晚餐的约定 / The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

　　During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.

　　Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...

　　

　　译文(3): 在一次全国巡回演讲中，臭名昭著的尖酸刻薄的电台名人谢里登·怀特塞德（Sheridan Whiteside）在俄亥俄州一个著名家庭斯坦利（Stanleys）家冰冷的台阶上滑倒，被迫在圣诞节期间在家中休养。这位专横、以自我为中心的名人很快就主宰了居民和其他所有进入家庭的人的生活。他鼓励年轻人理查德和琼·斯坦利追求自己的梦想，这让他们传统的父亲欧内斯特非常沮丧。