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星空下追問修牆緣由:better off alone

夜空下,一個指著星星編故事,另一個追問未來;話頭轉到「咱們的沼澤」,氣氛忽然僵住。There's no we(沒有「咱們」)和 better off alone(一個人更好)把拒人千里的意思說得很直,還盤算著修牆擋人。想聽懂客氣話底下的疏遠,這幾句很夠用。

發生了什麼

夜空下,一個人問星星能不能預知未來,得到的回答是星星只講故事。聊到要回沼澤以後做什麼,話題很快變成「沒有咱們,只有我和我的沼澤」,還冒出修十英尺高牆、把所有人擋在外面的打算。tell the future 是預言未來,keep somebody out 是把某人擋在外面,better off alone 是一個人更好。前兩個適合聊計劃和邊界,最後一個常用來解釋為什麼寧願獨處;聽懂這組表達,就能聽出話裡那層疏遠。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 看史萊克從編星座到被問住的轉折
  • 留意驢子追問時怎樣一步步逼近
  • 注意 wall 從實物變成心理防線

留意這幾個短語

tell the futuremore than they appearkeep somebody outNo, do ya think?

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本章短語

better off alone

一個人更好better on one's own

被反覆追問後,他不再繞,直接說 better off alone(一個人更好):與其等著被誤解,不如獨自待著。

After that noisy week, I'm better off alone tonight.那吵鬧的一週過後,我今晚還是一個人待著更好。

本章還有

  • tell the future

    預言未來

  • more than they appear

    不止表面那樣

  • keep somebody out

    把某人擋在外面

  • No, do ya think?

    這還用問,諷刺

  • getting somewhere

    終於有進展

本章全部批註

45 句台詞裡標了 26 處

短語 · B2the only person to ever do something

唯一一個做過某事的人

And, uh, that one, that's Throwback, the only ogre to ever spit over three wheat fields.
短語 · B1tell someone's future from something

靠某物給人算命

Hey, can you tell my future from these stars?
短語 · B1tell the future

預言未來

驢子望著星空,想借星星 tell the future(預言未來);回答卻把算命換成講故事,說星星只負責講。

The stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories.
短語 · B1make something up

隨口編造 不是動手製作,是現編故事。

- You can guess what he's famous for. - I know you're making this up.
短語 · B1run away from something

從某物旁逃開

No, look. There he is, and there's the group of hunters running away from his stench.
語法 · B2hunters running away from his stench

分詞短語:running... 跟在 hunters 後,說明獵人正在做什麼,不作謂語。

No, look. There he is, and there's the group of hunters running away from his stench.
短語 · B1nothing but a bunch of something

不過是一堆…

That is nothing but a bunch of little dots.
短語 · B2more than something appears

不止表面那樣

滿天星被說成“不過一堆小點”,more than they appear(不止表面那樣)這句回得不緊不慢,像在替星星,也像在替自己留餘地。

Sometimes things are more than they appear.
發音what we gonna

what we 輕輕帶過,gonna 壓成一團,別逐字咬

Hey, Shrek, what we gonna do when we get our swamp anyway?
俚語 · A2gonna

將要(going to)——口語縮略,聊天可用,正式寫作別寫

Hey, Shrek, what we gonna do when we get our swamp anyway?
短語 · B2be through doing something

等把某事做完

You know, when we're through rescuing the princess.
發音no we

兩個詞都重讀,中間停半拍,像接連把門關上

We? Donkey, there's no we. There's no our.
語法 · B2The first thing I'm gonna do

定語從句:先行詞 The first thing 後省略 that,I'm gonna do 修飾它。

The first thing I'm gonna do is build a ten-foot wall around my land.
短語 · B2cut someone deep

這話很傷人 不是割傷,是話刺到心裡。

You cut me deep, Shrek.
短語 · B1keep somebody out

把某人擋在外面

有人把修牆列為回沼澤後的第一件事;對面接上 keep somebody out(把某人擋在外面),把牆從石頭轉到人身上。

I think this whole wall thing is just a way to keep somebody out.
俚語 · B1ya

你(you)——很隨便的口語或方言,別對正式物件用

- No, do ya think? - Are you hiding something?
短語 · B2another one of those ... things

又是那種…的老一套 onion 是塞進“one of those ... things”裡的具體名目,重點在“又是那種事”。

Oh, this is another one of those onion things, isn't it?
短語 · B2be getting somewhere

終於有進展

繞了半天,終於有人承認想擋住所有人;getting somewhere(終於有進展)立刻接住,語氣像審問摸到線索。

Oh, now we're getting somewhere.
短語 · B1For the love of Pete!

