Chapter 13 of 15 · 3'27"
The Novel Gets Critiqued 小说被狠批IMDb ↗
当崇拜突然变成一场文学审判
Husbands and Wives · 1992
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5StreetPhilosophy雅思
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Everything you need before watchingThe lost envelope turns up: someone found Rain's copy of Gabe's novel in a cab. She does not relax. She calls leaving it Freudian, then lists what actually bothers her — the women, the casual affairs, the lead character's shallow gaze. Gabe still says he is in her corner, her biggest fan. Minutes later he snaps and calls her a twenty-year-old twit. Public praise curdles, and the crush shows its teeth.
盖
Gabenovelist and teacher
雷
Rainstudent writer
Chapters
15 parts · AI-cut01Friends Announce a Split当朋友轻松宣布拆伙C13'49"02A Late-Night Marriage Talk当拆伙消息烧到自己家C13'21"03A Date Interrupted当约会变成对前段的质问B24'12"04Praising a Student Story当夸奖让人脸红心跳C12'46"05Kamikaze Women Theory当危险的人反而让你上瘾C13'02"06Meeting the New Girlfriend当朋友的新欢让你说不出话B24'35"07Lunch After the Split把拆伙说成拔牙C12'43"08A Walk About Writing当夸人变成一场暧昧散步C13'14"09Too Fast After the Date当约会很甜你却突然喊停C13'57"10Meeting the Parents当见家长变成一部连续剧B23'48"11Astrology Blowup当聚会上被当众拖走有多难堪C14'37"12He Wants to Come Back当前夫醉闯旧家还想复合B24'08"13The Novel Gets Critiqued当崇拜突然变成一场文学审判C13'27"14The Marriage Is Over当回忆已救不回这段关系C13'56"15Birthday in a Blackout当停电把生日变成暧昧时刻B22'48"
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00:00
I don't know, but there was some kind of rapport I felt here that I thought was, was meaningful to me.
我也不清楚，可我在这儿感觉到一种投契，我觉得那对我是有意义的。
00:02
Hey! Hey! Somebody found your envelope!
嘿！嘿！有人找到你的信封了！
00:06
He's waitin' at the house now. Come here!
他这会儿在房子那儿等着。过来！
00:09
It's... It's so Freudian.
这……这也太弗洛伊德了。
00:14
What is?
什么呀？
00:16
Uh, oh, the whole thing of leaving the novel in the cab and everything.
呃，哦，把小说落在出租车上这一整件事啊。
00:22
No, don't be silly . You know, it could happen to anybody.
别傻了。你知道，谁都可能碰上。
00:25
- You misplaced it for a moment . - No.
- 你只是一时放错地方了。 - 不是。
00:27
I think m-maybe it meant something.
我觉得，也、也许它意味着什么。
00:31
- Like what? - Well, I don't, I don't know.
- 比如什么？ - 嗯，我不知道，我不知道。
00:36
I think, maybe, I could have been threatened.
我想，也许，我当时是受到了威胁。
00:39
- Threatened by my book? - Yeah.
- 被我的书威胁到了？ - 对。
00:42
- That's abs... - I mean, I'm very competitive by nature .
- 那太荒…… - 我是说，我天生就很好胜。
00:45
- That's absurd. - Why, because I'm a young female?
- 那太荒唐了。 - 为什么，因为我是年轻女性？
00:49
No, don't... You know, don't get angry.
不，别……你知道，别生气。
00:52
Because I'm in your corner . You know, I'm, I'm your biggest fan .
因为我站在你这边。你知道，我、我是你最铁的粉丝。
00:56
Yeah.
嗯。
01:00
I just think that, maybe, I could have been threatened by certain things in the book.
我只是觉得，也许，书里某些东西让我感到威胁。
01:06
Like what? You know, wh-wh...
比如什么？你知道，什、什……
01:08
Um, some of the attitudes towards women and your ideas on life.
嗯，一些对女人的态度，还有你对人生的看法。
01:13
- You told me you love the book. - I do.
- 你跟我说你爱这本书。 - 我是爱。
01:17
I do love it. Yeah.
我确实爱它。真的。
01:19
- What were your criticisms? - Um, nothing.
