這場戲：演出後在公寓重聚
第 13 章 · 共 30 章 · 4'41"
茜茜在臺上唱那出葷段子歌舞，希拉里帶丈夫邁克爾來看，散場後在公寓重聚。茜茜一邊炫耀新居，一邊自嘲 we're paying through the nose（花冤枉錢），又提當年說過 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street（打死也不肯住十四街以北）。想學久別重逢的寒暄和自嘲，這段很真實。
當年說「打死也不肯」：caught dead
paying through the nose 花冤枉錢、被狠宰worth every single penny 每一分錢都值caught dead 打死也不肯enough about me 別說我了
茜茜在臺上演出葷段子歌舞《奧托·蒂茨林》，講的是一位發明家發明胸罩、成果卻被法國專利大盜偷走的故事。希拉里特意帶丈夫邁克爾來看，開演前還囑咐他 be civil（客氣點）。散場後兩人在茜茜的新公寓重聚，激動地互訴近況。茜茜說這房子離劇院和商店都近，雖然 we're paying through the nose（花冤枉錢），但 worth every single penny（每一分錢都值），還得意地說有 option to buy（優先購買權）。她提起兩人當年說 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street（打死也不肯住十四街以北），現在卻搬了上來，然後說 enough about me（別說我了），問希拉里覺得演出怎麼樣。想學重逢寒暄、自嘲和聊房子，這段很典型。
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 enough about me. Let's talk about you.”
別說我了，說說你吧。
嘴上要聊對方，下一秒卻又拐回自己，一句自嘲式幽默立住人物。
Enough about me. Over to you.
自嘲只顧談自己時用；正式彙報或初次見面別這麼說。
Let's drop me and talk about you. ／ I've said enough about myself.
口語
enough about me 輕快帶過，重音落在 you。
Enough about me; how is your new job going? 別說我了，你新工作怎麼樣？
“We're leasing, but we have an option to buy.”
我們是租的，但有買下的優先權。
把租和買擺在一起，體面裡透出精打細算，一句說明新生活的底氣。
have an option to do something
說租房或談合作時留後手用；對不熟的人別急著報家底。
It's a rental, but we can buy later. ／ We rent it now with a chance to buy.
中性
選項中 but 輕讀，option to buy 稍放慢。
We are renting for now, but we have an option to buy next year. 我們眼下租著，不過明年有優先購買權。
“Remember when we said we wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street?”
還記得我們說過，打死也不住到十四街以北嗎？
拿當年的狠話反襯如今的選擇，自嘲裡帶一點炫耀。
Remember when we said ...?
提醒朋友今昔對比時用；拿舊話挖苦別人要看場合。
Remember we swore we would never move up here? ／ Didn't we say we would never live here?
口語
caught dead 連讀快，重音落在 dead。
Remember when we said we would never buy an SUV? 還記得我們說過絕不買 SUV 嗎？
“I couldn't bear that downtown squalor one more second.”
那種下城的破敗我是一秒也忍不下去了。
用“一秒都忍不了”把搬去上城的理由說得理直氣壯，也悄悄暴露了階層的轉向。
I couldn't bear ___ one more second.
終於受夠某處或某事而離開時用；對還住在那裡的人說會顯得看不起人，要小心。
I couldn't stand that grimy neighbourhood a day longer. ／ One more minute of that noise and I'd lose my mind.
中性
couldn't bear 連讀，downtown squalor 稍慢，one more second 逐詞強調。
I couldn't bear that tiny flat one more second. 那個小破公寓我是一秒也住不下去了。
下一章 · 14the Spanish Inquisition沒完沒了的盤問這場戲：餐廳飯局上話裡帶刺「打死也不肯」，常用 wouldn't be caught dead 表示死活不願做某事。說 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street，就是「死也不肯住十四街以北」。
pay through the nose。鼻子被狠宰一刀的比喻，就是被狠狠要價、花了大價錢。paying through the nose for it 就是「為它掏空了錢包」。
字面是幕布升起，實際意思是「演出要開始了」。劇院裡常說 the curtain's going up，提醒大家趕緊入座。
the whole wide world。the whole wide world 就是「整個廣闊世界」，your very best friend in the whole wide world 就是「你天底下最好的朋友」。
「優先購買權」，指租房的人可以在約定條件下優先把房子買下來。We're leasing, but we have an option to buy 就是「我們租著住，但有優先購買權」。
