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同事追問他是不是病了:bowl of mush

本一露面就被看出不對勁,臉漲得通紅,還一口咬定自己沒事。有人拋來 You seem to be slightly malfunctioning(你好像有點兒運轉不靈),把擔心包成了玩笑;等有人說出 a big bowl of mush(心軟得一塌糊塗的人),對方卻只回 That's what 24 hours of crazy comes to?(瘋了一整天,就落這麼一句?)

發生了什麼

有人回來後先被問 how did it go(事情辦得怎麼樣),接著又聊起第二天的舊金山之行。可這人臉色發紅、答話也慢,旁人就打趣說 slightly malfunctioning(你有點不對勁)。另一人擔心自己把人使喚得太狠,主動說不用勉強同行;回答是 people my age get tired sometimes(我這個年紀的人有時就是會累)。最後有人承認,自己其實是 a big bowl of mush(心軟得一塌糊塗的人)。

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  • 旁人插話時,場面怎樣被打斷

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本章短語

bowl of mush

心軟得一塌糊塗的人a hopeless softie

被追問了一整場,他終於把話說完:別人看著硬氣的外殼,裡頭就是 a bowl of mush,語氣是自嘲,也帶著認真。

Show me one dog video and I'm a bowl of mush for the rest of the day.給我看一個狗的短影片,我一天都軟成糊糊。

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  • how did it go

    事情辦得怎麼樣

  • excited about

    對某事很期待

  • flushed

    臉色發紅、泛潮紅

  • slightly malfunctioning

    (打趣)你有點不對勁

  • we're good here

    我們這邊可以了、不用繼續

本章全部批註

52 句台詞裡標了 26 處

短語 · A2thank someone for doing something

謝謝你幫忙做了這件事

Oh, thank you so much for doing that.
發音Are you okay

Are you 快說時連成一串,重心壓到句末 okay

- Are you okay? - Yeah.
短語 · B1take something every day

每天量一次(血壓) take 這裡是「測量」,it 指上一句的 blood pressure,不是「拿走」

I take it every day.
短語 · B2look like oneself / look like yourself

看著不像平時的自己

You don't look like you. You're all flushed.
發音don't look like you

don't 結尾的 t 輕輕帶過,後三個詞順下來

You don't look like you. You're all flushed.
短語 · A2why don't you + 動詞

不如你去……(提建議)

Why don't you go see Fiona, the masseuse, And just chill a little.
俚語 · B1chill

放鬆、歇一會兒——日常口語,同事朋友都行;寫進正式檔案別用

Why don't you go see Fiona, the masseuse, And just chill a little.
短語 · B1seem to be + 形容詞

看起來像是……

You seem to be slightly malfunctioning.
發音seem to be

seem 的 /iːm/ 拖住,to 常弱化為 /tə/,be 只留輕 /bi/,重音不落在後兩詞。

You seem to be slightly malfunctioning.
短語 · A2have a lot of work to do

有一堆活要幹

Got a lot of work to do.
語法 · B1Got a lot of work to do

省略主語:口語裡省掉 I've,直接 Got 開頭,等於 I've got a lot of work to do,語氣更快更隨口。

Got a lot of work to do.
短語 · B1it's all good

沒事,都挺好 嘴上說「都好」,其實是把別人的追問擋回去的客套,臉色並不支援這句話

It's all good.
俚語 · B1nuts

瘋了、腦子進水——熟人之間玩笑,正式場合或對長輩別用

Oh, my god, you're all nuts.
俚語 · B1100%

百分之百沒事——口語裡表絕對沒事,配語氣更自然

I'm 100%. Let's move on, kids.
短語 · B2work someone too hard

把你使喚得太狠、累著了

if I am giving you too much to do or working you too hard, Please do not feel that you have to go with me to San Francisco.
短語 · B1feel that you have to do something

覺得自己非做不可、有義務去做

if I am giving you too much to do or working you too hard, Please do not feel that you have to go with me to San Francisco.
語法 · B2if I am giving you too much to do

