這場戲：為夢想接下零片酬主角
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安迪講自己從模特走到主角：拼命多年，才 I finally got to where I wanted to be（終於到了自己想到的地方）。可瓦什蒂懷孕後，他一度想 put acting on the back burner（先把演戲放一放）；接到沒片酬的 the lead role（主角），她問起你更願意跟兒子怎麼交代，他就接下了。想學講經歷、講取捨的英語，這段很實在。
ended up 就是「最後成了、結果落到了」
the lead of ……的主角career counselor 職業顧問、幫人規劃職業的人ended up 最後成了、結果落到了at one point 有那麼一陣子、曾經一度
❝ 獨白 · 9 句 「主角、領銜的角色」英語說 the lead role
provide for 養活、供養某人on the back burner 先把某事擱一擱、往後放the lead role 主角、領銜的角色would you rather 你更願意選哪一樣
安迪回顧自己這條彎路：當過模特，很快火起來，又一邊做工程一邊跑龍套，好不容易 I finally got to where I wanted to be（終於到了自己想到的地方）。瓦什蒂懷孕後，他想 put acting on the back burner（先把演戲放一放），結果第二天經紀人就來電話，說 They've offered you the lead role（主角給你了），可 But it's not paid（但沒片酬）。他本想推掉，瓦什蒂卻問 What would you rather tell your son（你更願意跟兒子怎麼說）？是說你因為錢沒做，還是說你不顧一切照樣做了？於是他 So I just did it（就接下來做了）。想學怎麼講一路走來、怎麼做艱難取捨，這段很動人。
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。
“This time last year, I was the lead of a big successful American TV series.”
去年的這個時候，我還是一部大熱美劇的男主角。
用一句今昔對照把整個人生翻了一頁，輕描淡寫卻很有分量。
This time last year, I was ...
回顧自己一年前後的變化時用，帶今昔感慨；正式彙報開場別這麼隨意。
A year ago I was ..., and now look. ／ Same time last year, I was ...
中性
This time 連讀，lead of a 輕輕帶過，句尾降調。
This time last year, I was still living with my parents. 去年的這個時候，我還跟爸媽住在一起。
“Shoot me if you must, but I beg you, hear what I have to say first.”
你要是非開槍不可，那就開吧，但我求你，先聽我把話說完。
把生死讓到一邊，只為換一句話的機會，懇求裡帶著骨氣。
___ if you must, but ...
要請對方先聽完自己解釋時用，語氣很重；日常小事別用這種說法。
Do it if you must, but hear me out. ／ If you have to, fine, but let me finish.
literary
Shoot me 重讀，but 後稍停，hear 落重音。
Blame me if you must, but hear my side first. 你要怪就怪吧，但先聽我把話說清楚。
“You gotta talk to me. Listen, you gotta talk to me.”
你跟我說句話啊。聽著，你倒是跟我說話啊。
同一句求了兩遍，重複裡全是慌和疼，誰聽了都揪心。
You gotta ___.
著急地求親近的人開口時用，重複能加重語氣；對不熟的人說會顯冒犯。
You've got to talk to me. ／ Come on, say something.
口語
gotta 縮成一詞，Listen 後短暫停頓。
You gotta talk to me, or we can't fix this. 你得跟我說話，不然這事沒法解決。
“I finally got to where I wanted to be.”
我終於走到了自己想站的位置。
把多年打拼收進一句平鋪直敘，不炫耀也不煽情，反而讓「到了」這兩個字有回甘。
I finally got to where I wanted to be.
回望一段長跑式努力時用，語氣要穩；在還沒上岸的人面前說這句要小心，容易刺耳。
I finally ended up where I wanted to be. ／ After all that, I reached the place I aimed for.
中性
I finally got 輕快帶過，where I wanted to be 放慢，be 穩穩收住。
After ten years of night shifts, I finally got to where I wanted to be. 上了十年夜班，我終於站到了想去的位置。
“And then little parts in TV started showing up.”
然後電視裡的小角色開始一個個找上門。
用「小角色開始冒出來」寫事業起步，輕描淡寫裡藏著機會終於滾動的喜悅。
And then ... started showing up.
講事業或生活慢慢起色時用，語氣輕鬆；正式彙報業績時別用，太口語。
Small roles began to come in. ／ Then the little jobs started turning up.
口語
And then 輕帶，little parts in TV 平推，started showing up 放慢收尾。
And then small freelance jobs started showing up. 然後一些小外包開始找上門。
They rang the next day and said, "They've offered you the lead role in this movie. But it's not paid." And I was like, "Great." "There's no way I can do it." And then Vashti said, "What would you rather tell your son? That you didn't do this thing you've been trying to do for years because of money or that you just did it anyway?" And... So I just did it.
第二天他們又打來說：“這部片子的主角給你了。 但沒有片酬。” 我當時就說：“好極了。” “我根本沒法接。” 然後瓦什蒂說：“你更願意跟兒子怎麼說？ 說你因為錢，沒去做這件你已經努力了好多年的事， 還是說你不顧一切，照樣去做了？” 然後…… 我就接下來做了。
下一章 · 14the big guns最強的手段這場戲：成名之際病情未緩解字面是爐子後面那個火小的灶眼，引申為「先把某事放一放、往後排」。臺詞 put acting on the back burner 就是「先把演戲這事擱一擱」，不是徹底放棄。
指「最後成了、結果落到」。臺詞 that ended up in a magazine 就是「那張照片最後登上了雜誌」。後面常接 doing 或介詞短語，講意料之外的結局。
說 the lead role，也可以說 the lead。臺詞 They've offered you the lead role 就是「這部片子的主角給你了」。lead 在這裡讀 /liːd/，指領銜主演。
說 would you rather，後面接動詞原形。臺詞 What would you rather tell your son? 就是「你更願意跟兒子怎麼說？」，用來把兩個選擇擺在一起讓人挑。
口語裡用來復述自己當時的反應，相當於「我當時就想、我說」。臺詞 I was like, 'I don't have an agent.' 就是「我說：我沒有經紀人」，年輕人講故事時特別常用。
