Chapter 9 of 19 · 3'26"
Spiritually Bankrupt 灵魂破产IMDb ↗
灵魂已经破产
Deconstructing Harry · 1997
CEFR B1IELTS 5.0BedroomLoneliness
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Everything you need before watchingHarry has Cookie Williams come over. Cash first, then the menu: tie him up, hit him, a blow job, in that exact order. Afterward he praises her like a museum piece and unloads the rest—depression pills, spiritual bankruptcy, Waiting for Godot, a universe coming apart. Cookie misses the playwrights but not the black-hole joke; that's how she makes her living. She offers another round on the house because those pills clearly aren't working. Watch a man dump an existential crisis on the one person still billing by the hour.
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Harry Blockwriter
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Cookie Williamssex worker
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
Harry Block?
哈里·布洛克？
00:03
Yeah. You're cookie ?
对。你是库琪？
00:05
Cookie Williams.
库琪·威廉斯。
00:06
You wanted me here at 10:00?
你不是让我十点到吗？
00:08
Yeah. Jeez .
对。天哪。
00:11
So, uh...
那，呃……
00:15
You wanna... shall we get to it?
你想……咱们开始？
00:17
Uh, you don't want to talk a little while first?
呃，你不想先聊一会儿？
00:20
Talk? Why?
聊天？为什么？
00:22
Most guys don't like to just jump right into bed without a little talking.
多数男人不喜欢不聊两句就直接上床。
00:27
They think it's a little too businesslike.
他们觉得那样太公事公办了。
00:29
Oh, not me.
哦，我可不。
00:30
You would tie me up.
你会把我绑起来。
00:32
Whatever you want. But first, let's get the monetary part out of the way , and then we can relax.
你想怎样都行。不过先把钱的事了结，然后咱们就能放松了。
00:36
Absolutely. You get 200?
当然。你收两百？
00:38
That's right. There you go.
没错。给你。
00:39
So you want me to tie you up, that's it?
所以你是要我把你绑起来，就这样？
00:42
I'd like you to hit me a little bit and give me a blow job .
我还想让你打我几下，再给我口交。
00:45
Ok, a blow job , then hit you.
行，先口交，再打你。
00:47
No, no. Hit me and then the blow job .
不，不。先打我，再口交。
00:50
I want to get the order right.
我要把顺序搞对。
00:52
Otherwise, it's no fun.
不然就没意思了。
00:53
Tie me up, hit me, give me a blow job .
把我绑起来，打我，再给我口交。
00:55
What do you want me to tie you with?
你想让我用什么绑你？
00:58
I thought you were gonna wear stockings .
我还以为你会穿长筒袜。
01:00
Cookie, you're a definite artist. Definitely, you...
库琪，你绝对是个艺术家。绝对，你……
01:03
they should put your lips in the Smithsonian.
他们该把你的嘴唇放进史密森学会。
01:05
It took you a long time.
你花了挺长时间。
01:07
I didn't think you'd make it.
我还以为你完不成呢。
01:09
I was having a little problem focusing for a while .
有一阵子我有点集中不了注意力。
01:12
Finally, I got the right fantasy.
终于，我找到了合适的幻想。
01:13
I thought of a woman I saw on sixth Avenue today, and I coupled her with Svetlana Stalin.
我想起今天在第六大道上看见的一个女人，再把她跟斯维特兰娜·斯大林配在一起。
01:20
It's the daughter of the dictator.
就是那个独裁者的女儿。
01:22
It worked for me.
对我管用。
01:23
What do you take medicine for?
你吃药是治什么的？
01:26
Me? Depression.
我？抑郁症。
01:28
What are you depressed about?
你郁闷什么？
01:30
Depressed. Don't you ever get depressed?
郁闷。你就从来不会郁闷吗？
01:31
Doesn't your work ever get you down , or, you know...
你的工作就不会让你消沉吗，或者，你知道……
01:35
It's ok. Beats the hell out of waitressing.
还行。总比当服务员强多了。
01:37
You know, it's funny. Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing .
你知道吗，挺有意思。我跟每个妓女聊，她们都说这比当服务员强多了。
01:43
Waitressing's got to be the worst fucking job in the world.
当服务员绝对是这世上最他妈糟糕的工作。
01:46
It's unbelievable.
简直难以置信。
01:47
What are you sad about?
你在伤什么心？
01:49
I'm... I'm spiritually bankrupt . I'm empty.
我……我灵魂已经破产了。我是空的。
01:52
What do you mean?
什么意思？
01:54
I'm... I'm... I'm frightened.
