Chapter 11 of 19 · 3'22"
Cold Fish Ex-Wife 冷鱼前妻IMDb ↗
有人被自己写出来的人训
Deconstructing Harry · 1997
CEFR B2IELTS 6.0fairgroundIdentitySecrets
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingHarry runs into Ken, a man he invented on the page, who talks like a disappointed older brother. Ken calls the third ex-wife a cold fish, then says Harry picked her so the marriage would fail—so he could keep sleeping around, stay unhappy, and never grow up. Harry hates being lectured by his own character. Ken says he is not the shrink: he already knows the parts Harry hides. Cut to Lucy, the sister, flushing red across from Jane before she confesses.
哈
Harry Blockthe writer
肯
Kenfictional alter ego
简
Janethird ex-wife
露
LucyJane's sister
Chapters
19 parts · AI-cut01Caught By The Lake湖边偷情还想再加一分钟，家里人已经在喊烤肉B13'52"02Loosely Based On Us她拿枪上门，骂他把两人的事写进小说卖钱B25'27"03You Must Be Mendel嫖妓不算出轨C14'29"04You're Out Of Focus人生对不准焦C16'52"05The Rest Of Your Life前妻说不想让儿子这辈子再看见他B22'28"06Jewish With A Vengeance娶了自己的心理医生，她产后突然虔诚得要命C13'25"07It's Benign医生说英语里最美的话不是我爱你，是没事B22'21"08Getting Married Tomorrow酒桌上她说自己明天要嫁给他的朋友B22'39"09Spiritually Bankrupt灵魂已经破产B13'26"10Short Of Kidnapping儿子不肯去看他领奖，他只好把人绑上车B23'32"11Cold Fish Ex-Wife有人被自己写出来的人训B23'22"12I Can't Love他劝费伊别爱上他，说自己就是那个不会爱的人B23'57"13Illusion Of Permanence他对姐姐说，传统不过是永恒的错觉C13'01"14He Ate Them旧作里有人吃掉家人来藏尸体，姐姐骂他反犹B26'40"15Don't Fuck The Patient出轨只能找病人B26'03"16I Smell Sulfur有人被自己笔下的角色揭穿C14'43"17A Hooker And A Body领奖他带着妓女和一具尸体到场，人开始失焦B25'09"18The House Always Wins地狱里他说来回涨跌，最后总是庄家赢B25'25"19Art Into My Life费伊说他只把艺术放进作品，却不放进生活B25'01"
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00:02
Cold fish , your third ex-wife.
一条冷鱼，你的第三任前妻。
00:04
She never would have made a good mother.
她根本当不了好母亲。
00:07
Who are you?
你是谁？
00:09
It's me. Ken.
是我。肯。
00:11
Ken?
肯？
00:13
You created me. Now you don't recognize me?
你把我写出来的。现在倒不认得我了？
00:17
I'm a little bit high because of her smoke.
我有点嗨，吸了她的二手烟。
00:20
How'd you ever hook up with Jane?
你当初怎么跟简搞到一起的？
00:22
Jane was fine. Jane was just having her period, Oh, no, no, it wasn't just her period.
简挺好的。简只是来月经了，哦，不，不，不只是月经的事。
00:28
She was a cold, selfish woman.
她是个又冷又自私的女人。
00:31
She doesn't realize her sister hates her.
她不知道她妹妹恨她。
00:35
Hey, how do you know so much?
嘿，你怎么知道这么多？
00:37
I'm just you, thinly disguised .
我就是你，稍微换了层皮。
00:41
You gave me a little more maturity and a different name.
你给我多加了点成熟，换了个名字。
00:45
What are you saying? That I know this?
你什么意思？说我自己知道这些？
00:47
Of course you do. That's why you picked her, so it wouldn't work ...
你当然知道。所以你才选她，好让这段处不成……
00:51
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up .
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
00:56
Hey, I'm not going to stand out here and get lectured by my own creation.
嘿，我才不要站在这儿听自己写出来的人训话。
01:00
Uh, uh, uh, you can't fool me.
呃，呃，呃，你骗不了我。
01:02
I'm not like your shrink .
我不像你那个心理医生。
01:03
He only knows what you tell him.
他只知道你肯告诉他的那些。
01:05
I know the truth.
我知道真相。
01:06
And then, her sister Lucy...
然后，她妹妹露西……
01:08
Another head case .
又一个脑子有病的。
01:10
Wow.
哇。
01:11
You sure can pick them .
你还真会挑人。
01:12
But even she was better than Jane...
可就算是她，也比简强……
01:15
more maternal, and she loved you.
更有母性，而且她爱你。
01:17
You weren't there the day your bomb dropped on her, but take a look .
你那颗炸弹砸到她头上那天你不在，不过来看看。
01:24
He left me.
