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Everything you need before watchingRob recites in Ian McKellen's voice, then offers the line that sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it is one of the best. They throw Woody Allen jokes at each other until the phone rings. Steve calls his son Joe, notes that the name comes up on the screen, and cuts to the chase: she told me what happened the other night.
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Benoit Blancdetective
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Miles Bronbillionaire
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17 parts · AI-cut01Checking In一进旅店先确认你还好不好A24'51"02Call From Whitewell人在白井旅馆，电话那头还在听B13'40"03Room With A View订房先要一间看得见风景的B24'19"04Look How Much话没说完先让人看这一眼B14'32"05It's 12 Your Time你那边十二点，我这边还在找话说C16'17"06Tastes Like Snot这东西看起来像鼻涕，吃起来却好B15'17"07Just A Chat打电话说只是想聊聊近况B25'11"08Too Early To Shout这么早就喊，声音比天还亮B15'02"09Where Next走到这儿了，下一站还能去哪儿B25'50"11The Third Night第三夜自己的尖叫把自己喊醒B25'07"12Very Beige夸人夸成很米色、很好B14'49"13You Like Cream你爱奶油的话，这儿能让你高兴B24'11"14Bronte House哪天想看勃朗特姐妹的房子，我能带B16'12"17Empty Experience没爱的性是空的，可空也有空的痛快B25'21"18It Is Incredible这件事他只说得出不可思议B16'21"19The Most Important他开口先说对自己最重要的是什么B24'51"20Watch That你得看着点——为什么？A24'31"
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00:00
I got to tell you, the food here is terrible, and such small portions.
我得跟你说，这儿的菜难吃得要命，分量还这么少。
00:02
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
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00:08
You know, sex between two people is a wonderful thing.
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00:12
Between three, it's terrific.
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00:14
No, really, I enjoyed making love last night.
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00:17
It was the most fun I've had without laughing.
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00:21
You know, they tell me... I hear my ex-wife was violated in the street.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
00:25
I said, " Knowing my ex-wife, it was probably not a moving violation."
这句对白表达了相关情境。
00:33
Hello?
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00:34
Hey, Joe. It's Dad.
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00:35
Yeah, I know.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
00:36
Your name comes up on the screen.
你的名字会显示在屏幕上。
00:38
Oh, that's good.
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00:39
I'm gonna cut to the chase.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
00:40
I spoke to your mum.
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00:42
She told me what happened the other night.
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00:44
I was just with some friends. You know, it was only a drink.
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00:46
Just having a bit of fun.
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00:47
You can't do that.
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00:50
If you work hard and... you know...
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00:53
then you can always...
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00:57
you know, enjoy yourself at the weekend.
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00:59
But you've got to rein it in during the week.
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01:01
You have to, all right?
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01:03
Okay. How's the trip?
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01:06
Uh...
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01:08
It's good.
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01:10
You know, it's kind of enjoyable.
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01:14
Rob's being, you know, sort of a pain in the ass, but I tolerate him.
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01:20
How long have you known him?
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01:21
Rob?
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01:23
11 years. Something like that.
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01:26
That's amazing.
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01:28
Is it?
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01:29
Yeah. That's such a long time.
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01:31
Yes.
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01:34
Yeah, I suppose it is.
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01:36
Yeah, he's...
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01:40
Yeah, he's a, you know, he's a good friend.
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01:42
Yeah, I miss you.
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01:44
Yeah, I miss you too.
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01:46
Okay, listen, I'll be back soon, and we'll have some fun time together, yeah?
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01:53
Constructive fun time, all right?
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01:55
Yeah.
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01:56
All right, listen, love you.
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01:59
Take care, and behave.
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02:01
Yeah.
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02:03
- All right, mate. - See ya.
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02:04
See ya.
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02:17
I am once again bottomless.
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02:21
Don't you ever get cold being bottomless?
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02:22
No, no, I don't.
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02:23
I think of you, and I just let him free.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
02:26
I let him off the lead, as it were.
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02:28
Let him run round the car park in the hope that he sniffs up something interesting.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
02:32
He's under there now.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
02:33
There's only a kind of candlewick bedspread between...
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02:35
Oh, candlewick bedspread? That's not very sexy.
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02:38
Well, there's a phone resting on him as well, so if the phone begins to move, I'll know that you're weaving your magic, as it were.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
02:46
Oh, help me.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
02:48
I'm the small man stuck in a box.
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02:52
Oh.
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02:54
I'm trapped in a box.
我被困在盒子里了。
02:58
I'm trapped in a... I'm trapped in a box.
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03:04
I'm trapped in a box.
我被困在盒子里了。
03:13
I'm stuck in a box. What are you doing?
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03:14
What's happening? What's happening?
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03:18
Small man stuck in a box.
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03:22
I don't care about silly voices.
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03:27
They're stupid.
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03:35
Why are we going so early?
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03:37
Because I want to take in Bolton Abbey and then quickly say hi to my parents.
