這場戲：曬佩劍後談癌症復發
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安迪把《斯巴達克斯》裡用過的真劍拿給孩子看，劍上刻著他的名字；鏡頭一轉，瓦什蒂平靜地說 the cancer is back（癌症又回來了）。她沒有崩潰，只說 take it day by day（一天一天地過），只要全心投入，旅程本身就會留下非凡的東西。想學怎麼用平靜的英語面對壞訊息，這類句子最值得聽。
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 「癌症又回來了」英語說 the cancer is back
is back 又回來了、復發live with 帶著…生活、與…共處take it day by day 一天一天地熬、走一步看一步happily ever after 從此幸福地生活下去
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 關於非凡人生的獨白
把夫妻的信念講成一套生活哲學，長句層層推進。
活在當下裡，安迪把《斯巴達克斯》中用過的真劍拿給孩子們看，劍上剛刻好他的名字，他把這稱作這趟瘋狂旅程的起點。鏡頭轉到家中，瓦什蒂說 the cancer is back（癌症又回來了），但語氣平靜：他們決定 take it day by day（一天一天地過），帶著癌症生活下去。她說只要全心投入，It's about the journey（重要的是旅程），成不成功並不重要，something extraordinary（非凡的東西）自會到來。想學怎麼安慰人、怎麼平靜地談生死和壞訊息，這些說法都能用。
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。
“But the cancer is back.”
可是癌症又回來了。
四個詞把最壞的訊息說盡，越平靜越有衝擊力。
But the ... is back.
當面說出壞訊息時用；正式彙報裡別這麼直白，要先給個緩衝。
The cancer has returned. ／ It's come back again.
中性
重讀 back，前面的 cancer is 輕快帶過。
But the pain is back again. 可疼痛又回來了。
“It's about the journey and if you commit to it, something extraordinary will come of it.”
重要的是這段旅程；只要全心投入，就會有非凡的東西從中產生。
把成敗讓位給過程，一句勸人堅持又不喊口號的話。
It's about ... and if you ..., something ... will come of it.
鼓勵別人長期投入時用；談具體合同時不要用它含糊帶過。
It's the process that matters, not the result. ／ Commit to it and something will come of it.
中性
about the 連讀，journey 後稍停，commit 重讀。
It's about the practice, and if you keep going, something good will come of it. 重要的是堅持練習；只要你不放棄，總會有好結果。
“Even if it takes years, we are capable, together, Andy and I, of making extraordinary things happen.”
哪怕要花上好幾年，我和安迪一起也能讓非凡的事發生。
先認下漫長，再宣佈能力，together 一詞最見分量。
Even if it takes ..., we are capable of ...
對同伴表態、長期目標前打氣時用；日常小事上這樣說會顯得誇張。
Even if it takes years, we can still do it. ／ However long it takes, we are able to make it happen.
正式
Even if 連讀，capable 重音在前，together 後停頓。
Even if it takes months, we are capable of finishing it together. 哪怕要花好幾個月，我們一起也能把它完成。
“Our life has never been ordinary.”
我們的生活從來就不普通。
用一句否認句把「不凡」立成預設狀態，既不炫耀也不解釋，像給一家人的活法蓋了個章。
Our life has never been ordinary.
講一家人的活法、給自己打氣時用，語氣要平靜；正式場合自誇時別用，容易顯得傲慢。
Our life was never the usual kind. ／ We have never lived a plain life.
中性
Our life 輕帶，has never been 連讀壓低，ordinary 放慢收尾。
Our weekends have never been ordinary, and we like it that way. 我們家週末從來都不普通，我們就喜歡這樣。
Our little shop has never been ordinary. 我們這家小店從來就不普通。
“It creates a space for you to be clear and to run your life with your intuition and not with fear.”
它給你騰出一塊空間，讓你保持清醒，按直覺而不是恐懼來活。
把「直覺」和「恐懼」擺成一組對照，長句不繞，落點是一個能直接帶走的生活準則。
It creates a space for you to ... and not with fear.
談心態、做重大選擇時用，偏書面和演講；日常閒聊裡說會顯得太隆重。
It gives you room to choose with your gut, not your fear. ／ It lets you live by instinct instead of dread.
literary
to be clear 平推，run your life 加重，intuition 與 fear 一升一降收住。
Meditation creates a space for you to act from calm, not panic. 冥想給你空間，讓你從平靜而不是慌亂出發。
But the cancer is back. And, I guess where we're at is at a point of learning to live with cancer again, and all the repercussions and fears and everything that go with that. And that's why we need to take it day by day, beat this disease and... Live happily ever after.
可是癌症又回來了。 我想，我們現在處在一個…… 重新學著帶著癌症生活，連同隨之而來的一切影響、恐懼和種種。 所以我們得一天一天地過，戰勝這個病，然後…… 從此幸福地生活下去。
Even if it takes years, we are capable, together, Andy and I, of making extraordinary things happen. Vashti and I have always had an amazing relationship, and we've achieved some quite remarkable things together in a relatively short time. Because we believe that all that is attainable. And it's such a powerful place to be when you can think like that. It creates a space for you to be clear and to run your life with your intuition and not with fear.
哪怕要花上好幾年，我和安迪一起也能讓非凡的事發生。 瓦什蒂和我一直感情很好，我們在很短的時間裡一起做成了不少了不起的事。 因為我們相信這一切都觸手可及。 能這樣想，內心會特別有力量。 它會騰出空間，讓你保持清醒，憑直覺而不是恐懼來掌控人生。
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下一章 · 02that's how we roll我們就是這麼辦事的這場戲：從試鏡到化身斯巴達克斯意思是「一天一天地過、走一步看一步」，不急著想太遠，先把眼前這一天過好。臺詞裡是瓦什蒂面對癌症復發時的態度。
說 the cancer is back。臺詞裡 the cancer is back 就是癌症復發；is back 表示「又回來了、復發」。
意思是「從此幸福地生活下去」，本來是童話結尾的話。臺詞裡是瓦什蒂帶著點複雜的心情說：戰勝病魔，然後 live happily ever after。
不完全是。「老傢伙」在英式口語裡常帶親暱，語氣看關係。臺詞裡是逗孩子時說的：how old are you going to be, old bugger。
說 put my name on it，比如 they've put my name on it 就是「他們把名字刻上去了」。put … on it 就是「把……加/刻在上面」。