哎呀,真是的

Oh! For the love of Pete!
短語 · B2have something against someone

對…心懷不滿

What's your problem? What you got against the whole world?
短語 · B2the one with the problem

有問題的那一方

I'm not the one with the problem, okay?
短語 · B1have a problem with someone

看我不順眼

被追問“你跟全世界有什麼仇”,have a problem with me(看我不順眼)把矛頭掉轉:不是我有問題,是世界先對我有意見。

It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.
語法 · B2It's the world that seems to have a problem with me

強調句:It's ... that ... 把 the world 拎出來強調:有問題的是世界,不是我。

It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.
短語 · B2take one look at someone

只消看我一眼

他學路人見到自己的反應:take one look at me(只消看我一眼),不用交談,一眼就夠,接著就是尖叫和逃跑。

People take one look at me and go, Aah! Help! Run!
發音look at me

look at me 快說時 at 很輕,順著一口氣滑到 me

People take one look at me and go, Aah! Help! Run!
短語 · B2be better off alone

一個人更好

被反覆追問後,他不再繞,直接說 better off alone(一個人更好):與其等著被誤解,不如獨自待著。

That's why I'm better off alone.

看懂「星空下追問修牆緣由」

發音重點

  • what we gonna — what we 輕輕帶過,gonna 壓成一團,別逐字咬
  • no we — 兩個詞都重讀,中間停半拍,像接連把門關上
  • look at me — look at me 快說時 at 很輕,順著一口氣滑到 me
The stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories.

星星不會預言未來,驢子。它們講的是故事。 把“算命”輕輕換成“講故事”,既糾正對方,又保住星空浪漫。

Sometimes things are more than they appear.

有時候,事物不止表面看上去那樣。 一句短格言,替星星、故事和史萊克本人都留了第二層。

We? Donkey, there's no we. There's no our.

我們?驢子,沒有什麼“我們”,也沒有什麼“我們的”。 重複否定 we/our,短促拆掉共同未來的幻覺。

They judge me before they even know me.

他們還沒了解我,就已經給我定了性。 before 把時間差壓出來:判決先於認識,委屈很準。

That's why I'm better off alone.

所以我才寧願一個人。 把被排斥的傷收進一句自我選擇,短而認命。

關於這一章的問題

“better off alone”是什麼意思?

意思是「一個人更好」,指獨自一人反而更自在。臺詞先來一句 They judge me before they even know me(他們還沒認識我就先看扁我),隨後落到 That's why I'm better off alone(所以我一個人更好)。

「把某人擋在外面」英語怎麼說?

可以說 keep somebody out。臺詞裡有人把牆說成 a way to keep somebody out(一種把某人擋在外面的辦法),後來有人追問 Who you trying to keep out?(你想把誰擋在外面?),回答是 Everyone! Okay?(所有人!行了吧?),可見擋的是所有人。

「這還用問」怎麼用英語帶點諷刺地說?

用 No, do ya think? 就行。它字面像在問「你覺得呢」,實際是反諷對方明知故問,意思就是「這還用問」。

“getting somewhere”在這裡指什麼?

指談話終於有進展,不是真的去了哪裡。前面追問 Why are you blocking?(你為什麼要回避?),後面接 Oh, now we're getting somewhere.(哦,現在總算有進展了。),表示終於問到關鍵。

「看我不順眼」英語怎麼說?

說 have a problem with me。臺詞裡一句 It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.(是這個世界好像看我不順眼。),把矛頭從自己轉開,意思就是覺得世界對自己有意見。

“take one look at me”是什麼意思?

意思是「只消看我一眼」。臺詞接著說 Aah! Help! Run!(啊!救命!快跑!),說明別人往往只看一眼就立刻被嚇到,根本還沒認識他。

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