you're 輕快帶過，重音落在 done 上。
When you're done, when you're done.Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 9 / 15 章 · 2'29" · B2
診所裡被醫生示好：beat around the bush
診所裡聊著工作，醫生忽然來一句 Can I make a confession?（我能跟你坦白件事嗎），空氣立刻變味。接著一句 beat around the bush（拐彎抹角），話就挑明瞭。想學怎麼把越界的誇獎擋回去，I'm flattered, but（先接讚美再劃界）這句最實用。
發生了什麼
診所裡，一名員工跟醫生聊起這份工作：有人下定決心 make it work（讓它順利運轉、成功），工作也 fits in perfectly with（與…正好契合）所上的課；聊到電腦課，有人說自己可能是班上最差的學生。氣氛本來像普通職場閒聊，直到有人來一句 I like having you around（有某人在身邊），接著又來一句 Can I make a confession?（我能跟你坦白件事嗎）。有人誇對方迷人，還說不想 beat around the bush（拐彎抹角）；回應用 I'm flattered, but（先接讚美再劃界）把話擋回去，最後說不想再 put myself through（讓自己忍受）這種荒唐事。遇到這種把誇獎往私人方向推的場面，既要聽懂話裡的意思，也要會用禮貌的 but 把界限劃清。
這場戲看什麼
- 留意讚美怎樣一步步變成越界
- 注意重複「我不」的防禦節奏
- 看拒絕如何從找外套變成永不回來
留意這幾個短語
have someone aroundhear a confessionbeat around the bushI'm flattered, but
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本章短語
beat around the bush
拐彎抹角avoid saying something directly
有人先問“這些話要引到哪裡”；對方接過話頭，說自己不愛 beat around the bush，緊跟著丟擲“你是個迷人的女人”，把越界說成直率坦白。
Let's not beat around the bush: the deadline is too tight.咱們別繞彎子了：截止日期太緊。
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- have someone around
有某人在身邊
- hear a confession
聽人告解、聽人坦白
- I'm flattered, but
先接讚美再劃界
- come out of your shell
變得開朗、放得開
- standoffish
冷淡疏遠
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39 句台詞裡標了 25 處
讓它順利運轉、成功
I hope you're pleased, because I am determined to make it work.與…正好契合
It fits in perfectly with my class. Are you getting better on the computer?慢慢適應並放鬆下來
I'm glad you're relaxing more into this job.有某人在身邊
有人先誇對方工作進入狀態，又補一句 I like having you around；have someone around 聽著像上司的客氣話，其實把關係往私人方向推。
Heh, I must say, I like having you around.做一番坦白或告白 這裡不是宗教告解，是藉詞說“我有話要坦白”
Can I--? Can I make a confession?聽人告解、聽人坦白
對方剛問能不能 make a confession，有人不接浪漫話頭，用 hear a confession 把自己說成不該聽告解的人；語氣帶笑，實則在拉開距離。
I don't know that I should be the one to hear a confession, doctor.某人的穿著方式
The way you dress, I sometimes find very...一點也不
Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.覺得某人有吸引力
Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?條件句套從句：if 從句裡再套 tell you that...，用它試探對方是否介意。
Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?拐彎抹角
有人先問“這些話要引到哪裡”；對方接過話頭，說自己不愛 beat around the bush，緊跟著丟擲“你是個迷人的女人”，把越界說成直率坦白。
Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.定語從句：who 引導定語從句修飾 person，說明說話人不屬於愛繞彎的那類人。
Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.表語從句：why 引導表語從句，說明“不是這個原因”。
I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.對某人有誘惑力
A certain elegance in a woman has always been enticing to me.變得開朗、放得開
對方用 come out of your shell 勸人放開些，得到的回應是 I'm not in a shell；殼的比喻被頂了回去。
Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.慢慢了解某人
Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.嗑藥後上頭——談毒品或玩笑時用，正式場合別用
Ever gotten high on nitrous oxide? No.消除某人的拘束
It would remove your inhibitions. I don't have inhibitions.擺出冷淡疏遠的樣子
Stop being standoffish. I'm not standoffish.贏得某人芳心
對方被拒絕後仍說 You've made a conquest，把騷擾改寫成她的魅力戰績；她只回 This is so embarrassing，沒有接這個框架。
You should be proud. You've made a conquest.讓自己受這種荒唐事
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.重音落在 myself 和 nonsense，中間的 through this 壓低，have to 只留輕快的 /hæftə/。
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.深呼吸
I gotta take a deep breath.得，必須——口語代替 have got to，寫作別用
I gotta take a deep breath.看懂「診所裡被醫生示好」
發音重點
- when you're done — you're 輕快帶過，重音落在 done 上。
- myself through this nonsense — 重音落在 myself 和 nonsense，中間的 through this 壓低，have to 只留輕快的 /hæftə/。
I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.我很受寵若驚，但我當然希望這不是你僱我的原因。 禮貌接住讚美，同時把僱傭關係邊界挑明，軟中帶硬。
Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.真的嗎？我不覺得自己的穿著有絲毫挑逗意味。 in the slightest 把否認壓到最滿，反問冷靜又有力。
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.我沒必要讓自己受這種荒唐事。 put myself through 把“忍受”說成主動把自己塞進折磨，拒絕得乾脆。
I am never coming back here.我再也不會回這裡了。 never 放在 am 後、coming 前，把決絕說滿；短句收尾有力。
關於這一章的問題
beat around the bush 是什麼意思？
就是「拐彎抹角」，有話不直接說，繞來繞去。臺詞裡有人先問這番話要說到哪兒去，緊接著表示自己不愛 beat around the bush，然後把話挑明。
「先接讚美再劃界」英語怎麼說？
I'm flattered, but。先承認對方的誇獎，再用 but（但是）說明自己的界限；臺詞裡緊接著就是希望對方不是因為這個才僱用自己。
hear a confession 和 make a confession 差在哪？
hear a confession 是聽人告解、聽人坦白；make a confession 是自己做一番坦白或告白。臺詞裡先有人問能不能 make a confession，下一句就回應該不該由自己 hear a confession。
standoffish 是冷淡還是害羞？
standoffish 指冷淡疏遠、拒人千里，不是單純害羞。臺詞裡有人被說 Stop being standoffish，馬上回 I'm not standoffish，否認自己擺出冷淡樣子。
put myself through 在這裡怎麼理解？
put myself through 是讓自己忍受。I don't have to put myself through this nonsense 意思就是「我犯不著讓自己受這種荒唐事」，表示不願再忍下去。
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