我……我……我害怕。
01:55
I, uh, I got no soul. You know what I mean?
我，呃，我没有灵魂。你懂我意思吗？
01:58
When I was younger, it was less scary waiting for lefty than it is waiting for Godot .
我年轻的时候，《等待老左》都没《等待戈多》这么吓人。
02:06
Uh, you lost me .
呃，你把我讲懵了。
02:08
You know that the universe is coming apart ?
你知道宇宙正在解体吗？
02:10
Do you know about that? You know what a black hole is?
你知道这事吗？你知道黑洞是什么吗？
02:14
Yeah. That's how I make my living .
知道。我就靠这个吃饭。
02:16
You know, I got to tell you, cookie, a great writer named Sophocles said that it was probably best not to be born at all .
你知道吗，我得告诉你，库琪，有个伟大作家叫索福克勒斯，他说最好根本就别出生。
02:23
Honey, it's a little too late for that .
亲爱的，这事儿已经有点晚了。
02:26
Mmm. I fought it.
嗯。我反抗过。
02:27
I didn't want to come out. They had to come in and get me.
我不想出来。他们得进来把我弄出来。
02:31
You want another blow job ?
你还要再来一次口交吗？
02:35
How come?
怎么了？
02:36
It's on the house , no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
02:40
I'm just in a peculiar mood tonight, you know?
我今晚心情就是有点怪，你知道吗？
02:43
'Cause I had some bad news today.
因为我今天听到了坏消息。
02:46
Hey, let me ask you a question. What are you doing tomorrow?
嘿，我问你个问题。你明天干什么？
02:50
Hustlin' .
接客。
02:51
Yeah? Why don't you come with me?
是吗？你何不跟我一起去？
02:55
I'm going up to my old school 'cause they're gonna honor me.
我要回母校，因为他们要给我颁奖。
03:00
I got nobody to share it with .
我没人能一起分享。
03:01
I'm serious. Come with me.
我是认真的。跟我去。
03:03
I'll give you 500 bucks for the day.
这一天我给你五百块。
03:05
Sleep here tonight, come up with me tomorrow.
今晚睡这儿，明天跟我一起上去。
03:08
How come you got all this money?
你怎么有这么多钱？
03:10
I always keep hooker money around 'cause I once paid by check years ago and the IRS killed me.
我总是留着嫖资现金，因为多年前我用支票付过一次，国税局差点把我整死。
03:22
Mmm.
嗯。
03:24
Mmm.
嗯。
03:26
Mmm.
嗯。
03:28
Fay, when you get this message, if it's not too late, I don't want you to get married because I love you and I want to marry you.
费伊，你听到这条留言时，如果还不太晚，我不要你结婚，因为我爱你，我想娶你。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoPronunciation↩ 00:03
You're cookie
You're 弱读成 /jər/。
Yeah. You're cookie ?
对。你是库琪？
SlangA2↩ 00:08
Jeez
天哪、哎唷——轻咒，吃惊或尴尬时脱口
Yeah. Jeez .
对。天哪。
CollocationB1↩ 00:22
jump right into something
jump right into something
不铺垫就直接进入某事
这里=不聊天就上床
Most guys don't like to just jump right into bed without a little talking.
多数男人不喜欢不聊两句就直接上床。
CollocationB1↩ 00:32
get something out of the way
get something out of the way
先把某件事处理掉
这里=先把钱结清
Whatever you want. But first, let's get the monetary part out of the way , and then we can relax.
你想怎样都行。不过先把钱的事了结，然后咱们就能放松了。
GrammarB1↩ 00:42
I'd like you to hit me a little bit
would like复合：I'd like you to + 动词：请对方做某事，比 I want 客气一点。
I'd like you to hit me a little bit and give me a blow job .
我还想让你打我几下，再给我口交。
SlangB2↩ 00:42
blow job
口交——性俚语，极直，正式场合不用
I'd like you to hit me a little bit and give me a blow job .
我还想让你打我几下，再给我口交。
Pronunciation↩ 00:58
gonna wear stockings
gonna 把 going to 吞成一词。
I thought you were gonna wear stockings .
我还以为你会穿长筒袜。
CollocationA2↩ 01:09
for a while
for a while
有一阵子
I was having a little problem focusing for a while .
有一阵子我有点集中不了注意力。
CollocationA2↩ 01:31
get someone down
get someone down
让人消沉
Doesn't your work ever get you down , or, you know...