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03:44
You don't mind... do you mind coming to say...
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03:46
- Physically? - Yes.
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03:47
Actually visit them?
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03:48
Well, I can't leave you in the car.
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03:50
You could bring me a lemonade and a packet of crisps, leave the window like that so I don't get too hot.
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03:57
Yeah, and I'll bring my parents out to look at you, and your nose is through the gap there like that.
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04:01
You can say, "I would bring him in, but he might make a mess."
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04:08
From Bolton's old monastic tower, the bells ring loud with gladsome power.
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04:15
The sun shines bright.
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04:17
The fields are gay with people in their best array of stole and doublet, hood and scarf, along the banks of crystal Wharf.
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04:27
And thus in joyous mood they hie to Bolton's mouldering Priory.
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04:35
Sir Ian McKellan.
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04:37
Come, we shall walk together.
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04:40
Is that why you went to bed early last night, so you could learn that poem?
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04:43
Yes. Mission accomplished.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
04:45
I don't know why...
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04:46
You weren't interested in Wordsworth before we went on this trip.
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04:49
Or Bolton Abbey, going on about Bolton Abbey.
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04:51
This is lovely. This is fantastic.
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04:52
I know it is.
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04:53
Why'd you have to do it in Ian McKellan's voice?
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04:55
It was a lovely poem.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
04:56
What would have been really nice is if you got up this morning...
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04:59
If you learned that poem, which I appreciate, even though it was meant to intimidate me.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
05:02
If you got up this morning and said the poem in your own voice and meant the words.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
05:06
I chose a voice to suit the mood.
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05:09
I felt Sir Ian, coming, as he does, from Bolton, would be perfectly suited...
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05:13
It's a different Bolton, Rob.
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05:14
Yeah, well, same word.
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05:16
I thought he'd be perfectly suited for here.
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05:19
And it is incredible.
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05:20
I mean, look, that is incredible.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
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Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoGrammarB2↩ 00:02
Sex
句式：通过句式组织信息。
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
Pronunciation↩ 00:02
Sex
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
Pronunciation↩ 00:02
Sex
Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.
这句对白表达了相关情境。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IronyC1↩ 00:00
empty experience
空洞的体验
In the scene他先把无爱之性说成空，再承认空得挺痛快。
Airport hotels are empty experiences, but as empty experiences go, the bed is good.机场酒店很空，可空得床还行。
In daily life
互嘲It's an empty experience. Still the best one tonight.很空，可今晚还是它最好。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 00:00
the most fun I've had without laughing
没笑也算我最开心的一次
In the scene他用这句把昨夜说成正经乐趣。
That audit was the most fun I've had without laughing.那次审计是我没笑也最开心的一次。
In daily life
反讽Waiting in line: the most fun I've had without laughing.排队：没笑也最开心的一次。
above my level
PunC1↩ 00:00
moving violation
移动中的违规；也暗示她没被打动
In the scene听前妻街上被侵犯，他拿交通罚单双关把话做冷。
He turned the story into a moving-violation joke. Nobody laughed.他把那事说成移动违章笑话，没人笑。
In daily life
别学Don't make a moving-violation joke about that.那事别拿移动违章开玩笑。
auto-pauses
IdiomB1↩ 00:00
cut to the chase
直接说正事
In the scene给儿子打电话，寒暄两句就说要切入正题。
I'll cut to the chase: I need the car tomorrow.直接说：明天我要用车。
In daily life
开会Cut to the chase. What's the cost?说正事。多少钱？
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best.”
没有爱的性是空洞的体验，但空洞里，它算最好的一种。
Why it's great
先认账再抬杠，把下流话说成格言。
Pattern
X is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it's one of the best
When to use
承认某事没意义、又不想装清高时用。
Similar
没营养但痛快 ／ 空洞里最好的那种
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
empty experience 压低，one of the best 扬起来。
Use it yourself
加班聚餐Office drinks are empty, but as empty nights go, they're the best.公司酒局很空，但空夜里它算最好的。
“But you've got to rein it in during the week.”
工作日你得收着点。
Why it's great
对儿子不讲大道理，只给一条能执行的刹车。
Pattern
You've got to rein it in
When to use
对方玩过头，你想限在某个时间段里。
Similar
先收着 ／ 别整周都疯
Register
informal
Shadowing tip
rein it in 三个短拍，during the week 补条件。
Use it yourself
劝熬夜Rein it in on weeknights. Weekend is yours.工作日收着。周末随你。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Land a gag with a sting in the tail: Sex without love is an empty experience…
- Challenge the impression: Why'd you have to do it in that voice?
- Announce a straight talk: I'm gonna cut to the chase.
- Call out caller ID: Your name comes up on the screen.
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Questions, then the linesWhat happens in this chapter?
Rob recites in Ian McKellen's voice, then offers the line that sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty exp
What should I listen for?
The line that moves the relationship, not the filler.