Chapter 18 of 22 · 3'10"
Not a Snowflake 谁也没那么特别IMDb ↗
没人夸过的人,最爱把别人踩成零
The Lego Movie · 2014
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingLord Business has Emmet on the floor. He never got a trophy just for showing up, he says, and he is not a special snowflake — Emmet is even less. He tosses the Piece of Resistance, then fires the Kragle at Emmet's hometown. Bad Cop is left to die: it is not personal, it is just business. On the broadcast he sells Taco Tuesday while a black monolith blocks out the sun, then tells the city to freeze. Watch a man who was never praised turn that wound into a massacre.
Chapters
22 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingspecial snowflake
自以为特别的人
just business
这只是生意
don't worry about
别担心(其实该怕)
micro-management
微型经理/微观管理
show up
到场、出现
ciao
再会、拜拜
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“I never got a trophy just for showing up!”
我可从没因为到场就拿过奖杯!
参与奖被撕成笑话,自卑一下变成踩人的尺子。
never got a + 名词 + just for doing something
抱怨没人因为你到场就给奖、拒绝廉价表扬时。
Nobody handed me a prize for just being there. / I didn't get a medal for showing up.
informal
never 加重,showing up 连读,句末上扬。
“It's just business.”
这只是生意。
四个词把丢下属去死说成流程,冷到像合同条款。
It's just business.
把伤人决定说成非私人、纯利益时。
Nothing personal. / That's how the deal works.
neutral
just 轻,business 砸实下沉。
“I'm not The Special.”
我不是特选者。
头衔被拆掉,五个词把预言信仰当场还回去。
I'm not + 头衔。
当众否认别人扣在你头上的身份时。
I'm not the chosen one. / That title isn't mine.
informal
not 加重,The Special 两个词都顿清。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageNot so special anymore, huh? Well, guess what. No one ever told me I was special. I never got a trophy just for showing up! I'm not some special little snowflake... But as unspecial as I am... you are a thousand-billion times... more unspecial than me.
没那么特别了吧,嗯? 那你听好了。 从来没人告诉过我,我很特别。 我可从没因为到场就拿过奖杯! 我可不是什么特别的小雪花…… 可就算我不特别…… 你也比我不特别…… 还要再差个千亿倍。
