這場戲：卡座裡拒絕複合
第 4 章 · 共 15 章 · 2'58"
中餐館的卡座裡，傑夫對弗蘭說 I'm still crazy about you（我還是為你著迷），想把她哄回來；弗蘭卻冷冷回一句 Six weeks. But who's counting?（六個星期，可誰還數著呢），接著講出老闆和秘書的露水情一到九月就散。想學怎麼用英語體面地拒絕舊情人、把話說得又狠又不失分寸，這幾句都值得背。
「六個星期，可誰還數著呢」：Six weeks. But who's counting?
who's counting 誰還數著呢How long has it been 多久沒見了what it's like 是什麼滋味
「一到九月，好日子到頭了」：the picnic's over
has a fling with 跟某人搞一段露水情the picnic's over 好日子到頭了all the time 總是、經常
❝ 獨白 · 6 句 庫貝利克的獨白
把當情婦的委屈一步步攤開，句子越走越低，最後落到 ugly。
中餐館裡，弗蘭和傑夫又坐進同一個卡座。傑夫舊情復燃，先問她我們多久沒見了、又說 I'm still crazy about you（我還是為你著迷），想把這段關係續上。弗蘭不接招，用 Six weeks. But who's counting?（誰還數著呢）戳破他，然後一口氣講出這種關係的老套路：太太孩子一走，老闆就跟秘書 has a fling with（跟某人搞一段露水情），一到九月就結束。她形容自己那陣子總在 kidding yourself（自欺欺人），騙自己交往的是個單身男人。想學怎麼把分手講得冷靜、把舊情人擋回去，又不撕破臉，這一段值得反覆聽。
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'm still crazy about you, Fran.”
我還是為你著迷，弗蘭。
一句求複合的軟話，聽得出真心，也聽得出只顧自己。
I'm still crazy about you.
對舊情人表白時用；在對方明確拒絕後還這麼說會顯得糾纏。
I'm still mad about you. ／ I never stopped loving you.
口語
crazy about 連讀，you 輕輕收，句尾放柔。
I'm still crazy about her after all these years. 這麼多年過去，我還是為她著迷。
“They don't make these shrimp like they used to.”
這蝦做得不如從前了。
用一句無關緊要的抱怨岔開沉重話題，越輕越顯得心酸。
They don't make X like they used to.
感慨東西不如從前時用；正經談事時突然這麼說會顯得敷衍。
Things aren't made like they used to be. ／ It's not what it used to be.
口語
don't make 連讀，like they used to 輕輕帶過。
They don't make cars like they used to. 現在的車不如從前造得好。
“You don't know what it's like, next to you in that elevator.”
你不知道在電梯裡站在你身邊是什麼滋味。
把說不出口的委屈塞進一個日常場景，畫面一出來全懂了。
You don't know what it's like, ...
向對方傾訴自己的處境時用；吵架時這麼說容易被當成指責。
You have no idea how it feels. ／ You don't know what that does to me.
中性
what it's like 連讀，逗號後停頓，再輕輕說 next to you。
You don't know what it's like, waiting all day. 你不知道整天等著是什麼滋味。
“Six weeks. But who's counting?”
六週。不過誰還在數呢？
嘴上說沒人在數，偏偏把天數記得清清楚楚，反諷全在後半句。
But who's counting?
嘴上假裝無所謂、其實很在意時用；對真心想翻篇的人別用，會顯得糾纏。
Not that I'm counting. ／ But who keeps track, right?
口語
who's counting 連讀，句尾上揚帶一點自嘲。
It's been two years. But who's counting? 都兩年了。不過誰還在數日子呢？
For a while there, you try kidding yourself that you're going with an unmarried man. Then one day he keeps looking at his watch... ...and asks you if any lipstick's showing... So you fix yourself a cup of instant coffee... ...and you sit there by yourself and you think... ...and it all begins to look so... ugly.
有一陣子，你會騙自己說，你交往的是個單身男人。 然後有一天，他不停看錶…… ……還問你嘴上有沒有沾口紅…… 於是你給自己衝一杯速溶咖啡…… ……一個人坐在那兒想…… ……然後這一切開始顯得那麼……難看。
下一章 · 05all that jazz諸如此類這場戲：上司道賀又威脅意思是「自欺欺人」。弗蘭說 you try kidding yourself that you're going with an unmarried man，就是騙自己說交往的是單身男人。明知不是真的還騙自己，就用 kid yourself。
說 who's counting。傑夫問多久沒見、猜一個月，弗蘭回 Six weeks. But who's counting?（六個星期。可誰還數著呢？），表面隨口，其實暗示她記得很清楚。
說 have a fling with。弗蘭說 the boss has a fling with his secretary，就是老闆跟秘書搞上一段。形容短暫、不走心的關係，用 a fling 很準。
說 the picnic's over。弗蘭一句 Come September, the picnic's over（一到九月，好日子就到頭了），把這段婚外情的結局說得又輕又涼。
是在問「我們多久沒見了」。傑夫用它試探弗蘭，暗示自己一直在算日子；弗蘭回六個星期，兩人的記性都出賣了各自的在意。
