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否認不死只承認老:I never said

有人把槍的假設遞到面前,問是不是不死、這一下扛不扛得住。一句 I never said(那是你加的詞)把話拉回來,收成 just old(只不過是老了而已)。別人替你把結論說滿時,先劃掉多加的那半句。

發生了什麼

活再久,也不能 in advance of(超前於)他那個時代。後面有人說,鐘的 objective referent(真正指到的物件)仍是另一隻鍾。再往後,outside of time(不在已知時間裡)只是一句猜測。有人假設開槍,問是不是不死。回答用 I never said(那是你加的詞),收成 just old(只不過是老了而已)。別人替你把結論說滿,就用它把多加的半句還回去。槍響之後還得熬完的那一段,用 the rest of your incarcerated life(被關起來的餘生)。問一件說不清的事,用 make of(怎麼理解)。

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這場戲看什麼

  • 聽他怎麼把永生縮回「只是老」
  • 量時間那句四個can't,重音落在哪
  • 後院那句表面關心其實在損

留意這幾個短語

in advance ofpreconceptionsobjective referentoutside of time

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本章短語

I never said

那是你加的詞that wording was yours, not mine

對方把開槍說成假設,問他會不會死。他用 I never said 把口徑收回:沒說過永生,只承認自己老。語氣短,不再解釋。

I never said the client approved it, just that they read the draft.我可沒說客戶批准了,只說他們看過草稿。

本章還有

  • in advance of

    超前於,走在前面

  • preconceptions

    事先就有的成見

  • objective referent

    真正指到的物件

  • outside of time

    不在已知時間裡

  • the rest of your incarcerated life

    被關起來的餘生

本章全部批註

52 句台詞裡標了 31 處

短語 · B1no matter how long

無論拉得多長,結論也不變

No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.
短語 · C1in advance of something

超前於,走在前面

開場這句不先講一萬四千年。有人用 in advance of 把上限說死:活再久也走不到自己時代前面。語氣平,像在定一條規矩。

No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.
語法 · B1No matter how long a man lives

讓步狀語:讓步把壽命放到多長都行,主句的不能超前仍然成立。

No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.
發音can't be in

can't的t輕輕帶過,別在be前頓住

No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.
短語 · C1the best of a group

這一群裡最頂尖的那些人 這裡 race 是人類,不是賽跑。

He can't know more than the best of the race knows,
語法 · B2more than the best of the race knows

比較從句:than後面是完整小句,比的是最頂尖的人已經知道的。

He can't know more than the best of the race knows,
短語 · B2the world learns something

世人那時才得知 這裡 world 是世人,不是那顆星球。

if that- I mean, when the world learned it was round, you learned it.
短語 · A2take some time

這件事花了一陣子

It took some time.
俚語 · B2fancy

挺先進、挺講究——閒聊誇東西講究可以用,正式論文別用。

News traveled slowly before communications were fancy.
短語 · B2social obstacles

社會給人們設下的阻礙

There were social obstacles, preconceptions, screams from the church.
短語 · B1make someone something

把我變成天才

Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius.
短語 · B1have time

有時間可用來做事

I just had time.
發音we can't measure

重音留給每個can't,動詞輕輕跟上

We can't see it, we can't hear it, we can't weigh it, we can't measure it in a laboratory.
短語 · C1a subjective sense of something

主觀上的那種感覺

It's a subjective sense of becoming what we are
短語 · B2see something as something

把時間看成某種模樣

The Hopis see time as a landscape, existing before and behind us, and we move... we move through it,
語法 · B2existing before and behind us

後置分詞:分詞短語貼在風景後,說明它在我們前後都存在著。

The Hopis see time as a landscape, existing before and behind us, and we move... we move through it,
短語 · B1have got to do with someone

跟他到底有什麼關係

How very interesting. What has it got to do with John?
短語 · B2as we know it

按我們熟悉的樣子來說

Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.
語法 · B1who lives outside of time

