這場戲：斷糧逼進鋼箱
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西蘭晚上把鯨關進漂著的鋼箱，吃的先扣著，餓夠了才肯進。一句 hold back（先扣下暫不給），關完整夜後又聽到 on a hair trigger（稍一碰就會爆發）。好處先扣著、脾氣一點就炸，這兩句都比直說更準。
兩頭母鯨結夥欺負一個人：gang up on
Deprived of food 被掐掉吃的，故意餓著get frustrated with 火氣都攢到它身上head to toe 從頭頂一直到腳gang up on 結夥欺負一個人
❝ 獨白 · 11 句 餓夠了才進箱，吃的先扣下暫不給：hold back
to be honest 說句不好聽的實話come in 在這一步才用上hold back food 吃的先扣下不給on a hair trigger 稍一碰就會爆發
晚上，西蘭把鯨關進碼頭上漂著的鋼箱，燈全關，寬大約六米。它們不肯進，吃的就被 hold back（先扣下暫不給），知道進了隔艙才有得吃，餓夠了才會進去。兩頭母鯨會 gang up on（結夥欺負一個人）那頭還不會動作的，放出來時滿身是刮痕和血。有人最後說他 on a hair trigger（稍一碰就會爆發）。hold back 就是先扣下暫不給，談條件時先把好處扣著；gang up on 就是結夥欺負一個人；on a hair trigger 就是稍一碰就會爆發。三句分別用在談條件、說被孤立、形容脾氣。
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。
“All Sealand was was a net hanging in a marina with a float around it.”
所謂西蘭，其實就是碼頭裡掛著的一張網，四周套個浮筒。
兩個 was 把一整座館收成一張網，畫面又狠又清楚。
All X was was 後面只留一個畫面。
跟朋友吐槽一個名過其實的地方時能用，正式介紹或廣告別用。
說到底就是個…… ／ 撐死了也就是……
口語
第二個 was 稍頓，再把 net 說重。
All that campus gym was was a treadmill in a basement. 那所謂校園健身房，其實就是地下室裡一臺跑步機。
“If Tilikum didn't do it, then both animals were punished.”
提利庫姆要是沒做到，兩頭鯨就一起受罰。
條件句把連坐說死，聽得見規則有多狠。
If 某人沒做到，then 兩邊一起承擔。
講不公平的連坐規則時可以用，別拿來威脅小孩或下屬。
一個沒做到，全組跟著罰 ／ 做錯的是一個，挨罰的是倆
中性
didn't do it 咬清楚，then 後再放慢。
If one person skipped the draft, then the whole group lost points. 有一個人沒交草稿，全組一起被扣分。
“They're just in this dark, metal 20x30-foot pool for two-thirds of their life.”
它們就待在這個黑漆漆的金屬池子裡，二十乘三十英尺，一輩子有三分之二的時間耗在這兒。
黑暗、尺寸、人生比例疊在一句裡，數字比形容詞狠。
就待在這樣的地方，佔掉一生的大半。
描述長期被困的處境時能說，閒聊別人房間大小別用，那太重。
一輩子大部分時間都耗在那兒 ／ 白天黑夜大半關在裡面
中性
dark 和 metal 分開頓，two-thirds 說重。
He spends most of the year in a windowless room the size of a closet. 他一年裡大部分時間耗在一間衣櫃那麼大、沒有窗的屋子裡。
“That's what it was. It was a floating steel box.”
它就是那樣。一隻浮著的鐵箱子。
先釘死「就是那樣」，再用鐵箱把好聽的名字換掉。
That's what it was. It was……
看穿包裝、給東西換個難聽名字時用，慶典致辭別用。
說白了就是個…… ／ 它哪是別的，就是個……
口語
兩句 It was 同樣重，box 落下去。
That's what it was. It was a slideshow with no teacher. 它就是那樣。一組沒人講的幻燈片。
“When you let them out, you'd see these new tooth rakes and sometimes you'd see blood.”
等你把它們放出來，你會看見新的齒痕，有時還能看見血。
you 把聽的人拉到早上開箱，齒痕和血像證據攤開。
When you ……, you'd see ……
跟熟人講你親眼看見的後果時能用，公開點名指控要更謹慎。
開啟一看就是新傷 ／ 放出來才看見血跡
口語
When you 輕起，blood 單獨落下。
When you opened the carrier, you'd see a fresh scratch on the cat's ear. 你一開啟航空箱，就會看見貓耳朵上有道新抓痕。
It didn't feel good. It just didn't. And it was just wrong. We started having difficulty getting them all into this one small steel box, to be honest. That's what it was. It was a floating steel box. That's where food deprivation would come in. We would hold back food, and they would know if they went in the module that they would get their food. So if they're hungry enough, they're going to go in there. And during the winter that would be from 5:00 at night till 7:00 in the morning. When you let them out, you'd see these new tooth rakes and sometimes you'd see blood. Closing that door on him and knowing that he's locked in there for the whole night is like... it's a stab, it's a "whoa."
感覺很不好。就是不好。 而且這就是錯的。 說實話，後來要把它們全都弄進這一個小鋼箱，越來越難。 就是這麼回事。那是一個漂著的鋼箱子。 這時候就得靠斷糧了。 我們會把吃的扣著，它們知道，進了隔艙才能吃到。 所以只要餓得夠狠，它們就會進去。 到了冬天，就是從晚上五點一直到早上七點。 放出來的時候，你會看到新的刮痕，有時還有血。 當著他關上門，知道他要被鎖在裡面一整夜，那種感覺就像…… 像被捅了一刀，讓人倒吸一口氣。
下一章 · 04on its last legs快倒閉這場戲：池邊失足被鯨拽回意思是稍一碰就會爆發。臺詞是 he was on a hair trigger，緊跟著 He'd kill。用在這裡，是說那頭鯨一點就炸，不是在講頭髮或一把扳機。
說 gang up on。臺詞 Both females would gang up on him，就是兩頭母鯨一起欺負那一頭。好幾個人衝著同一個下手，就可以用這句。
是，意思就是順順當當沒什麼事。臺詞說他剛來時 everything just went fine and dandy，同一句後半轉到懲罰式訓練，順利只是剛開始那一陣。
不是走進來。卡片上的意思是在這一步才用上。臺詞 That's where food deprivation would come in，說的是斷糧這個辦法到這一步才派上用場。
說 to be honest。用來承認一件不好聽的事：後來越來越難把它們全弄進那個小鋼箱。想把難處說直，就補上這句。
這裡用來誇一頭鯨，意思是一心想討人喜歡。臺詞把 he was always eager to please 和很聽話放在一起。人或動物巴不得讓對方滿意，都可以這麼說。
