這場戲：旅館裡被拉去講座
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美國小說家馬丁斯剛到維也納，就被克拉賓拉去給文化處做講座，好換來對方 put me up（留宿）。他直接 It's a deal（一言為定），把住的事談定；緊接著庫爾茨男爵來電，說自己是哈里·萊姆的朋友，約他見面。想學談條件、安排住處時的口語，這幾句都很實用。
夸人讀過「不少」：quite a few
quite a few 不少、好些pick them up 拿起來、撿起put them down 放下
hunted down 是「一路追捕」
Heard of 聽說過某人around the corner 就在拐角、附近hunted down 一路追捕、窮追不捨It's a deal 一言為定、成交
美國西部小說家馬丁斯初到維也納，就被領進一家軍方旅館。一位中士讀過他 quite a few（不少）本書，把他引薦給總司令部文化處的克拉賓；克拉賓想請他在週三的講座上講話，事成之後可以 put me up（留宿）他。馬丁斯一算划算，回了句 It's a deal（一言為定）。正說著，電話裡來了庫爾茨男爵，自稱是哈里·萊姆的朋友，約他見面。等人時，馬丁斯還講起自己小說裡那個 hunt someone down（一路追捕）害人治安官的主角，話裡有話。想學談條件、安排住宿、打聽來歷時用的口語，這幾句都用得上。
A1–C2 是歐標等級。點一個等級後，比它高的卡片會變淡，播放到那裡不會自動暫停。
“You can pick them up and put them down anytime.”
你隨時都能拿起來，也隨時能放下。
一句話說盡這類小說最討喜的地方：不費神，隨時進出。
You can ... anytime.
誇某樣東西方便、不佔時間時能用；對嚴肅作品或正式場合別這麼說。
You can dip in and out whenever you like. ／ It's easy to start and easy to leave.
口語
pick them up 連讀，put them down 輕快收尾。
You can start it and stop it anytime. 你隨時都能點開聽，也隨時能關掉。
“That what you say to people after death? "Goodness, that's awkward"?”
人死了你就跟人說這個？“天哪，這可就尷尬了”？
把對方的客套原話扔回去，尷尬瞬間變成控訴。
That what you say ...?
要戳破別人敷衍的套話時能用；對剛喪親的人別說這種挖苦。
Is that what you tell the bereaved? ／ You really say that to someone who just died?
口語
That what 連讀，引號裡的 awkward 重讀。
That what you say when someone loses a job? 人家丟了工作你就說這個？
“I was going to stay with him, but he died Thursday.”
我本來要住他那兒的，可他週四死了。
計劃被死亡一句掐斷，平淡語氣反而更冷。
I was going to ..., but ...
講計劃落空、被意外打斷時能用；說別人的死訊要慎用這種平淡口氣。
I meant to stay with him, but he passed on Thursday. ／ We had plans, and then he died Thursday.
中性
going to 連讀成 gonna，but he died 輕讀帶過。
I was going to visit her, but she moved away. 我本來要去看她，可她搬走了。
“It's a story about a man who hunted down a sheriff who was victimizing his best friend.”
講的是一個人追查一個治安官，那治安官一直在害他最好的朋友。
兩個定語疊在一起，把小說和現實裡的復仇對照擺明。
It's a story about a man who ...
介紹一本書或一部片子的情節時能用；正式書評裡要寫得更完整。
It's about a man chasing the sheriff who wronged his friend. ／ The book follows a man after the man who ruined his friend.
中性
who hunted down a 連讀，victimizing 重音在首音節。
It's a story about a woman who rebuilt her hometown. 講的是一個女人重建家鄉的故事。
“I'm gunning just the same way for your Major Callaghan.”
我也正用同樣的法子對付你們那位卡拉漢少校。
當眾宣佈自己的復仇計劃，還故意叫錯名字來示威。
I'm gunning for ...
半開玩笑地放話要對付某人時能用；職場和正式場合絕對別說。
I'm coming after your major the same way. ／ I've got the same score to settle with him.
口語
gunning 重讀，just the same way 連讀。
I'm gunning for that promotion this year. 今年我盯上那個升職名額了。
“If I do this lecture business, you'll put me up here a while?”
要是我去講這個座，你就能讓我在這兒住一陣子？
把幫忙說成交換條件，坦蕩裡透著算計，很馬丁斯。
If I do ..., you'll ...?
談條件、講交換時能用；跟朋友提要求這樣直白會顯得計較。
If I give the talk, will you put me up for a while? ／ Do the lecture, and I get to stay a while?
口語
If I do 連讀，put me up 連成一串。
If I cook tonight, you'll do the dishes? 我今晚做飯，你洗碗，行不行？
下一章 · 03be up to something打算幹什麼這場戲：咖啡館裡套話與圓謊意思是「一言為定、成交」，談妥條件後用來敲定。原句 It's a deal 是馬丁斯答應去講座、換住宿時的回應，口語裡很常用。
說 put someone up，比如 put me up here a while，就是「讓我在這兒住一陣」。原句裡馬丁斯正是拿講座換這個住宿。
指一路追捕、窮追不捨，直到把人逮住。原句裡說的是小說主角追查一個害人治安官，馬丁斯借它暗示自己要對付卡拉漢少校。
說 quite a few，後接可數名詞複數。原句 I've read quite a few of your books，就是「我讀過您好幾本書」，是有人追捧他時的說法。
是「胡說、瞎講」，用來否定對方的自謙或說法，語氣不重。原句 Oh, nonsense，是克拉賓聽到對方說沒人認識他時的回應。
