這場戲：被逼搬進豪宅改劇本
第 7 章 · 共 19 章 · 4'11"
過氣明星諾瑪把喬的行李直接搬進豪宅，逼他住下來改劇本。喬抗議 There's nothing in the deal about my staying here（說好的事裡可沒說我得住這兒），可他的房租早被付清，一句 It's all taken care of（全都付清了）堵得他沒話說。想學怎麼賴定一件事、怎麼拒絕別人，很頂用。
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 改稿的拉鋸
五行旁白從貪錢寫到窒息，把這份工作的代價一層層說透。
刪戲用 threw out（刪掉），她當場翻臉
threw out 刪掉、捨棄cut directly to 直接切到a little too much of you 你的鏡頭有點太多
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 夢遊者的畫像
用重複和比喻堆出諾瑪的執念，節奏像一首冷酷的小詩。
晚香玉不是他喜歡的味：not by a long shot（差得遠呢）
not by a long shot 差得遠呢、根本不是sit very close 坐得很近clutch my arm 抓住我的胳膊
過氣明星諾瑪把喬的行李搬進豪宅，擺明了要他住下改劇本，還替他把欠的三個月房租全付了。喬還嘴硬時，諾瑪一句 Suppose you make up your mind（你乾脆拿個主意吧），就是要他表態接不接。喬嘴上接了活，心裡只想要 the dough（錢），想盡快從那地方脫身。改稿時他刪掉一場沒她的戲，立刻被要求放回去。晚上放她的默片，她身上的晚香玉香水 not by a long shot（差得遠呢）不是他喜歡的味道。想學怎麼逼人表態、怎麼形容錢和味道，這段又冷又好玩。
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。
“There's nothing in the deal about my staying here!”
咱們說好的事裡，可沒說我得住在這兒！
一句就把約定的空白點甩出來，弱者也能用的硬話。
There's nothing in the deal about ...
對方臨時加碼、越界時用；對客戶或老闆說前先想好後果。
That was never part of the deal. ／ Nobody said anything about this.
中性
nothing in the 連讀，about my 弱讀，重音落 here。
There's nothing in the contract about weekend work. 合同裡可沒提週末要上班。
“Suppose you make up your mind. Do you want this job or don't you?”
你乾脆拿個主意吧。這活兒你到底接不接？
兩個反問把人逼到牆角，正是諾瑪談條件的口氣。
Do you want this ... or don't you?
催人表態、逼出明確答覆時用；對不熟的人說會顯得咄咄逼人。
Are you in or are you out? ／ Make up your mind already.
口語
Suppose you 連讀，or don't you 升調收尾。
Do you want the tickets or don't you? 這票你到底要不要？
“I wanted the dough, and I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could.”
我想要那筆錢，也想盡快從那地方脫身。
坦白的貪心配上逃意，旁白一句就寫盡小人物的處境。
I wanted X, and I wanted to ...
老實講自己的動機時用；正式自述裡 dough 這類俚語要換掉。
I was in it for the money and a way out. ／ The pay drew me in; the exit kept me going.
口語
wanted the 連讀，as quickly as I could 一口氣帶過。
I wanted the experience, and I wanted to move on fast. 我想要那份經驗，也想快點往前走。
“You don't yell at a sleepwalker. He may fall and break his neck.”
你不會衝著夢遊的人大喊大叫。他可能會摔下來摔斷脖子。
用夢遊比喻諾瑪的執念，冷幽默裡藏著憐憫和算計。
You don't yell at a ... He may ...
解釋自己為何不刺激某人時用；當著當事人說像在談論病人。
You don't wake a sleepwalker. ／ There's no reasoning with someone in that state.
口語
don't yell at a 連成一串，break his neck 重音落 break。
You don't argue with a sleepwalker; you wait it out. 跟夢遊的人不能講道理，只能等他自己醒。
“They were always her pictures. That's all she wanted to see.”
放的永遠是她自己的片子。她只想看那些。
兩句冷敘述，把自戀、懷舊和與世隔絕一起說完了。
That's all someone wanted to ...
總結某人只肯面對某樣東西時用；當面說等於戳破對方。
She only ever watched her own films. ／ Nothing else would do.
中性
always her 連讀，That's all 重讀，句尾放平。
He only reads his own reviews; that's all he wants to see. 他只看關於自己的評論，別的什麼都不看。
I wanted the dough, and I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could. I thought if I really got going, I could finish it up in a couple of weeks. But it wasn't so simple getting some coherence into those wild hallucinations of hers. And what made it even tougher was that she was around all the time, hovering over me, afraid I'd do injury to that precious brainchild of hers.
我想要那筆錢，也想盡快從那地方脫身。 我原想，只要真幹起來，兩三週就能把它改完。 可要讓她那些天馬行空的胡思亂想理出個頭緒，遠沒那麼簡單。 更麻煩的是，她整天都在旁邊轉悠， 守著我，生怕我傷了她那個寶貝心血。
She was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career. Plain crazy when it came to that one subject, her celluloid self, the great Norma Desmond. How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds, more Norma Desmonds and still more Norma Desmonds?
她還在昔日事業的雲端裡夢遊，腳下是讓人發暈的高處。 一說到那個話題——銀幕上的自己，偉大的諾瑪·德斯蒙德——她就徹底瘋了。 那棟房子裡擠滿了諾瑪·德斯蒙德，她怎麼喘得過氣， 更多的諾瑪·德斯蒙德， 還有更多更多的諾瑪·德斯蒙德？
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the dough 是俚語「錢」，等於 money。臺詞裡說 I wanted the dough，就是「我想要那筆錢」，口語裡很常用。
make up your mind。臺詞裡一句 Suppose you make up your mind，就是「你乾脆拿個主意吧」，用來催人別再猶豫。
keep books。book 在這裡指賬簿，keep books 就是「記賬、設賬簿」。臺詞裡說 We won't keep books，就是「咱們不記賬」，不想把賬算細。
deduct something from。deduct 是「扣除」。臺詞裡說 we'll deduct it from my salary，就是「從我的工錢里扣」，發工資、報銷都能用。
