发现了让自己动心的网友正是街角书店老板后，犹豫了一阵的Joe还是出现了。不过，他依旧不改嘲讽，刻薄的讲话方式，这让既气愤又无可奈何的Kathleen居然一反常态的与其针锋相对起来。

Joe: Kathleen Cally, Hello. This is a coincidence. Would you mind if I sat down? 真巧。介意我坐下吗？

Kathleen: Yes, I would, actually. I'm expecting someone. Thanks. 是的，事实上我介意。我在等人。

Joe: Pride and Prejudice. 《傲慢与偏见》。

Kathleen: Do you mind… 你可否

Joe: I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that... Mr. Darcy. Your sentimental heart beats wildly at the thought he and...whatever her name is are truly, honestly going to end up together.介意吗？我打赌你每年都看这个。你一定很喜欢那个达西先生。一想到他和那个叫什么的，能够真实的，忠诚地最后相守，你那多愁善感的心就会猛跳。

Can I get you something? 想要喝点什么？

Kathleen: He's not staying. 他不坐这儿。

Joe: Mochaccino decaf, nonfat. 一杯卡布奇诺，无热量，低咖啡因。

Kathleen: You are not staying! 你不能坐这儿。

Joe: I'll stay until your friend gets here. Is he late? 你朋友一来我就走。他迟到了？

Kathleen: The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. She is one of the greatest and most complex character. Not that you would know. 《傲慢与偏见》的女主角是最伟大，最复杂的角色之一。你怎么可能明白。

Joe: As a matter of fact, I've read it. 事实上，我已经看过这本书了。

Kathleen: Good for you. 对你是件好事儿。

Joe: You'd discover a lot things if you really know me. 如果你真的了解我，会发现很多。

Kathleen: If I really knew you I know what I'd find you, instead of a brain, a cash register. Instead of a heart, a bottom line. 如果我真的了解你，就会知道，你的心就是一个收银机；你的心就是一本账簿。

Joe: What? 怎么了？

Kathleen: I just had a breakthrough. 我刚刚突破了。

Joe: What is it? 什么意思？

Kathleen: I would thank you for the first time in my life, when confronted with a horrible, insensitive person...I knew exactly what I wanna to say, and I said it. 我想我该谢谢你。我这一辈子第一次在见到坏人，麻木不仁的人时能把想说的说出来。

Joe: Well, I think you have the gift for it. That's a perfect blend of poetry and meanness. 我想你在这方面很有天赋。这是诗歌和恶毒的完美结合。

Kathleen: Meanness. Let me tell you something about meanness. 我恶毒。我来告诉你什么叫恶毒。

Joe: Don't misunderstand. I'm paying you a compliment. 别误会。我只是想称赞你。

Kathleen: Oh, why are you touching that. What are you doing? 你干嘛碰它。你在干什么？

Joe: Is this a red rose? No, it's a crimson rose. Something you read in a book. 玫瑰吗？不，深红色的玫瑰。是你在书里读到的？

Kathleen: It's funny to you, isn't it? Everything is a joke to you. 对你来说很可笑，是吧？对你来说什么都是笑话。

之前在面对Joe的咄咄逼人时，Kathleen都是只能张着嘴，气愤地看着对方，却说不出一句话来。这一次，用Kathleen的说法，she had a breakthrough. Breakthrough“突破性进展”。 这一次，终于突破自我了，在面对terrible, insensitive糟糕的人，麻木不仁的人时，能说出心里想说的话。她称如果了解对方，会发现I'd find you, instead of a brain, a cash register. Instead of a heart, a bottom line。发现你的大脑是个收银机，你的心，是一个账本。a bottom line, 除了“底线”，还有“账本盈亏结算”的意思。这里就指“账本”。

Joe当然不示弱，说能做到这点是诗和恶毒的完美结合。并说他这样的评价是pay a compliment. 这个短语表示“恭维”。再比如：When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. 当你别无它法获得称赞之时，就自己称赞自己。

两个人的针锋相对还没结束。到底谁会在这场唇舌之战中获得最后胜利呢？敬请关注下期影音时尚口语。