Gossip Girl

maggie

Serena的外婆Celia认为Serena应该找一个门当户对的男友，所以欺骗Serena和Lily说她生病了。唯一的愿望就是让Serena参加社交舞会，当Serena发现她的外婆欺骗了她时，感到很伤心。
Celia：That was quite a mess you made, but I was able to clean it up. The chairs agreed to reissue your presentation statement in the committee’s winter newsletter.
Serena：I stood up for you.
Celia：What are you talking about?
Serena：With Dan--I defended you.
Celia：Mm, we’ll talk about that later.
Serena：No, we don’t need to talk at all, grandma. I just want to know one thing. Are you even ill?
Celia：No, but I could be. All those cigarettes and cocktails.
Serena：Why did you do this?
Celia：Oh, Serena. There is so much you don’t understand. A woman has to earn the right to create her own rules.
Serena：Things aren’t the way they were when you were young, grandma.
Celia：You may be right about that.
1.        defend
They defended very well in the game.
2.        make a mess of sth. or doing sth.
I made a complete mess of the exam.
3.        clean up
This room needs cleaning up.
4.        stand up for
You should stand up for what you believe in.
5.        earn the right
  A foul shot that must be made in order to earn the right to a second foul shot.