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Everything you need before watchingAfter Ken's takeover, Barbie is on the floor, and Sasha says this woman does not deserve Gloria. A commercial sells Depression Barbie: sweatpants, Instagram, a family-size bag of candy. Weird Barbie hauls her into a car as Allan tries to flee — once the Kens figure out how to build that wall sideways, nobody gets in or out. Gloria turns around because Sasha has always believed in what she could be. Watch the wall's deadline, then the fight that better is enough.
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搞明白、想通
make a run for it
赶紧逃、趁机跑
depression barbie
把抑郁当新品芭比卖
sold separately
配件另售
for christ's sake
拜托老天、烦死了
want a piece
想打架吗
break my spirit
把心气磨垮
believe in
相信某人能成
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“As soon as they figure out how to build that wall sideways”
等他们搞懂墙怎么横着砌
把夺权写成还没搞懂的工艺,倒计时藏在一句口语里。
as soon as they figure out how to + 动词
别人一想通某步,局面就锁死时。
Once they work out how to do it / As soon as they get how it works
informal
As soon as 快过,figure out 咬清,sideways 拉长。
“But you don’t. You’ve always believed in what she could be.”
可你并不恨。你一直相信她能成为什么样。
先否定恨,再把相信落在「能成为」而不是现状。
You’ve always believed in what + 某人 + could be
提醒对方别用恨盖住一直以来的看好。
You’ve always seen what she could become. / You never stopped believing in her.
neutral
don’t 轻,believed in 连读,could be 上扬。
“Even if-- Even if you can’t make it perfect,”
就算——就算你没法做到完美,
先卡壳再重复,把完美让掉,只留下还能更好。
Even if you can’t make it perfect
劝人动手、别被完美吓停时。
Even if it won’t be perfect / It doesn’t have to be perfect
informal
Even if 重复第二次加重,perfect 落下。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageit’s time to run out and get the new Depression Barbie. She wears sweatpants all day and night. She spent seven hours today on Instagram, looking at her estranged best friend’s engagement photos, while eating a family-size bag of Starbursts. And now her jaw is killing her. And she’s going to watch Pride and Prejudice for the seventh time until she falls asleep.
该冲出门去 买新出的抑郁芭比了。 她整天整夜穿着运动裤。 她今天刷了七小时Instagram, 盯着已经绝交的闺蜜的订婚照, 一边吃着家庭装的星爆糖。 这会儿下巴疼死了。 接着她要看《傲慢与偏见》 第七遍,看到睡着为止。
