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火車上聊英語和行程:weeks on end

火車上兩個乘客從「英語怎麼說得這麼好」聊起,聊到美國人會不會別的語言,一句 of course ... right?(還用說嗎,反諷語氣)把刻板印象擺上檯面。說到這趟旅行,weeks on end(連續好幾週)坐著看窗外,竟然還挺不錯。想吐槽、想聊長途旅行,都能套用。

發生了什麼

兩位乘客在火車上閒聊,從「你的英語怎麼說得這麼好」問到在洛杉磯上過一個夏天的學、在倫敦待過一陣。話題轉到美國人會不會別的語言,一句 of course ... right?(還用說嗎)帶著反諷。接著講高中修了四年法語,卻在巴黎地鐵站買票時 my mind goes completely blank(腦子一片空白)。後來問 where are you headed(你要去哪兒);問起這趟旅行,先有一句 It sucked(糟透了),又說 weeks on end(連續好幾週)看窗外其實還挺不錯。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 留意 American 被重複時的語氣變化
  • 看 crude/dumb/vulgar 怎樣連成一串
  • 注意旅行問題如何一個接一個丟擲

留意這幾個短語

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weeks on end

連續好幾週for many weeks continuously

for weeks on end 說的是連續幾週坐火車看窗外的日子,後面接 actually been kinda great,把漫長的車程說成還不錯。

She worked nights for weeks on end and barely saw daylight.她連續好幾週上夜班,幾乎見不到日光。

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  • of course

    (反諷)當然,還用說嗎

  • vulgar

    粗俗下流的

  • where are you headed

    你要去哪兒

  • on your own

    獨自一人

  • is what I did

    我就是這麼辦的

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44 句台詞裡標了 23 處

短語 · A2such good ___

英語說得這麼好

So how do you speak such good English?
發音such good English

重音落在 good 和 English,such 輕快帶過

So how do you speak such good English?
短語 · A2go to school

上學唸書

I went to school for a summer in Los Angeles.
短語 · A2spend some time in ___

待過一陣子

Then I spent some time in London.
短語 · A2get it

我明白了

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it, I get it.
語法 · B2who doesn't speak any other languages, who has no culture

定語從句:兩個 who 從句並列,補充 American 被貼的標籤,拆開就是‘不會…’和‘沒有…’。

So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American who doesn't speak any other languages, who has no culture, right?
發音crude, dumb, vulgar

三個形容詞各停一下,vulgar 壓得最重

So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American who doesn't speak any other languages, who has no culture, right?
俚語 · B1dumb

愚蠢的——自嘲或熟人玩笑,別用來罵人

So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American who doesn't speak any other languages, who has no culture, right?
短語 · B1take a language

選修法語

I took French for four years in high school.
短語 · A2stand in line

排隊等候

When I first got to Paris, I stood in line at the Metro station, I
短語 · A2need a ticket to ___

我要買張票

And I start saying, "Ah, listen, I need a ticket to get to, um —" You know.
短語 · A2where are you headed / where is she headed

你要去哪兒

一段在巴黎地鐵站買票卡殼的尷尬經歷剛講完,有人用 So where are you headed? 把話題轉到行程上,得到的回答是回巴黎、下週開課。

So, anyway. Um — So where are you headed?
短語 · A2travel around

到處走走

I'm just traveling around. I've been riding the trains the past two, three weeks.
短語 · A2ride the trains

坐火車旅行

I'm just traveling around. I've been riding the trains the past two, three weeks.
語法 · B1I've been riding

現在完成進行時:have been doing 表示從過去持續到現在,這裡強調兩三週一直在坐火車。

I'm just traveling around. I've been riding the trains the past two, three weeks.
發音I've been riding

I've been 虛化成輕快的一口氣,been 只剩 /bɪn/,riding 的首音節 ri- 承重。

I'm just traveling around. I've been riding the trains the past two, three weeks.
短語 · A2be on one's own

獨自一人

這句問的是這趟旅行一路看朋友,還是 just on your own;on your own 在這裡指獨自出行,身邊沒有同伴。

Mm-hmm. You were visiting friends or just on your own?
短語 · B1..., is what I did

我就是這麼辦的

這句話先說了買 Eurail 通票,末尾再補 is what I did,把前面的事實重新強調一遍。

Yeah, I got one of those Eurail passes, is what I did.
短語 · B1be good for someone

對你來說順利嗎

So, has this trip around Europe been good for you?
俚語 · B1sucked

糟透了——朋友間吐槽經歷,正式場合別用

Yeah, sure. Yeah, it's been, um — It sucked.
語法 · B2Sitting, you know, for weeks on end, looking out the window

動名詞主語:Sitting 和 looking 兩個動名詞短語一起作主語,you know 是插入語,核心是‘坐著看窗外’。

Sitting, you know, for weeks on end, looking out the window has actually been kinda great.
發音for weeks on end

for 輕輕滑過,重音壓 weeks 和 end

Sitting, you know, for weeks on end, looking out the window has actually been kinda great.
俚語 · A2kinda

有點/挺——口語閒聊常用,寫作裡改成 kind of

Sitting, you know, for weeks on end, looking out the window has actually been kinda great.

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發音重點

  • such good English — 重音落在 good 和 English,such 輕快帶過
  • crude, dumb, vulgar — 三個形容詞各停一下,vulgar 壓得最重
  • I've been riding — I've been 虛化成輕快的一口氣,been 只剩 /bɪn/,riding 的首音節 ri- 承重。
  • for weeks on end — for 輕輕滑過,重音壓 weeks 和 end
So how do you speak such good English?

你怎麼英語說得這麼好? 用 such 把誇獎說得很直接,好奇裡也有一點越界的冒犯感。

So I'm the crude, dumb, vulgar American who doesn't speak any other languages, who has no culture, right?

所以我就是那個粗魯、愚蠢、粗俗、不會說任何外語、沒有文化的美國人,對吧? 三個貶義詞連發,把刻板印象搶過來自嘲,反問比辯解更有力。

Sitting, you know, for weeks on end, looking out the window has actually been kinda great.

你知道,一連好幾週坐著看窗外,其實還挺棒的。 把漫長重複的旅程收成一個安靜畫面,kinda great 讓疲憊顯得柔軟。

I took French for four years in high school.

我高中選過四年法語。 四年學法語的資歷先擺出來,下一句糗事才有反差笑點。

關於這一章的問題

It sucked 是什麼意思?

口語裡指「糟透了」,比 bad 更直白、帶情緒,朋友間吐槽用,正式場合換 terrible 更穩。臺詞裡被問旅行順不順利,答的就是 It sucked。

「我也不知道」英語怎麼說?

可以說 I have no idea,比 I don't know 更徹底。臺詞裡被問維也納有什麼時就這麼答,後面補了一句明天就從那兒飛走。

被問 You're on holiday? 答不上來怎麼接?

不想被貼標籤,就說 I'm just traveling around(我就是到處走走)。臺詞裡 I don't really know what I'm on 之後緊跟著的就是這一句。

Vienna? What's there? 是什麼意思?

意思是「那兒有什麼」,想問對方為什麼去某地,就重複地名再加 What's there?,換成 Paris? What's there? 也行。臺詞裡得到的回答是 I have no idea。

No, I'm joking. 是什麼意思?

意思是「不是,我開玩笑的」,用來收回剛說的話,也可以換成 I'm kidding。臺詞裡在 Are you sure? 和 Yeah 之後才冒出這句。

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