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A Baby Debate 夫妻谈生子IMDb ↗
她说生个孩子吧，他先反问：因为她怀孕了吗
Mighty Aphrodite · 1995
CEFR B2IELTS 6.5RestaurantFamily conflict雅思
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Everything you need before watchingOver dinner, Amanda suddenly suggests having a baby, while Lenny treats the idea like a legal case he has to win. Their friends push back, and the Greek chorus turns a domestic disagreement into a comic retelling of Oedipus. The scene matters because every serious point arrives wrapped in interruption, exaggeration, or a surprisingly useful everyday phrase.
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Lenny Weinribhusband
阿
Amanda Weinribwife
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Greek ChorusGreek chorus
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15 parts · AI-cut01A Baby Debate她说生个孩子吧，他先反问：因为她怀孕了吗B23'58"02Naming the Baby刚把孩子抱回来，他还嘴硬，转眼就忙着起名B23'31"03A Marriage Under Strain晚宴一场接一场，红灯前那对散步的情侣让他想起从前C12'12"04Curiosity Takes Over亲密刚失败，话题却悄悄滑向孩子的生母是谁B21'49"05Meeting Linda Ash三点钟上门，她开门第一句就把他问白了B27'28"06A Painful Backstory她把继父生父和离家说得像段子，讲到孩子那页才合上B22'54"07A Long-Shot Date输掉一场赌局才敢说真心B24'18"08Dreams and Old Wounds她想结婚、离开忙乱生活，笑声却停在送养那一页B25'13"09A Dangerous Favor求助却把危险带进门B22'18"10Negotiating with Ricky先报血型示弱，再拿尼克斯球票把恐吓谈回去C13'42"11Starting Over礼物是一条扎眼的领带，她跟着说出想当母亲、想有房子B21'41"12Boxing Gym Matchmaking拳馆里陪五岁的孩子认拳，眼睛却在给朋友筛对象B12'06"13Selling a Perfect Match撮合相亲别把谎话说穿B24'15"14An Awkward First Date第一次见面先说清你想过什么生活B26'16"15When the Match Falls Apart替人牵线却毁了两段关系B22'28"
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00:00
Take, for instance, the case of Lenny Weinrib, a tale as Greek and timeless as fate itself.
举例来说，就拿伦尼·温里布来说吧：这是一个带着希腊色彩、如命运本身般永恒的故事。
00:02
- Lenny, let's have a baby . - Hey!
- 伦尼，咱们生个孩子吧。 - 哎！
00:04
A baby? Why? Because she's pregnant, you want to have a baby ?
孩子？为什么？就因为她怀孕了，你也想要个孩子？
00:07
- No. It's a great idea. - You could raise your own middleweight.
- 不，这是个好主意。 - 你可以养个中量级拳手。
00:09
- I don't want a middleweight. - Flyweight.
- 我可不想要中量级的。 - 蝇量级。
00:11
- No, it'd be fun. - Have you ever had children ?
- 不，会很有意思的。 - 你以前有过孩子吗？
00:15
- No, I've never had children . - Why not?
- 没有，我从来没有孩子。 - 为什么没有？
00:17
What do you mean , "why not?" 'Cause my first wife didn't want to have a child.
你说“为什么没有”是什么意思？因为我前妻不想要孩子。
00:20
- Then I never remarried really, so-- - Oh, that's great.
- 后来我也就没再结婚，所以—— - 哦，那真不错。
00:23
- What am I, chopped liver? - Until now.
- 我算什么，可有可无的配菜吗？ - 到现在为止是。
00:24
- Yeah? - I never-- You didn't let me finish.
- 是吗？ - 我从来没——你都没让我说完。
00:26
- No, you'd forgotten. - Now you've changed your mind.
- 不，你早忘了。 - 现在你倒改主意了。
00:28
You didn't want to have a child.
你当初不想要孩子。
00:29
- You should have kids . - It's like stereo. Give him a break .
- 你应该要孩子。 - 这就像立体声，得两边一起响。放他一马吧。
00:32
- You don't want a kid? - Oh, we-- When we first met, she didn't like the beach; she hated the Hamptons; she didn't want to have kids ; she loved the Upper East Side, she didn't want to move.
