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Directed
by:
Nick Cassavetes
Writing
credits:
James Kearns
Plot
Outline:
A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his
son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room
hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation.
Useful
Expressions
1. There's
some people beginning to feel pinched.
= not enough money
= economy not good
2. A:I'd
just go crazy and kick someone's butt.
B:
Watch your language.
= Do not swear!
Cf) Watch what you say. / What your tongue.
3. They'll
tell you "You're overqualified."
= You have too
many degrees/certificates for this job
Qualify
= to reach the standard of ability or knowledge needed to
do a particular job
eg) he qualified as a doctor last year
be overqualified
= eg) only require a certificate but the person has a degree
4. Knock
it out, baby, knock it out! Ball four! Let's go, Mikey!
= Get going!! Come on!!
5. You might not want to take that chance ..If
he doesn't have the surgery, how long would he live?
Not long. Months, weeks
Take a chance:
should he or shouldn't he? When you are not sure what the
final result will be.
6. Don't
push your luck.
= Trying to do something that may not happen. Sometimes
to be too confident
7. The
line is clipped. You pick up the phone, you get me.
Okay?
= someone is able to listen
Cf) the line is busy
8.
I want my kid's name
on that list. I'm not kidding around.
= I really mean it
Cf) joke around
Cf) it's just a practical joke = I don't mean it
9. Can't go anywhere
anymore without getting mugged, or murdered,
or stabbed
= attacked / street fight / fighting
10. And now, as the
bloody standoff comes to an end.
= stops / finishes / no more
Cf) It's getting closer to the end.
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