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他对姐姐说，传统不过是永恒的错觉
Deconstructing Harry · 1997
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5Living room雅思Identity
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Everything you need before watchingHarry drops in on his sister Doris with Cookie, the nanny, and his son Hilly. Small talk dies fast: Doris wonders if Cookie came from an agency or a massage parlor, then accuses Harry of stealing her religious life to make his ex-wife Joan look ugly on the page. Harry fires back that tradition is only the illusion of permanence. What starts as a family visit becomes a fight over Jews, tribes, and who counts as your people.
哈
Harry Blockvisiting writer
桃
DorisHarry's sister
伯
BurtDoris's husband
库
Cookiethe nanny
希
HillyHarry's son
理
Richardtraveling companion
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
So we were driving.
我们当时正开车呢。
00:03
We thought we'd stop in to see you.
我们就想着顺路进来看看你。
00:05
This is Richard. This is cookie.
这是理查德。这是库琪。
00:07
Hi, Richard.
嗨，理查德。
00:09
Hello, darling, I'm your aunt Doris.
你好啊亲爱的，我是你姑妈桃丽丝。
00:10
I bet you don't even remember me.
我敢说你都不记得我了。
00:11
Do you remember your Uncle Burt?
还记得你伯特姑父吗？
00:12
You haven't seen him in awhile .
你有阵子没见过他了。
00:14
Oh, thank you.
哦，谢谢。
00:15
Burt, get Hilly a sandwich.
伯特，给希利拿个三明治。
00:16
Would you like something to eat?
你想吃点什么吗？
00:17
Maybe a cookie or something like that ?
来块饼干什么的？
00:20
Come in the kitchen here.
到厨房这边来。
00:22
I just got to go to the bathroom.
我得去趟厕所。
00:23
Where's the John , honey?
厕所在哪儿，亲爱的？
00:25
Yeah, you just go right through there.
对，从那儿一直走就行。
00:27
Over there? Yeah.
那边？对。
00:28
So, I thought we'd drop in .
所以我就想着我们顺路来一趟。
00:30
Do you like that?
你喜欢那个吗？
00:31
I'll have some water.
给我来点水就行。
00:32
Boy, you're the last person in the world I ever expected to see.
天哪，全世界我最没想到会来的人就是你。
00:36
Don't say that, Doris.
别这么说，桃丽丝。
00:38
Yeah, and what's with cookie?
是啊，那库琪是怎么回事？
00:39
Cookie's the nanny.
库琪是保姆。
00:41
The nanny? Where did you get her from, an agency or a massage parlor ?
保姆？你从哪儿找来的，中介还是按摩院？
00:43
Oh, Jesus, she's a sweet kid. What are you picking on ...
天哪，她是个好姑娘。你挑她什么……
00:46
still with the sexpots , the tramps , the vihlde chayes .
还是搞那些性感尤物、烂女人、野东西。
00:50
She's got a Ph.D., this girl.
这姑娘可是有博士学位的。
00:51
Really? I don't know how she did on her written, but I'm sure she got an "a" plus on her oral exam.
是吗？笔试我不知道她考得怎样，口试她肯定拿了个满分加。
00:56
Hey, give me a break , will ya ?
嘿，你饶了我行不行？
00:57
I'm driving upstate, I take the time to drop in to say hello.
我开车往北走，特地顺路进来打个招呼。
01:01
Can you believe that they're honoring me at Adair?
你能相信阿代尔学院要给我颁奖吗？
01:04
I can't believe it.
我简直不敢相信。
01:05
But it's great for Hilly, I think, to see me.
不过对希利好，我觉得，能见见我。
01:08
The last time I saw him, he was 6-years-old.
我上次见他，他还才六岁。
01:11
Well, you know, you don't exactly contact me, either.
嗯，你自己也没怎么联系我啊。
01:14
Well, I know what you think of me.
我知道你怎么看我。
01:15
Oh, please, Doris, don't start in .
求你了桃丽丝，别又开始数落。
01:17
What, am I wrong? It's all over your book...
怎么，我说错了？你书里写得到处都是……
01:20
"Jewish," "too Jewish," "professionally Jewish."