- 你不想要孩子？ - 哦，我们——刚认识时，她不喜欢海滩；她讨厌汉普顿；她不想要孩子；她喜欢上东区，也不想搬家。
00:43
Now suddenly she's making noise about having a kid and moving to Tribeca.
现在她突然开始嚷着要孩子，还要搬去翠贝卡。
00:46
- Only if the gallery moves downtown. - Well, being pregnant is great.
- 只有画廊搬到市中心才行。 - 怀孕其实很棒。
00:49
Yeah?
是吗？
00:50
I love it. You get treated like the Queen of England.
我喜欢怀孕。你会被当成英国女王一样伺候。
00:51
- Sure. - You say that like it's a good thing.
- 没错。 - 你说得好像这是件好事。
00:53
- Well, I like the pampering. - She does like it.
- 我喜欢别人把我照顾得周到。 - 她确实喜欢。
00:55
- Yeah? - Yeah, it's fantastic.
- 是吗？ - 是啊，棒极了。
00:57
I can't give up the time right now.
我现在可抽不出这段时间。
00:59
There are too many exciting things happening in my business.
我的事业现在有太多令人兴奋的事在发生。
01:02
- So let me ask you a question. - What?
- 那我问你个问题。 - 什么？
01:04
How do you plan to swing it without being pregnant ? I'm curious.
不怀孕的话，你打算怎么把这事办成？我很好奇。
01:07
- Good question. Very good question. - No, it's easy.
- 问得好。问得非常好。 - 不，这很简单。
01:09
- We'll adopt. Oh, well. - Mmm.
- 我们可以收养。哦，那好吧。 - 嗯。
01:11
- Not me. I don't want to adopt. - There you go.
- 我可不要。我不想收养。 - 你看，这不就来了。
01:13
- Why not? That's a good idea. - No. No.
- 为什么不要？这是个好主意。 - 不。不行。
01:15
- You must be nuts . With, with my genes? - Yeah?
- 你一定疯了。凭我的基因？ - 是吗？
01:18
- To adopt? I have award-winning genes. - Oh, God.
- 收养？我可是有得奖级别的基因。 - 我的天啊。
01:20
- I want to pass them on . - No, that's crazy. No, the-- It's for the same reason we don't lease a car, okay?
- 我想把它们传下去。 - 不，那太疯狂了。不，那个——这和我们不租车的道理一样，明白吗？
01:26
- 'Cause it's pride of ownership . - Okay.
- 因为我们有所有权自豪感。 - 好吧。
01:28
- And I don't want to adopt a child. - No. Look, I'm sorry, Lenny.
- 而且我不想收养孩子。 - 不，听着，对不起，伦尼。
01:30
It's crazy 'cause the world is full of needy kids .
这太荒唐了，因为世上有那么多需要帮助的孩子。
01:33
- You know, she's right. - That's true.
- 你知道，她说得对。 - 确实。
01:35
- I know, but that-- You know, but I-- - No, I mean it.
- 我知道，可是——你知道，我—— - 不，我是认真的。
01:37
Why overpopulate the world when there are thousands of parent-less kids ?
既然有成千上万没有父母的孩子，为什么还要让世界人口过剩？
01:40
Just because you don't want to get morning sickness, right?
就因为你不想孕吐，对吧？
01:43
- No, it's not true. - That's why you want to adopt a kid.
- 不，不是那样。 - 所以你才想收养孩子。
01:45
I just can't afford to give up a year just now.
我现在就是抽不起一整年的时间。
01:47
Forget it. Subject is closed . I don't wanna-- I'd be afraid that I might get a bad seed .
算了。这个话题到此为止。我不想——我只是怕会收养到一个坏种。
01:52
- Oh, you're paranoid. - Oh, come on.
- 哦，你太疑神疑鬼了。 - 哎呀，得了吧。
01:54
That's right! What-- You read that in the tabloids all the time.
没错！怎么——你不是总在小报上看到这种事吗？
01:57
- No. A bad seed. - That's right.
- 不。坏种。 - 就是嘛。
01:59
Yeah, we adopt some sweet little boy, and then he turns 13, we'd go to sleep at night, he'd split our head open with an axe.
对啊，我们收养一个甜甜的小男孩，等他十三岁，晚上我们睡着时，他就会拿斧子把我们的脑袋劈开。
02:04
Listen, why'd you have to go and tell him that?
