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有人被自己笔下的角色揭穿
Deconstructing Harry · 1997
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5ShopBetrayal
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Everything you need before watchingHarry's own character corners him: you got even with Joan and your sister, so I was born from your pen. She quotes Doris's pity, then names the real charge—when Joan caught him, he became a tap-dancing liar. Cut to a toy store: Hilly wants a chemistry set, and old friend Larry is back from the Amazon, already charming Fay. Harry says he smells sulfur. Watch how he blames the kit while meaning the devil in the aisle.
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Harry Blockwriter
书
Characterfictional character
希
HillyHarry's son
费
FayHarry's girlfriend
拉
Larryold friend writer
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
Dad, my Pepsi.
爸，我的百事可乐。
00:10
So you got even with your ex-wife and with your sister, and I was born?
所以你报复了前妻，也报复了妹妹，然后我就出生了？
00:15
Born? What are you talking about?
出生？你在说什么？
00:17
From your pen.
从你笔下。
00:18
From your fertile imagination .
从你那丰富的想象力里。
00:20
And I mean imagination.
我可是说真的，想象力。
00:21
Hey, I was not trying to get even with Joan.
嘿，我可没想报复琼。
00:23
Oh, and you created me as the shrewish Jewish hybrid who goes off with another patient , an orthodox divorcee from Tel Aviv.
哦，然后你把我写成那个泼辣的犹太混搭货，跟另一个病人跑了，一个来自特拉维夫的正经离婚妇。
00:30
My sister never should have married Burt.
我妹妹就不该嫁给伯特。
00:32
This guy's turned her into a zealot.
这家伙把她变成了狂热分子。
00:35
It wasn't her fault your father persecuted you.
你父亲迫害你，又不是她的错。
00:38
She was fine till she wound up with him...
她本来好好的，直到摊上了他……
00:40
this right-wing hawk that she's married.
她嫁的这个右翼鹰派。
00:42
So she disappointed you in her choice of husbands?
所以她选丈夫这件事让你失望了？
00:46
Well, fuck you . She loves Burt.
去你的。她爱伯特。
00:48
She was a wonderful kid.
她以前是个很棒的孩子。
00:49
She had a flair for physics.
物理方面挺有天赋。
00:51
Suddenly overnight, she's kosher .
突然一夜之间，她就守起洁食了。
00:53
She loves you still, despite your obvious condescension towards her life.
她还是爱你的，尽管你明显瞧不起她的生活。
00:57
Would you like to hear what she says about you?
想听听她怎么说你吗？
01:01
He's not so bad, Burt.
他也没那么坏，伯特。
01:02
He really was a very good brother.
他以前真的是个很好的哥哥。
01:04
Just my father did never forgive him when his wife died.
只是他老婆去世后，我父亲再也没原谅过他。
01:07
The man is not a Jewish man.
这人根本不算犹太人。
01:09
He's not a Jewish man. That's all.
他不是犹太人。就这样。
01:11
All right. Poor Harry.
好吧。可怜的哈里。
01:12
He was always lost.
他一直都迷迷糊糊的。
01:13
You know, he could just never accept the fact that there are things you can't know.
你知道，他就是没法接受：有些事你不可能知道。
01:18
The man is incapable of an act of faith .
这人做不出任何信仰之举。
01:21
All right. For that, I pity him.
好吧。就为这个，我可怜他。
01:23
You know, I would like to hug him again like when we were kids.
你知道，我还想再抱抱他，像小时候那样。
01:26
And if I was upset, he was a comfort to me.
我要是难过了，他总能安慰我。
01:30
What happens to us?
我们怎么变成这样了？
01:32
Doris...
桃丽丝……
01:33
She can't hear you.
她听不见你。
01:36
And as for Joan...
至于琼……
01:38
Joan? Joan hates me.
琼？琼恨我。
01:40
Well, shouldn't she?
那她不该恨吗？
01:41
Why should she hate me, because I was unfaithful to her?
她凭什么恨我，就因为我对她不忠？
01:45
No, because when she caught you, you weren't a man.
不，因为她抓到你的时候，你根本不像个男人。
01:48
You turned into this double-talking , wise-cracking , tap-dancing liar.
