英文电影宝典——The Tao of Steve

ing? The "special of the day" is a meal that is being served for a special price at a restaurant. "Huevos rancheros" is a Spanish expression for eggs served with beans and tortillas (a thin bread made of corn flour). That pretty much limits the "What can I say now?" option. In this case, "to limit" something is to prevent or severely restrict it. An "option" is a choice. I might as well... A grammatically interesting way of saying "I should…" Well, actions speak louder than words. A well known expression which means that it is more important to see what people do rather than what they say. You’ve been kicking our asses all right. "To kick a person’s ass" is to hurt or beat them, though in this case it is simply to beat them at the game of poker. He’s on a friggin role. :: You guys have no idea. "To be on a role" is to have several successes in a row. "Friggin" is a gentle version of the adverb ‘fucking.’ Is this a fucking card game or a goddamn sewing circle? "Goddamn" is a crude filler adjective used to express anger or other emotion. A "sewing circle" is a group of women who get together to sew and talk or gossip. Cool your jets! :: What’s your problem? A slangy and silly way of saying "calm down!" Didn’t Lao-tse say "If you’re attached to nothing, you lose nothing"? :: Why don’t you give it a rest? "To give something a rest" is to stop doing it or talking about it. Five card draw, suicide kings wild. If a card is "wild" in any card game, it is worth whatever value you want to give it. The other words are associated with the game of poker. Hey, what’s up? :: You know all that stuff I’ve been telling you? A very common way to greet a person or to ask them what’s new in their life. That thing that happened in college; I just left it hanging for 10 years... "To leave an incident hanging" is to ignore it, or to pretend like it never happened. ...and I didn’t want to leave what happened the other day hanging, so unresolved and everything. Actually, never mind. If a problem is "unresolved," it has not been solved. "Never mind" is a common way of telling a person to forget about what you just said.

The Tao of Steve Possible Topics for ESL Class Discussion 1. Do people want things more if they cannot have it? 2. How would you describe Dex? What is attractive about him and what is not? 3. In real life, does the Tao of Steve work in seducing women? 4. What other people are cool like "Steve," and what people are the opposite and more like "Stu"? 5. Are you interested in Taoism or Buddhism? What attracts you about them? 6. If you were Syd, would you have been attracted to Dex? 7. Should a guy like Dave try to apply the "rules of Steve," or should he just be himself? 8. What did you like and no

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