你干吗非要把这种事告诉他？
02:06
You know Lenny's got a vivid imagination .
你知道伦尼的想象力很丰富。
02:07
It's a common occurrence.
这种事很常见。
02:08
I read the same paper. What do you want me to tell you?
我看的也是同一份报纸。你要我怎么说？
02:10
Anyway, what do you mean "he"? Why can't we adopt a girl?
话说回来，你说“他”是什么意思？我们为什么不能收养女孩？
02:13
- We're not adopting anything. I want no sex. - A little girl.
- 我们什么都不收养。我不挑孩子性别。 - 一个小女孩。
02:15
Let the guy have a short stop or a point guard, will ya?
让这家伙选个游击手或控球后卫，行不行？
02:18
Can we get a check? Can we-- Can we please get out of here?
能买单了吗？我们——我们能不能赶紧离开这里？
02:20
I'll take the check. I'm paying tonight.
账单给我，我今晚来付。
02:22
- Yes. - You? I'm stunned.
- 好。 - 你？我真是惊呆了。
02:24
You pay, you break your record .
你来付账，就要破纪录了。
02:26
You-- One more and you break DiMaggio's record-- 56 straight.
你——再付一次，你就能打破迪马乔连续56场的纪录了。
02:29
That's not true. Now, be nice.
才不是呢。好了，客气点。
02:31
Laius, proud father, speak.
拉伊俄斯，得意的父亲，说吧。
02:34
I, with joy, did have a son...
我曾喜悦地拥有一个儿子……
02:37
so fair, so clearheaded and brave, that I a thousand pleasures did derive from his presence.
他如此俊美、清醒又勇敢，以至于我从他的陪伴中得到了一千种快乐。
02:44
So what happens?
那后来发生了什么？
02:46
One day he kills me.
有一天，他杀了我。
02:48
And don't you think, he runs off and marries my wife.
你想不到吧，他还跑掉了，娶了我的妻子。
02:51
Poor Oedipus, king of Thebes.
可怜的俄狄浦斯，底比斯国王。
02:54
My son, my son did slay unwittingly...
我的儿子，我的儿子无意中杀死了……
02:57
my noble husband...
我高贵的丈夫……
02:59
and did, without realizing , hasten with me, his loving mother, to lustful bed.
还在毫不知情的情况下，和我——他慈爱的母亲——走进了欲望的床榻。
03:05
And a whole profession was born...
于是，一个完整的职业诞生了……
03:08
charging sometimes 200 an hour, and a 50-minute hour at that.
有时每小时收费200美元，而且每小时还只有50分钟。
03:12
And why a child now, out of left field?
那现在突然要孩子，又是怎么回事？完全是意外冒出来的吗？
03:16
One hopes it's not to fill some growing void in their marriage.
但愿不是为了填补他们婚姻里越来越大的空洞。
03:19
Leave her be.
别管她。
03:21
A woman's urge to motherhood is old as the earth.
女人想当母亲的冲动，和大地一样古老。
03:24
Children grow up; they move out .
孩子会长大，然后搬出去。
03:26
Sometimes to ridiculous places like Cincinnati...
有时还会搬到辛辛那提这种荒唐的地方……
03:29
or Boise, Idaho.
或者爱达荷州的博伊西。
03:31
Then you never see them again.
从此你再也见不到他们。
03:33
You'd think once in a while they'd pick up a phone.
你会以为他们偶尔总该打个电话吧。
03:36
But is there a growing void in the Weinrib's marriage?
可温里布夫妇的婚姻里，真的有一个越来越大的空洞吗？
03:39
We didn't say there was.
我们没说有。
03:41
We're all just speculating on possible motives.
我们只是在猜测可能的动机。
03:44
Children are serious stuff.
孩子可是件严肃的事。
03:46
Look, here's a man who killed his father...
你看，这里有个杀了自己父亲的男人……
03:50
and slept with his mother.
还和自己的母亲上了床。
03:51
I hate to tell you what they call my son in Harlem.
我都不好意思告诉你，在哈莱姆，他们管我儿子叫什么。
03:57
Hello.
你好。
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:02
have a baby
have a baby
生孩子
- Lenny, let's have a baby . - Hey!
- 伦尼，咱们生个孩子吧。 - 哎！
Pronunciation↩ 00:02
have a baby
have a 中 a 弱读，三个词连成一组。
- Lenny, let's have a baby . - Hey!