你变成了油嘴滑舌、贫嘴打趣、跳踢踏舞似的骗子。
01:53
Well, if she had not become so enraged, maybe we could've patched things up .
唉，要是她没那么暴怒，也许我们还能把事圆回来。
01:56
Listen to this guy. Deluded...
听听这人。自欺欺人……
01:58
maybe it tapered a bit after Hilly was born, but you two had sex pretty regularly.
也许希利出生后少了一点，但你们俩性生活还挺规律的。
02:03
I have no idea why I took up with that patient.
我也不知道自己怎么就跟那个病人好上了。
02:06
She was available, she was adorable.
她有空，她可爱。
02:07
You know, and my marriage was droning on .
你知道，我的婚姻也在那儿乏味地耗着。
02:10
Well, what you call " droning on " Well, if that's working, then marriage is not for me.
你所谓的“乏味地耗着”，要是那也叫运转良好，那婚姻不适合我。
02:15
Well, it's not for everyone.
嗯，本来就不是人人适合。
02:17
Well, you know, but then I get lonely.
可你知道，然后我又会孤独。
02:19
Hey, what do you want me to say?
嘿，你想让我说什么？
02:21
She... you know, she gave me Hilly, and for that I'm... I'm eternally grateful 'cause I love him so much.
她……你知道，她给了我希利，就为这个我……我永远感激，因为我太爱他了。
02:26
You can have any one you want here.
这里你想要哪个都可以。
02:29
Can I get 2?
我能拿两个吗？
02:30
I'll tell you what, you can get any 3 presents.
这样吧，你可以拿任意三件礼物。
02:33
Go through the store and pick any 3 presents, ok?
在店里转一圈，挑任意三件礼物，好不好？
02:36
Yeah.
好。
02:37
Look what I found.
看我找到什么了。
02:38
This is the chemistry set you always wanted.
这就是你一直想要的化学实验箱。
02:41
Look at that. It's perfect.
看看，完美。
02:43
No, no. Don't open it here.
不不不。别在这儿打开。
02:46
Let me buy it first.
先让我买下来。
02:47
Harry?
哈里？
02:49
Harry!
哈里！
02:50
Hey.
嘿。
02:52
How you doing ?
你好吗？
02:53
Larry, what are you doing here?
拉里，你在这儿干什么？
02:54
I was buying my nephew a power ranger.
我给侄子买一个威力别动队。
02:56
I can't believe it. When did you get back?
真不敢相信。你什么时候回来的？
02:58
A couple of days ago . Yeah, it was...
几天前。对，那是……
03:00
hey, fay.
嘿，费伊。
03:01
Fay, this is Larry. I told you about Larry.
费伊，这是拉里。我跟你说过拉里。
03:04
Oh, yeah. It's nice to meet you.
哦，对。很高兴认识你。
03:06
Old friend, colleague, peer.
老朋友，同事，同行。
03:08
Right.
没错。
03:09
So you got back when?
那你是什么时候回来的？
03:10
Uh, 2 days ago. Yeah.
呃，两天前。对。
03:11
I took a boat trip down the Amazon.
我坐船沿亚马孙河走了一趟。
03:13
Really? God, that sounds exciting.
真的？天哪，听着就刺激。
03:15
Yes, if you don't mind malaria and dysentery.
是啊，要是你不介意疟疾和痢疾的话。
03:16
No, butterflies the size of doves.
不，还有鸽子那么大的蝴蝶。
03:18
Never seen anything like it in my life.
这辈子没见过那样的。
03:20
Yeah, I can live without that, however.
那种我倒可以没有。
03:23
It was astounding.
那真是震撼。
03:24
Mmm. It sounds it.
嗯。听着就是。
03:25
So you got back 2 days ago?
所以你是两天前回来的？
03:27
2 days ago. Yeah.
两天前。对。
03:28
We go back a long way.
我们认识很久了。
03:30
We both started out wanting to be Kafka, and you got slightly closer than me.
我俩起步都想当卡夫卡，你比我稍微近了一点。
03:35
Yeah, I became the insect and he...
对，我变成了那只虫子，而他……
03:38
Yeah.