- 那你的批评是什么？ - 嗯，没什么。
01:23
No, tell me. Tell me what your criticisms were.
不，告诉我。告诉我你的批评是什么。
01:25
Uh, I was a little disappointed, I guess, with, uh, with some of your attitudes.
呃，我有点失望，我想，对，对你的一些态度。
01:30
Like what? What attitudes?
比如什么？什么态度？
01:33
With what?
对什么？
01:34
The way your people just casually have affairs like that.
你笔下的人就那么随随便便出轨。
01:37
- That's... - The book doesn't condone affairs .
- 那是…… - 这本书并不纵容出轨。
01:39
- I'm exaggerating for comic purposes . - Yeah.
- 我是为了喜剧效果在夸张。 - 嗯。
01:42
I mean, but are our choices really between chronic dissatisfaction and suburban drudgery ?
我是说，可我们的选择真的只剩长期不满和郊区苦役吗？
01:48
No, but, you know, that's how I'm deliberately distorting it.
不是，可你知道，我就是故意这样扭曲的。
01:52
I'm trying to show how hard it is to be married.
我想表现的是婚姻有多难。
01:56
Well, you have to be careful not to trivialize with things like that.
那你得小心，别用这种东西把它琐碎化了。
02:00
Well, Jesus, I hope I haven't.
天哪，我希望我没有。
02:02
Well, the way your lead character views women...
还有，你主角看待女人的方式……
02:05
It's so retrograde. It's so shallow, you know?
太过时了。太浅薄了，你知道吗？
02:09
What are you talk... You told me... You told me it was a great book.
你在说什……你跟我说过……你跟我说过这是本了不起的书。
02:13
Yeah, it's wonderful. And I never said "great."
对，它很精彩。而且我从没说过「了不起」。
02:15
I said it's brilliant and it's alive and...
我说它才华横溢，它是活的，而且……
02:18
You know, that's not what I'm...
你知道，那不是我……
02:20
We're not arguing about whether it's brilliant or not .
我们争的不是它聪不聪明。
02:23
I'm... You know, Triumph of the Will.
我……你知道，《意志的胜利》。
02:25
It was a great movie, but you despise the ideas behind it.
那是部伟大的电影，但你会鄙视它背后的思想。
02:28
What are you saying now? You despise my ideas?
你现在什么意思？你鄙视我的思想？
02:31
No, I don't despise them. I... That, that example was...
不，我不鄙视它们。我……那个，那个例子是……
02:35
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
02:57
Look, let's stop this right now because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing from a 20-year-old twit .
听着，咱们现在就停。我不需要一个二十岁的蠢货来给我上课，教我什么叫成熟、怎么写作。
03:01
You asked me if you could read my book. I said okay. You told me you loved it.
你问我能不能看我的书。我说行。你告诉我你爱它。
03:05
And I do.
我是爱。
03:06
Then you leave the fucking thing in a taxicab.
然后你把那他妈的东西落在出租车上。
03:08
And you're weeping, and I'm consoling you. And suddenly you turn on me .
你还哭，我还安慰你。转眼你就反过来咬我。
03:12
Okay. I must have hit a nerve with you.
好。我一定是戳到你的痛处了。
03:15
Well, yeah. I... You know...
嗯，是啊。我……你知道……
03:18
Boy , I'd hate to be your boyfriend. He must go through hell .
天哪，我可不想当你男朋友。他一定活受罪。
03:22
Well, I'm worth it.
嗯，我值得。
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waitin' at the
waitin' 吞掉 ing 的 g，听成 waitin
He's waitin' at the house now. Come here!
他这会儿在房子那儿等着。过来！
Pronunciation↩ 00:22
don't be silly
don't be 连成 don-be
No, don't be silly . You know, it could happen to anybody.
别傻了。你知道，谁都可能碰上。
CollocationA2↩ 00:25
for a moment
for a moment
一时、一会儿
- You misplaced it for a moment . - No.
- 你只是一时放错地方了。 - 不是。
Pronunciation↩ 00:36
could have been
have 弱读成 /əv/，像 could've
I think, maybe, I could have been threatened.