你的工作就不会让你消沉吗，或者，你知道……
CollocationB1↩ 01:35
beat the hell out of something
beat the hell out of something
比某事强太多了
这里=比当服务员强太多
It's ok. Beats the hell out of waitressing.
还行。总比当服务员强多了。
Pronunciation↩ 01:35
out of waitressing
out of 连成 ou-dəv。
It's ok. Beats the hell out of waitressing.
还行。总比当服务员强多了。
SlangB2↩ 01:37
hooker
妓女——粗直称呼，中性场合改 sex worker
You know, it's funny. Every hooker I ever speak to tells me that it beats the hell out of waitressing .
你知道吗，挺有意思。我跟每个妓女聊，她们都说这比当服务员强多了。
Pronunciation↩ 01:49
spiritually bankrupt
重音在 spir 和 bank。
I'm... I'm spiritually bankrupt . I'm empty.
我……我灵魂已经破产了。我是空的。
GrammarB2↩ 01:58
it was less scary waiting for lefty than it is waiting for Godot
比较结构：less A than B：旧等待没新等待吓人，than 两边时态可不同。
When I was younger, it was less scary waiting for lefty than it is waiting for Godot .
我年轻的时候，《等待老左》都没《等待戈多》这么吓人。
SlangB1↩ 02:06
you lost me
你把我讲懵了——口语叫停，没跟上就说
Uh, you lost me .
呃，你把我讲懵了。
CollocationB1↩ 02:08
come apart
come apart
解体、散架
You know that the universe is coming apart ?
你知道宇宙正在解体吗？
CollocationB1↩ 02:14
make one's living
make one's living
靠这个吃饭
这里双关：黑洞/床上营生
Yeah. That's how I make my living .
知道。我就靠这个吃饭。
GrammarB2↩ 02:16
said that it was probably best not to be born at all
宾语从句：said that + 观点；best not to be born 用不定式把出生说成不该发生。
You know, I got to tell you, cookie, a great writer named Sophocles said that it was probably best not to be born at all .
你知道吗，我得告诉你，库琪，有个伟大作家叫索福克勒斯，他说最好根本就别出生。
CollocationA2↩ 02:23
too late for something
too late for something
某事已经来不及了
Honey, it's a little too late for that .
亲爱的，这事儿已经有点晚了。
CollocationB1↩ 02:36
on the house
on the house
免费、请客
It's on the house , no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
GrammarB2↩ 02:36
them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working
非标准定语：them pills you taking = those pills you're taking，省掉关系词和 be，再加 ain't。
It's on the house , no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
Pronunciation↩ 02:36
sure as hell
sure 和 hell 都咬重。
It's on the house , no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
SlangB1↩ 02:36
sure as hell
毫无疑问、绝对——发誓口吻，带脏，书面少用
It's on the house , no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
CollocationB1↩ 02:40
in a peculiar mood
in a peculiar mood
心情怪怪的
I'm just in a peculiar mood tonight, you know?
我今晚心情就是有点怪，你知道吗？
SlangB2↩ 02:50
Hustlin'
在拉客赚钱——街头口语，指接客或忙着搞钱
Hustlin' .
接客。
Pronunciation↩ 02:51
don't you come
don't you 的 t 常弹成 /d/。
Yeah? Why don't you come with me?
是吗？你何不跟我一起去？
CollocationA2↩ 03:00
share something with someone
share something with someone
跟人分享某事
I got nobody to share it with .
我没人能一起分享。
CollocationA2↩ 03:10
pay by check
pay by check
用支票付款
I always keep hooker money around 'cause I once paid by check years ago and the IRS killed me.
