這場戲：重逢後求合寫劇本
第 12 章 · 共 19 章 · 3'14"
新年夜喬溜去阿蒂家，被阿蒂一句 Stick 'em up（舉起手來）的玩笑嚇一跳，又撞見貝蒂。貝蒂一心想寫劇本，說 I want to write（我想寫東西），拉他一起寫，喬卻說自己不再 write on spec（寫沒有下家的稿）。想學圈裡人怎麼聊本子、怎麼體面地推掉合作，這幾句很地道。
「你一直躲哪兒去了」：Where have you been keeping yourself（你一直躲哪兒去了）
Stick 'em up 舉起手來What's the big idea 你這是搞什麼名堂hopped up 被鼓動得很興奮
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 喬回憶諾瑪的表演
舊日歌舞被說成一場自娛自樂，懷舊裡透出喬的涼意。
喬溜出諾瑪的豪宅，去阿蒂家過新年，一進門就被一句 Stick 'em up（舉起手來）的玩笑招呼。貝蒂也在，她已經把《暗窗》的故事講給了謝爾德雷克，還把他 hopped up（鼓動得特別興奮）。她拉喬一起寫，說 a springboard（只是個跳板），又說 I want to write（我想寫東西）。喬卻回一句 I've given up writing on spec（我不寫沒有下家的稿了），把她晾在原地。回到諾瑪那兒，他嘴上說 having a great time（玩得開心），心裡卻想著貝蒂。想學圈內人怎麼推介專案、怎麼推掉合作，幾句全是行話。
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。
“You don't know how glad I am to see you!”
你不知道我見到你有多高興！
一句就交代對方盼了很久，熱絡裡帶點撒嬌，熟人重逢的話。
You don't know how ... I am ...
久別重逢對朋友說最合適；對剛認識或生意往來的人說會太熱。
You have no idea how happy I am to see you. ／ I can't tell you how glad I am.
口語
don't know how 連讀，glad I am 重讀，句尾上揚。
You don't know how glad I am to see you at this hour. 你不知道這個時候見到你我有多高興。
“Would you believe me if I told you I stayed with a sick friend?”
要是我說我跟一個生病的朋友待在一起，你信嗎？
自己先把藉口亮出來，等於承認在編，賴得坦蕩又好笑。
Would you believe me if I told you ...?
半開玩笑地承認藉口站不住腳時用；真要解釋正事別學這招。
Would you buy it if I said I was sick? ／ You're not going to believe my excuse.
口語
Would you 弱讀，believe me 重讀，句尾挑起。
Would you believe me if I told you the bus simply vanished? 要是我說那趟公交乾脆消失了，你信嗎？
“I haven't been keeping myself at all. Not lately.”
我根本沒在躲，最近都沒有。
順手把對方的含蓄話拆開，答得又快又俏，一來一回全在字縫裡。
I haven't been ... at all. Not lately.
朋友打趣你躲起來時用；對上級或正式場合這麼頂會顯得油。
I've hardly been around. Not recently. ／ Not hiding, just busy. Lately especially.
口語
haven't been 輕讀，at all 重讀，Not lately 單獨一頓。
I haven't been ignoring you at all. Not lately, anyway. 我可沒躲著你，至少最近沒有。
“- Okay. Where's the cash? - Where's the story?”
——行啊。錢呢？——故事呢？
兩句對敲，一句話就把買賣裡錢和貨的先後擺上桌。
Where's the ...? Where's the ...?
談合作、追進度時用；對還沒談攏的夥伴這麼衝會傷和氣。
Fine. Show me the money first. ／ Where's the proof? Where's the payment?
口語
兩句 Where's the 都平調，第二句略壓低收住。
Okay. Where's the budget? Where's the plan? 行啊。預算呢？方案呢？
“It's not your career, it's mine! I'd kind of hoped to get in on this deal.”
那不是你的事業，是我的！我本來還指望能搭上這單生意。
先搶回所有權，再露出那點小心願，硬話後面藏著求。
It's not your ..., it's mine!
據理力爭歸屬時用；對朋友嚷這句表堅決，對客戶就太沖。
That's not your call, it's mine. ／ This isn't your project, it's ours.
口語
not your 與 mine 對重讀，kind of 輕帶而過。
It's not your idea, it's mine, and you know it. 那不是你的點子，是我的，你心裡清楚。
“I don't want to be a reader all my life. I want to write.”
我不想一輩子只當審稿人。我想寫東西。
一否定一肯定，把熬了多年的不甘和野心一次說盡。
I don't want to be ... all my life. I want to ...
表決心、說志向時用；面試裡這樣講有力量，閒聊時別反覆念。
I'm done being the reader. I want to write. ／ Not a reader forever. A writer, finally.
中性
all my life 拖長，I want to write 三個詞都重。
I don't want to be an assistant all my life. I want to lead. 我不想一輩子只當助手。我想帶團隊。
Whenever she suspected I was getting bored, she would put on a live show for me. The Norma Desmond Follies. Her first number was always the Mac Sennett Bathing Beauty. I can still see myself in the line. Marie Prevost, Mabel Normand. Mabel was always stepping on my feet.
每當她覺出我膩了，就給我來一場現場表演。 《諾瑪·德斯蒙德歌舞秀》。 她的第一個節目向來是麥克·塞內特的泳裝美人。 我還能看見自己站在那排人裡。瑪麗·普雷沃斯特、梅布林·諾曼德。 梅布林老是踩我的腳。
下一章 · 13give someone the brush把某人打發了這場戲：回派拉蒙見德米爾意思是「寫沒有下家的稿」，指沒有買家先自己寫。喬說 I've given up writing on spec，就是「我不再寫這種沒著落的稿子了」，是編劇圈的行話。
get in on。臺詞裡 I'd kind of hoped to get in on this deal，就是「我本來還指望能搭上這單生意」，很口語。
意思是「被鼓動得很興奮」。貝蒂說 I got him all hopped up about it，就是「我把他攛掇得特別起勁」，形容把某人說得熱血上頭。
意思是「把某人坑了、壞了事」。喬說 I'm sorry if I crossed you up，是道歉；貝蒂回 You sure have，就是「你可真把我坑了」。
不是。字面是「舉起手來」，是劫匪片裡的老臺詞。這裡阿蒂只是拿它開玩笑嚇喬一跳，朋友之間鬧著玩。
