下火車
Ow! (laughing) Would you be in Paris by now if you hadn't gotten off the train with me?Before Sunrise · 1995 — 第 10 / 20 章 · 2'12" · B2
下火車後互相挑刺：blank canvas
有人設想沒一起下車，自己會在機場翻舊雜誌、crying in my coffee（對著咖啡掉眼淚）；一句自嘲 blank canvas（空白畫布）緊跟著來。聊到 drive you mad（把你逼瘋）時，對方不肯答。想半開玩笑地試探對方，這些說法正好用得上。
發生了什麼
一句 Would you be in Paris by now（這會兒是不是已經到巴黎了）把話題開啟；有人設想自己在機場閒晃、翻舊雜誌，crying in my coffee（對著咖啡掉眼淚），接著 blank canvas（空白畫布）成了自嘲。話題轉到「我身上什麼會最先讓你受不了」，有人不肯答，講起一段舊事：說了一句「我覺得你不太能處理批評」，對方就 flew into a rage（勃然大怒）並提了分手。想學怎麼用玩笑試探、怎麼把介意說出口，這些說法都能用上。
這場戲看什麼
- 看她先給甜話再改口的試探節奏
- 留意他講舊戀情時怎樣把批評說成故事
- 注意看手相那段如何點燃爭執
留意這幾個短語
bugs youblank canvasdrive you madmaneuverings
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本章短語
blank canvas
空白畫布；可任意創作的底子a blank surface you can create on; here, a life others can add to
一人說自己大概會和別人在薩爾茨堡下車，另一句自嘲 So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas（我只是個臨時給你的空白畫布添幾筆的傻美國佬）；再往下兩人說起玩得開不開心。
They treated the empty room as a blank canvas and started over.他們把空房間當成一塊空白畫布，從頭佈置。
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- bugs you
讓你煩；惹你不快
- drive you mad
把某人逼瘋；讓人受不了
- maneuverings
手腕；周旋的招數
- flew into a rage
勃然大怒
- rooster prick
（臨時拼的）粗話：討厭、愛耍脾氣的傢伙
本章全部批註
36 句台詞裡標了 23 處
混合條件句：過去沒下車的事實，配上現在 would be 的結果：假設過去不同，現在會在哪。
Ow! (laughing) Would you be in Paris by now if you hadn't gotten off the train with me?Would you 快問時黏在一起，別把兩個詞拆開念
Ow! (laughing) Would you be in Paris by now if you hadn't gotten off the train with me?在某處閒晃
I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old magazines, crying in my coffee 'cause you didn't come with me.對著咖啡掉眼淚；誇張自憐
一句 I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old magazines, crying in my coffee 把沒一起走的日子想成機場閒晃、翻舊雜誌、對著咖啡掉眼淚。
I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old magazines, crying in my coffee 'cause you didn't come with me.'cause you didn't 輕快帶過，重音留給 come with me
I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old magazines, crying in my coffee 'cause you didn't come with me.空白畫布；可任意創作的底子
一人說自己大概會和別人在薩爾茨堡下車，另一句自嘲 So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas（我只是個臨時給你的空白畫布添幾筆的傻美國佬）；再往下兩人說起玩得開不開心。
So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas, huh?blank canvas 兩詞都壓重音，反諷才立得住
So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas, huh?某人做過的壞事
I'm so glad because no one knows I'm here, and I don't know anyone that knows you that would tell me all the bad things you've done.定語從句鏈：anyone 後跟兩個 that 從句：一個說“認識你”，一個說“會告訴我”，層層限定。
I'm so glad because no one knows I'm here, and I don't know anyone that knows you that would tell me all the bad things you've done.屁話；破事——熟人間的粗話，正式場合停用
You know, you hear so much shit about people.盤算策略
plotting my strategy and maneuverings, knowing his weak points, what would hurt him, seduce him.摸清對方軟肋
