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假裝打電話講歐洲邂逅:be a ghost

輪到他玩打電話的遊戲,他先學答錄機響鈴,再假裝跟朋友通話:馬德里糟透了,他和 Lisa 來了場 long-overdue meltdown(早該爆發的關係崩盤)。他不想見熟人,只想 be a ghost(想徹底隱身);話鋒一轉,又說最後一晚遇見了一個女孩。向朋友復盤分手、說想躲起來時用得上。

發生了什麼

輪到他玩打電話的遊戲,假裝撥給朋友:馬德里糟透了,他和 Lisa 來了場 long-overdue meltdown(早該爆發的關係崩盤);那幾天他不想見熟人,只想 be a ghost(想徹底隱身),在人前完全不被認出。可他又說自己很好,因為最後一晚遇到了一個女孩,還把她說成 Botticelli angel(像天使一樣的人),一直在安慰他。向朋友復盤分手、順口提起新的心動,或形容想躲起來一個人待著,都能這麼說。

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  • 分辨 rapturous 與 sucked 的語域落差

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本章短語

be a ghost

想徹底隱身to disappear from everyone

他不想見任何熟人,說自己只想 be a ghost、completely anonymous,像要把自己從人群裡刪掉。

After the breakup, he wanted to be a ghost for a week.分手後,他想消失一個星期。

本章還有

  • long-overdue meltdown

    早該爆發的關係崩盤

  • rapturous

    欣喜若狂的

  • Botticelli angel

    像天使一樣的人(畫裡走出的美人)

  • unsure of myself

    對自己沒底

  • That's the thing

    關鍵就在這兒

本章全部批註

42 句台詞裡標了 25 處

短語 · A1call someone

給某人打電話

Okay. It's your turn. You call your friend.
短語 · B1get someone's answering machine

聽到某人的電話錄音

Um — Uh — Bring, bring, bring. I usually get this guy's answering machine. Brrring!
俚語 · A2dude

老兄、哥們——朋友間招呼,正式場合別用

Hi, dude. What's up?
發音how ya been

how ya been 快說時連成一串,別逐詞拆開。

- Uh — Hey, Frank, how ya been? - (laughing) Glad you're home.
俚語 · B1sucked

糟透了——熟人抱怨時用,正式場合別用

Uh, Madrid sucked.
短語 · B2long-overdue + noun

早該爆發的關係崩盤

他假裝跟朋友通電話,說 Lisa 和自己來了場 long-overdue meltdown,等於承認這段關係積壓已久,語氣像認賬又像自嘲。

Uh, you know, Lisa and I had our long-overdue meltdown.
短語 · B1the long-distance thing

異地戀這回事 thing 指異地戀這件事,不是東西

Yeah, yeah, yeah. The long-distance thing just never works.
短語 · A2tell someone why

告訴某人原因

And I'll tell you why.
語法 · B2how they say we're all each other's demons and angels

賓語從句:how 引出俗話,後接完整從句;不是問方式。

And you know how they say we're all each other's demons and angels?
發音tellin' me

tellin' 的尾音很輕,me 緊跟上去,別補完整 -ing。

Well, she was literally a Botticelli angel, just tellin' me that everything was gonna be okay.
語法 · B1that started fighting

定語從句:that 從句修飾 couple,說明那對情侶開始吵架。

She was sittin' next to this very weird couple that started fighting, so she had to move.
短語 · A2not like someone much

不太喜歡某人

And, uh, she didn't like me much at first.
俚語 · B1super-smart

超級聰明——口語夸人,面試或公文少用

She's super-smart, very passionate, um, and beautiful.
短語 · B1unsure of oneself

對自己沒底

他回憶初聊時的狀態:unsure of myself,覺得自己說的每句話都蠢。

And I was so unsure of myself.
短語 · A2sound stupid

聽起來很蠢

I thought everything I said sounded so stupid.
語法 · B1everything I said sounded so stupid

省略 that:thought 後省略 that;everything I said 作主語。

I thought everything I said sounded so stupid.
短語 · B1wouldn't worry about something

別為那事擔心

Aw, man, I wouldn't worry about that.
短語 · B1judge someone

評判某人

- Nah. - Nah, I'm sure she was not judging you.
俚語 · A2Nah

不、才不——熟人隨口否定,比 no 更隨意

- Nah. - Nah, I'm sure she was not judging you.
短語 · A2sit next to someone

坐在某人旁邊

No. And by the way, she sat next to you, no?
短語 · B1do something on purpose

故意地(臺詞誤作 in purpose) 臺詞用 in purpose,標準搭配是 on purpose

- I'm sure she did it in purpose. - Oh, yeah?
短語 · B1understand anything about + group

對某類人一無所知

Us men are so stupid. We don't understand anything about women.
發音Us men are

Us men are 連成一塊,men 和 are 中間別斷。

Us men are so stupid. We don't understand anything about women.
短語 · B1act kind of + adjective

表現得有點怪

They act kind of strange, the little I know of them.
短語 · B2the little I know of something

就我所知的那一點

他在收尾時自嘲:the little I know of them 裡的 them 指前面的 women,等於承認自己對女性瞭解不多,語氣像玩笑,也給「她們挺古怪」的概括留了餘地。

They act kind of strange, the little I know of them.

看懂「假裝打電話講歐洲邂逅」

發音重點

  • how ya been — how ya been 快說時連成一串,別逐詞拆開。
  • tellin' me — tellin' 的尾音很輕,me 緊跟上去,別補完整 -ing。
  • Us men are — Us men are 連成一塊,men 和 are 中間別斷。
I just wanted to be a ghost, completely anonymous.

我只想做個幽靈,完全匿名。 把失戀後的逃避寫成幽靈意象,短而準。

I met somebody on my last night in Europe. Can you believe that?

我在歐洲的最後一晚遇見了某個人。你信嗎? 把偶遇說成命運插曲,反問句拉朋友入戲。

Well, she was literally a Botticelli angel, just tellin' me that everything was gonna be okay.

她簡直就是波提切利畫裡的天使,一直告訴我一切都會好的。 用名畫作比,把安慰說得既誇張又真誠。

Us men are so stupid. We don't understand anything about women.

我們男人太蠢了,對女人一無所知。 自嘲式概括男女差異,像酒桌笑話,容易傳播。

關於這一章的問題

long-overdue meltdown 是什麼意思?

指「早該爆發的關係崩盤」,問題積了很久,這次終於攤開。臺詞裡說 had our long-overdue meltdown,就是承認這場爆發拖了很久。

「想徹底隱身」英語怎麼說?

可以說 be a ghost。臺詞裡說 I just wanted to be a ghost, completely anonymous,就是隻想當沒人認得出的隱形人,不想見任何熟人。

rapturous 和 happy 有什麼區別?

rapturous 是「欣喜若狂的」,比 happy 強烈得多。臺詞裡先說 I'm great,接著說 I'm rapturous,把開心拉到很滿。

Botticelli angel 只是在夸人漂亮嗎?

不只是。前一句先提「我們都是彼此的魔鬼和天使」,接著說她是個 Botticelli angel:既誇她美得像畫裡走出,也指她當時一直安慰他。

「故意地」英語怎麼說?

標準說法是 on purpose,反面是 by accident(不小心)。臺詞裡那句 in purpose 不是標準說法,別照著學。

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