這場戲：酒吧裡被勸寫自己
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酒吧裡，李一邊賣著幾封舊信，一邊被問 You sure these are the real thing?（你確定這是真貨嗎）。信其實是她偽造的，她只能含糊過去。最值得學的兩個說法：the real thing（真貨、正品），買二手、辨真假一句話搞定；give it a read（讀一讀），把稿子遞給人時最自然。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 她說 who cares（誰在乎呢），只求有人餵貓
live on 長存、延續下去happens to 碰巧、恰好who cares 誰在乎呢
咖啡館裡，李把幾封舊信拿給對面的人看，對方半信半疑，問 You sure these are the real thing?（你確定這是真貨嗎）——信其實是她偽造的。後來她和安娜喝酒，有人舉杯祝她這位「碰巧還活著的出色作家」，安娜還問她 Have you ever written about yourself?（有沒有寫過自己），勸她別等別人來寫傳記。李遞給安娜一篇小說，安娜說 I'll give it a read（我會讀一讀）。值得學的三個說法：the real thing 是問真假、驗正品；give something a read 是隨口說「我看看」；go easy on someone 是求人手下留情。聊作品、買賣舊物、朋友互相打氣，都用得上。
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。
“Have you ever written about yourself?”
你寫過關於你自己的東西嗎？
一句輕輕的追問，把莉藏了多年的寫作夢捅了出來。
Have you ever ...?
想探問對方有沒有某種經歷時用；追問隱私前先看場合，別顯得盤問。
Did you ever write about yourself? ／ Have you ever put your own life on paper?
中性
ever 稍重，about yourself 連讀，句尾輕揚。
Have you ever written about your hometown? 你寫過關於你家鄉的東西嗎？
“I just want somebody to feed my cat.”
我只想有個人幫我餵貓。
把身後事縮成餵貓這一件小事，越輕描淡寫越讓人心酸。
I just want somebody to ...
半自嘲地說自己要求不高時用；對剛失去親人的人別這麼輕飄。
All I want is someone to water my plants. ／ I just need somebody to check on the place.
中性
just 輕讀，somebody to 連讀，feed my cat 放慢收尾。
I just want somebody to water my plants while I'm away. 我只想有個人在我出門時幫我澆澆花。
“Can't kick a old dog out on the street, right?”
總不能把一條老狗踢到大街上，對吧？
自比老狗求一口飯吃，賴皮裡帶著一點自知的可憐。
Can't ... , right?
半開玩笑地替自己求情時用；真要請人幫忙，這種口氣容易顯得賴皮。
You can't throw an old dog out, right? ／ Can't leave an old friend stranded, right?
口語
Can't 重讀，out on the street 連成一片，right 上揚。
Can't leave an old friend out in the rain, right? 總不能把老朋友晾在雨裡，對吧？
“Nah, most people will believe anything you tell them anyway.”
得了吧，反正大多數人對你說什麼都信。
一句冷眼看穿人心，把騙局說得像常識。
most people will + 動詞 + anything
吐槽輕信、解釋騙局為何得手時能用；對當事人別當面說。
People believe what they want to believe. ／ Most folks never check anyway.
口語
Nah 輕吐，most people 連讀，anything 重讀，anyway 收平。
Most buyers never read the fine print anyway. 大多數買家反正從不看細則。
“This way, you still kind of exist.”
這樣一來，你還算以某種方式存在著。
把被記住說成「還算存在」，輕巧地說中人對消失的恐懼。
this way + 主語 + still + 動詞
聊名聲、遺物和被人記住時能用；對傷心的人別這麼冷靜。
This way, a part of you stays. ／ That's how you stick around.
literary
this way 輕連，still 重讀，kind of exist 一帶而過。
Old photos are how my grandmother still sticks around. 老照片就是外婆還留在身邊的方式。
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on... people were selling your letters? Why on earth would I want that? Well, because. Most of us mortals just disappear. This way, you still kind of exist.
要是等你走了以後……豈不是太妙了？ 有人開始賣你的信？ 我到底為什麼會想要那個？ 呃，因為嘛。 我們大多數凡人就這麼消失了。 這樣一來，你還算某種程度地存在著。
下一章 · 08street smarts街頭智慧這場戲：收留捱打的傑克意思是真貨、正品。有人問 You sure these are the real thing?，就是在問「你確定這是真跡嗎」。買二手、收古董時特別常用。
可以用 go easy on someone，比如 tell your son to go easy on me，就是讓你兒子對我手下留情，求人通融時很自然。
形容一個人嘴很厲害、說話尖。戲裡說 She had quite the mouth，意思是她那張嘴可真不饒人，多是帶點佩服地調侃。
意思是長存、延續下去。舉杯時說 May their brilliance live on，就是願他們的才華長存，多用在紀念和致敬的場合。
口語說 give something a read，也可以說 give it a read。把稿子遞給別人時來一句 I'll give it a read，就是「我拿來看看」，比 read it 更隨口客氣。