- 伦尼，咱们生个孩子吧。 - 哎！
CollocationA2↩ 00:11
have children
have children
有孩子或养育孩子
- No, it'd be fun. - Have you ever had children ?
- 不，会很有意思的。 - 你以前有过孩子吗？
Pronunciation↩ 00:17
do you mean
do you 连读弱化，别把三个词读得一样重。
What do you mean , "why not?" 'Cause my first wife didn't want to have a child.
你说“为什么没有”是什么意思？因为我前妻不想要孩子。
CollocationB1↩ 00:29
give someone a break
give someone a break
别再为难他
- You should have kids . - It's like stereo. Give him a break .
- 你应该要孩子。 - 这就像立体声，得两边一起响。放他一马吧。
SlangA2↩ 00:29
kids
孩子——日常口语，比 children 随意
- You should have kids . - It's like stereo. Give him a break .
- 你应该要孩子。 - 这就像立体声，得两边一起响。放他一马吧。
CollocationB2↩ 00:43
make noise about something
make noise about something
开始嚷嚷某事
Now suddenly she's making noise about having a kid and moving to Tribeca.
现在她突然开始嚷着要孩子，还要搬去翠贝卡。
CollocationB2↩ 01:04
swing it
swing it
把事情办成或应付过去
这里指不怀孕也要把生孩子安排好
How do you plan to swing it without being pregnant ? I'm curious.
不怀孕的话，你打算怎么把这事办成？我很好奇。
GrammarB2↩ 01:04
without being pregnant
介词加动名词：without 后接 being 加形容词，表示“不处于怀孕状态也能做到”。
How do you plan to swing it without being pregnant ? I'm curious.
不怀孕的话，你打算怎么把这事办成？我很好奇。
Pronunciation↩ 01:04
plan to
to 弱读成 /tə/，重点落在 plan 和 swing。
How do you plan to swing it without being pregnant ? I'm curious.
不怀孕的话，你打算怎么把这事办成？我很好奇。
SlangB1↩ 01:15
nuts
疯了；你疯了吗——熟人争辩时的口语，正式场合少用
- You must be nuts . With, with my genes? - Yeah?
- 你一定疯了。凭我的基因？ - 是吗？
CollocationB1↩ 01:20
pass something on
pass something on
把特征传下去
这里指把基因传给孩子
- I want to pass them on . - No, that's crazy. No, the-- It's for the same reason we don't lease a car, okay?
- 我想把它们传下去。 - 不，那太疯狂了。不，那个——这和我们不租车的道理一样，明白吗？
CollocationC1↩ 01:26
pride of ownership
pride of ownership
拥有带来的自豪感
这里把所有权逻辑套到了孩子身上
- 'Cause it's pride of ownership . - Okay.
- 因为我们有所有权自豪感。 - 好吧。
CollocationA2↩ 01:30
be full of something
be full of something
充满某物或某类人
It's crazy 'cause the world is full of needy kids .
这太荒唐了，因为世上有那么多需要帮助的孩子。
GrammarB2↩ 01:37
when there are thousands of parent-less kids
when 状语从句：when 引出背景，说明在有大量无父母孩子的情况下为何要反问。
Why overpopulate the world when there are thousands of parent-less kids ?
既然有成千上万没有父母的孩子，为什么还要让世界人口过剩？
CollocationB2↩ 01:47
the subject is closed
the subject is closed
这个话题到此为止
Forget it. Subject is closed . I don't wanna-- I'd be afraid that I might get a bad seed .
算了。这个话题到此为止。我不想——我只是怕会收养到一个坏种。
GrammarB2↩ 01:47
that I might get a bad seed
宾语从句：be afraid 后接 that 从句；might 表示担心的可能结果。
Forget it. Subject is closed . I don't wanna-- I'd be afraid that I might get a bad seed .
算了。这个话题到此为止。我不想——我只是怕会收养到一个坏种。
CollocationB2↩ 01:59
split someone's head open
split someone's head open
把某人的脑袋劈开
这里故意把收养焦虑说成血腥恐怖片
Yeah, we adopt some sweet little boy, and then he turns 13, we'd go to sleep at night, he'd split our head open with an axe.
