這場戲：畫廊喜訊戳到舊傷
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週年慶上，阿曼達當眾宣佈要開畫廊，倫尼卻發現自己是從岳母那兒才知道，只能憋出一句 I just would have liked to have known it（我只是希望早點知道）。轉頭他去看琳達排戲，琳達說起自己送養的孩子，說現在 some lucky family（某個幸運的家庭）養著他。想學「只是希望早點知道」這句剋制的抱怨，很準。
戳到你的 a sore point（痛處）
a sore point 痛處、忌諱的話題gets off the ground 開始運轉、起步putting in some money 投一筆錢
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 舞臺上的怒氣陳詞
連續排比把積怨越推越高，最後落到刺耳的控訴。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 「把他送去給人領養」說 gave him up for adoption
gave him up for adoption 把他送去給人領養had no dough 身無分文taking good care of him 把他照顧好
週年慶上，阿曼達當眾宣佈自己要開畫廊，還說另外有人「多里安一家」投錢；倫尼卻發現自己是從岳母嘴裡才聽說，儘管她說這事 a hundred percent definite（百分之百敲定），他還是忍不住：Yes. I just would have liked to have known it.（只是希望早點知道）。另一邊，他去看琳達排戲《費城故事》，覺得這是個 odd part for you to choose（你選這個角色很怪），勸她演個更貼近自己的小理髮師；琳達卻說，比起演戲她更想搬走、當媽媽、養孩子，還坦白自己當年把孩子送給了別人，如今 some lucky family（某個幸運的家庭）在照顧他。想說「百分之百敲定」「某個幸運的家庭」這類說法，這場都用得上。
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。
“I had a kid, Lenny, and I gave him up for adoption.”
我有過一個孩子，倫尼，但我把他送去領養了。
give up for adoption 簡短剋制，卻把長期遺憾壓在一句話裡。
give someone up for adoption
談及無法親自撫養孩子的決定時，語氣直接但不失尊重。
She gave the baby up for adoption. ／ They chose adoption for their child.
中性
重讀 kid、gave、adoption，逗號處短停，再壓低語氣。
I had a son, and I gave him up for adoption. 我有過一個兒子，我把他送去領養了。
“and get the hell out of the rat race?”
然後徹底逃離這場無休止的競爭？
rat race 把忙亂的成人生活說成一場永不停下的賽跑。
get out of the rat race
想辭職、搬家或離開長期內捲的生活時使用。
I want out of the rat race. ／ She left the rat race to raise her kids.
口語
hell 要重讀，out of 連起來，rat race 說得乾脆有力。
Do you ever want to sell everything and get the hell out of the rat race? 你有沒有想過賣掉一切，徹底逃離這場無休止的競爭？
“It's the sorriest thing I ever did in my entire life.”
這是我這輩子做過的最遺憾的一件事。
把悔意說到頂格：不是「很後悔」，而是「最」後悔，一生一次的量詞。
It's the sorriest thing I ever did.
回顧一生中最大的悔事時用，語氣沉重；對不熟的人傾訴會顯得過頭。
It's the worst thing I've ever done. ／ Nothing I've done hurts more than this.
中性
the sorriest thing 加長重讀，I ever did 降調收住。
It's the sorriest thing I ever did, and I still think about it. 這是我這輩子做過最遺憾的事，我現在還會想起。
“Yes. I just would have liked to have known it.”
是啊。只是我希望自己能早點知道。
先答 yes 表明支援，再用一個虛擬語氣把委屈說輕，剋制裡全是失望。
I just would have liked to have known.
被瞞著、事後才知道時表達不滿用；對上級或正式場合這樣說會顯得委婉但堅持。
I only wish you had told me sooner. ／ It would have been nice to be told.
中性
would have liked 連讀，known it 放慢收尾。
I just would have liked to have known before the meeting. 我只是希望開會前能先知道一聲。
“I would like to move away and become a mother and just raise kids.”
我想搬到別處去，當個母親，就安安靜靜把孩子養大。
用三個並列的普通願望堆出另一種人生，越樸素越顯出她現在的日子有多遠。
I would like to ... and ... and just ...
談自己真正想要的生活時用；正式場合也可以，但語氣偏私密。
I'd love to settle down and raise a family. ／ My dream is a quiet life with kids.
中性
move away 連讀，become a mother 重讀，raise kids 放緩收尾。
I would like to move away and just grow vegetables. 我想搬得遠遠的，就種點菜。
“Clint Eastwood doesn't play a meek little hairdresser.”
克林·伊斯威特不會去演一個溫順的小理髮師。
拿一個觀眾都認得的銀幕硬漢打比方，把『選不對角色』這件事說得好懂又好笑。
X doesn't play a ...
用名人打比方說明定位不對時用；不懂對方領域時別硬套名字。
A tough guy does not play the shy barber. ／ That part just isn't him.
口語
Clint Eastwood 重讀，meek little hairdresser 放慢收尾。
A heavyweight doesn't play the shy intern. 重量級選手不會去演靦腆的實習生。
"You've got a fine right, you have, after the way you treated Mother, "after the way you treated us all! "A fine right you've got to come back in here in your best country manner... "and strike attitudes and make stands... "and criticize my fiance and give orders... "and mess things up generally as if you'd done-- "Well, I can't help it. It's sickening! As if he'd done nothing at all!"
“你還有什麼臉回來？想想你怎麼對待媽媽，想想你怎麼對待我們所有人！” “你還有臉擺出那副鄉下紳士的派頭回來……” “擺姿態、裝腔作勢……” “批評我的未婚夫，發號施令……” “還把一切攪得一團糟，好像你做過——”“我也沒辦法，真叫人噁心！” “好像他什麼都沒做過似的！”
I had a kid, Lenny, and I gave him up for adoption. It's the sorriest thing I ever did in my entire life. There's not a day that doesn't go by that I don't... wake up thinking about him. Now some lucky family has him. I just hope to God that they're taking good care of him.
我有過一個孩子，倫尼，但我把他送去領養了。 這是我這輩子做過最讓我後悔的事。 沒有一天不…… 一醒來就想起他。 現在他在一個幸運的家庭裡。 我只求老天保佑他們把他照顧好。
下一章 · 09a way with words會說話這場戲：上門求他出面指「百分之百敲定、完全確定」。戲裡阿曼達說畫廊的事已經 a hundred percent definite，就是板上釘釘了。
說 say the wrong thing，指說了不該說的、戳到別人。戲裡有人擔心自己說錯了話，就問 did I say the wrong thing。
指「某個幸運的家庭」。戲裡琳達說孩子被送養後，現在 some lucky family has him，就是「有個幸運的家庭領養了他」。
指「你選這個角色很怪」，是委婉的質疑。戲裡倫尼用來說琳達不該挑戰《費城故事》裡跟自己反差很大的角色。
be an actress 強調「當演員」這個身份或選擇。戲裡問 not be an actress，就是「不當演員了？」——重點是這條路她到底還要不要走。