plotting my strategy and maneuverings, knowing his weak points, what would hurt him, seduce him.把某人逼瘋；讓人受不了
一句 what would be the first thing about me that would drive you mad?（我身上哪一點會最先把你逼瘋？）把話題推到天天相處的假設；下一句直接說不回答這個問題。
what would be the first thing about me that would drive you mad?承受批評
So finally I said, "Well, I don't think you handle criticism too well."勃然大怒
舊事講到結尾：一句「我覺得你不太能處理批評」之後，對方 flew into a rage（勃然大怒），隨後提了分手。整句說得像在唸一行新聞。
She flew into a rage and broke up with me. That's a true story.跟我分手
She flew into a rage and broke up with me. That's a true story.有藉口做某事
All she ever really wanted to do was to have an excuse to tell me what she thought was wrong with me.表語不定式：All ... was to do 把“她真正想要的”拎到句首，was 後接不定式解釋內容。
All she ever really wanted to do was to have an excuse to tell me what she thought was wrong with me.愛顯擺的討厭鬼——帶侮辱性的玩笑，別對不熟的人說
You were like this rooster prick.到底；搞什麼——口語表驚訝或惱火，正式場合少用
Rooster prick? What the hell is a rooster prick?被狠宰；被狠狠敲一筆
一句 this woman robs you blind（這女人是明擺著宰你）是一句很重的指控；前面剛聊到看手相時的反應，但臺詞沒交代 this woman 是誰、有沒有真的收錢。
Listen, this woman robs you blind, okay?wouldn't buy him 快說時幾個子音擠在一起，先慢後連
You were like a little boy, walking by an ice cream store, crying because his mother wouldn't buy him a milk shake or something.看懂「下火車後互相挑刺」
發音重點
- Would you be — Would you 快問時黏在一起，別把兩個詞拆開念
- 'cause you didn't — 'cause you didn't 輕快帶過，重音留給 come with me
- blank canvas — blank canvas 兩詞都壓重音，反諷才立得住
- wouldn't buy him — wouldn't buy him 快說時幾個子音擠在一起，先慢後連
I'd probably be hanging around the airport, reading old magazines, crying in my coffee 'cause you didn't come with me.我大概會在機場閒晃，翻舊雜誌，對著咖啡哭，因為你沒跟我來。 誇張三連動作，把思念說成一幅滑稽又可愛的畫。
So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas, huh?所以我就只是個臨時給你空白畫布添點顏色的蠢美國人，是吧？ 自嘲式反諷，把對方的生活說成畫布，把自己降成臨時裝飾。
She flew into a rage and broke up with me. That's a true story.她勃然大怒，跟我分了手。這是真事。 一句舊事把“我只是提了個意見”變成分手現場，最後補一句真事更冷。
All she ever really wanted to do was to have an excuse to tell me what she thought was wrong with me.她真正想要的，不過是找個藉口告訴我她認為我哪裡都不對。 把一場爭吵復盤成一句冷峻的動機判斷，怨氣很準。
You were like a little boy whining because all the attention wasn't focused on him.你就像個小男孩，因為所有關注沒落在他身上就哼哼唧唧。 用小孩比喻精準拆臺，畫面感強，殺傷力也強。
關於這一章的問題
blank canvas 是什麼意思？
字面是空白畫布，指一塊可以任意創作的底子。原句 So I'm just a dumb American momentarily decorating your blank canvas 是自嘲：我只是個臨時在你的生活裡添幾筆的傻美國佬，不是說你任人擺佈。
「勃然大怒」英語怎麼說？
flew into a rage。它說的是突然、猛烈地發火，原句 She flew into a rage and broke up with me（她當場暴怒，跟我分了手）把暴怒和分手壓在一句裡，語氣冷得像在唸新聞。
bugs you 和 drive you mad 有什麼區別？
bugs you 是小煩、惹你不快，比如問 Something about me bugs you?；drive you mad 更重更誇張，問的是哪一點會最先把你逼瘋。
robs you blind 是在說真的搶劫嗎？
不是。它是「被狠宰、被狠狠敲一筆」的誇張說法，比直接說收錢多更重。原句 this woman robs you blind 裡的 this woman 指誰，臺詞裡沒交代，也沒說她是否真的收了錢。
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