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Everything you need before watchingWriter Barbie thanks Ken for a Nobel she never earned. Allan leads Gloria toward the one place Barbie would hide; the Kens close in. In Weird Barbie's house, Gloria knows this doll: she made her weird by playing too hard. Discontinued Kens split their names into jokes. Then Stereotypical Barbie says she is not pretty, not smart, has never flown a plane. Gloria starts to answer: it is literally impossible to be a woman.
芭
Barbiedoubting doll
格
GloriaSasha's mom
奇
Weird Barbiewrecked guide
艾
Allanally on the run
作
Writer Barbiebrainwashed writer
肯
Kenpursuing Kens
Chapters
26 parts · AI-cut01From Dolls to Women从第一代娃娃起，女孩就被写成一种女人B22'48"02Another Great Day在这儿每天都不用担心明天B22'48"03Too Much Beach整片沙滩都在喊他的名字B12'03"04Not Thinking About Death派对最完美的时候她开始想死B23'55"05My Heels Are Gone脚突然变平，完美开始裂开B13'00"06The High Heel or The Birkenstock高跟还是勃肯，只能选一条B22'59"07There Is No Option One没有选项一，裂口得自己补B22'38"08To the Real World去现实世界，得有人会开车B13'45"09Officially Important握完手才算正式重要B15'00"10Weirdo Feelings念头一来身体就不听使唤B23'47"11Making Women Feel Bad玩具从小就让女人讨厌自己B22'57"12Back in the Box失控的芭比必须装回盒子B22'59"13Proust Barbie Did Not Sell想太多的产品根本卖不掉B23'01"14I Usually Look Perfect平时完美的人连厕所都找不到B13'58"15A Boring Mom连女儿都嫌自己是无聊妈B12'41"16Mojo Dojo Casa House房子改了名，从今归他管B23'00"17Century City Isn’t Figured Out这套制度连世纪城都没搞懂B13'59"18Leave Me to Mine你把我拖进烂摊子还怪我失败B24'59"19Build That Wall Sideways他们一搞懂墙怎么横，地方就变了B23'57"20I’ve Never Flown a Plane从没开过飞机，也得把人带出去B23'00"21Always Be Extraordinary做女人永远要样样非凡，还永远做错C13'59"22CD Means Certificate of Deposit听懂缩写行话就能坐上位置B23'59"23We Made a Patriarchy所谓新秩序不过是照抄一套父权B23'53"24Let Barbie Land Be Barbie Land投票那天他们差点把地方改名B13'50"25Ken Has to Figure Out没有她，肯也得搞懂自己是谁B23'01"26Maybe I’m Not Barbie也许我不该再当那个完美名字B24'12"
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00:02
I’ll never get out of here .
我永远走不出这儿。
00:04
Where do we find Barbie?
我们去哪儿找芭比？
00:05
There’s only one place she’d be.
她只会在一个地方。
00:09
You’re a writer.
你是作家。
00:10
This is your Nobel Prize.
这是你的诺贝尔奖。
00:12
Remember winning it? - Huh.
还记得你得奖吗？ - 啊？
00:13
It’s useless trying to deprogram her.
想给她解除洗脑根本没用。
00:15
I already did everything I could .
我能做的都已经做了。
00:16
Oh, my God. I don’t even know how I got here .
我的天。我甚至不知道自己怎么到这儿的。
00:19
I don’t deserve this.
我配不上这个。
00:21
Um, I’d like to thank Ken.
嗯，我想感谢肯。
00:24
- [Writer Barbie] Thank you, Ken.
- ［作家芭比］谢谢你，肯。
00:26
I love you, Ken.
我爱你，肯。
00:28
The fork in my soup is this, Barb.
我汤里的叉子是这么回事，芭布。
00:30
Why didn’t the brainwashing work on you ?
洗脑怎么没在你身上起作用？
00:33
My exposure to the Real World must have made me immune .
大概是我接触过现实世界，所以免疫了。
00:36
Either you’re brainwashed, or you’re weird and ugly .
要么你被洗脑了，要么你又怪又丑。
00:39
There is no in between .
没有中间地带。
00:40
Sing it, sister .
说得对，姐妹。
00:41
Well, get ready , kids.
好了，孩子们，做好准备。
00:43
Because in 48 hours, Barbie Land becomes Ken Land.
因为再过四十八小时，芭比乐园就会变成肯乐园。
00:45
- [door opens] - [Allan] Come on, gang .
- （门开） - ［艾伦］来吧，大伙儿。
00:46
We’ll find Barbie at the top of these stairs.
芭比就在这楼梯顶上。
00:48
The Kens. They’ve found us.
肯们。他们找到我们了。
00:53
Ken! - No! Get back.
