這場戲：浴缸邊講童年暗戀
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比利一邊給浴缸放水，一邊跟萊拉講自己的暗戀物件 Wendy Balsam（溫蒂·巴爾薩姆）：從幼兒園就認識，他天天盯著她看，換來一句 Take a picture, why don't you?（你乾脆拍張照好了？）。他討厭上學，只因不想 wake up（醒來）。想用英語講童年往事，這幾句就是現成模板。
❝ 獨白 · 35 句 all the time 是「一直、時時刻刻」
in kindergarten 在上幼兒園wake up 醒來、睡醒staring at 盯著某人看all the time 一直、時時刻刻
汽車旅館的浴室裡，比利一邊往浴缸放水，一邊跟萊拉講起自己唯一喜歡過的女孩——溫蒂·巴爾薩姆。他說從幼兒園就認識她，兩人同班，上學的時間過得飛快；他天天盯著她看，她卻只叫他別老盯著，還嘲笑一句 Take a picture, why don't you?（你乾脆拍張照好了？）。萊拉問他有沒有跟別的女孩交往過 go out with someone（跟某人約會交往），他說沒有，只有她。他也討厭上學，因為每天都不願 wake up（醒來）；只有在教堂見到她，時間才過得快。最後他提起父親只准他們 fill up（把……裝滿）約一英寸深的熱水。
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。
“You never went out with Wendy Balsam, did you?”
你從沒跟溫蒂·巴爾薩姆約會過，對吧？
反著問反而更逼人，把多年的執念一下揭開。
You never ..., did you?
半信半疑地想套出真話時用；質問陌生人這樣問會唐突。
You didn't actually date her, right? ／ So you two never went out?
中性
never 重讀，Wendy Balsam 放慢，did you 輕快收尾。
You never tried that dish before, did you? 你沒嘗過那道菜，對吧？
“My father used to make us fill up the tub...”
我爸以前總讓我們放洗澡水……
一件家常小事，把貧困和父親的規矩都帶了出來。
My father used to make us ...
講小時候家裡怎麼立規矩時用；不適合拿去開玩笑。
Dad always made us do it that way. ／ My father would have us do it every night.
中性
used to 連讀成 yoosta，make us 輕帶過。
My mother used to make us turn off the lights by nine. 我媽以前總讓我們九點前關燈。
“That's all we were allowed to use.”
我們只准用那麼多。
一句話收住整個童年，節制和委屈都在裡面。
That's all we were allowed to ...
想說當時只被允許做一點點時用；對親近的人說會顯得抱怨。
That was the only amount we could use. ／ We weren't allowed any more than that.
中性
That's all 連讀，allowed to 的 d 吞掉，句尾下沉。
That's all we were allowed to spend on snacks. 我們買零食只准花那麼多。
“I just thought about her every day, ...all the time.”
我就是每天想她，時時刻刻。
兩句同義重複，把一輩子只愛一個人的執念說盡。
I just ..., ...all the time.
講自己長期惦記某人或某事時能用；對剛認識的人這樣表白會太重。
She was on my mind every single day. ／ I thought about her all the time.
中性
every day 後停頓，all the time 放輕，像自言自語。
I just practiced that song every day, all the time. 我就是每天練那首歌，沒停過。
I knew her since I was in kindergarten. She was in my class. I remember... I hated school so much. I just... I didn't like to wake up. The first day I went to school... I just remember I was crying and screaming. My mother... ...she had to drag me there. And then when I got into class... ...that's when I saw her. And I remember just... ...staring at her and I started thinking things. I was very young, but I was imagining kissing her... ...and marrying her. I just thought about her every day, ...all the time. And then school time would go by fast. And sometimes I would see her in church. And I hated church, too. And if I saw her in church... ...it was good because then... ...time went by really fast. Did she know that you liked her? No. She would just... ...she would just tell me to stop staring at her all the time... ...mocking me out. "Take a picture, why don't you?" Did you ever have any other girlfriends? No. Just her. - (WATER RUNS) - I'm gonna fill up the whole tub. My father used to make us fill up the tub... ...with just, like, an inch of hot water.
我從幼兒園就認識她了。 她跟我同班。 我記得…… 我特別討厭上學。 我就是…… 我不喜歡醒來。 我上學的第一天…… 我只記得我又哭又叫。 我媽…… ……她只能把我拖過去。 然後我進了教室…… ……就是那時候看見她的。 我記得我就…… ……盯著她看，開始胡思亂想。 我那時候很小，卻在想像親她…… ……還想像娶她。 我天天都想著她……一直都想著。 然後上學的時間就過得飛快。 有時候我還會在教堂看見她。 我也討厭上教堂。 要是我在教堂看見她…… ……那就好了，因為那樣…… ……時間就過得特別快。 她知道你喜歡她嗎？ 不知道。 她就只是…… ……她就老叫我別再盯著她看…… ……嘲笑我。 「你乾脆拍張照好了？」 你有過別的女朋友嗎？ 沒有。 只有她。 ——（水嘩嘩地流）——我要把整個浴缸放滿。 我爸以前總讓我們放洗澡水…… ……就放大概一英寸深的溫水。
下一章 · 15how you start故態復萌這場戲：進浴室可以但不許看就是「跟某人約會交往」，指兩個人正在談戀愛。萊拉問比利有沒有跟溫蒂約會過，問的就是這個。
是 Take a picture, why don't you? 別人一直盯著你看、讓你不自在時，可以用這句帶點諷刺地回他。
「醒來、睡醒」，從睡夢中醒過來。比利說他不喜歡 wake up，就是每天早上都不願醒來、不想上學。
fill up 強調把容器整個加滿，fill 只表示往裡裝。比利說父親只讓他們把浴缸放滿到一英寸深。
「一直、時時刻刻」，表示頻率很高。比利說自己 all the time 都在想溫蒂，就是天天想、時時刻刻都在想。