我想，也许，我当时是受到了威胁。
CollocationB1↩ 00:42
by nature
by nature
天生如此
- That's abs... - I mean, I'm very competitive by nature .
- 那太荒…… - 我是说，我天生就很好胜。
CollocationB1↩ 00:52
be in someone's corner
be in someone's corner
站在你这边、支持你
这里 corner 不是墙角，是拳击角落=站队
Because I'm in your corner . You know, I'm, I'm your biggest fan .
因为我站在你这边。你知道，我、我是你最铁的粉丝。
CollocationA2↩ 00:52
someone's biggest fan
someone's biggest fan
你最铁的粉丝
Because I'm in your corner . You know, I'm, I'm your biggest fan .
因为我站在你这边。你知道，我、我是你最铁的粉丝。
Pronunciation↩ 00:52
in your corner
your 弱读成 /jər/
Because I'm in your corner . You know, I'm, I'm your biggest fan .
因为我站在你这边。你知道，我、我是你最铁的粉丝。
Pronunciation↩ 00:52
I'm in your
I'm in 连读成 I-min
Because I'm in your corner . You know, I'm, I'm your biggest fan .
因为我站在你这边。你知道，我、我是你最铁的粉丝。
CollocationB2↩ 01:00
be threatened by something
be threatened by something
被某事威胁到、感到威胁
这里 threatened=心理上被比下去
I just think that, maybe, I could have been threatened by certain things in the book.
我只是觉得，也许，书里某些东西让我感到威胁。
CollocationB1↩ 01:08
attitudes towards something
attitudes towards something
对…的态度
Um, some of the attitudes towards women and your ideas on life.
嗯，一些对女人的态度，还有你对人生的看法。
CollocationB1↩ 01:34
have an affair
have an affair
出轨、有婚外情
The way your people just casually have affairs like that.
你笔下的人就那么随随便便出轨。
CollocationC1↩ 01:37
condone something
condone something
纵容、默许某事
- That's... - The book doesn't condone affairs .
- 那是…… - 这本书并不纵容出轨。
CollocationB2↩ 01:39
for comic purposes
for comic purposes
为了喜剧效果
- I'm exaggerating for comic purposes . - Yeah.
- 我是为了喜剧效果在夸张。 - 嗯。
CollocationC1↩ 01:42
chronic dissatisfaction
chronic dissatisfaction
长期的不满
I mean, but are our choices really between chronic dissatisfaction and suburban drudgery ?
我是说，可我们的选择真的只剩长期不满和郊区苦役吗？
CollocationC1↩ 01:42
suburban drudgery
suburban drudgery
郊区式的琐碎苦差
I mean, but are our choices really between chronic dissatisfaction and suburban drudgery ?
我是说，可我们的选择真的只剩长期不满和郊区苦役吗？
CollocationB1↩ 01:56
be careful not to do something
be careful not to do something
小心别做成某事
Well, you have to be careful not to trivialize with things like that.
那你得小心，别用这种东西把它琐碎化了。
CollocationA2↩ 02:02
lead character
lead character
主角
Well, the way your lead character views women...
还有，你主角看待女人的方式……
GrammarB2↩ 02:20
whether it's brilliant or not
宾语从句：whether…or not 作 about 的宾语，强调争的不是聪不聪明。
We're not arguing about whether it's brilliant or not .
我们争的不是它聪不聪明。
CollocationC1↩ 02:35
be beneath someone
be beneath someone
有失某人身份
这里 beneath 不是身体在下方
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
CollocationB2↩ 02:35
obsess over something
obsess over something
对某事耿耿于怀、过度纠结
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
GrammarC1↩ 02:35
isn't it beneath you
形式主语：isn't it 占位子，真正主语是后面 to allow… 整段。
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
GrammarC1↩ 02:35
a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired
定语从句：that 管住后面整段幻想，女人被他写成性感又有灵感。
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
GrammarB2↩ 02:35
as a mature thinker
插入语：插在反问里抬身份，再一刀砍：这有失你的成熟。
Okay, isn't it beneath you , as a mature thinker , I mean, to allow your lead character to waste so much of this emotional energy obsessing over this psychotic relationship with a woman that you fantasize as powerfully sexual and inspired when, in fact, she was pitifully sick?