「犹太」「太犹太」「职业犹太人」。
01:23
Of course, you attributed it all to your ex-wife Joan, but you gave her the details of my life because you wanted to depict her Oh, I don't know what you're talking about.
当然，你把这些全安到前妻琼头上，可你拿我的生活细节去写她，就为了把她写成——哦，我不知道你在说什么。
01:31
Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about?
哦，你不知道我在说什么？
01:33
You made a picture of your ex as a horror.
你把前妻画成了个妖怪。
01:36
And in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing, yes, you used some of her, but mostly...
而为了让那幅画像让人不同情、倒胃口，是，你用了她一点，可主要是……
01:40
mostly, you caricatured my religious dedication, because it has always enraged you that I returned to my roots .
主要是，你把我的宗教虔诚画成漫画，因为我回归根源这件事一直让你暴怒。
01:47
What roots? You were a wonderful, sweet kid.
什么根源？你原来是个特别好、特别甜的孩子。
01:50
You know, you got me through my childhood.
你知道吗，我童年全靠你撑过来的。
01:53
And, you know, then you go away to fort Lauderdale, and you meet this fanatic... this zealot.
然后你跑去劳德代尔堡，碰上了这个狂热分子……这个偏执狂。
01:59
And he fills you full of superstition.
他把你灌满了迷信。
02:03
It's tradition.
那是传统。
02:04
Tradition is the illusion of permanence .
传统是永恒的错觉。
02:07
You have no values. Your whole life, it's nihilism, it's cynicism, it's sarcasm and orgasm.
你没有价值观。你一辈子就是虚无、犬儒、讽刺，再加高潮。
02:13
In France, I could run on that slogan and win.
在法国，我拿这句当竞选口号都能赢。
02:17
I'm a Jew. I was born a Jew.
我是犹太人。我生来就是犹太人。
02:19
What, do you hate me because of that?
怎么，你因为这个恨我？
02:21
And if our parents converted to Catholicism a month before you were born, They're clubs. They're exclusionary... all of them .
要是爸妈在你出生前一个月改信了天主教——它们都是俱乐部。都排外……一个个都是。
02:30
You know, they foster the concept of the other, so you know clearly who you should hate.
它们培养「他者」这个概念，好让你清楚该恨谁。
02:36
Oh, would you... that's enough.
哦，你能不能……够了。
02:38
Let me ask you a question. If a Jew gets massacred, does that bother you more than if a gentile gets hurt or a black or a Bosnian?
我问你一件事。要是一个犹太人被屠杀，是不是比一个外邦人、一个黑人或一个波斯尼亚人受害更让你难受？
02:45
Yes, yes, yes. Yes, it does. It does.
是，是，是。是的，就是更难受。就是。
02:47
I can't help it. It's my people.
我没办法。那是我的族人。
02:49
They're all your people.
他们都是你的族人。
02:51
You know what? Burt is right about you.
你知道吗？伯特说你说对了。
02:53
You're a self-hating Jew .
你就是个自我仇恨的犹太人。
02:55
Hey, I may hate myself, but not because I'm Jewish.
嘿，我也许恨我自己，但不是因为我是犹太人。
02:58
Oh, he says he's not a self-hating Jew and look at how he talks about them in his stories.
哦，他说自己不是自我仇恨的犹太人，瞧瞧他在故事里怎么写他们的。
03:03
Max and Dolly Pincus were married for 30 years, and there was never a family wedding or bar mitzvah where they were not generous participants.
马克斯和多莉·平库斯结婚三十年，家族里哪场婚礼、哪场受戒礼，他们没有不大方出钱出力的。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:03
stop in to see someone
stop in to see someone
顺路进来看某人
We thought we'd stop in to see you.
我们就想着顺路进来看看你。
Pronunciation↩ 00:03
stop in to
stop in 连成 sto-pin，to 弱读。
We thought we'd stop in to see you.
我们就想着顺路进来看看你。
CollocationA2↩ 00:12
in a while
in a while
有一阵子了
You haven't seen him in awhile .
你有阵子没见过他了。
CollocationA2↩ 00:17
something like that
something like that
诸如此类、差不多那样
Maybe a cookie or something like that ?