对啊，我们收养一个甜甜的小男孩，等他十三岁，晚上我们睡着时，他就会拿斧子把我们的脑袋劈开。
CollocationB2↩ 02:06
a vivid imagination
a vivid imagination
丰富的想象力
You know Lenny's got a vivid imagination .
你知道伦尼的想象力很丰富。
SlangA2↩ 02:15
guy
男人；这人——非正式称呼，熟人对话中很常见
Let the guy have a short stop or a point guard, will ya?
让这家伙选个游击手或控球后卫，行不行？
CollocationB1↩ 02:24
break someone's record
break someone's record
打破某人的纪录
You pay, you break your record .
你来付账，就要破纪录了。
Pronunciation↩ 02:26
more and you
more 尾音和 and 相连，and、you 都快速带过。
You-- One more and you break DiMaggio's record-- 56 straight.
你——再付一次，你就能打破迪马乔连续56场的纪录了。
CollocationB2↩ 02:59
without realizing it
without realizing it
不知不觉地
and did, without realizing , hasten with me, his loving mother, to lustful bed.
还在毫不知情的情况下，和我——他慈爱的母亲——走进了欲望的床榻。
GrammarC1↩ 02:59
without realizing
分词短语：without 后接现在分词，压缩成“在没有意识到的情况下”。
and did, without realizing , hasten with me, his loving mother, to lustful bed.
还在毫不知情的情况下，和我——他慈爱的母亲——走进了欲望的床榻。
CollocationA2↩ 03:24
move out
move out
搬出去独立生活
Children grow up; they move out .
孩子会长大，然后搬出去。
CollocationB1↩ 03:33
once in a while
once in a while
偶尔
You'd think once in a while they'd pick up a phone.
你会以为他们偶尔总该打个电话吧。
Pronunciation↩ 03:33
pick up a
up a 连起来，a 弱读成 /ə/。
You'd think once in a while they'd pick up a phone.
你会以为他们偶尔总该打个电话吧。
CollocationC1↩ 03:41
speculate on something
speculate on something
推测某事
We're all just speculating on possible motives.
我们只是在猜测可能的动机。
CollocationB2↩ 03:50
sleep with someone
sleep with someone
与某人发生性关系
这里是俄狄浦斯故事中的委婉说法
and slept with his mother.
还和自己的母亲上了床。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:23
chopped liver
可有可无的人
In the scene妻子把伦尼的存在感拿来开玩笑，他自嘲自己像没人要的配菜。
After thanking everyone else, she asked, “What am I, chopped liver?”她谢过所有人后问：“那我算什么，可有可无吗？”
In daily life
家庭聚会At the reunion, Mark joked, “Am I chopped liver?”聚会时，马克开玩笑说：“我就这么不重要吗？”
above my level
CollocationB2↩ 00:43
make noise about something
不断嚷嚷某事
In the scene伦尼用它讽刺妻子突然大谈生孩子和搬家。
The team is making noise about changing the deadline.团队一直嚷嚷着要改截止日期。
In daily life
项目会议Several clients are making noise about a refund.好几个客户都在嚷嚷着要退款。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:20
pass something on
把东西传给下一代
In the scene伦尼把基因说成值得传下去的奖品，故意显得自恋。
She hopes to pass her love of music on to her children.她希望把自己对音乐的热爱传给孩子。
In daily life
传递消息Please pass the message on to the afternoon team.请把这条消息转告给下午班。
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CollocationC1↩ 01:26
pride of ownership
拥有带来的自豪
In the scene伦尼把不愿领养解释成租车与购买之间的“所有权自豪”，故意不合逻辑。
He feels pride of ownership after restoring the old house.修好那栋老房子后，他很有拥有它的自豪感。
In daily life
装修房屋Pride of ownership shows in every detail of their garden.他们对这座花园的自豪感体现在每个细节里。
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IdiomB2↩ 03:12
out of left field
出人意料
In the scene合唱队问孩子为何突然出现，把生育计划说成毫无预兆的飞球。
Her resignation came out of left field.她突然辞职，完全出乎大家意料。
In daily life
临时变故That question came out of left field during the interview.面试时那个问题来得特别突然。
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VocabularyB2↩ 01:40
morning sickness
孕吐
In the scene伦尼怀疑妻子想收养只是为了躲开怀孕的孕吐。
She missed the meeting because morning sickness was severe.她因为孕吐严重，没能参加会议。
In daily life
请假说明Her morning sickness made the commute exhausting.孕吐让她的通勤变得很辛苦。
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DiscourseB2↩ 01:47
subject is closed
这个话题到此为止
In the scene伦尼想结束收养争论，却又暴露自己害怕收养到“坏种”。
The budget is final, so the subject is closed.预算已经定了，所以这个话题到此为止。
In daily life
家庭协商We have chosen the venue; the subject is closed.场地已经选好，这个话题就到此为止。
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IdiomB2↩ 01:47
bad seed
天生的坏人
In the scene伦尼把收养孩子想象成抽中“坏种”，制造荒唐的恐惧。
The novel follows a bad seed who keeps hurting people.这部小说写的是一个不断伤害他人的坏孩子。
In daily life
评价角色The story calls him a bad seed from the very beginning.故事从一开始就把他写成一个坏胚子。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Why overpopulate the world when there are thousands of parent-less kids?”
