The only exception to this cliche proposal is if you forget to get a gift and need to think of something in a hurry.
不过这种老土的求婚戏码也可以有例外：要是你忘了买情人节礼物得马上想出点什么惊喜的话。It's not unusual for judges to use harsh words about the contestants; or to cry over a contestant's performance; or even walk out.
这些评委，要么用犀利语言点评选手、要么被选手表演感动大哭不已，甚至还有的上演离席出走的戏码，而这些情况并不罕见。But for all the career carnage on show elsewhere, the tangible political damage wrought by the scandal has been slight so far.
尽管在其他地方正在上演事业惨遭毁灭的戏码，迄今为止这个丑闻所导致的有形政治损害并不是很大。For many, the arrest of 12 Russian spies in the United States was a signal that the drama of the Cold War had returned as farce.
对于许多人来说，12名在美国活动的俄罗斯间谍被逮捕的事件不过是一场“冷战再临”的闹剧戏码。Ever since then, the stories, one of Beijing opera works, have been passed on over two thousand years.
这个故事从此一直流传下來，至今国剧亦有此戏码，前后已逾二千年。As for the West, it cannot afford to let the dramas in Libya, Syria and Yemen lead to the neglect of Egypt.
至于西方，只顾正在利比亚、叙利亚和也门上演的戏码而忽略埃及的后果，将是其无法承受的。A logger had the drama of falling trees and power saws. I had the drama of getting up to go to the bathroom every few hours.
伐木工拥有伐倒大树和电锯的戏码，我的戏码就是每隔几个钟头上一趟卫生间。Saturday's drama was hardly the ideal build-up to England's first game in the European Under-21 Championships.
周六的戏码对英格兰青年队征战欧洲U-21锦标赛可不是什么好消息。"Get back to work, Jamey, " Chappelle commanded, impatient with what he saw as the Loyal Staff act.
“回去工作，雅梅。”查普利命令道，亲眼目睹一幕忠诚戏码使他失去了耐心。