Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingKen has flipped Barbie Land: the Dreamhouse is now his Mojo Dojo Casa House, and a special election will rewrite the constitution for the Kens. He tosses Barbie's archival outfits into the night. Barbie turns on Gloria — why wish me into your messed-up world? She does not want change. She will sit and wait for a leadership-oriented Barbie to snap out of it. Watch Ken treat a lady asking the time as respect, and Barbie hear a cry for help as a kidnapping.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingbe somebody
是个人物、有身份
snap out of it
突然醒过神来
dude
普通男人、哥们
asked me for the time
问我几点了
nobel prize in horses
马匹类诺贝尔奖
of the people by the people
民有民治民享的戏仿
leave me to mine
别管我的那一份
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Why did you wish me to your messed-up world”
你为什么许愿把我拖进你那个一团糟的世界
wish me to 把求助说成绑架,messed-up 一口咬定对方的世界是祸源。
wish someone to + 某处
责怪别人把你拖进一团乱时。
Why did you drag me into this mess? / Who asked you to pull me into that world?
informal
wish me 连读,messed-up 两个词都咬重。
“Go back to your messed-up world and just leave me to mine.”
回你那个一团糟的世界,别管我的。
leave me to mine 把两个世界切开,mine 一个词收干净。
leave someone to theirs / leave me to mine
拒绝插手、要对方回到自己那边时。
Go deal with your own mess. / Leave me out of yours.
informal
Go back 下沉,mine 拉长落下。
“Oh, honey, that’s life. It’s all change.”
哦,亲爱的,这就是生活。生活全是变化。
两句短钉:先安抚,再把变化说成生活本身。
That’s life. It’s all + 名词。
安慰怕变的人、把无常说成常态时。
That’s just how it is. / Change is the whole deal.
literary
honey 轻,life 和 change 两处加重。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageAnd if it weren’t for these technicalities like MBAs, medical degrees, and I don’t know, swim lessons, I could have ruled that world. But I don’t need any of those things here. Here, I’m just a dude. And you know what? That’s enough.
要不是那些技术细节挡着 比如工商管理硕士、医学学位, 还有,我不知道,游泳课,我本可以统治那个世界。 可在这儿,那些我一样都不需要。 在这儿,我就是个普通哥们。而且你知道吗? 这就够了。
I’m just gonna sit here and wait and hope that one of the more leadership-oriented Barbies just snaps out of it and does something about this whole mess.
我就坐在这儿等着、盼着 某个更有领导范儿的芭比 突然醒过神来 来收拾这一团糟。
