完全分不清狀況
這句用 up from sideways 講最早那段歲月。下一句問 How do you know。前後看不出是誰在問誰，只能確定問的是那一千年怎麼知道。
First thousand years, I didn't know up from sideways.The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 5 / 18 章 · 3'05" · C1
追問長生只是碰巧：just happened
不死被人追、頭一千年完全分不清狀況之後，有人問還有沒有使命。落點是一句 I just happened（碰巧而已，沒有安排）：不是詛咒，不是保佑，也不是任務。別人把你的結果說成安排時，用這句把抬舉輕輕放下。
發生了什麼
三句就夠用。剛進一個行當、連門道都沒有，說 up from sideways（完全分不清狀況），別理解成認路。復盤時發現結論是現在才有的，說 retrospective（全是事後回想）：冷、山、海岸這些學名是後來貼回去的，不是當時就懂。別人把一件怪事說成使命，你想把抬舉放下，說 I just happened（碰巧而已，沒有安排），再補一句 There was no plan。同事誇你好像早有安排，或你要解釋一份聽著很懂、其實是事後才看懂的回憶，這三句都能直接用上。
這場戲看什麼
- 日落怎樣代替西這個詞
- One lifetime 截斷轉世
- 神意後面立刻改口碰巧
留意這幾個短語
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just happened
碰巧而已，沒有安排by chance, not by design
有人問 Do you still think you do，問的是前面 maybe I had a mission。隨後一句 God works in mysterious ways，再往後是 I think I just happened。看不出三句是不是同一人。just happened 把使命收成碰巧而已，沒有安排。
They want a mission for me, but I tell them I just happened.他們想給我安一個使命，我跟他們說我只是碰巧而已，沒有安排。
本章還有
- up from sideways
完全分不清狀況
- got the hang of
終於摸著門道
- what is now
如今才有的叫法
- retrospective
全是事後回想
- Caveman
拿洞穴人開玩笑：當頭一棍再拖進臥室
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60 句台詞裡標了 31 處
didn't 詞尾輕觸 know，別停住
First thousand years, I didn't know up from sideways.已經有依據的猜測
An informed guess, based on what I've learned in my memories.名詞從句：what 從句作介詞賓語，指他後來知道的事。
An informed guess, based on what I've learned in my memories.幾乎記不起來
Most people can scarcely remember their childhood, but you have memories of that time?一生中最亮的幾段
You know, the high points, the low points, traumas.在腦子裡一直揮之不去
They stick in the mind forever.心裡還會短短抽一下
Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge.終於摸著門道
這句 got the hang of 接在 wouldn't die、一直被追之後，說後來才混進新碰到的人群。看不出是誰在講。不是在顯擺活得久，是被追著逼出來的習慣。
I kept getting chased because I wouldn't die, so I got the hang of joining new groups I found.正在西沉的太陽 這裡用來指西方，不是寫景
Towards the setting sun.如今才有的叫法
這句 what is now 在 I suspect I saw the British isles from what is now the French coast 裡，貼在法國海岸前。看見的是對岸的不列顛群島。語氣是 suspect，只是推測。
I suspect I saw the British isles from what is now the French coast.定語從句：that 修飾 valley，點明深谷被落日擋住。
on the other side of an enormous deep valley that was shadowed by the setting sun.同原先相連的一塊分開
This is before they were separated from the continent by rising seas, as glaciers melted.跟教科書的說法對得上 不是真的寫進書，是說和課本一致
Oh, yeah, into any textbook.聽著就很懂行的回憶
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?條件從句：if 給出當時沒有知識，反問才站得住。
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?gonna 心裡還原 going to，嘴上別拆
Caveman, you gonna hit me over the head with a club and drag me into the bedroom?先把聽到的對齊核實
Let me get this straight.話題指的是這件事
We're not talking about reincarnation.死後再次投胎出生 指又一輪肉身生命，不是宗教重生
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?重音砸在 hell 上，whatever 快帶過去
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?等等不必細說——熟人之間嫌煩省略，正式場合別用
You're not saying that you remember whatever the hell it would be, 200 separate lifetimes, dying and being born again and yada yada?設法不走那一條路