他甩了我。
01:26
It's over. Our marriage is finished.
结束了。我们的婚姻完了。
01:28
I'm so sorry to hear that.
听到这个我很难过。
01:32
Are you shocked?
你吃惊吗？
01:33
Yes and no.
是也不是。
01:34
Things have not been very good for some time .
有一段时间了，事情一直不太好。
01:38
I knew he played around .
我知道他在外面乱来。
01:40
Did you? You never mentioned that.
是吗？你从没提过。
01:43
I don't like to discuss my private life.
我不喜欢讨论私生活。
01:46
At first, I suspected Lynn, his editor, but then I thought, no, it might be Allison Davis, a friend of ours.
一开始我怀疑是林恩，他的编辑，后来又想，不对，也许是艾莉森·戴维斯，我们一个朋友。
01:53
I even thought he might have a crush on you.
我甚至想过他可能暗恋你。
01:57
Me?
我？
01:58
Well, you're very beautiful, and we've spent a lot of time together, and you two get along very well .
嗯，你很漂亮，我们经常待在一起，而且你们俩处得很好。
02:05
I knew you never would in a million years , but I imagined he longed for you.
我知道你一辈子都不会，可我想象过他渴望你。
02:13
I think I even heard him mention your name in his sleep once.
我好像有一次还听见他睡着时念你的名字。
02:18
My goodness.
我的天。
02:21
Well...
这个……
02:23
That's absurd. I mean...
这太荒唐了。我是说……
02:27
Really.
真的。
02:29
You're all red.
你满脸通红。
02:31
No. No.
没有。没有。
02:34
Lucy, are you ok?
露西，你还好吗？
02:37
Look...
听着……
02:39
Since we're talking openly ...
既然我们都打开天窗说亮话了……
02:42
I have a confession to make.
我有件事要坦白。
02:46
Yes?
什么？
02:47
Look...
听着……
02:50
Life sometimes takes very strange twists and turns , and we're not responsible for our feelings.
生活有时会走很奇怪的弯路，我们对自己的感情做不了主。
02:57
You know, everybody's feelings are irrational.
你知道，每个人的感情都是不理智的。
02:59
Yes, but to hear from your husband that he found another woman...
是啊，可从自己丈夫嘴里听到他又找了别的女人……
03:04
He...
他……
03:05
He said his future is all mapped out .
他说他的未来都规划好了。
03:10
Oh.
哦。
03:13
Jane...
简……
03:14
I'm going to be totally Frank with you and just try and hang on ...
我要对你完全坦白，你先撑住……
03:18
what can I say? I'm being replaced.
我能说什么？我要被换掉了。
03:20
Yes, yes, but it doesn't have to be a nightmare if we're all just mature about it.
对，对，可只要我们都成熟一点，这不一定得变成一场噩梦。
03:24
Replaced by a 25-year-old.
被一个二十五岁的换掉。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoSlangB2↩ 00:02
Cold fish
感情冷淡的人——贬义绰号，熟人吐槽可用
Cold fish , your third ex-wife.
一条冷鱼，你的第三任前妻。
GrammarB2↩ 00:04
never would have made
情态完成：would have + 过去分词=对未发生之事的判断：她根本当不了。
She never would have made a good mother.
她根本当不了好母亲。
CollocationA2↩ 00:17
a little bit
a little bit
有那么一点
I'm a little bit high because of her smoke.
我有点嗨，吸了她的二手烟。
SlangB1↩ 00:17
high
吸嗨了——毒品/二手烟口语，正式说 intoxicated
I'm a little bit high because of her smoke.
我有点嗨，吸了她的二手烟。
CollocationB1↩ 00:20
hook up with someone
hook up with someone
勾搭上、处上对象
How'd you ever hook up with Jane?
你当初怎么跟简搞到一起的？
Pronunciation↩ 00:20
How'd you ever
How'd you 的 d 常吞掉，听成 how-ya。
How'd you ever hook up with Jane?
你当初怎么跟简搞到一起的？
CollocationB2↩ 00:37
thinly disguised
thinly disguised
稍加伪装、一眼能看穿
I'm just you, thinly disguised .
我就是你，稍微换了层皮。
Pronunciation↩ 00:37
thinly disguised
thin- 轻，重音落在 -guise。
I'm just you, thinly disguised .
我就是你，稍微换了层皮。
GrammarB1↩ 00:47
That's why you picked her, so it wouldn't work
因果目的：That's why 给原因，so 再补目的：选她就是为了处不成。
Of course you do. That's why you picked her, so it wouldn't work ...
你当然知道。所以你才选她，好让这段处不成……
CollocationA2↩ 00:51
give up something
give up something
放弃某事
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up .
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
CollocationA2↩ 00:51
grow up
grow up
长大、成熟做人
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up .
