這場戲：花園裡談捕蠅草和手術
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維奧萊特帶醫生逛亡子的花園，說它 Not unlike a well-groomed jungle（像一座打理得整整齊齊的叢林），還讓他看捕蠅草怎麼把蒼蠅引進去：They plunge into her chalice. And they never come out（它們一頭扎進她的花萼，再也出不來）。轉頭她竟問起 Lobotomy（額葉切除術）。想學陰森又優雅的上流英語，看這一分鐘。
「不能說完全不像、有點像」英語是 not unlike
not unlike 不能說完全不像、有點像well-groomed 打理得整齊的dies of hunger 餓死plunge into 一頭扎進
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 「人生即職業、活成了作品」英語是 his life was his occupation
aside from 除了……之外a small coterie of friends 一小圈密友vice versa 反過來也一樣Right as rain 好得很（此處帶著自嘲）
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 詩即人生的繞圈話
用重複和倒裝把自己繞進去，越解釋越像在說服自己。
故事發生在維奧萊特的花園：她帶庫克羅維茨醫生逛亡子塞巴斯蒂安留下的園子，說它 Not unlike a well-groomed jungle（像一座打理得整整齊齊的叢林）。她領他看捕蠅草，說蒼蠅 They plunge into her chalice. And they never come out（扎進花萼，再也出不來），又忽然問起 Lobotomy（額葉切除術），讓醫生心裡一沉。她指認 The Venus flytrap（捕蠅草），說它 aptly named for the goddess of love（以愛神命名，再貼切不過）。談到兒子，她只說 His life was his occupation（他的人生就是他的職業），還說 Sebastian was a poet（塞巴斯蒂安是個詩人）。想學上流社會的優雅、暗喻和試探，這些臺詞很耐聽。
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。
“Not unlike a well-groomed jungle and, frankly, a little terrifying.”
像一座打理得整整齊齊的叢林，說實話，還有點嚇人。
用一句輕描淡寫把花園變成威脅，優雅和恐怖只隔一個 frankly。
not unlike + 名詞
形容某物像什麼又不太像時用；正式場合別硬套 frankly 的輕鬆口氣。
Not unlike a museum, really. ／ Somewhat like a jungle, and not a friendly one.
literary
not unlike 連讀，frankly 前後各頓一下。
The office was not unlike a library, and just as quiet. 那間辦公室有點像圖書館，也一樣安靜。
“- Your son was a poet? - His life was his occupation.”
——您兒子是詩人？——他的人生就是他的職業。
把詩人說得沒有上下班，一句話解釋了他為什麼活得像一場創作。
His life was his occupation.
談那種把全部生活投進去的人時用；對普通上班族說容易顯得矯情。
Work was his whole life. ／ He never separated the man from the artist.
正式
重音落在 life 和 occupation，his 輕讀。
For her, cooking was not a job but an occupation of the soul. 對她來說，做飯不是差事，而是靈魂的營生。
“...aptly named for the goddess of love.”
……以愛神命名，再貼切不過。
把一株吃蟲子的草和愛的女神並排，優雅的殘忍立刻有了畫面。
aptly named for X
誇名字取得妙時用；拿愛神比吃人的東西要分清玩笑場合。
Well named after the goddess of love. ／ A name that fits the goddess herself.
literary
aptly named 連讀，goddess of love 放慢強調。
A guard dog aptly named for a thunderstorm. 一條叫「雷暴」的看門狗，名字起得真貼切。
“Because the work of a poet is the life of a poet. And vice versa.”
因為詩人的作品就是詩人的生命，反過來也一樣。
用一句像繞口令的等式，把藝術與人生不可分割說到底，短而雋永。
The work of a poet is the life of a poet, and vice versa.
談論創作與生活不可分割時用；日常閒聊裡說會顯得掉書袋，適合文藝場合。
For an artist, life and work are the same thing. ／ His work was his life, and his life his work.
literary
the work of a poet 平鋪，and vice versa 放慢、降調收束。
For her, the job is the life, and the life is the job. 對她來說，工作就是生活，生活也是工作。
As many times as I've had to answer that question... ...it still shocks me a little to realize... ...that Sebastian Venable the poet was quite unknown... ...outside of a small coterie of friends, including his mother.
這個問題我回答過不知多少遍…… ……可每次回過神來還是有點震動…… ……詩人塞巴斯蒂安·維納布林的名氣，竟小得…… ……只限於一小圈朋友，其中還包括他母親。
That's what I meant when I said his life was his work. Because the work of a poet is the life of a poet. And vice versa. I mean, you can't separate them. I mean... ...a poet's life is his work. And his work is his life, in a special sense.
我說他的人生就是他的作品，就是這個意思。 因為詩人的作品，就是詩人的一生。反過來也一樣。 我是說，這兩者分不開。我是說…… ……詩人的一生就是他的作品。 而他的作品就是他的生命，在某種特別的意義上。
下一章 · 04mad as a hatter瘋得離譜這場戲：看工作室談瘋侄女這是雙重否定，等於「有點像、不能說完全不像」，語氣比 like 更委婉、更文雅，常用來含蓄地做比喻。
insectivorous plant。insectivorous 是「吃昆蟲的」，所以食蟲植物就是它；臺詞裡醫生第一次見到捕蠅草，就用了這個詞。
his life was his occupation。occupation 是「職業」，這句是說塞巴斯蒂安把整個人生活成了作品，工作與人生不分。
意思是「反過來也一樣」。臺詞 And vice versa 承接上一句：詩人的作品就是詩人的一生，反過來，他的一生也就是他的作品。
字面是「像雨一樣好」，實際是「好得很、完全沒事」。這裡維奧萊特還加一句 however right that is，帶著自嘲，言外之意是自己也沒那麼完好。