肯！ - 不行！退后。
00:55
Ken. Oh. Oh! - [shushing]
肯。哦。哦！ - （嘘）
00:59
Hello? - Hmm?
你好？ - 嗯？
01:01
Humans. We’re fine. - [Barbies] Ah.
人类。我们没事。 - ［芭比们］啊。
01:03
- And Allan. - [Barbies] Hmm.
- 还有艾伦。 - ［芭比们］嗯。
01:05
Come into my Weirdhouse. Hi! I’m Weird Barbie.
请进我的奇怪屋。嗨！我是奇怪芭比。
01:08
I’m in the splits , I have a funky haircut,
我在劈叉，发型也很古怪，
01:10
and I smell like basement.
身上一股地下室味。
01:11
Oh, my God. I had a Weird Barbie.
我的天。我以前有个奇怪芭比。
01:14
- Yeah, you did. - You make them weird by playing too hard .
- 对，你有。 - 玩得太狠就会把她们玩成这样。
01:17
That’s cool.
那挺酷的。
01:19
That’s Sugar Daddy Ken. And Earring Magic Ken.
那是甜心老爹肯。还有耳环魔法肯。
01:21
Mattel discontinued them.
美泰把他们停产了。
01:22
- Sugar Daddy? - No, no, no.
- 甜心老爹？ - 不不不不不。
01:24
I’m not a sugar daddy .
我不是甜心老爹。
01:25
This is Sugar, and I’m her daddy.
这是甜心，我是她爸。
01:27
And I have an earring. A magic earring.
而且我有一只耳环。一只魔法耳环。
01:30
These were actual Kens.
这些都是真出过的肯。
01:32
More discontinued Barbies.
还有更多停产芭比。
01:34
Growing Up Skipper? May I?
长大斯基珀？我可以吗？
01:37
- Okay. - [Sasha’s mom] Watch this.
- 好。 - ［萨莎的妈妈］看这个。
01:39
- Her boobs grow. - Why would they do that?
- 她的胸会变大。 - 他们为什么要这么做？
01:42
And Barbie Video Girl.
还有芭比摄像女孩。
01:44
I have a TV in my back. You know whose dream that is?
我后背里有台电视。你知道那是谁的梦想吗？
01:47
Nobody. Nobody’s dream.
没人。谁的梦想都不是。
01:49
And that’s Barbie Barbie, of course.
那当然是芭比芭比。
01:51
She’s not dead. She’s just having an existential crisis .
她没死。她只是在经历存在危机。
01:53
Okay, come on.
好了，走吧。
01:56
Hey.
嘿。
01:58
What’s wrong?
怎么了？
02:03
I’m not pretty anymore.
我不再漂亮了。
02:09
What? You’re so pretty.
什么？你很漂亮啊。
02:10
I’m not Stereotypical Barbie pretty.
我不是典型芭比那种漂亮。
02:14
Note to the filmmakers.
写给导演组一句。
02:16
Margot Robbie is the wrong person to cast
玛格特·罗比是最不该选的人
02:17
if you want to make this point .
如果你想把这点讲清楚。
02:18
But you’re beautiful.
可你很美。
02:21
It’s not just that. I’m not...
不只是那个。我不够……
02:24
smart enough to be interesting .
聪明到让人觉得有意思。
02:26
You’re so smart.
你很聪明。
02:28
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane . - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］
02:32
I’m not the president.
我不是总统。
02:35
No one on the Supreme Court is me.
最高法院里没有我。
02:39
I’m not good enough for anything.
我做什么都不够好。
02:50
It is literally impossible to be a woman.
当女人根本不可能。
02:55
You are so beautiful and so smart,
你这么美，又这么聪明，
02:58
and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough.
你觉得自己不够好，我心疼死了。
03:02
Like we have to always be extraordinary.
好像我们得永远出类拔萃。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:02
get out of somewhere
get out of somewhere
离开这里、逃出去
I’ll never get out of here .
我永远走不出这儿。
Pronunciation↩ 00:02
get out of here
get out of 连成 ge-dou-dəv，here 再落下。
I’ll never get out of here .
我永远走不出这儿。
CollocationA2↩ 00:05
only one place
only one place
只会在一个地方
There’s only one place she’d be.
她只会在一个地方。
CollocationA2↩ 00:15
do everything one could
do everything one could
能做的都做了
I already did everything I could .
我能做的都已经做了。
CollocationA2↩ 00:16
how someone got here
how someone got here
怎么到这儿的
Oh, my God. I don’t even know how I got here .
我的天。我甚至不知道自己怎么到这儿的。
Pronunciation↩ 00:16
don’t even know
don’t even 里 t 常被吞，听成 don-even。
Oh, my God. I don’t even know how I got here .
我的天。我甚至不知道自己怎么到这儿的。
CollocationB1↩ 00:30
work on someone
work on someone
对某人起作用
Why didn’t the brainwashing work on you ?
