這場戲：逼問母親到底籤沒簽字
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凱瑟琳逼問母親有沒有籤送她去獅景的檔案，格蕾絲一邊說 the way Aunt Vi put it, there was no choice at all（按維奧姑媽的說法根本沒得選），一邊勸她 In no time, after the little operation（做完那個小手術）就好了。可凱瑟琳當場揭穿：那是 lobotomy（腦白質切除術）。想學逼問、哄騙和恐懼的英文，這段最扎心。
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 This 100 grand is important to us（這十萬塊對我們很重要）
the point of 某事的目的、用意important to us 對我們很重要all sorts of 各種各樣的nest egg 積蓄、養老本
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 It's called a lobotomy（叫腦白質切除術），她當場揭穿
commit me to 把某人送進（精神病院）little operation 小手術lobotomy 腦白質切除術
《夏日痴魂》這段在獅景的病房裡：凱瑟琳逼問母親 Mother, you didn't sign those papers?（媽媽，你沒簽那些檔案吧？），格蕾絲承認 Not yet（還沒），卻說自己沒辦法。她解釋維奧姑媽給了 100 grand（十萬塊），對家裡很重要，能帶給喬治各種好處。然後她安慰凱瑟琳：In no time, after the little operation（用不了多久，做完那個小手術）就好了。凱瑟琳冷笑反問 What little operation（什麼小手術），隨即揭穿：There's only one little operation they perform here... It's called a lobotomy（他們在這兒只做一種小手術，叫腦白質切除術）。想學逼問、哄騙和恐懼的英文，這段最揪心。
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。
“It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy.”
是在腦子上的。叫腦白質切除術。
把開顱說得像報選單，越平靜越讓人發冷。
It's called ...
冷靜說明某個嚇人的事即時用；安慰人時這麼說會顯得冷血。
It has a name: a lobotomy. ／ They call it a lobotomy.
中性
on the brain 連讀，called a 連讀，lobotomy 重讀放慢。
It has a name, and it's called a buyout. 這事有個名字，叫買斷。
“What you said gave her a real turn.”
你說的那些讓她很不舒服。
不說嚇到也不說生氣，只說 gave her a real turn，把震動藏在客氣的說法裡。
Something gave someone a real turn.
說某件事讓人心裡一沉、受了驚時用；正式書面裡可以換成 a shock。
It gave her quite a shock. ／ What you said really rattled her.
口語
gave her a 連讀，real turn 重讀，句尾放平。
The news gave my mother a real turn. 這訊息讓我媽心裡一沉。
“This 100 grand is important to us.”
這十萬塊對我們很重要。
把親情談判最後壓成一句關於錢的實話，坦白得幾乎讓人同情。
This ... is important to us.
要說明某樣東西對自家至關重要時用；談感情時這樣直說會顯得功利。
This money matters more than you know. ／ We can't afford to lose this.
口語
100 grand 連讀，important to us 一氣流過。
This contract is important to us, so we need it clear. 這份合同對我們很重要，所以條款得說清。
“- She doesn't trust me with the money? - 50 grand is chickenfeed to Aunt Vi.”
五萬塊在維奧萊特姑媽眼裡就是點雞食。
用“雞食”這個俚語把鉅款說成一粒米，一句話立住貧富差距。
___ is chickenfeed to ___.
形容某筆錢對某人不算錢時用；對不富裕的人說會顯得刻薄，注意物件。
Fifty grand is pocket change to Aunt Vi. ／ That kind of money is nothing to her.
口語
50 grand 連讀，chickenfeed 重讀，to Aunt Vi 放慢降調。
A thousand dollars is chickenfeed to him. 一千塊對他來說就是點雞食。
You've gotta understand... This 100 grand is important to us. It means George will have all sorts of advantages now. Things we couldn't give him, since 1929 killed your father and our nest egg.
你得明白…… 這十萬塊對我們很重要。 這意味著喬治以後能有各種各樣的好處。 那些我們給不了他的東西，自從1929年毀了你爸和我們的積蓄。
There's only one little operation they perform here. It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy. You may have heard of it or read about it. I have. It's that nice young doctor's specialty. In cases of hopeless lunacy... ...he bores holes into the skull and operates on the brain!
他們在這兒只做一種小手術。 是在腦子上的。叫腦白質切除術。 你可能聽說過，或者讀到過。我讀到過。 那是那位和氣年輕醫生的專長。 碰上沒救的瘋病…… ……他就往頭骨上鑽孔，在腦子上動刀！
下一章 · 16all of a sudden突然一下子這場戲：追問醫生從哪裡下刀這是俚語，意思是「發瘋、犯病」，比 go crazy 更俏皮也更口語。臺詞 When you went off your rocker 就是「你發瘋那回」。
chickenfeed。原意是「餵雞的飼料」，引申為「小錢、零頭」。臺詞 50 grand is chickenfeed to Aunt Vi 就是「五萬塊對維奧姑媽來說就是點零頭」。
指「腦白質切除術」，舊時用來治療嚴重精神疾病的一種腦部手術。臺詞 It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy 就是「是在腦子上的，叫腦白質切除術」。
意思是「積蓄、養老本」，常指攢下來應急或養老的錢。臺詞 since 1929 killed your father and our nest egg 就是「自從 1929 年毀了你爸和我們的積蓄」。
意思是「不是什麼大不了的事、天塌不下來」，用來安慰或輕描淡寫。臺詞 Stop. It's not the end of the world! 就是「別說了，又不是世界末日！」。
