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.The Man from Earth · 2007 — 第 10 / 18 章 · 2'35" · C1
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。
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)。
這場戲看什麼
留意這幾個短語
in advance ofpreconceptionsobjective referentoutside of time
本章短語
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。
超前於,走在前面
事先就有的成見
真正指到的物件
不在已知時間裡
被關起來的餘生
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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.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.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.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.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,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,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.這件事花了一陣子
It took some time.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.社會給人們設下的阻礙
There were social obstacles, preconceptions, screams from the church.把我變成天才
Living 14,000 years didn't make me a genius.有時間可用來做事
I just had time.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.主觀上的那種感覺
It's a subjective sense of becoming what we are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,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,跟他到底有什麼關係
How very interesting. What has it got to do with John?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.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.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.平時走來走去都帶著武器
People do go around armed these days.只不過是老了而已 just 是僅僅,不是剛才。
I never said I was immortal, just old.從今往後還剩下的全部
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.關在牢裡度過的那一生
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what 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.rest尾音送進of,your別壓重
And then you could wonder the rest of your incarcerated life what you shot.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.天生就有、改不了的本性
But there is always innate nature.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?盼著某件事快點結束
Have you ever wished it would end?這些坎全部都熬過去了
You've survived them all.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。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。
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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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
第 5 章just happened追問長生只是碰巧
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
正在看 · 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
第 18 章chasing our tails故事收場追問真名