這場戲：坦白身世換來她的名字
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酒吧快打烊，庫爾特還在猜她的名字。她說 You give me an honest answer and I'll give you my name（你給我一個誠實的回答，我就告訴你名字），於是他講起父親教他橄欖球、家裡一度很拮据。她被打動，報了名字，又坦白 I'm divorced and I got two kids（我離過婚，還帶著兩個孩子）。
❝ 獨白 · 13 句 make something of 是「做出名堂」，他鼓起勇氣交心
honest answer 誠實的回答make something of 做出名堂good at 擅長more than a game 不只是一場比賽
酒吧裡，庫爾特還在猜布倫達的名字。她說 You give me an honest answer and I'll give you my name（你給我一個誠實的回答，我就告訴你名字）。於是他認真講起來：橄欖球是父親離開前教給他最重要的東西，家裡一直過得拮据，Never had enough（總是不夠用），所以他想 make something of my life（把人生做出名堂）。他還說，橄欖球是他唯一真正擅長的事，So, just feels like more than a game to me（對我來說，它不只是一場比賽）；As long as I have a ball in my hands（只要手裡有球），一切都會好起來。布倫達報了名字，隨後又坦白 I'm divorced and I got two kids（我離過婚，還帶著兩個孩子）。想學怎麼認真交心、坦白身世，這段最動人。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“You give me an honest answer and I'll give you my name.”
你給我一個誠實的回答，我就告訴你我的名字。
把搭訕變成一場公平交易：一句真心換一個真名，乾脆又有態度。
You give me X and I'll give you Y
跟人談條件、做交換時能用；對方只想白拿就別急著答應，把話挑明。
You tell me yours and I'll tell you mine ／ Fair trade: your answer for my name
中性
兩個分句連著說，answer 和 name 重讀
You cover my shift tonight and I'll take yours on Friday. 你今晚替我值班，週五我替你。
“I wanted to make something of my life.”
我想活出個人樣來。
一句樸素的野心，把窮孩子的自尊和渴望都裝了進去。
make something of one's life
講理想、講不甘心時能用；對不熟的人別輕易掏心，先看場合。
I wanted to make a life for myself ／ I wanted to be somebody
中性
重音落在 make 和 life，something 別含糊
I came here to make something of my studies, not just hold a job. 我來這裡是想讓所學派上用場，不只是混份工作。
“So, just feels like more than a game to me.”
所以對我來說，它不只是一場比賽。
把整段自白收進一句：球對他是命，不是消遣。
feel like more than something to someone
感慨某件事對自己分量時說；對剛認識的人別用力過猛。
It means more than that to me ／ For me it is more than a job
中性
just 一帶而過，more than 稍拖，收在 me
To me cooking feels like more than a chore; it is how I unwind. 對我來說做飯不只是家務，那是我放鬆的方式。
“I'm divorced and I got two kids.”
我離過婚，還帶著兩個孩子。
不鋪陳、不鋪墊，一句把自己的負擔先攤上桌，把選擇權交給對方，坦蕩得讓人沒法輕視。
I'm ... and I got ...
想早點把重要的現實交代清楚、不浪費彼此時間時能用；初次見面用來自嘲會顯得刻意，別用。
I'm divorced with two kids. ／ I've been divorced and I raise two kids.
中性
I'm divorced 連讀，and I got 連讀，two kids 咬實收尾。
I'm divorced and I got two kids at home. 我離過婚，家裡還有兩個孩子。
So, football was the most important thing my pops taught me before he... uh, left. I mean, he's back in my life now but, you know, back then it was tough... and we always, you know, struggled. Me and my mom, my brother. Never had enough. And I wanted more. I wanted to make something of my life. And football, um, is just like the only thing I've ever really been good at. So, just feels like more than a game to me. As long as I have a ball in my hands, then I feel like everything's gonna be all right. Is that honest enough for you?
我爸……走之前，教給我最重要的東西就是橄欖球。 呃，走之前。 我是說，他現在又回到我的生活裡了，但你知道，那時候挺難的…… 我們一直，你知道，過得很拮据。 我、我媽，還有我弟弟。 總是不夠用。而我想得到更多。 我想活出個人樣來。 而橄欖球，嗯， 大概是我唯一真正擅長的事。 所以對我來說，它不只是一場比賽。 只要我手裡有球， 我就覺得一切都會好起來。 這回答夠誠實了嗎？
下一章 · 04on his own journey有他自己的路要走這場戲：上門修好收音機「也就你一個人這麼想」，帶點自嘲或調侃。別人誇你、你和對方感覺剛好相反時就能用。戲裡布倫達誇庫爾特舞跳得好，她用這句自謙。
make something of one's life。make something of 就是「把……做出名堂、有所成就」。臺詞裡 I wanted to make something of my life，就是「我想活出個人樣來」。
as long as。後面接一個條件，表示滿足它就夠了。臺詞裡 As long as I have a ball in my hands, then I feel like everything's gonna be all right，就是「只要我手裡有球，就覺得一切都會好起來」。
反問語氣，意思是「我怎麼會不想呢、當然想」。別人替你否定一件事，你覺得完全沒有理由拒絕時用。戲裡庫爾特聽說對方不想給號碼，就連連說 Why wouldn't I。
因為她對自己有顧慮。她離過婚、還帶著兩個孩子，覺得對方知道後未必還想要號碼，所以先說 Trust me. You don't want it.，再坦白身世。
