這場戲：住進破屋講鬼故事
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塔克和戴爾興奮地參觀剛買下的度假屋，嘴上說這是 a fixer-upper（待修的破房子），心裡卻是 Dreams really do come true（夢想真的會成真）。鏡頭一轉，一群大學生圍著篝火，有人要講 The Memorial Day Massacre（紀念日大屠殺），一句 little did they know（萬萬沒想到）把氣氛拉滿。想學怎麼講恐怖故事，這段很帶勁。
「待修的破房子」：fixer-upper（待修屋）
fixer-upper 待修的破房子news junkie 新聞迷、看新聞上癮的人come true 成真、實現
❝ 獨白 · 5 句 「他們萬萬沒想到」：little did they know（萬萬沒想到）
have a good time 玩得開心、過得愉快just like us 就跟我們一樣little did they know 他們萬萬沒想到
塔克和戴爾剛買下一座度假屋，進門就驚呆：一句 It's a mansion（這是座豪宅），雖然只是 a little dusty（有點落灰）。他們猜以前住這兒的是 an archaeologist or something（考古學家之類的）、是個 news junkie（新聞迷），還翻出買三送二的舊熱狗券，直呼 Score（賺到了）。塔克感嘆 I cannot believe that I am standing in my own vacation home（不敢相信自己站在自己的度假屋裡），說 Dreams really do come true（夢想真的會成真）。另一邊，一群大學生圍著篝火，有人提議講個恐怖故事，查克丟擲一句 little did they know（他們萬萬沒想到），要講 The Memorial Day Massacre（陣亡將士紀念日大屠殺）。想學看房、感嘆、講故事的表達，這些都用得上。
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。
“Dreams really do come true.”
夢想真的會成真。
房子破成那樣，戴爾還是把這句話說得鄭重其事，反差特別動人。
Dreams really do come true.
圓夢時刻鄭重地說時用；日常也能反著調侃別人。
Dreams do come true. ／ Some dreams really do come true.
中性
really do 重讀，come true 連讀，句尾輕輕收。
Dreams really do come true; I got into my first-choice school. 夢想真的會成真，我被第一志願錄取了。
“I cannot believe that I am standing in my own vacation home right now.”
我簡直不敢相信，我現在就站在自己的度假屋裡。
用最正式的完整句說最寒酸的現實，老實人圓夢的鄭重全在裡面。
I can't believe that I am ... right now.
圓夢、第一次做某事時激動地說；口語書面都能用。
I can't believe I'm actually here. ／ I never thought I'd see this day.
中性
cannot believe that 連讀，standing in 輕帶，right now 稍重。
I can't believe that I am standing in Paris right now. 我簡直不敢相信，我現在就站在巴黎。
“- Well, it's just a little dusty is all. - It's a mansion!”
——就是有點落灰罷了。——這是座豪宅啊！
一個嫌小一個叫豪宅，兩句放一起就把兩人的性格差全抖出來了。
It's just a little ... is all.
輕描淡寫地說某事不算什麼時用；口語裡很常見。
It's just a bit dusty, that's all. ／ Nothing a little cleaning won't fix.
口語
a little 連讀，is all 輕收，mansion 上揚。
It's just a little old is all; it still has good bones. 就是有點舊罷了，底子還好。
“This story happened right here, right in these very woods.”
這事就發生在這一帶，就在這片樹林裡。
重複 right 把鬼故事釘在現場，聽的人後背發涼。
It happened right here, right in ...
講親身經歷、強調就在眼前時用；正式敘述裡少見。
It happened right here where we're standing. ／ This all went down in this very spot.
中性
right here 和 right in 都重讀，very 加重。
The accident happened right here, right on this corner. 那場車禍就發生在這兒，就在這個路口。
“but little did they know that they weren't the only ones in these here woods.”
可他們萬萬沒想到，這片林子裡還有別人。
倒裝一句把懸念吊足，是英文講鬼故事最經典的收尾。
Little did they know that ...
講故事、抖包袱的場合用；正式寫作裡極少見，別硬套。
They had no idea that ... ／ What they didn't know was that ...
literary
Little did 連讀，weren't the only ones 平穩帶過。
Little did we know that the deadline had already passed. 我們萬萬沒想到截止日期早就過了。
This story happened right here, right in these very woods. The Memorial Day Massacre. How a bunch of college kids... just like us... they came out here to have a good time... but little did they know that they weren't the only ones in these here woods.
這事就發生在這一帶，就在這片樹林裡。 陣亡將士紀念日大屠殺。 一幫大學生……就跟咱們一樣…… 他們來這兒是想好好玩玩…… 可他們萬萬沒想到，這片林子裡還有別人。
下一章 · 04cut from a different cloth與眾不同這場戲：夜裡湖邊被堵住搭訕指「待修的破房子」，就是買來需要翻修、價格通常更便宜的房子。塔克和戴爾就這麼自嘲自己的度假屋。
Dreams really do come true。do 在這裡是加強語氣，表示「真的會」，比只說 Dreams come true 更有感情。
意思是「他們萬萬沒想到」，常出現在講故事、電影旁白裡，用來說當事人不知道後面要出大事。
意思是「新聞迷、看新聞上癮的人」。junkie 本指有毒癮的人，引申為對某事極度沉迷的人。
在口語裡常表示「賺到了、太棒了」，看到便宜或意外收穫時脫口而出，不一定是比賽得分。
