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and it was a home birth, so he was there helping out and everything.before-sunrise-1995 · 1995 — 第 12 / 12 章 · 2'26" · B2
約定只過今晚：fizzle out
這一晚兩人長談，一個人講起朋友陪產：孩子剛吸第一口氣，父親滿腦子卻是他總有一天會死。一句 everything is so finite（什麼都有盡頭）把話轉到兩人自己；怕關係 fizzle out（漸漸沒下文），聊分別和期限時正好能用。
發生了什麼
這一晚兩個人聊著天。一個人講起朋友在家陪產，看著孩子第一次呼吸，滿腦子卻是這個孩子總有一天會死，這個念頭怎麼也甩不掉。話題轉到他們自己：明天早上以後大概再也見不到。與其交換電話地址、寫一次信、打一兩次電話，最後讓聯絡慢慢淡掉，他們寧願只把今晚當作唯一的一晚，不抱幻想，也不設想以後。everything is so finite 是「什麼都有盡頭」，用來說生命、時間都有限；get it out of his head 是「揮之不去」，形容一個念頭趕不走；fizzle out 是「漸漸沒下文」，講感情或計劃無聲無息地結束。聊分別、聊感情的期限，這幾句很實用。
這場戲看什麼
- 留意每次改口：從試探到‘就今晚’
- 聽 right? 如何把判斷推給對方
- 注意 No delusions 後的短停頓
留意這幾個短語
finiteget it out of his headbe rational adults about thisend up
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本章短語
fizzle out
漸漸沒下文fade away; die down
聊到交換號碼後聯絡會越來越少，fizzle out 指的是那股勁慢慢弱下去，最後沒了聲音。
Small projects often fizzle out after a few weeks.小專案常常幾週後就慢慢沒下文了。
本章還有
- finite
有限的；終有盡頭的
- get it out of his head
無法忘掉；揮之不去
- be rational adults about this
冷靜成熟地處理這事
- end up
最後落得；結果變成
- supposed to last forever
被認為該永遠持續
本章全部批註
38 句台詞裡標了 22 處
極深刻的時刻
But he said at that profound moment of birth —體驗人生；感受生命
Uh, he was watching his child experiencing life for the first time,頭一回；第一次
Uh, he was watching his child experiencing life for the first time,滿腦子都是
All he could think about was that he was lookin' at somethin' that was gonna die someday.定語從句：that 從句修飾 somethin'，把‘終會死’補到‘東西’上；聽時抓 that 後的內容。
All he could think about was that he was lookin' at somethin' that was gonna die someday.lookin' 的 g 不拖出來，at 輕帶，直接滑到 somethin'。
All he could think about was that he was lookin' at somethin' that was gonna die someday.what 從句：that's what... 是強調結構；what 等於‘那個讓…的東西’，um 只是停頓。
I mean, but — but don't you think that's what, um, makes our time and specific moments so important?再見面
After tomorrow morning, we're probably never gonna see each other again, right?we're 快說時只留輕弱音，重音交給 probably 和 never。
After tomorrow morning, we're probably never gonna see each other again, right?完全理解
You live in the US. I totally understand — I'd hate to make you fly. You hate to fly, right?害怕坐飛機
I'm not so scared of flying.理性成熟地處理這事
No, let's just be rational adults about this.換個辦法試試
We — Maybe we should try something different.也沒那麼糟
I mean, it's not so bad if tonight is our only night, right?漸漸沒下文
聊到交換號碼後聯絡會越來越少，fizzle out 指的是那股勁慢慢弱下去，最後沒了聲音。
Right. Fizzles out.被認為該永遠持續
聊到交換號碼的套路時，一句 supposed to last forever 拿「關係必須永遠」這個預設來反問。
Why do you think everybody thinks relationships are supposed to last forever anyway?賓語從句：thinks 後接完整從句，relationships...forever 是‘大家認為’的內容；別在 thinks 後停。
Why do you think everybody thinks relationships are supposed to last forever anyway?今晚就是全部——親密對話裡確認最後機會，正式場合別用
But you think tonight's it, huh?唯一的辦法
It's the only way, no?把今晚過好
We'll just make tonight great.重音壓在 great，make tonight 順著一口氣帶過。
We'll just make tonight great.看懂「約定只過今晚」
發音重點
- lookin' at somethin' — lookin' 的 g 不拖出來，at 輕帶，直接滑到 somethin'。
- we're probably — we're 快說時只留輕弱音，重音交給 probably 和 never。
- make tonight great — 重音壓在 great，make tonight 順著一口氣帶過。
All he could think about was that he was lookin' at somethin' that was gonna die someday.他滿腦子想的都是：自己正看著一個終有一天會死去的東西。 把新生和死亡壓進同一眼，平常詞序卻有重擊感。
After tomorrow morning, we're probably never gonna see each other again, right?明天早上之後，我們大概就再也不會見面了，對吧？ 把告別說得像確認天氣，right? 又把刀遞回去。
I mean, it's not so bad if tonight is our only night, right?我是說，如果今晚就是我們唯一的一夜，也沒那麼糟，對吧？ 用 not so bad 給失去留面子，right? 卻在求對方同意。
Why do you think everybody thinks relationships are supposed to last forever anyway?你覺得為什麼大家都認為關係就該永遠持續下去呢？ 一句反問拆掉‘永遠’的預設設定，anyway 帶點不服。
No, let's just be rational adults about this.不，我們就理性成熟一點來處理這件事吧。 用‘成年人’壓住情緒，看似冷靜，其實在劃邊界。
關於這一章的問題
finite 是什麼意思？
finite 是「有限的；終有盡頭的」。臺詞裡 everything is so finite 意思是「什麼都有盡頭」，說的是生命和時間都有盡頭。
fizzle out 在這裡指什麼？
指聯絡慢慢斷了。Fizzles out 就是「漸漸沒下文」：前面說人們交換電話地址，寫一次信、打一兩次電話，接著就慢慢斷了。
It's the only way, no? 是什麼意思？
it's the only way 是「只能這樣」，句尾的 no 是追問，相當於 isn't it，在求對方確認，整句就是「只能這樣，不是嗎」。
No delusions. No projections. 怎麼理解？
這是兩人約定只過今晚時立下的兩條規矩。delusions 是自欺的幻想，projections 是「對以後的設想」，在這裡指給這段關係安排不存在的以後，合起來就是「不抱幻想，不設想以後」。
「再見面」英語怎麼說？
用 see each other again。臺詞裡 never gonna see each other again 帶著否定的預測，意思是「大概再也見不到」；換成疑問 will we see each other again，就是在問還會不會再見。
be rational adults about this 是什麼語氣？
出現在誰飛去見誰的來回之後，意思是「冷靜成熟地處理這事」：別再繞著這件事打轉，按成年人該有的方式談。
before-sunrise-1995 · 共 12 章
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第 1 章weeks on end火車上聊英語和行程
第 2 章the poetry of day-to-day life兩人聊連播一年的節目
第 3 章passive-aggressive火車上聊童年與死亡
第 4 章a bad liar街頭聊蜜月和看戲
第 5 章scare the hell out of someone問答遊戲互問情史
第 6 章piss someone off火車上互問最煩的事
第 7 章romantic projections聊父母與愛情
第 8 章resign yourself to街頭看手相被吐槽
第 9 章a real prizewinner追問前任聊到心理醫生
第 10 章fool around拿猴子吵男女之爭
第 11 章fall for someone假電話裡坦白心動
正在看 · 第 12 章fizzle out約定只過今晚這部 12 章都在這裡了