這場戲：替表哥招攬海灘青年
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凱瑟琳平靜地說出一句驚人的話：I was procuring for him（我在替他拉人）。她把免費海灘翻過柵欄的 hungry young people（飢餓的年輕人）引給塞巴斯蒂安，又散小費打發他們。後來他身體越來越差，穿一身白、不停吃藥，只會說 Let's go north（我們往北走吧）。想學冷靜講出共謀往事的英文，看這一分鐘。
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 寫作詞「替人招攬、拉人」：procure
procuring for him 替某人招攬climbed over 翻過、爬過pass out tips 分發小費keep up 堅持做、保持
「白得刺眼的一天」英語是 a blazing white day
a blazing white day 白得刺眼的一天white as the weather 白得像某物一樣having a bad time 過得很糟、很不順Let's go north 我們往北走吧
故事發生在維奧萊特的宅邸：凱瑟琳繼續交代。她承認 I was procuring for him（我在替他拉人），因為 Sebastian was lonely（塞巴斯蒂安很孤獨）。那些從免費海灘 climb over（翻過）柵欄、從水裡繞過來的 hungry young people（飢餓的年輕人）跟在他身後，他 pass out tips（散小費）打發他們。天氣轉涼、海灘不再 crowded（擁擠）後，他就不再需要她做這事，讓她穿一件像樣的深色泳衣，自己寫明信片、keep up（接著寫）第三人稱日記。到那個 blazing white day（白得刺眼的日子），他一身白、不停吃藥，having a bad time（過得很不順）。想學冷靜交代共謀與衰敗的英文，這些臺詞很耐讀。
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 was procuring for him.”
我在替他拉人。
四個詞就把最羞恥的角色說出口，沒有辯解也沒有躲。
I was ... for him.
想坦白自己為某人做過不體面的事時能用；對不熟的人說會顯得交淺言深。
I was finding people for him. ／ That was the job he gave me.
literary
was procuring 重音在中間，for him 輕輕收住。
I was covering for him all year. 那一年我一直在替他遮掩。
“He had on a white silk suit, a white tie, a white Panama.”
他穿著一身白絲綢西裝，系白領帶，戴一頂白色巴拿馬帽。
三個 white 疊在一起，把所有體面都堆成一種不祥的白。
He had on a ..., a ..., a ...
想用重複的顏色或物品寫出氣氛時能用；寫人物外形時最出效果。
He wore a white suit, white shoes, a white hat. ／ Everything on him was white that day.
literary
had on a 連讀，三個 white 均勻砸下，Panama 重音在首。
She had on a black coat, a black bag, black gloves. 她穿著一身黑大衣，黑包，黑手套。
“The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it.”
免費海灘那邊的人翻過柵欄，或者從水裡繞過來。
不評判只描述，把一牆之隔的貧富寫成一個翻越的動作。
The ones from ... climbed over ... or swam around it.
想對比兩個群體、又不直接下判斷時能用；報道和寫作裡都合適。
The crowd from the free beach came over the fence or around it. ／ They crossed the fence however they could.
中性
climbed over 連讀，or swam around it 放平收尾。
The kids from the next block climbed over the wall or slipped through the gate. 隔壁街區的孩子翻牆或者從大門溜進來。
“Sebastian was white as the weather.”
塞巴斯蒂安白得跟那天的天氣一個顏色。
把人白得像烈日沙灘一句帶過，病態和不安全在這對比裡。
He was white as the weather.
形容一個人臉色慘白、與環境融為一體時用；日常關心人別說成文縐縐，看語境。
He was as white as the blazing sand. ／ He had gone pale as the sky.
literary
Sebastian was 連讀，white as the weather 逐詞放慢、句尾輕收。
He was white as the weather, barely holding on. 他白得跟天色一樣，快撐不住了。
The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it. So now he let me wear a decent dark suit. I'd go to a faraway end of the beach and write post cards... ...and letters and keep up my third person journal... ...until it was time to meet him outside the bathhouses on the street. He would come out... followed.
免費海灘那邊的人翻過柵欄，或者從水裡繞過來。 所以現在他讓我穿一件像樣的深色泳衣。 我會走到海灘遠遠的一頭，寫明信片…… ……寫信，還接著記我的第三人稱日記…… ……直到該去街上更衣室外跟他碰頭的時候。 他會走出來……後面跟著人。
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climb over。climb 是「爬」，climb over the fence 就是「翻過柵欄」，畫面感很強，常用來寫翻牆、翻越。
pass out。它可指分發東西，pass out tips 就是「散小費」。注意 pass out 口語裡還可指「昏過去」，要看語境。
have a bad time。它指一段時間過得很糟、很受罪。臺詞說他 having a bad time with his heart，就是心臟很不好、很難受。
指「藍松鴉」，是塞巴斯蒂安筆記本上的圖案。凱瑟琳說那本空空的藍松鴉筆記本越來越大，用它比喻他寫不出詩的空虛。