我总是留着嫖资现金，因为多年前我用支票付过一次，国税局差点把我整死。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 01:43
fucking
最他妈糟糕的工作
In the scene哈里听完库琪说比当服务员强，立刻用脏话把服务员钉成垫底。
Night shifts have to be the worst unpaid chore in this building.夜班绝对是这栋楼里最糟的无偿杂活。
In daily life
吐槽兼职Inventory week is the worst unpaid job on campus.盘点周绝对是校园里最糟的无偿活。
above my level
PunB2↩ 02:14
make one's living
我就靠这个吃饭
In the scene哈里问宇宙黑洞，库琪把洞穴听成床上营生，一句话拆台。
She makes her living editing late-night radio, not giving tours of space.她靠剪深夜电台吃饭，不是靠讲宇宙。
In daily life
介绍职业He makes his living fixing bikes in that alley shop.他就靠那间巷子车行修车吃饭。
above my level
IronyB2↩ 02:23
too late for that
那事儿已经来不及了
In the scene哈里引索福克勒斯说最好别出生，库琪用大白话拆台：已经生下来了。
Resigning now is a little too late for that budget mess.现在辞职，对那摊预算乱子已经有点晚了。
In daily life
错过截止An apology email is a little too late for that missed flight.道歉邮件对那班误机已经有点晚了。
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IdiomB1↩ 01:35
beat the hell out of
比某事强太多了
In the scene库琪把性工作说成还行：至少比当服务员强。
Remote work beats the hell out of that two-hour commute.远程办公比那两小时通勤强太多了。
In daily life
比较工作This internship beats the hell out of unpaid campus gigs.这份实习比校园里那些没钱的零工强太多了。
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IdiomB1↩ 02:36
on the house
免费、店里请客
In the scene库琪因哈里的药没用，把下一轮改成请客。
The second coffee is on the house if the first one went cold.第一杯凉了的话，第二杯店里请客。
In daily life
咖啡店Your pastry is on the house for the long wait.等太久了，点心店里请客。
above my level
VocabularyB2↩ 01:49
spiritually bankrupt
灵魂已经破产
In the scene哈里事后对库琪自白：不是没钱，是里面空了。
He called the brand spiritually bankrupt after they killed the original team.原班人马被裁后，他说这个品牌灵魂已经破产。
In daily life
谈倦怠By December the whole newsroom felt spiritually bankrupt.到了十二月，整个编辑部都觉得灵魂破产了。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:31
get someone down
让人消沉
In the scene哈里反问库琪：你的工作就不会把你压垮吗。
The rainy week got her down more than the actual deadline.连着下雨比截止日期本身更让她消沉。
In daily life
安慰同事Don't let one bad review get you down.别让一条差评把你压垮。
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SlangB1↩ 02:06
you lost me
你把我讲懵了
In the scene哈里甩出《等待老左》和戈多，库琪直接宣布掉线。
Start from the budget line again. You lost me at the acronyms.从预算那行再讲。缩写那儿你把我讲懵了。
In daily life
听讲解You lost me after the third spreadsheet tab.第三个表格标签之后你把我讲懵了。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I'm... I'm spiritually bankrupt. I'm empty.”
我……我灵魂已经破产了。我是空的。
Why it's great
把灵魂说成账本，破产两个字把空虚钉死。
Pattern
I'm spiritually bankrupt.
When to use
承认内心被掏空、对事业或感情彻底没电时。
Similar
I'm empty inside. ／ I've got nothing left in me.
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literary
Shadowing tip
两个 I'm 顿一下，bankrupt 再落死。
Use it yourself
裁员之后After that round of layoffs I felt spiritually bankrupt.那轮裁员之后，我觉得灵魂都破产了。
“When I was younger, it was less scary waiting for lefty than it is waiting for Godot.”
我年轻的时候，《等待老左》都没《等待戈多》这么吓人。
Why it's great
用两出戏比年龄：有斗争还好过空等。
Pattern
It was less scary A than it is B.
When to use
拿旧恐惧对比新空虚、说现在更难熬时。
Similar
The old wait was easier than this one. ／ Youth had a cause; now there's just the wait.
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literary
Shadowing tip
less scary 上扬，Godot 往下收。
Use it yourself
对比焦虑Job hunting was less scary in college than it is after forty.大学找工作，都没四十岁后再找这么吓人。
“It's on the house, no charge, 'cause them pills you taking sure as hell ain't working.”
这次请客，不收费，因为你吃的那些药他妈的肯定没起作用。
Why it's great
免费当诊断：药没用，所以再做一次。
Pattern
It's on the house, 'cause + 原因.
When to use
请客或免单，顺便点出对方状态不对时。
Similar
No charge. Those meds clearly aren't doing it. ／ This round's free. Your plan isn't working.
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informal
Shadowing tip
on the house 咬清，ain't working 往下砸。
Use it yourself
酒吧免单This round is on the house, because your interview face needs help.这轮店里请客，因为你那张面试脸还得缓缓。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 拼出高潮幻想
I was having a little problem focusing for a while. Finally, I got the right fantasy. I thought of a woman I saw on sixth Avenue today, and I coupled her with Svetlana Stalin. It's the daughter of the dictator. It worked for me.
有一阵子我有点集中不了注意力。 终于，我找到了合适的幻想。 我想起今天在第六大道上看见的一个女人，再把她跟斯维特兰娜·斯大林配在一起。 就是那个独裁者的女儿。 对我管用。
从走神说到斯大林女儿，把高潮讲成拼贴术。