来块饼干什么的？
Pronunciation↩ 00:22
got to go
got to 常吞成 gotta，两个 t 并成一个。
I just got to go to the bathroom.
我得去趟厕所。
Pronunciation↩ 00:23
Where's the John
Where's the 连读，John 的 J 要喷气。
Where's the John , honey?
厕所在哪儿，亲爱的？
SlangB1↩ 00:23
the John
厕所——口语老派说法，正式说 restroom
Where's the John , honey?
厕所在哪儿，亲爱的？
CollocationA2↩ 00:28
drop in
drop in
顺路进来坐坐
So, I thought we'd drop in .
所以我就想着我们顺路来一趟。
CollocationB1↩ 00:32
the last person in the world
the last person in the world
全世界最没想到的那个人
Boy, you're the last person in the world I ever expected to see.
天哪，全世界我最没想到会来的人就是你。
GrammarB1↩ 00:32
the last person in the world I ever expected to see
定语从句：person 后省了 that/whom，I ever expected to see 修饰这个人。
Boy, you're the last person in the world I ever expected to see.
天哪，全世界我最没想到会来的人就是你。
CollocationA2↩ 00:38
what's with someone
what's with someone
这人是怎么回事
这里 cookie=保姆库琪，不是饼干
Yeah, and what's with cookie?
是啊，那库琪是怎么回事？
SlangB2↩ 00:41
massage parlor
按摩院，暗示色情——常作色情场所委婉语，别当中性店名
The nanny? Where did you get her from, an agency or a massage parlor ?
保姆？你从哪儿找来的，中介还是按摩院？
CollocationA2↩ 00:43
pick on someone
pick on someone
专挑某人毛病
Oh, Jesus, she's a sweet kid. What are you picking on ...
天哪，她是个好姑娘。你挑她什么……
SlangB2↩ 00:46
sexpots
性感尤物——过时贬义，盯身材，正式别用
still with the sexpots , the tramps , the vihlde chayes .
还是搞那些性感尤物、烂女人、野东西。
SlangB2↩ 00:46
tramps
荡妇、烂女人——对女性的性侮辱，禁用
still with the sexpots , the tramps , the vihlde chayes .
还是搞那些性感尤物、烂女人、野东西。
SlangC1↩ 00:46
vihlde chayes
野东西、野女人——意第绪语骂人，圈外少用
still with the sexpots , the tramps , the vihlde chayes .
还是搞那些性感尤物、烂女人、野东西。
CollocationA2↩ 00:56
give someone a break
give someone a break
饶了某人、别再说了
Hey, give me a break , will ya ?
嘿，你饶了我行不行？
Pronunciation↩ 00:56
break, will ya
will ya 弱成 will-ya，ya 像呀。
Hey, give me a break , will ya ?
嘿，你饶了我行不行？
SlangA2↩ 00:56
will ya
行不行、好不好——will you 的口语，求人时用
Hey, give me a break , will ya ?
嘿，你饶了我行不行？
CollocationA2↩ 00:57
take the time to do something
take the time to do something
特地花时间去做
I'm driving upstate, I take the time to drop in to say hello.
我开车往北走，特地顺路进来打个招呼。
CollocationB1↩ 01:15
start in
start in
又开始数落/开吵
Oh, please, Doris, don't start in .
求你了桃丽丝，别又开始数落。
CollocationA2↩ 01:36
in order to do something
in order to do something
为了做某事
And in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing, yes, you used some of her, but mostly...
而为了让那幅画像让人不同情、倒胃口，是，你用了她一点，可主要是……
GrammarA2↩ 01:36
in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing
目的不定式：in order to + 动词原形，先说目的：为了把那幅画像弄得倒胃口。
And in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing, yes, you used some of her, but mostly...
而为了让那幅画像让人不同情、倒胃口，是，你用了她一点，可主要是……
Pronunciation↩ 01:36
in order to make
order to 的 to 几乎听不见，连成 or-der-tuh。
And in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing, yes, you used some of her, but mostly...
而为了让那幅画像让人不同情、倒胃口，是，你用了她一点，可主要是……
CollocationB2↩ 01:40
return to one's roots
return to one's roots
回归自己的根源
mostly, you caricatured my religious dedication, because it has always enraged you that I returned to my roots .