明明有成千上万没有父母的孩子，干吗还要让这个世界人口过剩？
Why it's great
把伦理质问和现实选择揉在一起，反问里带着强烈立场。
Pattern
Why + 动词…… when + 事实？
When to use
质疑一个选择时，先摆出更合理的替代方案。
Similar
既然有现成的，为什么还要另起炉灶？ ／ 明明能修好，为什么要换新的？
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Shadowing tip
重读 overpopulate、thousands、parent-less，when 前停半拍。
Use it yourself
改行程Why book another flight when this one is still available?这趟航班还有票，为什么要再订一趟？
“Yeah, we adopt some sweet little boy, and then he turns 13, we'd go to sleep at night, he'd split our head open with an axe.”
对啊，我们收养一个甜甜的小男孩，等他长到十三岁，晚上趁我们睡觉，一斧头把我们的脑袋劈开。
Why it's great
把收养焦虑夸张成恐怖片，笑点来自一本正经地推演后果。
Pattern
and then + 结果，夸大后果。
When to use
调侃一个计划可能带来的离谱后果。
Similar
先说一个无害开头，再故意把结局说得吓人。 ／ 计划听着不错，然后灾难就来了。
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informal
Shadowing tip
重读 sweet little boy、turns 13、split our head open，尾句突然收紧。
Use it yourself
养宠物We adopt a puppy, and then it destroys every cushion in the house.我们领养一只小狗，然后它把家里每个坐垫都咬坏。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 合唱队的俄狄浦斯寓言
Laius, proud father, speak. I, with joy, did have a son... so fair, so clearheaded and brave, that I a thousand pleasures did derive from his presence. So what happens? One day he kills me. And don't you think, he runs off and marries my wife. Poor Oedipus, king of Thebes. My son, my son did slay unwittingly... my noble husband... and did, without realizing, hasten with me, his loving mother, to lustful bed. And a whole profession was born... charging sometimes 200 an hour, and a 50-minute hour at that.
拉伊俄斯，得意的父亲，说吧。 我曾喜悦地拥有一个儿子…… 他如此俊美、清醒又勇敢，以至于我从他的陪伴中得到了一千种快乐。 那后来发生了什么？ 有一天，他杀了我。 你想不到吧，他还跑掉了，娶了我的妻子。 可怜的俄狄浦斯，底比斯国王。 我的儿子，我的儿子无意中杀死了…… 我高贵的丈夫…… 还在毫不知情的情况下，和我——他慈爱的母亲——走进了欲望的床榻。 于是，一个完整的职业诞生了…… 有时每小时收费200美元，而且每小时还只有50分钟。
从父亲自述一路滑向心理治疗收费笑话，节奏层层加码。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Debate having children with natural questions
- Catch the complaint in make noise about
- Understand pride of ownership as ironic
- Use out of left field for surprise
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Questions, then the linesWhat is A Baby Debate about?
A married couple argues over a biological child, adoption, work, and lost time.
How do you translate “Why overpopulate the world when there are thousands of parent-less kids?”
It asks why people would add to the population when many children already need parents.
What does pride of ownership mean here?
It means the satisfaction of owning something, jokingly applied to a biological child.
What does out of left field mean?
It describes an idea or event that arrives suddenly and unexpectedly.
Why is bad seed funny in this scene?
Lenny turns an adoption worry into an absurd fear of raising a dangerous child.