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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAs Rocky Balboa is closing his gym for the night, a young man named Donnie arrives with questions about Apollo Creed—and a request Rocky has no desire to hear. Their guarded exchange slowly reveals Donnie’s connection to Apollo, while Rocky is forced to revisit the fighter he once was and the choices he made. The scene matters because a simple request to train becomes an unexpected meeting between two generations of the same boxing legacy.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingbehind closed doors
私下进行,不公开
close up
关门歇业
talk someone out of
劝某人打消念头
ain't
不是;没有
go out like a fighter
像拳手一样走完人生
undefeated
从未被击败的
owe someone that
至少该答应某人这件事
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Time you know takes everybody out it s undefeated”
时间,你懂的,会淘汰所有人;它从未输过。
把时间拟人化成永远不败的对手,短句里有苍凉的哲理。
X takes everybody out; it’s undefeated.
谈衰老、竞争或任何最终无法战胜的现实。
Time catches up with everyone. / Nothing beats the passage of time.
literary
重读 time、everybody、undefeated;在 out 后短停。
“It s always about a choice”
归根结底,永远都是选择的问题。
用极简句式反驳宿命论,把沉重的人生说得坚定有力。
It’s always about a choice.
鼓励别人为决定负责,或讨论是否真的别无选择。
There’s always a choice. / It comes down to what you choose.
neutral
重读 always 和 choice;choice 拉长,语调落下。
“Maybe you did exactly what he wanted”
也许你正好做了他想让你做的事。
一句温和的假设重新解释旧日遗憾,克制却很有情绪力量。
Maybe you did exactly what someone wanted.
安慰别人时,替一件令人后悔的事寻找另一种可能。
You may have done just what they hoped. / Perhaps that was exactly what she wanted.
neutral
Maybe 轻读;exactly 和 wanted 重读,句尾放柔。
