D-4

Wilson: Looks to me like their check books got them on board.

Anheuser: That's right, Dr. Wilson. Without billions of dollars?from the private sector this entire operation would've been impossible.

Adrian: We sold tickets??What about all these workers? They all get passes?

Anheuser: What? Life isn't fair? Is that it? If you want to donate your passes, to a couple of Chinese workers, be my guest. Captain, I want a pre-launch briefing. All international teams present.

Adrian: What the hell??What is this? They could've fit 10 people in here. Satnam, where are you?

Satnam: On the Nampan Plateau.

Adrian: What?

Satnam: There's a tidal wave coming from the east. It's gigantic.

Adrian: Satnam, what happened?

Satnam: We never got picked up, Adrian. The airlift never came. Goodbye, my friend.

Adrian: Satnam. Where are we set up?

Woman: Over there.

Adrian: Give me the satellite images from Napam, India.

Anheuser: What's happening?

Adrian: Satnam was talking about another wave, coming from the east.

Anheuser: Holy mother of God.?So the flooding will hit earlier? The second wave is closer?

Adrian: Plug in the new data. Satnam didn't get picked up.

Man: What?

Anheuser: A lot of people didn't get picked up in this chaos. This is not a conspiracy, Helmsley.?Your predictions haven't exactly panned out,?have they, Doctor?

Man: It's ready.

Adrian: Oh God, its 1500 meters high.?When will it get here?

Anheuser: Talk to me, Hemsley, when will it hit?

Adrian: Adjust the countdown. 28 minutes, 10 seconds to impact.

Anheuser: My God.?Captain.?I need to speak to the other heads of state.

Captain: Right away. Taylor?

Taylor: Aye, Captain.?Standing by. Ark 6, stand by. Ark 7, stand by.

Anheuser: This is Carl Anheuser acting CIC on 4.

Sailor: Yes sir

Anheuser: Requesting emergency conference T-99.

Jackson: He thinks the world of you, you know that?

Gordon: ?He's a great little man.

Jackson: Yeah

Gordon: I always wanted to have a family of my own.?You're a lucky man, Jackson. Don't ever forget it.

妙語(yǔ)佳句 活學(xué)活用

1. gene pool: 基因庫(kù)，指的是某一物種的全部基因。

如果能破解genetic code（遺傳密碼），人們就可以使用gene therapy（基因療法）來(lái)治愈疾病。

我們常用pool來(lái)表示"資源庫(kù)"，例如talent pool（人才庫(kù)）、oil pool（油藏）、forex reserve pool（外匯儲(chǔ)備庫(kù)）等等，而car pool則是指"拼車"。

2. repopulate: 繁衍。

我們平時(shí)所說(shuō)的"繁衍后代"就可以用repopulate the earth來(lái)表示。

3. hangar： 飛機(jī)庫(kù)。

例如：The plane stopped in that big hangar. 飛機(jī)停在那個(gè)大機(jī)庫(kù)里。

4. check book：支票簿。

Check book money則是指"活期存款"，"支票存根"則用check book stubs來(lái)表示。

5. private sector：私營(yíng)部門。

6. pass： 通行證。

例如：Please show me your monthly bus pass.（請(qǐng)出示公共汽車月票。）

7.be my guest: 請(qǐng)便，隨便。

安豪塞的話在這里有諷刺的意味。平時(shí)我們說(shuō)這句話常帶有"別客氣"的意思。例如：-May I use your telephone? -Be my guest.（我可以用一下電話嗎？別客氣，請(qǐng)便。）

8. tidal wave：浪潮，海嘯。

9. pan out：成功。

例如：It depends how things pan out.（那得看事情結(jié)果怎樣了。）

10.stand by: 待命。這里是說(shuō)各個(gè)方舟已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備好啟航了。

11.acting CIC: 代理指揮。

CIC是commander-in-chief的縮寫。

Acting在這里表示"代理的"，acting president就是指"代理總統(tǒng)"。

12.think the world of：欽佩，評(píng)價(jià)很高。這里，杰克遜是在和戈登說(shuō)，諾亞很佩服他。