Operator:Collectfrom Katherine Watson. Will you accept?
Paul: Yeah; sure; of course I will. Hey, is everything okay?
Katherine: Yeah.
Paul:Tough, huh? Well, how are the classes? Snobs, right? I hate to say I told you so.
Katherine: You don't have to. I can't really talk right now. I'll write you tonight.
Nancy Abbey: So you got a fella?
Katherine: He's... He's there. I'm here.
Nancy: Long distance. Torture. I know. Come. Come in and sit down. When Lenny left for the South Pacific, it nearly broke my heart. We wrote every day until... He was a great man.
Katherine: I'm sorry.
Nancy: It was a hundred years ago.I'm babbling.
Nancy: I love Lucy. Even if she is a communist.
Amanda Armstrong: The only thing red about Lucy is her hair. And even that's fake. Desi said it. Winchell wrote it. Amanda Armstrong. I see you survived.
Katherine: Katherine Watson. Just barely.
Nancy: Oh, good. You've met. Katherine's taken the third bedroom. How about a little dinner beforeWhat's my line?
Amanda: How about a little drink?
Nancy: Her companion died in May.
Katherine: Companion?
Nancy: You know, companion. Josephine Burns. Taught biology here for 30 years.
Nancy: You'll love it here, Katherine. You'll see.
在這個片段里這個單詞的意思是“艱難；棘手”。但這實在是一個意思很多變的詞，所以想用幾個例子給大家加深一下印象：
She is a tough mother to her only son. 對于唯一的兒子來說，她是個嚴厲的母親。
But she is also a tough customer while shopping. 但是購物的時候，她也是個難伺候的顧客。
The beef we are eating is tough. 我們吃的牛肉有點嚼不動。
Journalists raised a lot of tough questions in the press conference. 記者招待會上記者們提出了很多尖刻的問題。
Paul: Hello.
