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問到故地已經不在:You can't go home again

問五歲住哪,答小石城;從家去市場往哪邊,答不上,只記得加油站和空地。今天回去已經蓋滿。You can't go home again(故地已非,回不去)補的是原因:那兒不在了。後頭還有 Think what I've had to unlearn(把學過的再丟掉)。老街變了、人又要走,這兩句比只說「變了」清楚。

發生了什麼

搬家的箱子還沒搬完,有人卻偏要接著聽。先給的理由只是有幾分道理(a certain amount of sense),不是全對,只是有一段說得通。緊接著點出荒唐的前提(absurd premises):出發點可以很怪,步驟仍整齊。後頭用童年住址來問:五歲住小石城,從家去市場往哪邊答不上,記住的是加油站和空地,今天回去一定蓋滿。You can't go home again(故地已非,回不去)補上俗語的原因,是那個地方已經不在。覺得對方只對了一截、想說前提站不住、或是老地方蓋滿了,這幾句都能派上用場。

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a certain amount of senseabsurd premisesstuck in your mindYou can't go home again

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本章短語

You can't go home again

故地已非,回不去the old home no longer exists

空地已經蓋滿,接著一句是 You can't go home again。不是抒情,是給俗語補原因:地方沒了,原來的問題不成立。語氣平靜。

You can't go home again; our street is a parking garage now.回不去了,咱們那條街現在是停車場。

本章還有

  • a certain amount of sense

    有幾分道理

  • absurd premises

    荒唐的前提

  • stuck in your mind

    留在記憶裡

  • unlearn

    把學過的再丟掉

  • passed as

    冒充並被當真

本章全部批註

80 句台詞裡標了 30 處

短語 · B1done with something

這事不是已經談完了嗎

Come on, I thought we were done with that.
短語 · B2a certain amount of something

有幾分道理

有人想收話題,對面不肯。a certain amount of sense 不是說他全對,只承認有一段推得通,值得再聽。語氣是留人,不是宣判。

Besides, I think he's making a certain amount of sense.
發音amount of sense

amount的尾音貼住of,of不要單獨成拍

Besides, I think he's making a certain amount of sense.
短語 · C1absurd premises

荒唐的前提

上一句剛說有幾分道理,這句把黑格爾抬出來。absurd premises 指出發點可以荒唐,步驟卻很整齊。語氣像冷幽默,不是罵人瘋。

Like Hegel. Logic from absurd premises.
短語 · B1work with one's hands

靠雙手幹活,不坐著動嘴

I like to work with my hands.
發音would have loved

have輕輕一帶,別和would、loved同樣重

He would have loved them, though.
短語 · C1tepid lectures

聽了也不熱、提不起勁的課 tepid本義不燙不涼,這裡說課平淡

I learned that in- professor Hensen's tepid lectures.
發音Little Rock

Little中間的t輕輕一彈,別咬死停住

Little Rock.
短語 · B2stick in one's mind

留在記憶裡

方向和距離問過之後,下一句是 Were there any references that stuck in your mind? stuck in your mind 是留在記憶裡。references 才是路上的參照,不是地圖上的街名。

Were there any references that stuck in your mind?
語法 · B1that stuck in your mind

定語從句:that修飾references,指定留在記憶裡的那些標記。

Were there any references that stuck in your mind?
短語 · B2be built up

空地被房子蓋滿,舊樣沒了 不是情緒積著,是房子把空地蓋滿

No. I'm sure it's all different and built up.
短語 · C1go home again

老家那個樣子已經不在,人回不去 不是有人攔路,沒了的是五歲時的市場和空地

Thus the saying "You can't go home again" Because it isn't there anymore.
短語 · C1on one's scale

按自己的尺度來想 不是地圖比例尺,是按他自己的尺度

Picture it on my scale-
短語 · C1urban sprawl

城市沒有邊界地往外鋪

My eye sees freeways, urban sprawl, Big Macs under the Eiffel tower.
短語 · A2bigger and bigger

一次比一次更大,停不下來

Early on, the world got bigger and bigger, and then...
短語 · B2move on

離開原地,換個地方重新開始 不是換到下一話題,是離開原地、另起一段

As you've said, there's talk of my not aging, And when that happens, I move on.
語法 · C1my not aging

動名詞否定:my not aging把不老收成話題,不是眼前的動作。

As you've said, there's talk of my not aging, And when that happens, I move on.
短語 · C1set up an identity

事先準備好下一套能用的身份

Well, it might make sense to set up your next identity,
短語 · C1pass as someone

讓別人把你當成你自己的兒子 不是考試通過,是別人真把你當成那個人

I've done that a few times, even passed as my own son.
俚語 · B2busted

穿幫被抓住——熟人講穿幫可以用,文書和對警察別用

On the other hand, I've been busted a few times.
短語 · C1fake an application

政府申請材料是造的

Spent a year in jail, Belgium, 1862 - I won't forget that - for faking a government application.
語法 · B2I won't forget that

