Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingBarbie is trying to think her way to the girl who has been playing with her. Ken hates thinking, so she sends him walking — alone. The sidewalk greets him like a locker room: workouts, handshakes, you're the man. Across town, Mattel toasts its ROI and shakes on a deal until someone says they are officially important. Then the FBI calls: two dolls are loose in Santa Monica. Watch a handshake become a title.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingofficially important
正式算个人物了
man up
拿出男人样/兄弟
flying squirrel
我才不管你是谁
crap the bed
关键时刻搞砸
sass me
顶嘴、放肆顶撞
landing the eagle
把目标安全抓回来
figure it out
把事情想明白
make this work
让事情运转起来
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“- We are gonna make a lot of money. - We are officially important.”
我们要赚大钱了。我们正式重要了。
握手瞬间把成交说成封神,短、傲、假正经,本章标题就钉在这句。
We are officially + 形容词
办完一件正式手续、想夸张宣告身份时。
We officially matter now. / That handshake made it official.
literary
officially 拉长,important 往下砸,像举杯。
“- We’ve got to man up on this one. - Great workout, man.”
这件事咱们得拿出男人样来。练得真爽,兄弟。
同一秒里 man 当动词、当称呼,肯听成天启,观众听成笑话。
man up on + 这件事
催人别怂、把一件事扛下来时。
We've got to step up on this. / Time to grow a spine.
informal
man up 两词同等重,后半 man 轻快带过。
“I don’t give a flying squirrel who you are, Aaron.”
亚伦,我才不管你是哪路神仙。
把脏话换成松鼠,脏意还在,卡通外壳更损。
I don't give a + 委婉脏话 + who you are
要堵对方自报家门、先把身份掀掉时。
I don't care who you are. / Your title doesn't impress me.
informal
give a 连读,squirrel 咬清再点名。
