Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe staged suicide has barely ended when Slowik calmly urges everyone to keep eating. At first, the guests try to explain away the spectacle as part of the evening's theater. Then Leibrandt is punished for real, and the room's nervous laughter turns into panic. This chapter matters because the restaurant's polished language survives even as the guests' belief in the performance collapses.
Chapters
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Language points
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Review right after watchingwhat the fuck
我操;什么鬼
squib
影视小型特效装置
part of something
属于整体的一部分
handle something
处理这件事
hold still
别动;保持不动
make something up
编造某事
it's all part of the menu
一切都是菜单安排
name-dropping whore
靠炫人脉博眼球的人
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“This is what you re paying for”
你花钱买的就是这个。
把昂贵体验和暴力惩罚冷冷画上等号,讽刺感极强。
This is what you’re paying for.
解释某项服务真正包含的内容,尤其是带反讽时。
That’s exactly what you paid for. / This comes with the price of admission.
neutral
重读 what、paying,for 收弱;句尾降调像冷酷结论。
“I made that up”
那是我编的。
短短四词承认自己靠编故事装熟,人物形象瞬间塌掉。
make something up 表示编造某事。
承认刚才的信息、借口或故事并不是真的。
I just invented that. / That story wasn’t true.
informal
made 和 that 轻连读,up 短促收尾,像仓促认错。