对。
03:39
Good. I'm amazed.
好。我都惊了。
03:40
We should go out.
我们该出去聚聚。
03:41
Yeah. Listen, why don't you come to my house in east Hampton for a weekend ?
对。听着，周末来我东汉普顿的房子住两天怎么样？
03:45
It will be great fun.
会很好玩的。
03:46
Well, let's not get hysterical.
得了，先别激动过头。
03:48
No, I'd love to. It would be fun.
不，我很想去。会很好玩。
03:50
Oh, it's beautiful out there.
哦，那儿可美了。
03:52
It's sand in the crotch . It's ticks.
裤裆里全是沙子。还有蜱虫。
03:54
To get this guy to leave his room, you know...
想让这家伙离开房间，你知道……
03:56
Oh, I know.
哦，我知道。
03:57
He's never had a tan.
他从来没晒黑过。
03:59
I've always wanted to learn how to snorkel.
我一直想学浮潜。
04:01
Oh, well, it's great there.
哦，那儿可适合了。
04:03
Snorkel? Where he lives there are sharks.
浮潜？他住的那边有鲨鱼。
04:05
You see those photographs of guys with stumps for legs and arms? That's what...
你见过那些照片吧，腿和胳膊只剩残桩的？那就是……
04:09
Yes, you are. It's fabulous.
你当然会。那儿棒极了。
04:11
Let me buy dinner. We'll talk about it.
晚饭我请。我们好好谈谈。
04:12
No, we'll buy you dinner . Can we take him to dinner?
不，晚饭我们请你。我们能带他去吃饭吗？
04:14
I'd love to tell you about the Amazon.
我很想跟你讲讲亚马孙。
04:16
'Cause it changed my life .
因为它改变了我的人生。
04:18
I'd love to hear. Sounds amazing.
我很想听。听着就神奇。
04:19
I'm gonna write a novel. I'll tell you about it.
我要写一部小说。我会讲给你听。
04:22
I'm not into the Amazon .
我对亚马孙没兴趣。
04:23
You know what the Amazon is?
你知道亚马孙是什么吗？
04:25
This Amazon is the tiny, little heads with the lips sewn together.
这亚马孙就是那种小小的、嘴唇缝起来的缩头。
04:28
Can you picture him this way?
你能想象他那样吗？
04:31
That's... that's great. We'll go to dinner tonight.
那……那太好了。我们今晚去吃饭。
04:34
Yeah, great.
对，太好了。
04:35
That'd be great.
那太好了。
04:36
Great. I'm single, available, with the soul of a black man.
太好了。我单身，有空，灵魂却是个黑人。
04:39
I smell sulfur . Do you smell sulfur?
我闻到硫磺味了。你闻到硫磺味了吗？
04:41
Hilly, did you open the chemistry set?
希利，你是不是打开化学实验箱了？
04:45
Hey, look. We're almost there.
嘿，看。我们快到了。
04:47
Hilly. Hilly, wake up. We're almost...
希利。希利，醒醒。我们快……
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationB1↩ 00:10
get even with someone
get even with someone
报复某人、跟某人算账
So you got even with your ex-wife and with your sister, and I was born?
所以你报复了前妻，也报复了妹妹，然后我就出生了？
Pronunciation↩ 00:10
got even with
got even 的 t 在美音里常弹成 /ɾ/。
So you got even with your ex-wife and with your sister, and I was born?
所以你报复了前妻，也报复了妹妹，然后我就出生了？
CollocationB2↩ 00:18
a fertile imagination
a fertile imagination
丰富的想象力
这里带刺：想象力丰富到乱编她
From your fertile imagination .
从你那丰富的想象力里。
GrammarB1↩ 00:23
who goes off with another patient
定语从句：who 管 hybrid，后面是她被写成怎样跑掉的。
Oh, and you created me as the shrewish Jewish hybrid who goes off with another patient , an orthodox divorcee from Tel Aviv.
哦，然后你把我写成那个泼辣的犹太混搭货，跟另一个病人跑了，一个来自特拉维夫的正经离婚妇。
CollocationB1↩ 00:38
wind up with someone
wind up with someone
最终跟了某人、落到跟某人在一起
She was fine till she wound up with him...
