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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingIn the gym, Rocky pushes Donnie through their usual rough-edged routine, trading jokes and boxing commands. Then Donnie turns the conversation toward chemotherapy, and the old fighter’s stubborn refusal reveals a deeper fear: losing the life he shared with Marie. The scene matters because a coach-and-boxer argument slowly becomes an honest conversation about mortality, family, and what makes a life worth fighting for.
Chapters
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Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingrise to the occasion
在关键时刻挺身而出
jump on something
赶紧采取行动
shit
这事玩真的
crib
家,住处
you know what
你听我说;不过
bum
落魄又无所事事的人
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Now is the time for you to rise to the occasion there”
现在正是你挺身而出的时候,懂吗?
用有力量的习语,把压力变成迎难而上的召唤。
It’s time for someone to rise to the occasion.
队友临场紧张时,用来鼓励他扛住关键时刻。
This is your moment to step up. / You need to meet the challenge.
neutral
重读 time、rise、occasion,there 轻收尾。
“I would die a happy man right then”
那一刻死去,我也会含笑而终。
用虚拟语气和克制的夸张,写出愿望实现时的满足。
I would die a happy man right then.
表达某个愿望若实现,自己会感到无比圆满。
I could leave this world content. / That would make me a very happy person.
literary
I would 弱读,happy man 连读,right then 重读。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageIf I could take everything that was good and put it into a bowl or something and say Hey Here I d like to buy one more day with my wife I d do it I would die a happy man right then
如果我能把所有美好的东西都拿过来, 再把它们装进一个碗,或者什么东西里, 然后说:‘嘿,在这儿,我想——’ 我想用这些换和我妻子多过一天。 我会这么做。 那一刻死去,我也会含笑而终。
So everything I got has moved on and I m here But you know what It s okay Because I said to myself If I break if I m hurt whatever I ain t gonna fix it Why bother And I m just some bum just living in your crib just nothing You re a good kid a good fighter But you got your whole future ahead of you Mine Back there like all them guys on that wall In the back in the past We re going nowhere I am to you just an old trainer That s what brought us together You know We re not a real family That was just in our heads kid
所以,我拥有的一切都已经离我而去,只剩我在这里。 但你知道吗?没关系。 因为我对自己说, 不管我崩溃了,还是受伤了,随便吧, 我都不会去修补它。何必呢? 而我只是个窝囊废,赖在你家里。 什么都不是。 你是个好孩子,也是个好拳手。 可你的前途还一片大好。 我的呢? 早就和墙上那些家伙一样,留在后面了。 留在过去了。 我们已经走到头了。 对你来说,我就只是个老教练。 你知道,正是这个让我们走到了一起。 我们不是真正的一家人。 那只是我们自己脑子里的想法,小子。