定語從句:who從句限定前面的人,指活在已知時間之外。

Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.
發音of time as

of和as都收輕,time留得清楚

Oh, he- he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it.
短語 · B2go around + state

平時走來走去都帶著武器

People do go around armed these days.
短語 · B1just + adjective

只不過是老了而已 just 是僅僅,不是剛才。

I never said I was immortal, just old.
短語 · B1the rest of something

從今往後還剩下的全部

And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.
短語 · C1an incarcerated life

關在牢裡度過的那一生

And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.
語法 · B1what you shot

賓語從句:what you shot整個做wonder的賓語,猜的是打中了什麼。

And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.
發音rest of your

rest尾音送進of,your別壓重

And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.
俚語 · B2a bit much

有點太過分——熟人嫌過分時輕點一句,對上司別用。

Will, that was a bit much.
短語 · C1innate nature

天生就有、改不了的本性

But there is always innate nature.
短語 · B2make of something

怎麼理解,作何看法

星星還在話裡,有人問原始人當初 make of 它們什麼。不是問做成了工具,是問他們怎麼看那些光。

And what did primitive man make of them?
短語 · B1wish something would end

盼著某件事快點結束

Have you ever wished it would end?
短語 · B2survive them all

這些坎全部都熬過去了

You've survived them all.

看懂「否認不死只承認老」

發音重點

  • can't be in — can't的t輕輕帶過,別在be前頓住
  • we can't measure — 重音留給每個can't,動詞輕輕跟上
  • of time as — of和as都收輕,time留得清楚
  • rest of your — rest尾音送進of,your別壓重
No matter how long a man lives, he can't be in advance of his times.

無論一個人活多久,都無法走在自己時代的前面。 先把壽命放行,再用一句can't把「超前於時代」堵死。

Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius.

活了一萬四千年,也沒把我變成天才。 先承認離譜的年頭,再親手拿掉天才這個頭銜。

The objective referent of clock is another clock.

時鐘的客觀所指,不過是另一隻時鐘。 用迴圈定義拆掉「時鐘可以量時間」:所指仍是另一隻鍾。短,而且狠。

I never said I was immortal, just old.

我從沒說過自己永生,只不過是老。 對方要的是永生,他只退到一個更小、更難反駁的字。

And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.

然後你就可以用剩下的牢獄人生,去猜自己打中的究竟是什麼。 不接槍的挑戰,把對方的餘生改寫成監禁裡的猜測。

關於這一章的問題

I never said 是什麼意思?

意思是「那是你加的詞」。整句是 I never said I was immortal, just old,把 immortal 拿掉,只留下 old。別人替你把結論說滿時,用它把多出來的半句還回去。

「超前於」英語怎麼說?

說 in advance of,意思是超前於,也可以說走在前面。後面接被超過的範圍,這裡是時代、階段,不是鐘點。臺詞是人無論活多久,都不能 in advance of his times。

the rest of your incarcerated life 在這裡指什麼?

the rest of your incarcerated life 是「被關起來的餘生」。臺詞說,你可以在被關起來的餘生裡琢磨自己打中了什麼。指的是關起來之後還剩下的那段日子,不是一句空泛的以後。

outside of time 適合什麼時候用?

意思是「不在已知時間裡」。適合用來猜想某人的存在方式落在已知時間之外,並保留 might。臺詞是 he might be a man who lives outside of time as we know it,只是猜測,不是定論。

make of 是什麼意思?

意思是「怎麼理解」,也可以說「作何看法」。臺詞是 And what did primitive man make of them,them 是前面的星星。下一句只是 A great mystery,一個天大的謎。你想問別人怎麼理解一件說不清的事,可以用 make of。

squatting in the backyard 為什麼聽著刺耳?

字面是蹲在後院裡。上一句剛說本性還在,這句把更舒服接到這個姿勢上,其實把表面的關心說反了。刺耳的是這個畫面,不是 more comfortable 本身。後文有 Sometimes I do,也有抬頭看星星。問句沒有把對方定罪。

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