她本来好好的，直到摊上了他……
CollocationB2↩ 00:40
a right-wing hawk
a right-wing hawk
右翼鹰派
这里 hawk=鹰派政客，不是鸟
this right-wing hawk that she's married.
她嫁的这个右翼鹰派。
SlangB2↩ 00:40
hawk
鹰派、好战派——政治口语气，贬义居多
this right-wing hawk that she's married.
她嫁的这个右翼鹰派。
Pronunciation↩ 00:46
fuck you
两个词都重，像一拳打回去。
Well, fuck you . She loves Burt.
去你的。她爱伯特。
SlangB1↩ 00:46
fuck you
去你的——极粗当面回骂，正式场合绝不用
Well, fuck you . She loves Burt.
去你的。她爱伯特。
CollocationB1↩ 00:49
a flair for something
a flair for something
在某方面有天赋
She had a flair for physics.
物理方面挺有天赋。
SlangB2↩ 00:51
kosher
守洁食、变得规矩——这里带嘲讽，不是在点菜
Suddenly overnight, she's kosher .
突然一夜之间，她就守起洁食了。
CollocationB2↩ 00:53
despite someone's condescension
despite someone's condescension
尽管某人明显瞧不起
She loves you still, despite your obvious condescension towards her life.
她还是爱你的，尽管你明显瞧不起她的生活。
GrammarB1↩ 00:53
despite your obvious condescension towards her life
despite短语：despite 后接名词短语，不接完整句子。
She loves you still, despite your obvious condescension towards her life.
她还是爱你的，尽管你明显瞧不起她的生活。
CollocationB1↩ 01:13
accept the fact that
accept the fact that
接受某个事实
You know, he could just never accept the fact that there are things you can't know.
你知道，他就是没法接受：有些事你不可能知道。
GrammarB2↩ 01:13
the fact that there are things you can't know
同位语从句：that 从句说明 fact 是什么：有些事不可知。
You know, he could just never accept the fact that there are things you can't know.
你知道，他就是没法接受：有些事你不可能知道。
CollocationB2↩ 01:18
an act of faith
an act of faith
一次信仰之举、凭信念迈出的一步
The man is incapable of an act of faith .
这人做不出任何信仰之举。
SlangB2↩ 01:48
wise-cracking
贫嘴打趣的——说人靠笑话挡事，略贬
You turned into this double-talking , wise-cracking , tap-dancing liar.
你变成了油嘴滑舌、贫嘴打趣、跳踢踏舞似的骗子。
SlangB2↩ 01:48
double-talking
两面话、油嘴——指责人打太极，非正式
You turned into this double-talking , wise-cracking , tap-dancing liar.
你变成了油嘴滑舌、贫嘴打趣、跳踢踏舞似的骗子。
CollocationB1↩ 01:53
patch things up
patch things up
和好、把事圆回来
Well, if she had not become so enraged, maybe we could've patched things up .
唉，要是她没那么暴怒，也许我们还能把事圆回来。
GrammarB2↩ 01:53
if she had not become so enraged, maybe we could've patched things up
虚拟条件：had not become 是对过去的假设，could've 是没发生的结果。
Well, if she had not become so enraged, maybe we could've patched things up .
唉，要是她没那么暴怒，也许我们还能把事圆回来。
Pronunciation↩ 01:53
patched things up
patched 的 -ed 常吞，连成 patch-things-up。
Well, if she had not become so enraged, maybe we could've patched things up .
唉，要是她没那么暴怒，也许我们还能把事圆回来。
CollocationB2↩ 02:03
take up with someone
take up with someone
跟某人好上、开始来往
这里=勾搭上那个病人
I have no idea why I took up with that patient.
我也不知道自己怎么就跟那个病人好上了。
CollocationB2↩ 02:07
drone on
drone on
单调乏味地持续着
这里=婚姻像念经一样往下耗
You know, and my marriage was droning on .
你知道，我的婚姻也在那儿乏味地耗着。
GrammarB2↩ 02:10
what you call "droning on"
名词性从句：what you call X 用来引用对方用词再反驳。
Well, what you call " droning on " Well, if that's working, then marriage is not for me.