主要是，你把我的宗教虔诚画成漫画，因为我回归根源这件事一直让你暴怒。
GrammarB2↩ 01:40
it has always enraged you that I returned to my roots
形式主语：it 占位，真正主语是 that 从句：我回归根源这件事让你暴怒。
mostly, you caricatured my religious dedication, because it has always enraged you that I returned to my roots .
主要是，你把我的宗教虔诚画成漫画，因为我回归根源这件事一直让你暴怒。
CollocationB1↩ 01:50
get someone through something
get someone through something
帮某人撑过某段日子
You know, you got me through my childhood.
你知道吗，我童年全靠你撑过来的。
CollocationB1↩ 01:59
fill someone full of something
fill someone full of something
把某人灌满某种东西
And he fills you full of superstition.
他把你灌满了迷信。
Pronunciation↩ 02:04
illusion of permanence
重音在 lu- 和 -man，of 轻轻带过。
Tradition is the illusion of permanence .
传统是永恒的错觉。
CollocationB2↩ 02:13
run on a slogan
run on a slogan
拿一句口号去竞选
In France, I could run on that slogan and win.
在法国，我拿这句当竞选口号都能赢。
GrammarB1↩ 02:21
They're exclusionary... all of them
右偏置：先说 They're exclusionary，再用 all of them 补强：一个都不例外。
And if our parents converted to Catholicism a month before you were born, They're clubs. They're exclusionary... all of them .
要是爸妈在你出生前一个月改信了天主教——它们都是俱乐部。都排外……一个个都是。
CollocationB2↩ 02:30
foster the concept of something
foster the concept of something
培养某种观念
You know, they foster the concept of the other, so you know clearly who you should hate.
它们培养「他者」这个概念，好让你清楚该恨谁。
GrammarB2↩ 02:38
does that bother you more than if a gentile gets hurt
比较条件：more than if 比较两种假设：犹太人受害是否比外邦人更让你难受。
Let me ask you a question. If a Jew gets massacred, does that bother you more than if a gentile gets hurt or a black or a Bosnian?
我问你一件事。要是一个犹太人被屠杀，是不是比一个外邦人、一个黑人或一个波斯尼亚人受害更让你难受？
Pronunciation↩ 02:53
self-hating Jew
self 和 Jew 都要咬清，hating 稍轻。
You're a self-hating Jew .
你就是个自我仇恨的犹太人。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
PunC1↩ 00:51
oral exam
口试；也暗指口交
In the scene桃丽丝先疑库琪来自按摩院，再用笔试/口试黄段子损她。
The professor joked about the oral defense, and half the room went quiet.教授拿口头答辩开玩笑，半个教室突然安静。
In daily life
听懂黄段Skip the oral-exam joke in front of her parents.别在她父母面前讲口试那个黄段子。
above my level
IronyC1↩ 02:13
run on that slogan
拿这句话去竞选
In the scene桃丽丝骂他虚无犬儒加高潮，哈里把骂词接成法国竞选口号。
Call my desk chaotic. I could run on that slogan and still ship Friday.说我工位乱。我拿这句当口号，周五照样能交差。
In daily life
接住嘲讽Lazy? I could print that slogan on a mug.懒？我能把这句印杯子上。
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 00:46
tramps
荡妇、烂女人
In the scene桃丽丝连打三个脏词，骂哈里还是围着那种女人转。
Don't reach for that slur when you are angry at an ex.生前任的气也别甩这种侮辱词。
In daily life
提醒用词Drop the insult. Critique the choice, not her body.把侮辱收了。评选择，别评身体。
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SlangB1↩ 00:23
the john
厕所
In the scene哈里刚进门就问桃丽丝：厕所在哪。
I need the John before we sit down to eat.我们坐下吃饭前我得先去趟厕所。
In daily life
问路厕所Where's the John in this cafe?这家咖啡馆厕所在哪？
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:28
drop in
顺路进来坐坐
In the scene哈里对姐姐说：我们就是顺路来一趟。
If you are on this side of town, drop in after five.你要是到这边来，五点后来坐坐。
In daily life
约朋友Don't dress up. Just drop in on us Sunday.不用盛装。周日直接来我们家坐坐。
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IdiomA2↩ 00:56
give me a break
饶了我、别再说了
In the scene桃丽丝黄段子损完库琪，哈里求她停嘴。
Give me a break. I already apologized twice.饶了我吧。我都道过两次歉了。
In daily life
求同事停Give me a break with the spreadsheet jokes.表格笑话就饶了我吧。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 01:40
return to one's roots
回归自己的根源
In the scene桃丽丝说哈里最恨的是她重新信回犹太传统。
After ten years in the city, she returned to her roots and opened a shop at home.在城里待了十年，她回归根源，在老家开了店。
In daily life
谈回家乡He returned to his roots and cooks the way his grandmother did.他回归根源，按奶奶的方式做饭。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 02:53
self-hating jew
自我仇恨的犹太人
In the scene桃丽丝把伯特的判词甩到哈里脸上：你恨自己的族裔。
That label shuts down an argument instead of answering it.那顶帽子是用来堵嘴的，不是回答问题的。
In daily life
讨论用词Don't throw identity slurs when you disagree on politics.政见不合时别甩身份侮辱。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Tradition is the illusion of permanence.”