洗脑怎么没在你身上起作用？
CollocationB1↩ 00:33
make someone immune
make someone immune
让某人免疫、不受影响
My exposure to the Real World must have made me immune .
大概是我接触过现实世界，所以免疫了。
GrammarB2↩ 00:33
must have made me immune
情态完成推测：must have + 过去分词=对已发生原因的较有把握推测。
My exposure to the Real World must have made me immune .
大概是我接触过现实世界，所以免疫了。
Pronunciation↩ 00:33
must have made
have 弱成 /əv/，must 和 made 两端清楚。
My exposure to the Real World must have made me immune .
大概是我接触过现实世界，所以免疫了。
GrammarB1↩ 00:36
Either you’re brainwashed, or you’re weird and ugly
二选一结构：Either A, or B=只给两条路，把中间选项删掉。
Either you’re brainwashed, or you’re weird and ugly .
要么你被洗脑了，要么你又怪又丑。
CollocationA2↩ 00:39
there is no in between
there is no in between
没有中间地带
There is no in between .
没有中间地带。
SlangB1↩ 00:40
Sing it, sister
说得对，姐妹——熟人附和，正式场合改说我同意
Sing it, sister .
说得对，姐妹。
CollocationA2↩ 00:41
get ready
get ready
做好准备
Well, get ready , kids.
好了，孩子们，做好准备。
SlangA2↩ 00:45
gang
大伙儿、这帮人——招呼一伙人，书面少用
- [door opens] - [Allan] Come on, gang .
- （门开） - ［艾伦］来吧，大伙儿。
CollocationB1↩ 01:08
in the splits
in the splits
劈叉姿势
I’m in the splits , I have a funky haircut,
我在劈叉，发型也很古怪，
SlangB1↩ 01:08
funky
古怪又潮的——夸发型、音乐，正式改 unusual
I’m in the splits , I have a funky haircut,
我在劈叉，发型也很古怪，
CollocationA2↩ 01:14
play too hard
play too hard
玩得太狠、用力过猛
- Yeah, you did. - You make them weird by playing too hard .
- 对，你有。 - 玩得太狠就会把她们玩成这样。
Pronunciation↩ 01:14
playing too hard
too hard 两个词都加重，才像责备。
- Yeah, you did. - You make them weird by playing too hard .
- 对，你有。 - 玩得太狠就会把她们玩成这样。
SlangB2↩ 01:24
sugar daddy
包养女伴的有钱男人——玩笑或八卦，正式场合别用
I’m not a sugar daddy .
我不是甜心老爹。
SlangA2↩ 01:39
boobs
胸部（口语）——随便场合能说，正式说 breasts
- Her boobs grow. - Why would they do that?
- 她的胸会变大。 - 他们为什么要这么做？
CollocationB2↩ 01:51
have an existential crisis
have an existential crisis
陷入存在危机
She’s not dead. She’s just having an existential crisis .
她没死。她只是在经历存在危机。
CollocationB1↩ 02:16
the wrong person to do something
the wrong person to do something
最不该找来做这事的人
Margot Robbie is the wrong person to cast
玛格特·罗比是最不该选的人
CollocationB1↩ 02:17
make a point
make a point
把观点讲清楚
if you want to make this point .
如果你想把这点讲清楚。
GrammarB1↩ 02:24
smart enough to be interesting
形容词+enough：形容词 + enough + to 原形=还没达到能做某事的程度。
smart enough to be interesting .
聪明到让人觉得有意思。
CollocationA2↩ 02:28
fly a plane
fly a plane
开飞机
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane . - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］
GrammarB1↩ 02:28
I’ve never flown a plane
完成时从未：have never + 过去分词=到现在一次都没有，不是昨天没做过。
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane . - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］
Pronunciation↩ 02:28
I’ve never flown
I’ve 缩成 /aɪv/，never flown 再咬清。
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane . - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］
CollocationA2↩ 02:39
good enough for something
good enough for something
配得上、够资格做
I’m not good enough for anything.
我做什么都不够好。
CollocationB1↩ 02:58
it kills someone that
it kills someone that
让人难受的是
and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough.
你觉得自己不够好，我心疼死了。
GrammarB1↩ 02:58
it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough
that宾语从句：it kills me that + 从句，that 后整件才是让人心疼的事。
and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough.
你觉得自己不够好，我心疼死了。
Pronunciation↩ 02:58
kills me that you
that 弱成 /ðət/，kills me 两端用力。
and it kills me that you don’t think you’re good enough.