你所谓的“乏味地耗着”，要是那也叫运转良好，那婚姻不适合我。
CollocationB1↩ 02:21
eternally grateful for something
eternally grateful for something
永远感激
She... you know, she gave me Hilly, and for that I'm... I'm eternally grateful 'cause I love him so much.
她……你知道，她给了我希利，就为这个我……我永远感激，因为我太爱他了。
Pronunciation↩ 02:52
How you doing
How are you 常吞 are，连成 How you。
How you doing ?
你好吗？
CollocationA2↩ 02:58
a couple of days ago
a couple of days ago
两三天前
A couple of days ago . Yeah, it was...
几天前。对，那是……
Pronunciation↩ 02:58
couple of days
of 弱成 /ə/，听成 couple-a days。
A couple of days ago . Yeah, it was...
几天前。对，那是……
CollocationA2↩ 03:18
never seen anything like something
never seen anything like something
这辈子没见过这样的
Never seen anything like it in my life.
这辈子没见过那样的。
CollocationA2↩ 03:20
can live without something
can live without something
没有也行、不稀罕
Yeah, I can live without that, however.
那种我倒可以没有。
CollocationA2↩ 03:41
for a weekend
for a weekend
去度一个周末
Yeah. Listen, why don't you come to my house in east Hampton for a weekend ?
对。听着，周末来我东汉普顿的房子住两天怎么样？
SlangB2↩ 03:52
sand in the crotch
裤裆里进沙子——粗俗吐槽海滩，正式别用
It's sand in the crotch . It's ticks.
裤裆里全是沙子。还有蜱虫。
CollocationA2↩ 04:12
buy someone dinner
buy someone dinner
请某人吃饭
No, we'll buy you dinner . Can we take him to dinner?
不，晚饭我们请你。我们能带他去吃饭吗？
CollocationA2↩ 04:16
change someone's life
change someone's life
改变了某人的一生
'Cause it changed my life .
因为它改变了我的人生。
CollocationA2↩ 04:22
not be into something
not be into something
对某事没兴趣
这里 Amazon=亚马孙探险，不是购物网站
I'm not into the Amazon .
我对亚马孙没兴趣。
Pronunciation↩ 04:39
smell sulfur
sulfur 重音在第一音节 SUL-fur。
I smell sulfur . Do you smell sulfur?
我闻到硫磺味了。你闻到硫磺味了吗？
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
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SwearingB1↩ 00:46
fuck you
去你的
In the scene笔下角色回怼哈里：别贬妹妹的婚姻，她就是爱伯特。
That is not a workplace reply. Walk away.那不是职场该回的话。走开。
In daily life
劝人收声Don't fire that back in a meeting. Say you disagree.会上别用脏话回击。说你不同意就行。
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IronyB2↩ 04:39
smell sulfur
闻到硫磺，暗指魔鬼
In the scene拉里刚对费伊表态，哈里假装问化学箱，其实在说魔鬼到了。
I smell smoke. Do you smell smoke? And he meant the deal, not the kitchen.我闻到烟了。你闻到了吗？他指的是那笔交易，不是厨房。
In daily life
识破忽悠I smell a demo. Do you smell a demo?我闻到演示味了。你闻到了吗？
above my level
PunB2↩ 03:35
became the insect
变成卡夫卡甲虫
In the scene哈里接拉里的卡夫卡梗：你更接近大师，我变成了虫子。
We both wanted to be rock stars. I became the roadie.我俩都想当摇滚明星。我变成了巡演杂工。
In daily life
自嘲职业We both wanted to be chefs. I became the dishwasher.我俩都想当厨师。我变成了洗碗工。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:21
get even with
报复某人
In the scene哈里否认：写这个角色不是为了报复前妻琼。
Don't get even with a coworker by leaking the draft.别靠泄露草稿去报复同事。
In daily life
劝朋友Getting even with your ex on social media just looks small.在社交网上报复前任，只会显得小气。
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IdiomB1↩ 03:28
go back a long way
认识很久了
In the scene哈里向费伊介绍：他和拉里交情很深、起步一起。
The producer and I go back a long way, before the first album.制作人和我认识很久了，第一张专辑之前就认识。
In daily life