传统是永恒的错觉。
Why it's great
八个词把神圣传统拆成视觉把戏，像一句可印的判词。
Pattern
X is the illusion of Y.
When to use
要拆穿某套规矩其实站不住、只是看起来长久时。
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Custom is just permanence in costume. ／ That's the illusion of stability.
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literary
Shadowing tip
Tradition 起势，illusion 拉长，permanence 落死。
Use it yourself
反驳家规Office dress code is the illusion of professionalism.公司着装规定是专业的错觉。
“You have no values. Your whole life, it's nihilism, it's cynicism, it's sarcasm and orgasm.”
你没有价值观。你一辈子就是虚无、犬儒、讽刺，再加高潮。
Why it's great
三项大词突然接上高潮，骂人骂成一张指控清单。
Pattern
it's A, it's B, it's C and D.
When to use
要把某人的人生总结成几个刺耳关键词时。
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Your whole life is irony, complaint, and appetite. ／ It's all cynicism and punchlines with you.
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informal
Shadowing tip
三个 it's 同拍，orgasm 突然放轻像甩包袱。
Use it yourself
吐槽同事His whole pitch is buzzwords, it's panic, it's overtime and applause.他整套说辞就是黑话、恐慌、加班，再加鼓掌。
“Hey, I may hate myself, but not because I'm Jewish.”
嘿，我也许恨我自己，但不是因为我是犹太人。
Why it's great
先认恨自己，再把族裔这顶帽子摘掉，反击干净。
Pattern
I may hate X, but not because Y.
When to use
有人把你的缺点安到身份上、你要划清界限时。
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I can be hard on myself without it being about that. ／ Sure I complain, but not for that reason.
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informal
Shadowing tip
may hate 稍顿，but not because 咬死。
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澄清动机I may doubt this plan, but not because I'm new here.我也许怀疑这方案，但不是因为我新来。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 桃丽丝揭小说
What, am I wrong? It's all over your book... "Jewish," "too Jewish," "professionally Jewish." Of course, you attributed it all to your ex-wife Joan, but you gave her the details of my life because you wanted to depict her Oh, I don't know what you're talking about. Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about? You made a picture of your ex as a horror. And in order to make that picture unsympathetic and unappetizing, yes, you used some of her, but mostly... mostly, you caricatured my religious dedication, because it has always enraged you that I returned to my roots.
怎么，我说错了？你书里写得到处都是…… 「犹太」「太犹太」「职业犹太人」。 当然，你把这些全安到前妻琼头上，可你拿我的生活细节去写她，就为了把她写成——哦，我不知道你在说什么。 哦，你不知道我在说什么？ 你把前妻画成了个妖怪。 而为了让那幅画像让人不同情、倒胃口，是，你用了她一点，可主要是…… 主要是，你把我的宗教虔诚画成漫画，因为我回归根源这件事一直让你暴怒。
从太犹太一路接到漫画虔诚，把探亲变成控诉。