Belle: Papa?

Father: How on earth did that happen? Doggone（他媽的） it!

Belle: Are you all right, papa?

Father: I am about ready to give up on this hunk（大塊） of junk（垃圾）.

Belle: You always say that.

Father: I mean it this time. I’ll never get this boneheaded（笨重的） contraption（裝置） to work.

Belle: Yes, you will and you’ll win the first prize at the fair tomorrow.

Father: Humph!

Belle: And become a world-famous inventor.

Father: You really believe that?

Belle: I always have.

Father: Well, what are we waiting for? I’ll have this thing fixed in no time. Hand me that, uh…dog-legged clincher（緊鉗）, there. So did you have a good time in town today?

Belle: I got a new book. Papa, do you think I am odd（奇怪的）?

Father: My daughter? Odd? Where would you get an idea like that?

Belle: Oh, I don’t know. It’s just that I am not sure I fit in here. There is no one I can really talk to.

Father: What about that Gaston? He is a handsome fellow.

Belle: He is handsome, all right, and rude, and conceited（自以為是的）, and… oh, papa, he is not for me.

Father: Well, don’t you worry. ’cause this invention’s going to be the start of a new life for us. I think that’s done it. Now let’s give it a try.