這場戲：借蘇聯垮臺談信仰
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上司考埃裡克：蘇聯帝國為什麼垮臺？答案只有兩個字——Godlessness.（沒有信仰）。接著他嫌埃裡克像文員，直接甩一句 Now it's time to join the varsity.（該進主力隊了）。想學怎麼把話說得又大又狠、把格局講出來，這幾句很能派上用場。
「該進主力隊了」：Now it's time to join the varsity
made a career 把某事做成終身職業smarter than us 比我們更聰明Godlessness 不信神、無神狀態join the varsity 進正式主力隊伍
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 漢森談妻子
五句短話從信仰講到妻子，把硬漢說軟了。
埃裡克被漢森叫去，先為一張畫爭執：他想要那幅兩個人一條船的畫，漢森說那是加塞斯的，畫還堆在儲藏室裡。接著漢森考他蘇聯帝國為什麼垮臺，答案是 Godlessness.（沒有信仰）——人再聰明、再狡猾，沒了信仰也會輸。他嫌埃裡克 Stop thinking like a clerk.（別用文員的腦子想問題），要他 Now it's time to join the varsity.（該進主力隊了）。隨後話題轉到家庭和信仰，漢森說錢比不上家庭的福分，還說是妻子把他帶進了教會。想學怎麼用英文談格局、談信仰與家庭，這些句子都很適合。
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。
“Sir? It's two men on a boat. I want it.”
先生？畫上是兩個男人坐在船上。我要它。
先點畫名再說「我要」，把佔有慾說得像一道命令。
It's ... I want it.
對下屬直接下指令時用；語氣強硬，別對朋友或長輩這樣說。
It's two people in a field. I want it. ／ It's a small sketch. I want it.
中性
重音落在 want 和 it，前一句輕快帶過。
It's a small sketch by the window. I want it. 窗邊那幅小素描，我要它。
“You know why the Soviet Empire collapsed?”
你知道蘇聯帝國為什麼會垮嗎？
用提問把大歷史拽到桌邊，逼對方接話。
You know why ...?
想引出自己的觀點、讓對方猜時用；語氣隨意，正式演講別用。
You know why the market crashed? ／ Any idea why they lost?
中性
You know 弱讀，句尾 collapsed 用升調。
You know why the deal fell through? 你知道那筆生意為什麼黃了嗎？
“They were smarter than us.”
他們比我們聰明。
先認對手更強，才讓後面「為何失敗」更有力。
They were ... than us.
承認對手在某方面更強時用；後面常接轉折，別單獨當貶低。
They were faster than us. ／ They were better funded than us.
中性
smarter 重讀，than us 輕輕帶過。
They were better prepared than us. 他們比我們準備得更充分。
“Now it's time to join the varsity.”
現在該進正式隊伍了。
用校隊比喻逼人上進，把「別隻圍觀」說得很狠。
It's time to ...
勸人別再觀望、該上手時用；半開玩笑半施壓，長輩對晚輩常說。
Now it's time to get in the game. ／ Time to play with the big boys.
口語
Now 起句稍重，varsity 重音在前。
Now it's time to join the real team. 現在該加入真正的隊伍了。
“What is money compared with the blessings of family?”
跟家庭的福分相比，錢算什麼？
用反問壓過對方的經濟顧慮，把道德抬到高處。
What is X compared with Y?
想用反問否定對方看重的東西時用；語氣說教，容易冒犯人。
What is fame compared with health? ／ What is a job compared with your family?
正式
What 重讀，句尾用降調收住。
What is a bonus compared with your health? 跟健康相比，獎金算什麼？
“It was my wife who first brought me here.”
最早帶我來這裡的，是我妻子。
強調句把功勞全給了妻子，硬漢忽然柔軟。
It was ... who ...
想把功勞或原因歸到某人身上時用；語氣鄭重，適合認真的場合。
It was my father who taught me that. ／ She was the one who started it.
literary
It was 輕，my wife 重讀，who 一帶而過。
It was my sister who pushed me to try. 是姐姐推著我去嘗試的。
My wife was the one... Good to see you, Bob. It was my wife who first brought me here. Bonnie. I was a Lutheran when we met, and not much of one. She saved my life.
我妻子才是那個……見到你真好，鮑勃。 最早帶我來這兒的是我妻子。 邦妮。 我們認識時我是路德教徒，而且並不虔誠。 是她救了我。
下一章 · 07work miracles創造奇蹟這場戲：當面挑明為何選他本意是校隊或正式主力隊，這裡指真正的高手隊伍。Now it's time to join the varsity. 就是催人別隻當替補，該進主力陣容、上更高一層了。
Stop thinking like a clerk. clerk 是按規矩辦事的小職員。這句話是嫌人格局小、只知照章辦事，要對方想大一點。
Godlessness，也可以說 atheism（無神論）。漢森把蘇聯帝國的垮臺歸因於 Godlessness.，就是他這套「信仰決定興亡」的說辭。
他在給埃裡克上課：蘇聯人比美國更聰明、更狡猾，卻還是輸了，原因是沒有信仰。他想借此說明信仰才決定一切，順帶敲打這個年輕人。
是反話。埃裡克說自己祖父是執事，漢森回一句 Well, congratulations.，表面恭喜，其實是在挖苦這資歷不值一提，接著就叫他進主力隊。