插入語:破折號裡先插一句不忘,主線仍是偽造申請坐牢。

Spent a year in jail, Belgium, 1862 - I won't forget that - for faking a government application.
發音When'd you come

When'd把did收成很短的d,嘴別重開

When'd you come to America?
短語 · A2right after something

緊接在某事之後,中間幾乎不隔

1890, right after Van Gogh's death, With some French immigrants...
短語 · B2not what someone thought

不是你們心裡那個我

Wanted to say good-bye to you as me, not what you thought I was.
短語 · B1give someone a hand

搭把手幫忙

上一句是 I've got boxes to move,還有箱子要搬。下一句是 I'll give you a hand。give you a hand 是搭把手幫忙,幫眼前的活,不是把一隻手遞過去。

I'll give you a hand.
短語 · C1a memento to something

給自己的起點留的一件紀念

As a memento to your beginnings, even if you didn't have the concept of beginnings?
語法 · C1even if you didn't have the concept of beginnings

讓步從句:even if先讓步:就算沒有開始這個概念,仍要問為何留著。

As a memento to your beginnings, even if you didn't have the concept of beginnings?
發音could have lied

重音落在lied上,could have快速帶過

You could have lied about that.
短語 · A2while someone is gone

趁我離開、人不在場的時候

Don't talk about me while I'm gone.

看懂「問到故地已經不在」

發音重點

  • amount of sense — amount的尾音貼住of,of不要單獨成拍
  • would have loved — have輕輕一帶,別和would、loved同樣重
  • Little Rock — Little中間的t輕輕一彈,別咬死停住
  • When'd you come — When'd把did收成很短的d,嘴別重開
Thus the saying "You can't go home again" Because it isn't there anymore.

所以才有那句“你回不了家”,因為那個家已經不在了。 俗語後面把原因說死:回不去是因為地方沒了。

My eye sees freeways, urban sprawl, Big Macs under the Eiffel tower.

我的眼睛看見的是高速路、攤開的城區,還有埃菲爾鐵塔下的巨無霸。 三個當今物象並置,把“現在”砸實,具體到品牌。

Think what I've had to unlearn.

想想我不得不丟掉多少曾經當真的東西。 短句把聽眾拉進來算賬,比“我忘了多少”更狠。

I've done that a few times, even passed as my own son.

這種事我做過幾次,甚至冒充過自己的兒子。 even把更出格的一步輕輕帶出,聽完卻讓人停住。

Wanted to say good-bye to you as me, not what you thought I was.

我想以我自己的樣子跟你們告別,而不是你們以為的那個人。 他說 as me,要對上的是你們所以為的那個人,這句告別其實是在揭開身份。

You could have lied about that.

這件事你本來可以撒謊的。 不誇誠實,只點出他放棄了更容易的謊。

關於這一章的問題

You can't go home again 是什麼意思?

意思是「故地已非,回不去」。問今天回去會不會還是老樣子,回答是 No. I'm sure it's all different and built up(肯定全變了,房子蓋滿)。接著才說 You can't go home again,並補 because it isn't there anymore:那個地方已經不在了。不是有人攔著不讓回。

unlearn 和 forget 怎麼選?

forget 是記不住。unlearn 是把學過的舊知識、舊習慣主動丟掉。原句是 Think what I've had to unlearn(想想我得把多少舊認知丟掉)。前面記憶還停在森林、高山、苔原和峽谷,眼睛看見的卻是高速公路和鋪開的城區;世界起初越來越大,然後才輪到這句。記得很清,才要丟掉,不是忘了。

busted 在這裡是什麼意思?

口語裡是被抓、被逮到,不是正式的逮捕用語。前一句說能省掉資格證明,這一句是 On the other hand, I've been busted a few times(不過我也被抓過幾次)。下一句提到 1862 年在比利時因偽造政府申請坐了一年牢。臺詞看不出是不是同一個人在補同一次舊賬。朋友之間講自己被發現,可以說 I got busted。

give you a hand 是在遞一隻手,還是搭把手幫忙?

不是遞一隻手。give you a hand 是搭把手,幫眼前的活。上一句是 I've got boxes to move,還有箱子要搬,下一句才是 I'll give you a hand。把話題岔開的是搬箱子那句,這個說法只管幫忙。

tepid lectures 形容什麼樣的課?

tepid 是不冷不熱。tepid lectures 就是聽了也不熱、提不起勁的課。臺詞裡先說地理又沒變,緊挨著就提到教授那些不鹹不淡的課。形容課、會、講話溫吞,比只說「無聊」具體,聽的人提不起精神。

「靠雙手幹活」英語怎麼說?

說 work with my hands。有人說那時候叫雅克·伯恩,養豬的。下一句有人問是不是養豬的。再下一句 I like to work with my hands,就是喜歡動手幹活。介紹手藝和體力活可以用,別拿去形容只是打字。

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