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盤問自稱洞穴人的男子:So much for

有人被追問是不是洞穴人,先答自己是克羅馬農人;問留疤,一句 I don't scar(我不會留疤)就把話擋回去。有人提議 at face value(先按字面當真)往下談。想聊懷疑、信任和不肯自證,這幾句都能用。

發生了什麼

一屋子人圍著一名男子追問:他自稱克羅馬農人,卻說不出史前得過什麼病,只提到肺炎、傷寒、黃熱病、天花和黑死病;有人要他去做醫學檢查,話頭轉到防備和信任。有人提議先 take it at face value(先按字面當真),再往下探討;隨後一句 Walls have ears(隔牆有耳,話會被聽見),把私下說話會不會被聽去擺上檯面。爭論從留疤、常識一路走到永生者是否真的無所不知,最後一句 So much for(這個說法到此為止)給所謂無所不知的神話潑了冷水。想聊懷疑、隱私和拒絕自證,這些說法都能直接用。

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So much for

這個說法到此為止that grand idea is finished

前面剛承認老學位跟不上新東西,連本專業也一樣;這句用 So much for(這個說法到此為止)把「超智慧的全知不死者」從桌上清掉,像在收束這場吵。

So much for the idea that a longer meeting fixes a bad plan.開會更久就能修好爛計劃?這套可以收了。

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  • lie on the couch

    躺上心理醫生的沙發

  • at face value

    先按字面當真

  • leery of

    提防,不太敢靠近

  • Walls have ears

    隔牆有耳,話會被聽見

  • not as crazy as

    沒瘋到你以為我瘋的程度

本章全部批註

78 句台詞裡標了 31 處

發音sure about

sure 重讀,about 輕輕帶過

No, I'm sure about that.
短語 · B1give someone a name

給這一類人正式起了學名 them 指克羅馬農人,不是在給聽話的人起外號

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
語法 · B2when anthropology gave them a name

時間狀語從句:兩個 when 從句只點出命名的時刻,結論在最後那句我有了名字。

When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.
短語 · B1have more to say

還有更多話要說

I'm sure you must have more to say.
短語 · B1as much as anyone

跟普通人一樣多,並不少見

Sure, as much as anyone.
短語 · B1get over something

病已經過去,人緩過來了 不是心情上想開,是傷寒、黃熱病這些病好了

Last few hundred years, I've gotten over typhoid, yellow fever,
短語 · B2take something at face value

先按字面當真

有人說不結疤不可能之後,有人出來圓場,請大家先把這套說法 at face value(先按字面當真)接住,再順著這個角度談;是在勸架,不是已經相信。

Please, let's take John's story at face value and explore it from that perspective.
短語 · B2no stranger than something

跟其餘那些一樣離奇,並不更怪 the rest 指他已經講過的長生和患病,不是屋裡其餘的人

If he doesn't scar, it's no stranger than the rest.
短語 · B2friendly neighborhood + role

裝出鄰家專家的親切口氣 不是真在介紹鄰居,是把做檢查說得很親切

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
短語 · B2suffer a few tests

硬著頭皮接受幾項檢查 suffer 不是大難臨頭,是忍著做檢查,帶點自嘲

John, would you please stop by my lab, suffer a few tests from your friendly neighborhood biologist.
短語 · B1figure someone out

把我這個人徹底研究明白 不是情感上理解我,是被當成標本研究清楚

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
發音me out

me 和 out 之間滑一個輕 y,別斷開

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.
俚語 · A2wanna

want to 的口語縮略——朋友間隨口說,書面和彙報別用

I don't wanna prove it.
短語 · C1the yarn of the century

能吹成世紀奇談的一套故事 yarn 不是毛線,是口頭上的胡謅長故事

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
語法 · B2the yarn of the century

同位語:逗號中間這截同位語,是在給 this 換個更刻薄的名字。

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?
短語 · B1shouldn't have expected someone to

本不該指望對方會那樣

I guess I shouldn't have expected you to.
語法 · C1as you think I am

比較從句:as 後面比的不是你多瘋,而是你以為我有多瘋。

You're not as crazy as you think I am.
短語 · B2remain courteous to someone

就算不贊同,也維持禮貌

I think we should remain courteous to someone who we've known and trusted, Edith.
短語 · B2laugh at someone inside

