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看孩子時講往事:swept me off my feet

茉莉一邊照看兩個男孩,一邊把自己的半生講成一段獨白:哈爾當年 swept me off my feet(把我迷得神魂顛倒),可他的成功又 too good to be true(好得不像真的)。想聊愛情開場、聊一個人怎麼從風光到崩潰,這裡全是能直接搬走的說法。

發生了什麼

茉莉照看兩個男孩,從媽媽今晚有約會聊到看孩子掙外快,話題很快轉到她自己的過去。她講到哈爾時用了 swept me off my feet(把我迷得神魂顛倒),也說自己不想只當 mindless consumer(沒頭沒腦的消費者)。後來她說到焦慮、精神崩潰和 Edison's Medicine(電擊療法的黑色別稱),最後一句 I'm a new person(我已經脫胎換骨了)把過去一把收住。想學怎麼用英語講經歷、講錢、講崩潰,這一大段很值得跟。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 留意孩子直問與姨媽繞答的落差
  • 聽她如何把破產說成命運
  • 看她講到哈爾時笑聲如何變硬

留意這幾個短語

make extra moneyswept me off my feetI won't say I dislikeEdison's Medicine

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swept me off my feet

把我迷得神魂顛倒charmed me completely

她向孩子講哈爾時,用 swept me off my feet 把婚姻的開頭縮成一首歌和一次心動,像在給自己找回一點體面;語氣軟下來,也像提前替後面的事找臺階。

The way he remembered every tiny detail totally swept me off my feet.他記得每個小細節,徹底把我迷住了。

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  • make extra money

    掙外快

  • I won't say I dislike

    我不會說我不喜歡(其實喜歡)

  • Edison's Medicine

    電擊療法的黑色別稱

  • aboveboard

    正當的;不藏貓膩

  • too good to be true

    好得不像真的

本章全部批註

40 句台詞裡標了 26 處

短語 · A2Where do you think + 主語 + 動詞?

你覺得……在哪裡

Where do you think Mom is tonight?
短語 · A2get a date

有約會

Oh, she's got a date tonight.
短語 · B1wonder + wh-從句

想知道……到底

Oh, that's cool. I wonder where she is.
發音gonna babysit you

gonna 輕快帶過,重音放到 babysit,you 收得短

I'm gonna babysit you. I'm a good babysitter.
短語 · B1make extra money

掙外快

她勸孩子也該去替人看孩子,把 make extra money 說成零花錢的正路,語氣像在傳授人生經驗,還帶一點闊太太下凡的口吻。

It's how you make extra money.
短語 · C1sweep someone off their feet

把我迷得神魂顛倒

她向孩子講哈爾時,用 swept me off my feet 把婚姻的開頭縮成一首歌和一次心動,像在給自己找回一點體面;語氣軟下來,也像提前替後面的事找臺階。

And Hal, my husband, he swept me off my feet.
短語 · B1do something with one's life

讓人生有所作為

Yeah, but I always wanted to do something with my life.
短語 · B2go to a matinee

看下午場演出或電影

I didn't just shop and lunch and go to matinees.
短語 · B2run a charity

經營慈善機構

You know, I ran charities for poor people and, you know, raised some money for museums and schools.
短語 · B1raise money for something

為……籌了一筆錢

You know, I ran charities for poor people and, you know, raised some money for museums and schools.
短語 · B2with X comes Y

有了X就帶來Y

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
語法 · B2with wealth comes responsibilities

完全倒裝:正常語序是 responsibilities come with wealth;倒裝後像格言,強調條件。

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
發音with wealth comes

重音落在 wealth 和 responsibilities,comes 別搶拍

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
短語 · B2so-called + 名詞

所謂的朋友

I wasn't just some mindless consumer like so many of my so-called friends.
短語 · B2count on something

靠小費過日子

Tip big, because you get good service and they count on tips.
短語 · C1come into wealth

獲得大筆財富

You know, someday when you come into great wealth, you must remember to be generous.
俚語 · B1got crazy

精神失常;瘋了——熟人轉述舊事時用,別當面說病人

Mom said you used to be okay, but you got crazy.
短語 · C1take to the streets

跑到街上;上街發洩 這裡更像是崩潰後跑到街上,不是有組織抗議

Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.
語法 · C1only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets

until 從句:only so many X 先給出上限,until 從句說明越過上限那一刻會怎樣。

Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.
短語 · C1get someone thinking straight

讓你腦子清醒過來

Because they use electricity to get you thinking straight.
短語 · B2have a nervous breakdown

精神崩潰

You know, I had nightmares and a nervous breakdown.
短語 · C1100-percent aboveboard

完全正當、沒有貓膩 字面像‘在桌面上’,這裡指賬目和交易乾淨

Of course, you know, I probably did suspect that not everything Hal did was always 100-percent aboveboard.
短語 · B2too good to be true

好得不像真的

她笑著承認哈爾的成功 too good to be true,順到不可能沒鬼;這句自嘲其實在替自己開脫,也把早該懷疑的責任推給常識。

Christ, I mean, you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true. Heh, heh, heh.
語法 · C1you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true

反諷條件句:反著說:不這麼想就是傻瓜,懷疑成了常識。

Christ, I mean, you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true. Heh, heh, heh.
發音flipped out

flipped 尾音滑進 out,兩個詞連成一口氣

And when he had other women, I just flipped out.
短語 · B2one thing led to another

事情一件接一件地發展

You know, and one thing led to another and...

看懂「看孩子時講往事」

發音重點

  • gonna babysit you — gonna 輕快帶過,重音放到 babysit,you 收得短
  • with wealth comes — 重音落在 wealth 和 responsibilities,comes 別搶拍
  • flipped out — flipped 尾音滑進 out,兩個詞連成一口氣
Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.

一個人能承受的創傷有限,忍到頭就會上街尖叫。 把崩潰寫成有額度的物理過程,冷靜又駭人。

But a cheat is a cheat.

但騙子就是騙子。 六個詞像判詞,把浪漫和藉口一刀切掉。

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.

要知道,財富也帶來責任。 倒裝成格言,既像家教又像自我辯護。

I wasn't just some mindless consumer like so many of my so-called friends.

我可不是那種盲目消費的人,不像我那麼多所謂的朋友。 把炫富改寫成道德優越感,so-called 一詞最扎。

I met someone. I'm a new person.

我遇到了一個人。我脫胎換骨了。 兩句短句像重啟人生,也像急著蓋住舊賬。

關於這一章的問題

swept me off my feet 是什麼意思?

意思是「把我迷得神魂顛倒」,形容被對方徹底吸引、心動到不行。臺詞裡用來說哈爾當年怎樣讓她一下子淪陷。

「好得不像真的」英語怎麼說?

可以說 too good to be true。臺詞裡用來說一個人的成功順得反常,讓人懷疑背後有問題;不是單純的誇獎。

Edison's Medicine 指的是什麼?

是臺詞裡對電擊療法的一種黑色別稱:用電流讓人腦子清醒(get you thinking straight)。字面像「愛迪生的藥」,實際說的是精神治療。

I won't say I dislike buying pretty clothes 是什麼語氣?

是一種留餘地的承認:嘴上不肯直說喜歡,實際承認自己愛買漂亮衣服。比直接說 I like it(我喜歡)更繞,也更像自我辯解。

aboveboard 在這裡是什麼意思?

意思是「正當的;不藏貓膩」。臺詞裡懷疑哈爾做的事並非件件都 100-percent aboveboard(完全正當)。

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