條件狀語從句:if 引導條件,用進行時表示這段時間一直在做的事;主句用否定的祈使句,給對方一條退路。

if I am giving you too much to do or working you too hard, Please do not feel that you have to go with me to San Francisco.
短語 · B1people my age

我這個年紀的人

Jules, people my age get tired sometimes.
語法 · B1people my age

後置定語:my age 直接跟在 people 後面當定語,等於 people who are my age,口語裡常省掉 who are。

Jules, people my age get tired sometimes.
語法 · B2you haven't looked at me once since I came over here

現在完成時 since:現在完成時加 since 從句,從「我過來」到現在一次都沒看,動作一直持續到此刻。

That's why you haven't looked at me once since I came over here?
短語 · A2feel better

感覺好些、緩過來

Like, if you don't feel better tonight or late...
短語 · B2just saying ...

只是說說、先降火氣 不是字面的「我正在說話」,是先降低火氣再亮出不同意見

I'm just saying I can go by myself, okay?
短語 · B2think that about someone

別人不這麼看我

People don't think that about me.
發音but I am

重音壓在句尾 am,前面幾個詞快速帶過

I don't look it, but I am.
語法 · B2Under all this man stuff that you so admire

定語從句:that you so admire 修飾 man stuff;整個介詞短語提前,為的是把話引到後面那個轉折上。

- Under all this man stuff that you so admire... - Mm-Hmm.
短語 · C1come to something

到頭來就歸結為這麼點東西

That's what 24 hours of crazy comes to?

看懂「同事追問他是不是病了」

發音重點

  • Are you okay — Are you 快說時連成一串,重心壓到句末 okay
  • don't look like you — don't 結尾的 t 輕輕帶過,後三個詞順下來
  • seem to be — seem 的 /iːm/ 拖住,to 常弱化為 /tə/,be 只留輕 /bi/,重音不落在後兩詞。
  • but I am — 重音壓在句尾 am,前面幾個詞快速帶過
You don't look like you. You're all flushed.

你看著不像你自己。你臉都紅了。 不說「你病了」,只說「不像你」,關心全在這句側面裡。

You seem to be slightly malfunctioning.

你好像有點運轉不靈了。 把不舒服的人說成機器故障,鄭重其事的輕描淡寫最逗。

Jules, people my age get tired sometimes.

朱爾斯,我這年紀的人有時就是會累。 不辯解也不撒嬌,把「累」說成一代人的常識,退得漂亮。

...I'm just a big bowl of mush.

……我其實就是一大碗糊糊。 用一碗嬰兒糊糊形容硬漢心軟,畫面一秒就記住。

That's what 24 hours of crazy comes to?

折騰了二十四小時,就折騰出這麼個結果? come to 把一整天懸著的事收成一句輕問,落點很準。

關於這一章的問題

bowl of mush 是什麼意思?

指心軟得一塌糊塗的人。臺詞裡有人說,在別人欣賞的那身男人味(under all this man stuff)底下,自己就是個 a big bowl of mush;前面還說過 People don't think that about me(別人不這麼看我)。

想打趣說「你有點不對勁」,英語怎麼講?

可以用 You seem to be slightly malfunctioning。malfunctioning 本來是機器出故障,用在人身上就是把關心包成一句玩笑,slightly 讓語氣沒那麼重。

flushed 是臉紅還是發燒?

指的是臉色發紅、泛潮紅,臺詞裡就是 You're all flushed。它只描述臉色,不等於發燒,說這話的人是在提醒對方臉色不對。

「我能照顧自己」英語怎麼說?

可以說 I'm a big girl. I'll be fine. big girl 不是指小孩,而是自稱能照顧自己、不用別人操心,語氣輕鬆,也帶一點讓對方別再勸的意思。

we're good here 是「我們關係很好」嗎?

不是。它的意思是「我們這邊可以了、不用繼續」,臺詞裡說完就接一句還有一堆活要幹,等於把這段對話收尾。

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