臉上不笑,心裡在笑話我們

Are you laughing at us inside?
短語 · B2offend common sense

跟基本常理衝突,讓人沒法信

What you're saying - it offends common sense.
短語 · B1the way something works

自然規律本來就是這樣運轉

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
語法 · C1So does relativity

倒裝承接:So does 用倒裝承接上一句的「違反常理」,意思是相對論也一樣違反常理。

So does relativity, quantum mechanics- That's the way nature works.
語法 · B2If you lived as long as John did

虛擬條件:lived 用過去式表沒發生的長壽,wouldn't 說那樣也長不大。

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
發音wouldn't grow

wouldn't 的 t 可輕吞,再接 grow

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.
俚語 · A2guys

大夥,叫同輩——叫熟人或同輩,對師長別用

Come on, guys. Take it easy.
短語 · B2behind the times

落在時代後面,知識過時了

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
發音a little behind

little 的 t 可輕彈,別咬死

I got my biology degree at Oxford in 1840, So I'm a little behind the times.
短語 · B1keep up with something

跟上不斷冒出來的新東西

The same in other areas- I can't keep up with the new stuff that comes along.
短語 · B2so much for something

這個說法到此為止

前面剛承認老學位跟不上新東西,連本專業也一樣;這句用 So much for(這個說法到此為止)把「超智慧的全知不死者」從桌上清掉,像在收束這場吵。

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
發音So much for

重音放在 much,for 輕收

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.
短語 · B1see someone's point

明白你的觀點,認同這一點

I see your point, John.

看懂「盤問自稱洞穴人的男子」

發音重點

  • sure about — sure 重讀,about 輕輕帶過
  • me out — me 和 out 之間滑一個輕 y,別斷開
  • wouldn't grow — wouldn't 的 t 可輕吞,再接 grow
  • a little behind — little 的 t 可輕彈,別咬死
When the Cro-Magnon was first identified, when anthropology gave them a name, I had mine.

克羅馬農人第一次被辨認出來、人類學給他們起了名的時候,我也就有了自己的名字。 兩個 when 疊出認名的時刻,名字不是自封的,是學科後來替他安上的。

Afraid I might go in and stay for a thousand years while cigarette smoking men try to figure me out.

就怕我一進去就待上一千年,一群抽菸的人拼命要把我研究明白。 體檢被說成千年關押,香菸這個細節把恐懼畫實,誇張卻不空。

So you're telling us this, the yarn of the century, And you don't care if we believe it or not?

所以你跟我們講這個、這個世紀級的奇談,而我們信不信你都無所謂? yarn 把故事貶成胡謅,of the century 又把它抬到最大,質問裡帶著受傷。

You're not as crazy as you think I am.

你沒瘋到你以為我瘋的那個地步。 它不直接回罵,而是拿「你以為我瘋」當尺子,再量對方瘋不瘋。

If you lived as long as John did, you still wouldn't grow up.

就算你活得跟約翰一樣久,你照樣長不大。 先把長壽讓給你,再宣佈你照樣長不大,壽數和成熟被拆開。

So much for the myth of the super-wise, all-knowing immortal.

所謂超級智慧、全知的不死者神話,到此為止。 so much for 一句就把全知不死的神話掃下桌,像結論不像感嘆。

關於這一章的問題

at face value 是什麼意思?

就是先按字面當真,不先驗真假。戲裡有人提議先把這套說法照單全收,再從這個角度往下探討。

「隔牆有耳,話會被聽見」英語怎麼說?

Walls have ears. 戲裡有人先問「你不會覺得我會出賣你吧」,回的就是這句:牆也有耳朵,私下說的話可能被聽去。

leery of 後面一般接什麼?

leery of 是「提防,不太敢靠近」,後面接讓人不放心的事物;戲裡說 leery of labs(對實驗室不放心),就是這個用法。

So much for 是什麼語氣?

常帶一點諷刺,表示某個說法或期待到此為止。戲裡用它收束「永生者無所不知」的神話,等於說也不過如此。

「對某事嗤之以鼻」英語怎麼說?

thumb your nose (at something)。戲裡說找不出對方故事的破綻,只能對它做這個動作,也就是嗤之以鼻。

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