你觉得自己不够好，我心疼死了。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IronyB2↩ 02:16
the wrong person to cast
最不该选的演员
In the scene芭比说自己不够美，旁白立刻吐槽不该找玛格特·罗比演。
Hiring a food critic is the wrong person to cast if you want a kind review.想要好评，找美食评委来演最不合适。
In daily life
吐槽选角A shy intern is the wrong person to cast as the keynote speaker.让害羞实习生当主讲，人选就错了。
above my level
PunB2↩ 01:25
sugar daddy
把糖爹拆成名字加爸
In the scene停产肯急着澄清：不是包养女伴，娃娃叫甜心，他是她爸。
He is not a sugar daddy. The cat is Sugar, and he pays the vet.他不是甜心老爹。猫叫甜心，诊费用他付。
In daily life
解释外号Don’t call him a sugar daddy. He named the shop Sugar.别叫他糖爹。店名就叫甜心。
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IdiomB1↩ 02:58
it kills me that
让人难受得要命
In the scene格洛丽亚心疼芭比不觉得自己够好，用 kills me 把心疼说重。
It kills me that you skipped the interview after all that prep.你准备那么久却没去面试，我难受死了。
In daily life
劝朋友It kills me that you still think you are behind everyone.你还觉得自己落后所有人，我心疼死了。
above my level
VocabularyB2↩ 01:51
existential crisis
存在危机、意义慌
In the scene奇怪芭比把躺平的芭比说成没死，只是在想自己是谁。
He had an existential crisis in the cereal aisle at midnight.他半夜在麦片货架前陷入了存在危机。
In daily life
吐槽转行Quitting on a Sunday always looks like an existential crisis.周日提离职，看起来总像存在危机。
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CollocationB1↩ 00:39
in between
没有中间地带
In the scene洗脑芭比把世界劈成两半：被洗脑，或又怪又丑。
You either ship tonight or you wait a month. There is no in between.要么今晚发，要么再等一个月。没有中间地带。
In daily life
谈加班Take the rest day or keep grinding. There is no in between.要么休息，要么接着熬。没有中间地带。
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SlangB1↩ 00:40
sing it, sister
说得对，姐妹
In the scene另一芭比给洗脑那套非此即彼鼓掌，像跟唱。
Sing it, sister. The printer has hated us all week.说得对，姐妹。那台打印机整周都跟我们作对。
In daily life
附和吐槽Sing it, sister. Monday meetings should be illegal.说得对，姐妹。周一早会该立法禁止。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:30
work on someone
对你起作用
In the scene肯问洗脑为什么没在芭比身上生效。
The pep talk did not work on him. He still looked frozen.那番打气没在他身上起作用。他还是僵着。
In daily life
谈药效That allergy pill never works on me after lunch.那抗过敏药午饭后对我从来不起作用。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane. - [Sasha’s mom scoffs]”
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］
Why it's great
把不够好说成两件没人要求她会的事，自贬又可笑。
Pattern
I can’t do A, I’ve never + 过去分词 B.
When to use
用夸张的专业技能来否认自己够格时。
Similar
I can’t perform surgery. I’ve never flown anything. ／ I’m not a surgeon, and I’ve never even flown.
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informal
Shadowing tip
surgery 落地，never flown 再扬，plane 往下收。
Use it yourself
推掉任务I can’t rewrite the kernel. I’ve never shipped a compiler.我不会改内核。我从没交出过编译器。
“- Yeah, you did. - You make them weird by playing too hard.”
- 对，你有。 - 玩得太狠就会把她们玩成这样。
Why it's great
playing too hard 把童年弄坏娃娃说成爱得过火。
Pattern
You make them + 形容词 by + doing.
When to use
解释某物被用坏、是玩法而不是出厂设置时。
Similar
You wreck them by playing too rough. ／ That’s what happens when you play too hard.
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informal
Shadowing tip
Yeah you did 短促，playing too hard 四个词平均咬。
Use it yourself
解释旧手机You make them slow by installing too much junk.装太多垃圾，就会把它们玩慢。
“It is literally impossible to be a woman.”
当女人根本不可能。
Why it's great
literally 把做不到说成物理定律，后面整段控诉的开门。
Pattern
It is literally impossible to + 动词原形.
When to use
把某种身份的互相打架要求一次说死时。
Similar
It is actually impossible to be a woman. ／ Being a woman is literally impossible.
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literary
Shadowing tip
literally 加重，impossible 拉长再落到 woman。
Use it yourself
吐槽加班It is literally impossible to rest on this roster.这张排班表上想休息根本不可能。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 芭比的不够好清单
I can’t do brain surgery, I’ve never flown a plane. - [Sasha’s mom scoffs] I’m not the president. No one on the Supreme Court is me. I’m not good enough for anything.
我不会做脑手术，我从没开过飞机。 - ［萨莎的妈妈嗤笑］ 我不是总统。 最高法院里没有我。 我做什么都不够好。
从开脑、开飞机一路贬到最高法院，越列越空。