行了，作为一个成熟的思想者，我是说，让你的主角把这么多情感能量浪费在这段精神错乱的关系上，把那个女人幻想成极具性感和灵感，而事实上她可怜又病态——这难道不有失你的身份吗？
GrammarB1↩ 02:57
because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing
原因状语：because 给出立刻停嘴的理由：不接受这堂说教。
Look, let's stop this right now because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing from a 20-year-old twit .
听着，咱们现在就停。我不需要一个二十岁的蠢货来给我上课，教我什么叫成熟、怎么写作。
Pronunciation↩ 02:57
stop this right now
stop 和 now 加重，命令感
Look, let's stop this right now because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing from a 20-year-old twit .
听着，咱们现在就停。我不需要一个二十岁的蠢货来给我上课，教我什么叫成熟、怎么写作。
SlangB2↩ 02:57
twit
蠢货、傻帽——挖苦人的口语，正式场合别用
Look, let's stop this right now because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing from a 20-year-old twit .
听着，咱们现在就停。我不需要一个二十岁的蠢货来给我上课，教我什么叫成熟、怎么写作。
SlangB2↩ 03:06
fucking
他妈的、混账——怒骂加强词，公共场合慎用
Then you leave the fucking thing in a taxicab.
然后你把那他妈的东西落在出租车上。
CollocationB2↩ 03:08
turn on someone
turn on someone
突然翻脸攻击你
这里 turn on=反咬一口，不是开机
And you're weeping, and I'm consoling you. And suddenly you turn on me .
你还哭，我还安慰你。转眼你就反过来咬我。
CollocationB2↩ 03:12
hit a nerve with someone
hit a nerve with someone
戳到痛处、踩到地雷
Okay. I must have hit a nerve with you.
好。我一定是戳到你的痛处了。
Pronunciation↩ 03:12
hit a nerve
hit a 的 t 弹成美式 flap
Okay. I must have hit a nerve with you.
好。我一定是戳到你的痛处了。
CollocationB1↩ 03:18
go through hell
go through hell
受尽罪、活受罪
Boy , I'd hate to be your boyfriend. He must go through hell .
天哪，我可不想当你男朋友。他一定活受罪。
SlangB1↩ 03:18
Boy
天哪、说真的——句首感叹，熟人里才用
Boy , I'd hate to be your boyfriend. He must go through hell .
天哪，我可不想当你男朋友。他一定活受罪。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SwearingB2↩ 03:06
the fucking thing
那混账东西
In the scene盖布怒骂雷恩把小说落在出租车上，脏话把失望砸出来。
Then you leave the damn prototype in a rideshare.然后你把那该死的原型机落在网约车里。
In daily life
抱怨同事He left the damn charger on the train again.他又把那该死的充电器落在火车上了。
above my level
IronyC1↩ 02:25
despise the ideas behind it
佩服手法、憎恶思想
In the scene雷恩拿《意志的胜利》作比，夸技巧同时否决盖布的思想。
The ad is stylish, but I reject the politics behind it.这则广告很有型，但我拒绝它背后的政治。
In daily life
点评广告The campaign looks sleek, yet the message behind it is ugly.这场营销看起来很利落，可背后的信息很难看。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 03:12
hit a nerve
戳到痛处
In the scene雷恩批完小说，反过来诊断盖布：我一定踩到你的地雷了。
Mentioning his old band hit a nerve; he changed the subject.一提他以前的乐队就戳到痛处，他立刻换话题。
In daily life
被踩痛处Asking about the failed launch clearly hit a nerve.一问那次失败的上线，明显戳到痛处。
auto-pauses
IdiomB1↩ 00:52
in your corner
站在你这边
In the scene盖布先安抚雷恩：我站你这边，还是你最大粉丝。
Whatever the board decides, I am in your corner.不管董事会怎么定，我都站在你这边。
In daily life
护短朋友If they grill you in the meeting, I am in your corner.要是会上他们盘问你，我站你这边。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 02:05
retrograde
过时、开倒车
In the scene雷恩说主角看待女人的方式又过时又浅薄。
That dress code feels retrograde for a company that sells youth.一家卖年轻的公司还搞这种着装规定，显得在开倒车。
In daily life
吐槽规定Banning remote work looks retrograde to new hires.禁止远程办公，在新人看来像开倒车。
above my level
SlangB2↩ 02:57
twit
蠢货、傻帽
In the scene盖布用二十岁蠢货回击，嫌雷恩没资格给他上课。
I am not taking coding tips from that smug twit.我才不听那个自以为是的蠢货教我写代码。
In daily life
