這場戲：家宴上抖出黑暗秘密
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一家人圍桌吃飯，有人講起馬克斯的黑暗秘密——殺妻、剁情婦、為藏屍吃掉全家，聽得長輩直喊 Oy, my heart（哎，我的心臟）。有人勸 Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie（最好的做法是別翻舊賬）。想學餐桌上的驚悚故事和勸架英語，這幾個說法很頂用。
❝ 獨白 · 33 句 let sleeping dogs lie（別翻舊賬）
the capper 最要命的那一下let sleeping dogs lie 別翻舊賬hear Max's side 聽聽馬克斯這邊的說法the best course of action 最好的做法
一家人圍桌吃飯，有人講起馬克斯的黑暗秘密：他跟樓下鄰居搞婚外情、債越欠越深，最後殺妻、剁情婦，還說為了藏屍把人都吃了。聽到一半，長輩喊 Oy, my heart（哎，我的心臟），有人想息事寧人：Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie（最好的做法是別翻舊賬）。哈里卻承認，這是他年輕時為父親寫的那個故事，全家當場翻臉，罵他病態、反猶。想學控訴、勸阻、翻舊賬的英語，這些表達都是現成的。
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。
“He's betting everything on physics and pussy!”
他把一切都押在物理和女人上了！
用押頭韻的兩個詞總結一個人，粗俗又精準，還很好笑。
He's betting everything on X and Y.
熟人之間損人時用；正式場合或對當事人說會太粗。
He stakes everything on one thing and one thing only. ／ It all comes down to his work and his women.
口語
physics and 連讀，pussy 重讀，句尾下沉。
He's betting everything on coffee and luck. 他把一切都押在咖啡和運氣上。
“Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie.”
也許最好的做法是別去翻舊賬。
在殺人吃人的故事後勸人別翻舊賬，荒誕感正是笑點。
Maybe the best course of action is let sleeping dogs lie.
勸人別追究舊事時用；涉及原則問題時不適用。
Best to leave the past alone. ／ Let us not dig that up again.
中性
course of action 連讀，sleeping dogs lie 三詞都重讀。
Maybe the best course of action is to leave the past alone. 也許最好的做法就是讓過去的事過去。
“I think you go around with the insane delusion that people like you.”
我覺得你到處抱著一個荒唐的錯覺，以為大家都喜歡你。
把對方的自信診斷為妄想，一句話既刻薄又讓人無法反駁。
You go around with the delusion that ...
激烈爭吵裡挖苦對方時用；對朋友說會很傷人。
You live under the illusion that everyone likes you. ／ You assume people like you, and it is a fantasy.
口語
go around with 連讀，insane delusion 兩個詞都重讀。
He goes around with the delusion that everyone agrees with him. 他到處抱著一個錯覺，以為人人都贊同他。
“So you've had an affair with one of my patients.”
所以你跟我一個病人上了床。
把最重的指控說得像陳述病歷，平靜反而更致命。
So you've had an affair with ...
當面揭穿嚴重的事時用；語氣越平越有殺傷力。
So you slept with one of my patients. ／ So that is what you did with my patient.
中性
had an affair 連讀，patients 重讀，句尾放平。
So you've had an affair with someone from the office. 所以你跟辦公室的某個人有染。
He began an affair with the downstairs neighbor... He probably had all his hair then. Meanwhile, he got into debt deeper and deeper and... and carry on with the neighbor. Oy, my heart. My heart. So he can't get himself out of a predicament. So what does he do? You're going to tell me he stole money? I should be so lucky. He killed his wife. No. The man purchased an ax. With an ax? And you know Max. He's nothing with tools. He can't even hang a picture. I'm dropping dead. Plus her children, Elsie. Plus a neighbor. Your Max? And this is not the capper. There's more? More. More. What more? He ate them. What, are you talking crazy? Elsie, he devoured them. I can't breathe. Everything is closing in. Whatever you do, first, hear Max's side. Max has a side? He kills his family and eats them up.
他跟樓下的鄰居搞上了…… 那時候他大概還有一頭頭髮。 同時，他債越欠越深，還……還繼續跟那個鄰居來往。 唉，我的心臟。 我的心臟。 所以他沒法從困境裡脫身。 那他怎麼辦？ 你要告訴我他偷錢了吧？ 我哪有那好運氣。 他殺了自己的妻子。 不會吧。 那人買了一把斧頭。 用斧頭？ 你也知道馬克斯。 他對工具一竅不通。 他連幅畫都掛不好。 我要不行了。 還有她的孩子，埃爾西。 還有一個鄰居。 你的馬克斯？ 這還不是最要命的。 還有？ 還有。 還有。 還有什麼？ 他把他們吃了。 什麼，你在胡言亂語嗎？ 埃爾西，他把他們吞了。 我喘不上氣。 一切都逼過來了。 無論如何，先聽聽馬克斯這邊的說法。 馬克斯還有說法？ 他殺了全家，還把他們吃了。
下一章 · 13tap-dancing耍花腔這場戲：心理醫生怒斥睡了病人字面是「讓睡著的狗躺著」。真正的意思是「別去翻舊賬、別自找麻煩」，事情已經過去就不要再挑起來。
in order to。有人說 in order to hide the bodies you ate them，就是「為了藏屍，你把它們吃了」。書面、口語都能用。
I should be so lucky。這是句反諷，別人以為你佔了便宜，你回一句 I should be so lucky，其實是「我哪有那好運氣」。
the opposite of。I think you're the opposite of a paranoid 就是「我覺得你一點都不偏執，正好相反」。
son of a bitch。極度生氣時罵人用，很粗，正式場合千萬別用，吵架戲裡經常聽到。
