這場戲：現編猶太傳說哄小孩
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艾莎給喬喬編猶太人的來歷：起初住在洞穴、會讀心、愛亮晶晶的東西。喬喬邊聽邊拆臺，最後一句 Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate（德國人腦袋太厚）。另一邊，腦子裡的聲音警告他 Do not let your German brain be bossed around（別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚）。想學一本正經胡扯和警告的英語，這段很妙。
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 「別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚」：boss around（呼來喝去）
brain prison 腦子裡的牢籠show it to the world 把某物拿給全世界看
艾莎給喬喬講起猶太人的「來歷」：起初他們住在地心洞穴，會魔法咒語，有的留在洞穴藏在動物身體裡，還倒掛在天花板上睡覺，能讀彼此的心思，愛亮晶晶的東西。喬喬一邊拆臺一邊做筆記，說 Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate（德國人腦袋太厚），讀不透他們。後來腦子裡的聲音登場，教訓他 Do not let your German brain be bossed around（別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚），還催他把書寫完拿給世界看。結尾一句 I would love to have seen her grow into a woman（我真想看著她長大成人），溫柔得讓人心酸。想學一本正經地胡說、警告和溫柔告白的英語，這段都有。
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。
“Do not let her put you in a brain prison.”
別讓她把你關進腦子的牢籠。
把洗腦說成一個具體牢籠，一句警告就有了畫面和分量。
Do not let someone put you in ...
提醒別人別被帶偏時能用；對陌生人說教容易招人反感。
Don't let anyone box in your mind. ／ Never let them cage your thinking.
口語
brain prison 兩個詞都重讀，句尾下沉。
Don't let the algorithm put you in a brain prison. 別讓演算法把你關進腦子的牢籠。
“Do not let your German brain be bossed around!”
別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚！
用被動句把「腦子」說成被人呼來喝去的下屬，荒誕又押韻般好記。
Do not let X be bossed around.
半開玩笑地提醒別人別被指揮時能用；正式討論里語氣太沖。
Don't let anyone boss your mind around. ／ Never let them push your thinking around.
口語
bossed around 連讀，句尾語調往上頂。
Don't let your schedule be bossed around by every request. 別讓你的日程被每個請求隨意使喚。
“I would love to have seen her grow into a woman.”
我真想看看她長大成人的樣子。
用完成不定式說一個永遠無法實現的願望，溫柔裡全是失去。
I would love to have seen ...
懷念已經來不及的人和事時能用；日常閒聊會顯得太重。
I wish I could have seen it. ／ I would have loved to be there.
literary
would love to have seen 連讀，grow into 放慢。
I would love to have seen my grandmother at that age. 我真想看看奶奶那個年紀的樣子。
“Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.”
他們的腦袋太厚，我們鑽不進去。
把讀心失敗歸咎於頭骨厚，一本正經地胡說最有喜感。
X is too ADJ for us to do.
開玩笑地解釋自己為什麼做不到時能用；認真場合別用。
Their skulls are too thick to read. ／ Too dense for us to get through.
口語
too thick 重讀，for us to 連讀帶過。
The discussion was too long for us to follow. 這場討論太長了，我們根本跟不上。
“You suggested it in the first place.”
一開始可是你提的。
一句就把提議的源頭推回給對方，反駁簡短卻致命。
You did it in the first place.
對方翻臉不認自己提過的事時能用；對上級說會顯得頂撞。
It was your idea to begin with. ／ You were the one who started it.
口語
first 重讀，place 輕輕收尾。
Don't blame me; you booked the tickets in the first place. 別怪我，票一開始就是你訂的。
“'Cause that's what real friends do.”
因為真朋友就是這麼做的。
把暖被窩這種小事說成友情標準，溫柔得讓人鼻子發酸。
That's what real friends do.
替朋友做了點小事、想輕輕帶過時能用；認真表白場合會顯得隨意。
That's what friends are for. ／ That is what good friends do.
口語
real friends 重讀，do 收得乾脆。
I'll help you move; that's what real friends do. 我來幫你搬家，真朋友就該這樣。
Now, listen, Jojo. Can I give you some really good advice? When you see what's in her mind and where she's trying to make you go in your mind, in your mind, you must go the other way. Get what I'm saying? Do not let her put you in a brain prison. That, dear Jojo, is one thing that cannot and must not ever, ever happen to a German! Do not let your German brain be bossed around!
聽著，喬喬。我能給你點真正的好建議嗎？ 當你看見她腦子裡的東西，看懂她想把你的腦子引向哪裡時， 你在心裡，就得往反方向走。 明白我的意思嗎？ 別讓她把你關進腦子的牢籠。 親愛的喬喬，有件事對德國人來說，絕不能、也絕不允許發生！ 別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚！
下一章 · 12all hands on deck全員上陣這場戲：要勳章反被派去收金屬指「當初、一開始」，強調事情最初的狀態。有人說 You suggested it in the first place，就是「最開始可是你先提的」，用來把責任推回去。
getting on well，指合得來、處得來。You two seem to be getting on well 就是「你們倆好像處得不錯」，形容家人朋友相處融洽時常用。
不是罵人，是「對某人呼來喝去、隨便支使」。Do not let your German brain be bossed around 就是「別讓你的德國腦子被人使喚」，帶點命令口氣。
接被吸引的物件，人或物都行。臺詞裡說 we're also attracted to shiny things，就是「我們還容易被亮晶晶的東西吸引」，也可說 attracted to someone。
學校本該教真東西，可這裡說「猶太人愛醜東西」是「在學校學到的」，越一本正經越好笑，是在諷刺那套洗腦教育。