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
GrammarB2↩ 00:51
never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up
目的并列：so you'd never have to 后接 give up A and B and grow up，三项并列。
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up .
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
SlangC1↩ 00:51
sport-fucking
把上床当消遣——极粗，熟人互骂才说，正式场合禁用
so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up .
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
CollocationB1↩ 00:56
get lectured by someone
get lectured by someone
被人训一顿
Hey, I'm not going to stand out here and get lectured by my own creation.
嘿，我才不要站在这儿听自己写出来的人训话。
GrammarB1↩ 00:56
get lectured by my own creation
get被动：get lectured by=被人训，比 be lectured 更口语、更不情愿。
Hey, I'm not going to stand out here and get lectured by my own creation.
嘿，我才不要站在这儿听自己写出来的人训话。
Pronunciation↩ 00:56
get lectured by
get 的 t、lectured 的 t 都打成弹舌。
Hey, I'm not going to stand out here and get lectured by my own creation.
嘿，我才不要站在这儿听自己写出来的人训话。
SlangB2↩ 01:02
shrink
心理医生——口语简称，正式写作改 psychiatrist
I'm not like your shrink .
我不像你那个心理医生。
SlangB2↩ 01:08
head case
脑子有问题的人——口语贬义，说人难搞，当面别用
Another head case .
又一个脑子有病的。
CollocationB1↩ 01:11
can pick them
can pick them
专会挑这种人
这里 them=有问题的对象
You sure can pick them .
你还真会挑人。
CollocationA2↩ 01:17
take a look
take a look
看一眼
You weren't there the day your bomb dropped on her, but take a look .
你那颗炸弹砸到她头上那天你不在，不过来看看。
CollocationA2↩ 01:34
for some time
for some time
已经有一段时间了
Things have not been very good for some time .
有一段时间了，事情一直不太好。
SlangB1↩ 01:38
played around
在外面乱来——委婉说出轨，比 cheat 轻一点
I knew he played around .
我知道他在外面乱来。
CollocationB1↩ 01:53
have a crush on someone
have a crush on someone
暗恋某人
I even thought he might have a crush on you.
我甚至想过他可能暗恋你。
Pronunciation↩ 01:53
crush on you
crush on 连成 crush-on，on 弱读。
I even thought he might have a crush on you.
我甚至想过他可能暗恋你。
CollocationA2↩ 01:58
get along well with someone
get along well with someone
相处融洽
Well, you're very beautiful, and we've spent a lot of time together, and you two get along very well .
嗯，你很漂亮，我们经常待在一起，而且你们俩处得很好。
CollocationB1↩ 02:05
never in a million years
never in a million years
一辈子也不可能
I knew you never would in a million years , but I imagined he longed for you.
我知道你一辈子都不会，可我想象过他渴望你。
CollocationB2↩ 02:05
long for someone
long for someone
渴望、想念某人
I knew you never would in a million years , but I imagined he longed for you.
我知道你一辈子都不会，可我想象过他渴望你。
GrammarB2↩ 02:05
you never would in a million years
动词省略：never would 后面省了 have a crush / do that，靠上文补全。
I knew you never would in a million years , but I imagined he longed for you.
我知道你一辈子都不会，可我想象过他渴望你。
CollocationB1↩ 02:39
talk openly
talk openly
开诚布公地谈
Since we're talking openly ...
既然我们都打开天窗说亮话了……
CollocationB1↩ 02:50
twists and turns
twists and turns
曲折弯路
Life sometimes takes very strange twists and turns , and we're not responsible for our feelings.
生活有时会走很奇怪的弯路，我们对自己的感情做不了主。
CollocationB1↩ 03:05
map something out
map something out
规划妥当
He said his future is all mapped out .
他说他的未来都规划好了。
Pronunciation↩ 03:05
mapped out
mapped out 的 t 弹成 d，听成 map-dout。
He said his future is all mapped out .
他说他的未来都规划好了。
CollocationA2↩ 03:14
hang on
hang on
撑住、先别垮
I'm going to be totally Frank with you and just try and hang on ...
我要对你完全坦白，你先撑住……
Pronunciation↩ 03:14
going to be
going to 常弱成 gonna，to 几乎听不见。
I'm going to be totally Frank with you and just try and hang on ...
