這場戲：牌桌上講三次失戀
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聖誕夜，弗蘭在巴克斯特的公寓打牌，一邊出牌一邊講自己的戀愛史：她自嘲 I was jinxed from the word go（從一開始就倒霉），還說總愛上 the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time（錯誤時間地點的錯誤的人）。想學怎麼用英文半自嘲地講感情經歷，這段又好笑又心酸。
總在 the wrong place at the wrong time（時間地點全不對）愛上錯的人
from the word go 從一開始threw me over 把某人甩了the wrong place at the wrong time 時間地點全不對what you mean 懂你的意思
❝ 獨白 · 7 句 弗蘭怎麼進了電梯
從投奔姐姐講到打字沒過，最後一句輕描淡寫落到電梯，把命運說成偶然。
他一口咬定：No doubt about it（毫無疑問）
for one thing 一來、首先hand me 把……遞給我you bet 當然、那還用說
聖誕夜，弗蘭待在巴克斯特的公寓裡，兩人一邊打金羅美一邊聊天。弗蘭半自嘲地說自己 I was jinxed from the word go（從一開始就倒霉），第一次被親還是在墓地；她的本事就是 falling in love with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time（在錯誤的時間地點愛上錯誤的人）。她講完三個男人，想到給謝爾德雷克太太寫信攤牌，巴克斯特勸她別寫，先說 she can't spell（不會拼寫），再補一句你真寫了自己會 hate yourself（恨自己）。想學用英文輕描淡寫地講傷心事、又勸人別衝動，這段全是範例。
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。
“Why do people have to love people, anyway?”
人幹嗎非得愛上別人呢？
把一段感情的苦用一個天真的問題問出來，越簡單越戳人。
Why do people have to ...?
對親近的人感嘆感情時用；正式討論或安慰剛失戀的人時別這麼問。
Why does love have to hurt so much? ／ Why do we fall for the wrong people?
口語
have to 連讀成 haf-ta，anyway 輕輕收尾。
Why do people have to grow apart, anyway? 人幹嗎非得越走越遠呢？
“I was jinxed from the word go. First time I was ever kissed was in a cemetery.”
我從一開始就倒霉。第一次被人親還是在墓地裡。
用墓地這樣一個黑色細節給「倒霉」作證，自嘲裡全是無奈。
be jinxed from the word go
自嘲一直不順時用；對正走背運的人說會像在蓋棺定論。
I was doomed from the start. ／ Bad luck followed me from day one.
口語
from the word go 連讀，cemetery 重音在首音節。
That project was jinxed from the word go. 那個專案從一開始就不順。
“...with the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
……在錯誤的時間、錯誤的地點愛上錯誤的人。
三個 wrong 排比，把感情裡所有的不合時宜一次說盡。
the wrong X at the wrong time
總結一段錯過的感情時用；當面指責對方就是另一回事了。
Right person, wrong time. ／ Everything about it was wrong.
中性
三個 wrong 逐個加重，time 放慢收尾。
It was the right idea in the wrong place at the wrong time. 想法沒錯，只是地點和時間都不對。
“I don't like myself very much anyway.”
反正我自己也不太喜歡我自己。
輕描淡寫地洩氣，越是平靜越讓人心裡一沉。
I don't like ... very much anyway.
自嘲或低落時對信任的人說能用；對同事或初次見面別說這麼重的話。
I'm not that fond of myself either. ／ Truth is, I don't think much of me.
中性
don't like myself 連讀，anyway 輕讀，帶一點嘆氣感。
I don't like my cooking very much anyway. 反正我自己也不太喜歡我做的菜。
So I came to New York and moved in with my sister and her husband, a cab driver. They sent me to secretarial school and then I applied for a job at Consolidated. But I flunked the typing test. - Too slow? - No. I can type up a storm. I just can't spell. So they gave me a pair of white gloves and stuck me in an elevator. And that's how I met Jeff.
於是我就來紐約，搬去和姐姐還有她丈夫住，他是個計程車司機。 他們送我去讀秘書學校，然後我應聘了聯合公司的工作。 可我打字考試沒過。 ——太慢了？——不。我打字飛快。 我就是不會拼寫。 於是他們給了我一雙白手套，把我塞進電梯裡。 我就是這麼認識傑夫的。
下一章 · 13can't say no不會拒絕人這場戲：煤氣洩漏後講膝蓋糗事意思是「從一開始」。原句 I was jinxed from the word go，就是「我打從一開始就倒霉」，go 在這裡指發令起跑那一刻。
說 throw someone over。原句 he threw me over for a drum majorette，就是「他為了一個軍樂隊女指揮把我甩了」，threw 是 throw 的過去式。
意思是「打字飛快」，字面像「打得風生水起」。弗蘭說自己 can type up a storm，可她 flunked the typing test，不是慢，是不會拼寫。
說 fouled up。原句 Oh God, I'm so fouled up，就是「天哪，我真是搞得一團糟」，形容生活、感情全亂了套。
意思是「有膽量做某事」，常帶點責備。弗蘭說 Maybe he does love me, only he doesn't have the nerve to tell his wife，就是怪他沒膽告訴太太。
