INT. COFFEE SHOP/DINER - MORNING
Dressed in jeans and a light summer blouse, Francesca sitsalone -- treating herself to breakfast and the paper. Some ofthe gossip news includes rumors¹ of Frank Sinatra, 49,marrying Mia Farrow, 19: Cary Grant 61, marrying DYAN CANNON,27. Francesca shakes her head in disbelief at such news.

　　She tries to continue reading, but is distracted by the loudconversation in the booth beside her:

　　TWO MIDDLE-AGED² WOMAN and ONE MIDDLE-AGED HUSBAND sit afterbreakfast discussing the local gossip.

　　ELEANOROh, this heat! Times like this I wishwe took that offer from your brotherand moved on up to Michigan.

　　HENRYThey got heat in Michigan.

　　ELEANORNot this kind of heat.

　　HENRYHeat is heat.

　　ELEANORHeat is not heat! There's differentkinds! And this heat is much hotterthan what they got in Michigan. Yougo and call your brother and see ifhe don't say the same thing.

　　HENRYI'll get right on it.

　　Mrs. Delaney, an attractive well-off woman in her forties,enters the shop and heads for the counter.

　　GLADYS(whispers)Mrs. Delaney.

　　(Eleanor looks)Did you hear the latest?

　　ELEANORNo, what?

　　GRADYSApparently, she caught them.

　　(Eleanor gasps)Ran right into them in Des Moines inthe middle of her shopping.

　　ELEANOROh, what a horror. Poor woman. ThatRedfield girl's got no businessshowing her face in daylight.

　　GRADYSI don't know how that tramp standsliving here. No one can bear evenspeaking to her. She has no friends.

　　HENRYWell, nobody put a gun to his head.

　　ELEANOROh, shut up! It's the woman who's incontrol of these situations. Mendon't know which end is up till awoman points.

　　Mrs. Delaney acts as if nothing is wrong. Yet, she knowseveryone knows and everyone knows she knows they know, yet noone says a word. She sits at the counter.

　　MRS. DELANEYJust coffee, please.

　　Francesca hears the gossip continue in hushed tones:

　　GLADYSSee. Money don't buy happiness. Imust say, she's taking it well.

　　ELEANORI'd kill him. Him and that Redfieldwoman. Together. First one then theother. And then I'd laugh.

　　GLADYSI'd laugh first then I'd kill them.

　　Make sure they heard me laughing.

　　Eleanor nods. Not being able to stand it, Francesca rises.

　　She must pass them on the way to the counter, in order topay. Eleanor immediately stops her.

　　ELEANORFrancesca! So, everybody got off okaylast night?

　　FRANCESCAYes, thanks.

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1 rumors
n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷
参考例句：
Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》 Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 middle-aged
adj.中年的
参考例句：
I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。 The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

3 sobbing
<主方>Ⅰ adj.湿透的
参考例句：
I heard a child sobbing loudly. 我听见有个孩子在呜呜地哭。 Her eyes were red with recent sobbing. 她的眼睛因刚哭过而发红。

4 humiliation
n.羞辱
参考例句：
He suffered the humiliation of being forced to ask for his cards.他蒙受了被迫要求辞职的羞辱。 He will wish to revenge his humiliation in last Season's Final.他会为在上个季度的决赛中所受的耻辱而报复的。

5 sips
n.小口喝，一小口的量( sip的名词复数 )v.小口喝，呷，抿( sip的第三人称单数 )
参考例句：
You must administer them slowly, allowing the child to swallow between sips. 你应慢慢给药，使小儿在吸吮之间有充分的时间吞咽。 来自辞典例句 Emission standards applicable to preexisting stationary sources appear in state implementation plans (SIPs). 在《州实施计划》中出现了固定污染的排放标准。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法