介绍旧友My editor and I go back a long way from college radio.我和编辑从大学电台就认识，交情很久了。
above my level
CollocationB2↩ 01:18
act of faith
一次信仰之举
In the scene被转述的桃丽丝说：哈里接受不了不可知的事，做不出信。
Hiring her without a trial week was an act of faith.不试工就雇她，是一次信任之举。
In daily life
谈创业Leaving the firm for a studio was an act of faith.离开公司去开工作室，是一次信念之举。
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VocabularyB2↩ 00:51
kosher
守洁食，变得虔诚
In the scene哈里嘲讽妹妹：本来学物理，嫁了伯特一夜之间守起犹太规矩。
He dropped the band and, overnight, everything had to be kosher.他退了乐队，一夜之间什么都得按规矩来。
In daily life
吐槽规矩The new policy made every lunch kosher, no exceptions.新规定让每顿午饭都得合规，没有例外。
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DiscourseB1↩ 03:46
let's not get hysterical
别这么激动夸张
In the scene拉里邀去东汉普顿度周末，哈里泼冷水：先别兴奋过头。
It's one late train. Let's not get hysterical about the whole trip.只是一班车晚点。整趟旅行先别激动过头。
In daily life
压场面It's a draft. Let's not get hysterical before the edit.这只是草稿。改之前先别激动过头。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“You turned into this double-talking, wise-cracking, tap-dancing liar.”
你变成了油嘴滑舌、贫嘴打趣、跳踢踏舞似的骗子。
Why it's great
三个现在分词叠上去，把被抓包后的表演拆成舞步。
Pattern
turn into this A, B, C + 名词。
When to use
数落对方用一套话术挡事时。
Similar
He turned into a smooth-talking liar. ／ She became this joke-cracking, tap-dancing mess.
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informal
Shadowing tip
三个 -ing 等重，liar 往下砸。
Use it yourself
吐槽同事He turned into this smile-and-nod, calendar-shifting dodger.他变成了只会笑着点头、把日程推走的回避者。
“I smell sulfur. Do you smell sulfur?”
我闻到硫磺味了。你闻到了吗？
Why it's great
表面问化学箱，实际把老友说成地狱来的。
Pattern
I smell X. Do you smell X?
When to use
场面不对、想点破又不直说时。
Similar
Something smells off. ／ Do you smell a rat?
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Shadowing tip
两句 sulfur 同重，第二句上扬。
Use it yourself
识破拍马I smell a pitch. Do you smell a pitch?我闻到推销味了。你闻到了吗？
“The man is incapable of an act of faith.”
这人做不出任何信仰之举。
Why it's great
用宗教口吻给哥哥下诊断，怜悯里带着判词。
Pattern
be incapable of an act of + 名词。
When to use
说某人在原则问题上完全做不到时。
Similar
He is incapable of trust. ／ She cannot make a leap of faith.
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literary
Shadowing tip
incapable 拉长，faith 收住。
Use it yourself
评价搭档He is incapable of an act of patience in meetings.他在会上做不出任何耐心之举。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 妹妹被转述的心里话
He's not so bad, Burt. He really was a very good brother. Just my father did never forgive him when his wife died. The man is not a Jewish man. He's not a Jewish man. That's all. All right. Poor Harry. He was always lost. You know, he could just never accept the fact that there are things you can't know. The man is incapable of an act of faith. All right. For that, I pity him. You know, I would like to hug him again like when we were kids. And if I was upset, he was a comfort to me.
他也没那么坏，伯特。 他以前真的是个很好的哥哥。 只是他老婆去世后，我父亲再也没原谅过他。 这人根本不算犹太人。 他不是犹太人。就这样。 好吧。可怜的哈里。 他一直都迷迷糊糊的。 你知道，他就是没法接受：有些事你不可能知道。 这人做不出任何信仰之举。 好吧。就为这个，我可怜他。 你知道，我还想再抱抱他，像小时候那样。 我要是难过了，他总能安慰我。
怜悯和信仰判词叠在一起，像当面对质。