Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingKen climbs into the car so he will not look uncool in front of Ken, meaning himself. They roll into Los Angeles: beach, construction sites, and men who will not stop staring. Barbie feels a new discomfort with an undertone of violence; Ken feels admired. Catcalls bounce off her as puzzles until she politely informs the crew they have no genitals. Watch the Real World reverse everything she thought she knew.
Chapters
26 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingfries with that shake
奶昔/扭屁股双关
hold it against me
记恨/身体贴上
woman power
女性力量(反话)
ill at ease
不自在、局促
pick up on
察觉到某种意思
entendre
双关、话里有话
undertone of violence
潜藏的暴力意味
blondie
金发妞(搭讪)
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Mine very much has an undertone of violence.”
我这边可是带着十足的暴力底色。
同一场盯视,肯感到崇拜,她感到威胁,一句拆开性别体验。
X has an undertone of Y.
表面客气、底下不对劲时,点出那一层味道。
There's an undertone of threat. / It comes with a hint of hostility.
literary
very much 加重,violence 往下砸。
“I don’t know exactly what you meant with all of those little quips,”
我不太确定你们那些俏皮话到底什么意思,
把工地黄腔当成课堂谜语来拆,礼貌得近乎荒诞。
I don't know what you meant.
听懂字面、没听懂暗示,想把话摊开时。
I'm not sure what you meant by that. / What exactly did you mean?
neutral
exactly 咬清,quips 轻轻上扬留住。
“Everything is almost like... reversed here.”
这里的一切几乎都……反过来了。
用 reversed 把整场现实世界的错位收成一句。
Everything is reversed here.
发现规则、角色和自己想的完全相反时。
It's the other way around here. / Everything is flipped.
informal
almost like 拉长,reversed 顿一下。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageI don’t know exactly what you meant with all of those little quips, but I’m picking up on some sort of entendre, which appears to be double, and I would just like to inform you, I do not have a vagina. And he does not have a penis. We don’t have genitals.
我不太确定你们那些俏皮话到底什么意思, 但我感觉到某种暗示, 而且好像是双重的, 我只是想通知你们一声, 我没有阴道。 他也没有阴茎。 我们没有生殖器。
Geez, you would think a construction site at lunch time would be the perfect place for a little woman power, but this one was so... male. Everything is almost like... reversed here.
天哪,你还以为工地午饭时间 会是发挥一点女性力量的绝佳地点, 可这个工地却那么……男性。 这里的一切几乎都……反过来了。