我要对你完全坦白，你先撑住……
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:02
cold fish
感情冷淡的人
In the scene肯开口第一句就用这词骂哈里的第三任前妻。
My new manager is a cold fish. He never laughs at anything.我新来的经理是条冷鱼。他从不笑。
In daily life
吐槽相亲Skip a second date. That guy was a cold fish.别约第二次了。那男的一条冷鱼。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:37
thinly disguised
稍加伪装、一眼能看穿
In the scene肯告诉哈里：换个名字、多一点成熟，人还是你。
That review is a thinly disguised ad for their own app.那篇评测是给他们自己应用打的薄薄伪装广告。
In daily life
拆穿借口His apology was a thinly disguised complaint.他的道歉是薄薄伪装过的抱怨。
above my level
SwearingC1↩ 00:51
sport-fucking
把上床当消遣
In the scene肯骂哈里专挑处不成的婚，好继续把上床当运动。
He treats weekend flings like a hobby and calls it staying free.他把周末露水当爱好，还说那叫保持自由。
In daily life
劝人收心Stop collecting dates like trophies and pick one person.别再把约会当奖杯收藏，先选定一个人。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 00:13
you created me
你造了我却不认
In the scene肯当面质问哈里：你把我写出来，现在装不认识。
You built this policy. Don't look surprised when it bites you.这规矩是你定的。被反噬时别装吃惊。
In daily life
拆穿装傻You wrote the group rules. Don't pretend you forgot them.群规是你写的。别装忘了。
above my level
SlangB2↩ 01:08
head case
脑子有问题的人
In the scene肯把露西随口判成又一个精神有状况的。
Don't assign him the night shift. He's a head case after ten.夜班别派他。过了十点他就整个人不对。
In daily life
吐槽前男友Cute, but a total head case. I walked away.长得行，可脑子有病。我撤了。
auto-pauses
Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:20
hook up with
勾搭上、处上对象
In the scene肯嘲哈里：你当初怎么跟简搞到一起的。
How did you even hook up with someone that quiet?你怎么会跟那么闷的人处上的？
In daily life
追问恋情When did you two hook up? Last summer?你们俩什么时候处上的？去年夏天？
auto-pauses
IdiomB1↩ 01:53
have a crush on
暗恋、对某人有好感
In the scene简对露西说：我甚至想过他可能暗恋你。
She has a crush on the new barista and keeps going back for tea.她暗恋新来的咖啡师，老找借口去买茶。
In daily life
闺蜜闲聊I think he has a crush on you. He laughs at every joke.我觉得他暗恋你。你一开玩笑他就笑。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:17
drop a bomb
扔下重磅消息
In the scene肯说哈里那颗炸弹砸到露西头上那天，他本人不在场。
Don't drop a bomb on her in the hallway. Find a private room.别在走廊里给她扔重磅消息。找个没人的房间。
In daily life
通知裁员The boss dropped a bomb on us at 5 p.m. Friday.老板周五下午五点给我们扔了颗炸弹。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I'm just you, thinly disguised.”
我就是你，稍微换了层皮。
Why it's great
五个词把虚构人物钉成作者本人，伪装薄得像笑话。
Pattern
I'm just you, thinly disguised.
When to use
揭穿某人换了名字、还是同一套人时。
Similar
I'm you with a different name. ／ It's still you, barely covered.
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literary
Shadowing tip
just you 稍顿，thinly 轻轻，disguised 落稳。
Use it yourself
揭穿马甲That account is just you, thinly disguised.那个账号就是你，稍微换了层皮。
“so you'd never have to give up sport-fucking and chronic dissatisfaction and grow up.”
好让你永远不用放弃把上床当消遣、还有没完没了的不满足，也不用长大。
Why it's great
三项并列把逃避写成生活计划，粗口当诊断。
Pattern
so you'd never have to give up A and B and grow up.
When to use
点破某人专挑处不好的关系、好继续混时。
Similar
so you would never have to settle down ／ so you could keep drifting and never grow up
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
give up 后三项等重，grow up 下沉收死。
Use it yourself
劝人收心He dates chaos so he never has to give up late nights and grow up.他专找乱的，好永远不用放弃熬夜，也不用长大。
“Life sometimes takes very strange twists and turns, and we're not responsible for our feelings.”
生活有时会走很奇怪的弯路，我们对自己的感情做不了主。
Why it's great
先把人生说成弯路，再把责任推给感情，是典型开场白。
Pattern
Life takes twists and turns, and we're not responsible for X.
When to use
要坦白坏事、先给自己铺垫台阶时。
Similar
Life takes odd turns, and feelings aren't a choice. ／ Things twist in strange ways; we don't pick what we feel.
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literary
Shadowing tip
twists and turns 拉长，feelings 轻轻落下。
Use it yourself
开口认错Careers take strange twists and turns, and we're not responsible for every detour.事业有时会走弯路，不是每段绕路都能怪自己。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 肯比医生更懂
Uh, uh, uh, you can't fool me. I'm not like your shrink. He only knows what you tell him. I know the truth.
呃，呃，呃，你骗不了我。 我不像你那个心理医生。 他只知道你肯告诉他的那些。 我知道真相。
四句把心理医生比下去：你瞒得过他，瞒不过我。