這場戲：求職面試爭取一個機會
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面試官一聽他會突然出聲，臉就變了，布拉德卻主動攤牌：一句 Maybe we should talk about the elephant（也許該談談那件大家避而不談的事），把最尷尬的事擺上桌；接著他只說 All I want is a chance（我要的只是一個機會）。求職被嫌棄、又得替自己爭取時，這樣開口最體面。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 「把明擺著的事攤開說」英語怎麼說？talk about the elephant
talk about the elephant 把明擺著的事攤開說irrepressible 忍不住的caused a problem 造成問題entitled to a chance 有權得到一個機會
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 「像指甲刮黑板一樣讓人難受」英語怎麼說？nails on a chalkboard
let's just say 這麼說吧（不想細講的緩衝語）nails on a chalkboard 像指甲刮黑板一樣讓人難受a little hyper 有點多動
開場布拉德因超速被攔，他坦白自己有妥瑞氏症，還說 I feel like I was born to teach（我覺得我天生就是教書的）。面試時面試官話裡話外都在躲他，他乾脆先攤牌：Maybe we should talk about the elephant（也許該談談那件大家避而不談的事），說症狀像打噴嚏一樣 irrepressible（忍不住）。聊起求職碰壁，他自嘲 wore out his patience like nails on a chalkboard（把人家耐心磨得像指甲刮黑板）。被拒絕時他不吵，只反覆說 All I want is a chance（我要的只是一個機會）。這幾個說法都好用：談難言之隱、形容刺耳折磨、向人爭取機會，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。
“All I want is a chance.”
我要的只是一個機會。
一句話把求職者的訴求壓到最低，也壓到最重，樸素卻有分量。
All I want is ...
向對方提出最低卻最核心的請求時用；對熟人撒嬌式地索要東西不合適。
All I'm asking for is one chance. ／ All I need is a fair shot.
中性
重讀 All 和 chance，中間一口氣帶過。
All I want is a chance to show what I can do. 我只想要一個證明自己的機會。
“Maybe we should talk about the elephant.”
也許我們該談談這頭大象了。
用一句委婉的習語主動挑明難處，既體面又勇敢。
Maybe we should talk about ...
想主動提起大家迴避的話題時用；面對不熟的長輩要先緩和語氣。
Maybe we should address the elephant in the room. ／ Shall we talk about the obvious?
中性
should 輕讀，talk about 連讀，elephant 重讀。
Maybe we should talk about the deadline nobody mentioned. 也許我們該談談誰都沒提的那個截止日期。
“I mean, I wore out his patience like nails on a chalkboard.”
我是說，我把他那點耐心磨得像指甲刮黑板一樣。
把抽象的磨人寫成有聲音的畫面，自嘲裡滿是心酸。
wear out someone's patience like ...
半開玩笑地承認自己難搞時用；正式檢討裡這麼說不合適。
I wore his patience thin like nails on a chalkboard. ／ I grated on his nerves like nails on a chalkboard.
口語
wore out 連讀，nails on a 快帶，chalkboard 落重。
I wore out my roommate's patience like nails on a chalkboard. 我把室友的耐心磨得像指甲刮黑板一樣。
“Once they understand, they're fine with it.”
一旦他們明白了，也就沒事了。
把最難的一步歸到「讓他們明白」上，語氣平靜，卻是一種信任。
once + 從句, 主句用一般現在時
向別人解釋一個常被誤解的情況時用；對已經帶偏見、不願聽的人說往往沒用。
Once they get it, they're okay with it. ／ Once people understand, they stop minding.
中性
Once 輕起，understand 重讀，they're fine with it 順滑帶過。
Once they understand it's an allergy, they're fine with it. 一旦他們明白這是過敏，就不介意了。
I know, but I would like to tell you just like I tell the kids in my classes. See, I explain to them that it's a brain thing that causes me to make these strange noises. They're like sneezes, irrepressible. When you have to, wah-waht, you have to.
我知道，可我想跟你講清楚，就像我跟我班上的孩子講的那樣。 你看，我跟他們解釋說，是腦子的問題，讓我發出這些怪聲音。 它們就像打噴嚏，忍不住。 該來的時候，哇哇，就是忍不住。
Returning Dad's call... [chuckles] I had to prepare for that. See, Mom and Dad had divorced when I was a little kid and my relationship with Dad had always been... let's just say, complicated. Jah-jah-wah-waht! I mean, I wore out his patience like nails on a chalkboard.
給爸爸回電話……（笑了笑）我得為這個做點準備。 你看，我還很小的時候爸媽就離婚了，我和爸爸的關係一直…… 這麼說吧，很複雜。 加加哇哇！ 我是說，我把他那點耐心磨得像指甲刮黑板一樣。
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下一章 · 02drive someone nuts把某人逼瘋這場戲：怪叫抽搐惹毛全家意思是「大家都心知肚明卻避而不談的事」。布拉德用它主動點破自己的妥瑞氏症，把最難開口的事擺到檯面上，反而讓對方沒法裝看不見。
Take it easy。警察攔下布拉德時看他緊張，就說 Take it easy, son，意思就是「別緊張，小夥子」。安慰緊張的人、勸人別急，都可以用。
字面是「指甲刮黑板」，形容聲音刺耳、讓人渾身難受。片里布拉德說 wore out his patience like nails on a chalkboard，意思是自己像噪音一樣把他爸的耐心磨光了。
shrink。布拉德說 only every shrink I ever saw，就是「我看過的每個心理醫生都這麼說」。這是很口語的說法，正式場合一般用 psychiatrist 或 therapist。
意思是「這麼說吧」，用來把不想細講的事含糊帶過。布拉德講和爸爸的關係時只說 let's just say, complicated，一個詞就交代了難堪的過往。