and again, learn and learn, and somehow, John, you just managed to bypass all the other bodies.事後再回頭才能判斷
I can only surmise in retrospect.本事很大的那種存在 指天上的神，不是高大的男人
"There's gotta be some big guys up there.肯定有、少不了——口頭下判斷時用，書面語別寫
"There's gotta be some big guys up there.原因短語：for 表原因：因為不死，他才覺得自己是壞人。
At first I thought there was something wrong with me - maybe I was a bad guy for not dying.是否從句：wonder if 的 if 表示是否，不是如果。
Then I began to wonder if I was cursed or perhaps blessed.行事讓人看不懂原因
God works in mysterious ways.碰巧而已，沒有安排
有人問 Do you still think you do，問的是前面 maybe I had a mission。隨後一句 God works in mysterious ways，再往後是 I think I just happened。看不出三句是不是同一人。just happened 把使命收成碰巧而已，沒有安排。
I think I just happened.重音放在 just，happened 只輕輕落下
I think I just happened.看懂「追問長生只是碰巧」
發音重點
- didn't know — didn't 詞尾輕觸 know，別停住
- you gonna hit — gonna 心裡還原 going to，嘴上別拆
- whatever the hell — 重音砸在 hell 上，whatever 快帶過去
- just happened — 重音放在 just，happened 只輕輕落下
Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge.三歲被人貶低，或是三十五歲被人貶低，心裡仍會抽一下。 三歲和三十五歲被拉平，創傷不按年紀過期，twinge 又輕又準。
How can I have knowledgeable recall if I didn't have knowledge?我當時並沒有那套知識，怎麼會有帶著知識的回憶？ 一個反問卡在兩頭：當時並沒有知識，回憶聽著卻很懂。
All I can do is integrate my recollections with modern findings.我只能把回憶和現代研究的結論對在一起。 不硬撐全知，把舊記憶和現代結論縫上，誠實比神秘有力。
At first I thought there was something wrong with me - maybe I was a bad guy for not dying.起初我覺得自己有毛病——也許正因為不死，才說明我是壞人。 長生被說成汙點，for not dying 把活下來壓成內疚，而不是幸運。
I think I just happened.我覺得我只是碰巧成了這樣。 神、詛咒、使命都鋪過了，happened 把目的清零，輕得發響。
關於這一章的問題
這句是認路還是一團懵？
不是認路。up from sideways 是把 up from down 的 down 換成 sideways，說的是頭一千年完全分不清狀況，連一條能靠的軸都沒有。下一句才問那一千年怎麼知道，回答是 An informed guess，憑後來的記憶做的猜測。
just happened 是剛剛發生還是沒有安排？
不是剛剛發生，句裡沒有剛才這個時間。前面問現在還覺不覺得有使命，接著是 God works in mysterious ways，然後才是 I think I just happened。意思是碰巧而已，沒有安排，把詛咒、保佑和任務都放下。
少了 what is now 會聽成什麼？
會聽成那一側海岸當時就叫法國。what is now 貼在 the French coast 前面，標明如今才有的叫法。少了這三個詞，望見不列顛群島的時候，這個國名就像已經在用。同一段裡，west 也被說成上學才有的詞。
Some 在這裡是含糊還是反話？
是反話，不是含糊。Some 單獨看像某一種，數目好像沒說死。它對著上一句 One lifetime，把就一個說反了：這個一本身就離譜，不是在把一輩子改成好幾段。
retrospective 和懷舊差在哪？
懷舊是想念從前。retrospective 不是想念，意思是全是事後回想。這句緊挨在沒有知識、怎麼會有懂行的回憶之後。學名是後來才貼回去的，這句只說回想，不說當時就懂。
stick in the mind 是什麼意思？「心裡還會一揪」英語怎麼說？
stick in the mind 是一直留在腦子裡。高峰、低谷和創傷會永遠留著，原句是 They stick in the mind forever。心裡還會一揪說 feel a twinge，原句是 Put down at 3 or 35, you still feel a twinge，三歲和三十五歲都算。
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第 2 章itchy feet塑膠杯裡敬告別
第 3 章pan out丟擲洞穴人假設
第 4 章a day over笑他看著頂多九百歲
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第 6 章You can't go home again問到故地已經不在
第 7 章almost wish it were true講到佛陀卻沒說破
第 8 章no way to disprove屋裡對質怪故事
第 9 章So much for盤問自稱洞穴人的男子
第 10 章I never said否認不死只承認老
第 11 章survivor's guilt從怕死問到愧疚
第 12 章on the ropes喪妻後追問到掏槍
第 13 章a touch of senility追問長生故事破綻
第 14 章no need of that hypothesis信仰追問逼到身份
第 15 章have something in mind眾人爭論耶穌往事
第 16 章the jury is still out耶穌問題被原樣送回
第 17 章If I said no否認神蹟把選擇拋回
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