這場戲：哄準新郎買保險
第 6 章 · 共 18 章 · 5'02"
記者室裡希爾迪買好去奧爾巴尼的票，放話不幹新聞了；另一邊沃爾特拉著準新郎布魯斯做保險體檢，哄他把希爾迪寫成 beneficiary（受益人），還說這是自己欠的情。想學挖苦人、繞彎子勸人的英語，這場戲的 sour grapes（吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸）和 feel like a heel（覺得自己像個混蛋）最實用。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 賣慘勸保單：feel like a heel（覺得自己像個混蛋）
a debt of honor 人情債、道義上的虧欠had it coming 活該、應得的entitled to 有權得到feel like a heel 覺得自己像個混蛋
記者室裡，希爾迪剛訂好三張去奧爾巴尼的票——她、未婚夫布魯斯和布魯斯的媽媽——還宣佈自己不幹新聞了。同事們起鬨，說想像不出她哼搖籃曲、晾尿布的樣子，一句 Sour grapes 把她的辯解噎回去。另一邊更熱鬧：沃爾特安排布魯斯做保險體檢，趁體檢結果順手把話題引到保單上，問一句 Who's the beneficiary?，勸布魯斯把希爾迪寫成受益人，說這是自己欠的情、是 a debt of honor，還打感情牌說「替希爾迪的晚年想想」。布魯斯被繞得直說 feel like a heel。幾個表達值得學：beneficiary 是「受益人」，take care of 是「照顧、照看」，feel like a heel 是「覺得自己像個混蛋」。聊保險、勸人、自嘲都用得上。
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。
“It was all over for her before you came on the scene. For me...”
你出現之前，對她來說早就結束了。可我……
把告別分成兩半，前半句放手，後半句留著自己不肯放。
It was all over for her before you came on the scene.
說一段感情早已結束時用；對當事人當面說會顯得殘忍。
For her it ended long before you arrived. ／ She was done with it before you showed up.
中性
all over 連讀，before you came 輕帶，For me 後停頓。
It was all over for me before we even met. 咱們還沒認識，我就已經放下了。
“I'm afraid Hildy'll feel ashamed to think she hasn't trusted you.”
我怕希爾迪會為沒信過你而羞愧。
把算計包成體貼，越是替對方著想，越顯出他手段老練。
I'm afraid someone will feel ashamed to think ...
替別人轉述擔憂時用；用來操縱對方時，語氣要溫和。
She may feel bad for doubting you. ／ I worry she will regret not trusting you.
正式
I'm afraid 輕讀，ashamed to think 連讀，hasn't trusted 重讀。
I'm afraid she will feel ashamed to think she doubted you. 我怕她會因為懷疑過你而羞愧。
“You make me feel like a heel, coming between you.”
你讓我覺得自己像個混蛋，夾在你們中間。
把愧疚說得又土又直，布魯斯的憨厚一句就出來了。
You make me feel like a ..., coming between ...
向人坦白自己插足時的愧疚時用；正式場合可換 apologize 說法。
I feel awful for getting in the way. ／ You make me feel like the bad guy here.
口語
feel like a heel 連讀，coming between you 放慢收尾。
You make me feel like a heel for saying no. 你這麼一說，我倒像拒絕你的壞人。
“Say, if that doctor is right, I'm good for a long time yet.”
哎，要是那醫生說得對，我還能活好一陣子呢。
拿自己壽命開玩笑來推銷保單，一句黑心幽默把算盤藏進自嘲。
if that doctor is right, I'm good for a long time yet
自嘲身體還硬朗、順便談條件時用；對剛生病的人說會冒犯。
If the doctor's right, I've got years left. ／ Good news for me, bad news for the undertaker.
口語
Say 輕起，doctor is right 連讀，yet 拖長帶笑。
If my checkup is right, I'll outlive this contract. 要是我體檢沒唬人，這份合同得先到期。
“What about Hildy's old age? Think of Hildy.”
那希爾迪的晚年怎麼辦？想想希爾迪吧。
把自私的算盤包裝成為別人著想，反問句是最好用的情感槓桿。
What about ...? Think of ....
勸人做事時拿第三方當理由用；被識破後容易顯得在操縱人，慎用。
What about her future? Think about her. ／ And what happens to the kids? Think of the kids.
中性
What about 連讀，Hildy's 重讀，Think of Hildy 放慢加力。
What about your parents? Think of your parents. 你父母怎麼辦？替他們想想。
I'm good for, we'll say at least 25 years yet. By then, you'll have made enough so that money won't mean anything to you. But suppose you haven't made good. What about Hildy's old age? Think of Hildy.
我這身子，就算還能撐個二十五年吧。 到那時候，你掙得夠多了，錢對你不算什麼。 可萬一你沒混出來呢。 希爾迪的晚年怎麼辦？替希爾迪想想。
下一章 · 07give something six months預計撐不過半年這場戲：牢房採訪套出瘋話字面是「酸葡萄」，實際意思是「吃不到葡萄說葡萄酸」，指嘴上貶低自己得不到的東西。這裡有人拿它回敬希爾迪，覺得她說要離開是嘴硬。
可以說 beneficiary。保險體檢後一句 Who's the beneficiary?，就是問這保單賠給誰；布魯斯說寫希爾迪，受益人就定成她了。
是「覺得自己像個混蛋」。布魯斯看沃爾特這麼上心，反過來說 you make me feel like a heel，覺得自己夾在兩人中間，很不是滋味。
可以說 settle down。希爾迪說自己 I'm settling down，就是「我要安頓下來、成家了」，緊接著還說新聞這行不幹了。
是「人情債、道義上的虧欠」，指欠著別人、理應還的情分。沃爾特用它解釋自己為什麼堅持替希爾迪的保險掏錢。
