這場戲：酒吧裡倒出喪子往事
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喬和吉米在酒吧喝酒。喬嘴硬，說自己還喜歡那個跟老婆上床的朋友；話鋒一轉，他倒出真正的往事：妻子被一輛皮卡 out of nowhere（毫無徵兆地）撞死，兒子只在保溫箱裡活了十七分鐘。而那天，吉米正好打出 game of my life（最出色的一場球）。想講沉重的往事，這些說法很剋制。
❝ 獨白 · 12 句 「我希望我不再愛她」：still love my wife（還愛著我老婆）
the sky wasn't blue 天不是藍的still love my wife 還愛著我老婆was my son 是我的兒子
「那天我傳球傳出三百碼」：threw for 300 yards（傳出三百碼）
all the time 一直、總是threw for 傳球傳出…碼game of my life 這輩子最出色的一場球
喬和吉米在酒吧喝酒，從離婚聊到女人，喬嘴硬說至少他還喜歡那個跟老婆上床的朋友。接著他講出真正的往事：妻子懷孕八個月時走在拉布雷亞大道上，一輛皮卡 out of nowhere（毫無徵兆地）衝上馬路牙子，妻子當場被撞死，兒子亞歷克斯只在保溫箱裡活了十七分鐘，來不及做更多夢。而同一個星期天，吉米在球場上 threw for 300 yards（傳球傳出三百碼），打出 game of my life（這輩子最出色的一場球）——兩人各自的傷口就這樣攤在吧檯上。想學怎麼用剋制的語氣講創傷，這些說法都很到位。
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 were fucking Ward Cleaver.”
你他媽就是沃德·克利弗啊。
拿老電視劇裡的模範老爸砸人，一句就把喬從前的正派釘死。
You were fucking ...
熟人之間翻舊賬、笑人當年太正派時用；正式場合別說。
You were a total goody-goody. ／ You used to be the model citizen.
口語
fucking 輕帶過，Ward Cleaver 逐字咬清。
You were fucking class president, remember? 你當年可是班長，忘了？
“So are you gonna get a divorce, man?”
那你打算離婚嗎，老兄？
用最隨便的語氣問最重的事，朋友之間的關心就長這樣。
So are you gonna ...?
熟人之間直接問對方打算時用，語氣隨意；對不熟的人太冒犯。
So are you going to leave her? ／ Are you two actually splitting up?
口語
gonna 縮成一詞，divorce 重讀，句尾稍降。
So are you gonna take the job or not? 那你到底要不要接這份工作？
“You don't like women much, do you, Joe?”
你不太喜歡女人吧，喬？
反義疑問句把尖銳的評價包成閒聊，對方想否認都難。
You don't ..., do you?
想點破對方又不想撕破臉時用，熟人之間；正式場合顯得冒犯。
You're not a big fan of the opposite sex, are you? ／ You don't have much patience for women, do you?
口語
don't 輕讀，do you 快速帶過，尾音上揚。
You don't really trust banks, do you? 你其實不太信任銀行吧？
“Well, friends can't be perfect.”
唉，朋友嘛，哪能十全十美。
用一句自我寬解替背叛者開脫，越輕描淡寫越顯出苦澀。
Well, ... can't be perfect.
替人或替自己找臺階下時用，帶無奈；不適合正式表態。
Nobody's friendship is perfect. ／ Friends let you down sometimes.
口語
Well 拖長，can't be perfect 放緩收住。
Well, families can't be perfect. 唉，家人嘛，哪能都完美。
“...and I wish I didn't still love my wife.”
……我還希望，自己別再愛著我老婆了。
三個排比最後落在這一句，想戒掉的愛比恨更讓人心碎。
I wish I didn't ...
想說一件明知不真實的願望時用，掏心窩的話；正式場合少用。
I wish I could stop loving her. ／ I wish my feelings would just go away.
literary
wish 後稍停，didn't still love 連讀壓低。
I wish I didn't care what they think. 我真希望自己不在乎他們怎麼想。
“But Alex lived for 17 minutes in an incubator.”
可亞歷克斯在保溫箱裡活了十七分鐘。
把一生壓縮成十七分鐘，數字越具體越讓人喘不過氣。
... lived for 17 minutes
講一段極短的生死時用，氣氛沉重；不適合輕鬆場合。
He was with us for only seventeen minutes. ／ He survived seventeen minutes in an incubator.
中性
17 minutes 逐個咬清，incubator 重音在首。
The puppy lived for only 3 days in our home. 那隻小狗在我們家只活了三天。
“You know, I threw for 300 yards that day.”
你知道嗎，那天我傳球傳了三百碼。
生涯最亮的資料和人生最黑的一天撞在一起，反差全在輕描淡寫裡。
You know, I ... that day.
要補一句和前面沉重內容形成反差的往事時用，語氣平靜。
You know, I had my best game that day. ／ I threw for 300 yards the day they died.
中性
threw for 連讀，300 yards 重讀，that day 降調收。
You know, I got the promotion that day. 你知道嗎，我那天剛好升了職。
Alex was my son. I used to be married. One Sunday, I'm away in Miami. She couldn't come because she was eight months' pregnant. Walking down La Brea Boulevard... ...out of nowhere a pickup truck jumped a curb. Pow. Never knew what hit her. She died. But Alex lived for 17 minutes in an incubator. He fell asleep... ...had time for one dream... ...and then he died.
亞歷克斯是我兒子。 我結過婚。 有個星期天，我人在邁阿密。 她來不了，因為她已經懷孕八個月了。 她走在拉布雷亞大道上…… ……一輛皮卡突然衝上馬路牙子。砰。 她根本不知道是什麼撞了她。 她死了。 可亞歷克斯在保溫箱裡活了十七分鐘。 他睡著了…… ……只來得及做了一個夢…… ……然後就死了。
下一章 · 13feel sorry for yourself自怨自艾這場戲：過氣球星講墜落史意思是「突然、毫無徵兆地」，常形容意外說來就來，比如 out of nowhere a car hit him。它強調事前完全沒有任何預兆。
scumbag。這是很重的罵人詞，指品行極差、下三濫的人。片裡用來罵那個出賣朋友的私家偵探，別隨便當面用。
get a divorce，也可以說 get divorced。片裡問對方 So are you gonna get a divorce? 就是「那你打算離婚嗎？」口語裡很常見。
the game of my life。用 of my life 表示「我人生中最……的」，比如 the day of my life、the meal of my life，都是這種誇法。
看語氣。片裡 I was a regular Boy Scout 是自嘲加對比，指「當年我可是循規蹈矩的正派人」。平時也說某人像個 Boy Scout，形容他老實守規矩。