吐槽插嘴Some twit in the chat kept explaining my own job to me.聊天里有个蠢货一直在给我解释我自己的工作。
above my level
Phrasal verbB2↩ 03:08
turn on someone
突然反咬一口
In the scene盖布说自己刚安慰完她哭，她转眼就反过来咬他。
The crowd cheered him, then turned on him after the leak.人群先为他欢呼，泄密后又反过来咬他。
In daily life
同事翻脸She backed the plan all week, then turned on me in the review.她整周都支持这个方案，评审会上却反过来咬我。
above my level
VocabularyC1↩ 01:42
suburban drudgery
郊区式琐碎苦差
In the scene雷恩质问：婚姻难道只剩长期不满和郊区苦役？
He quit the firm, afraid of suburban drudgery before forty.他辞了职，生怕四十岁前就陷入郊区式的琐碎苦差。
In daily life
吐槽通勤The two-hour commute felt like suburban drudgery with a lanyard.两小时通勤像挂着工牌的郊区苦役。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Okay. I must have hit a nerve with you.”
好。我一定是戳到你的痛处了。
Why it's great
短、准、带刺：把一场文学争论收成一句心理诊断。
Pattern
I must have hit a nerve.
When to use
对方突然急了、你猜自己踩到地雷时用，带一点得意。
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Did I touch a nerve? ／ That clearly struck a chord.
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Shadowing tip
must 稍拖，nerve 重读落下。
Use it yourself
会后观察You went quiet after the budget slide; I must have hit a nerve.预算那页过后你不说话了；我大概戳到痛处了。
“Look, let's stop this right now because I don't need a lecture on maturity or writing from a 20-year-old twit.”
听着，咱们现在就停。我不需要一个二十岁的蠢货来给我上课，教我什么叫成熟、怎么写作。
Why it's great
一句把年龄、智商、师生身份全砸回去，怒意层层加码。
Pattern
I don't need a lecture from...
When to use
被年下或外行说教、要当场切断时用，火药味很重。
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Don't lecture me. ／ I don't need advice from a kid.
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Shadowing tip
stop this right now 咬死，twit 喷出。
Use it yourself
拒绝说教I don't need a lecture on teamwork from an intern who skipped the standup.我不需要一个缺席站会的实习生来给我上课讲团队合作。
“I mean, but are our choices really between chronic dissatisfaction and suburban drudgery?”
我是说，可我们的选择真的只剩长期不满和郊区苦役吗？
Why it's great
把婚姻收成两个抽象名词对撞，像书评，也像质问生活。
Pattern
Are our choices really between A and B?
When to use
觉得选项被逼成假二选一时用，会议、感情都能套。
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Is that really the only choice? ／ Must it be either misery or boredom?
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literary
Shadowing tip
choices 后稍顿，drudgery 放慢咬清。
Use it yourself
吐槽加班Are our choices really between unpaid overtime and looking disloyal?我们的选择真的只剩无偿加班和显得不忠吗？
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use hit a nerve for touching a sore spot
- Hear in your corner as loyal support
- Catch beneath you as a status insult
- Notice wonderful is not the same as great
- Use turn on someone for a sudden attack
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Questions, then the linesWhat does hit a nerve with you mean?
You touched a sore spot. Rain admits her critique landed too hard on Gabe.
What does in your corner mean here?
I am on your side. Gabe uses it to calm Rain before the book attack.
What is Freudian in this scene?
A Freudian slip: leaving the novel in a cab reads as an unconscious wish.
How rude is 20-year-old twit?
Twit means fool. Gabe snaps at being lectured on writing by a student.
How do you translate suburban drudgery?
Dull suburban grind. Rain asks if marriage is only chronic unhappiness.