這場戲：開場對著鏡頭大罵人類
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鮑里斯一開場就對著鏡頭開炮：人類自以為是好人，可 we're a failed species（我們是個失敗的物種），活法只有 Whatever works（管用就行）。他不忘提醒觀眾，this is not the feel-good movie of the year（這不是讓人舒心的電影），撐不住就去做足底按摩。想學怎麼用一串吐槽逗住觀眾，這段獨白是範本。
a fatal flaw（致命缺陷）
big money 油水大、很能賺錢the God racket 拿上帝做買賣based on 建立在……之上、以……為根據
❝ 獨白 · 39 句 whatever works（管用就行）
whatever works 管用就行filch a little joy 偷到一點快樂delusions of grandeur 自大妄想、自以為了不起feel-good movie 療愈、讓人舒心的電影
鮑里斯坐在小餐館裡，對著同桌的朋友和鏡頭一起開講：他罵宗教被做成一門 racket（油水生意），說所有好主張都有 a fatal flaw（致命缺陷）——因為都信了人性本善。他下結論：we're a failed species（我們是個失敗的物種），人生能做的就是 whatever works（管用就行），在這弱肉強食的混亂裡偷一點快樂。說著他乾脆轉頭對觀眾開口：this is not the feel-good movie of the year（這不是讓人舒心的電影），想看舒服的去做足底按摩。
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。
“But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, we're a failed species.”
可總的來說，很遺憾，我們是個失敗的物種。
一句話給全片定調，把人類失敗說得像判決書。
But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, ...
給一件事下總評、又不想顯得咄咄逼人時用；正式文書別這麼隨意。
On balance, I'm afraid we're a lost cause. ／ All in all, I hate to say it, we're a mess.
中性
on the whole 輕讀，重音落在 failed species 上。
But on the whole, I'm sorry to say, the plan failed. 可總的來說，很遺憾，這個計劃失敗了。
“My story is, whatever works. You know, as long as you don't hurt anybody.”
我的故事就是：管用就行。你知道，只要不傷害別人。
把畢生信條壓成四個字，還補上一句底線。
whatever works, as long as ...
別人追問你的原則時，用來說明實用優先；跟長輩說話別太隨便。
Whatever gets you through, as long as no one gets hurt. ／ Do what works, so long as nobody's harmed.
口語
whatever works 連成一串，as long as 輕快帶過。
Whatever works, as long as we finish on time. 怎麼都行，只要我們能按時完成。
“Any way you can filch a little joy in this cruel, dog-eat-dog, pointless, black chaos. That's my story.”
在這殘酷、弱肉強食、毫無意義、漆黑一片的混亂裡，能偷到一點快樂就偷一點。這就是我的故事。
四個形容詞堆出黑色詩意，把苟活說成偷來的快樂。
any way you can ... in this ... chaos
自嘲處境艱難、只能苦中作樂時用；寫正式稿不要這麼堆詞。
However you can, snatch a little happiness. ／ Grab any bit of joy you can.
literary
四個形容詞逐個加重，black chaos 放慢收住。
I take any way I can to steal a little joy on busy days. 忙起來的時候，我想方設法偷一點快樂。
“And just so you know, this is not the feel-good movie of the year.”
另外告訴你們一聲，這可不是今年那部讓人看著舒心的電影。
直接打破第四堵牆，也提前把全片態度擺明。
just so you know, this is not ...
提前給人打個預防針、亮明不討好的態度時用；對客戶別用。
Just so you know, this isn't a happy story. ／ For the record, this is no feel-good tale.
口語
just so you know 放快，not 重讀，movie 尾音收平。
Just so you know, this is not the easy version. 先跟你說一聲，這可不是輕鬆的那一版。
“Like my mother used to say, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car."”
就像我母親常說的：「要是我奶奶有輪子，她就是輛有軌電車了。」
用老話式的俏皮比喻，把「早該」的懊悔一笑帶過。
Like my mother used to say, ...
想用長輩的老話收尾、化解空想時用；嚴肅場合別講這種俏皮話。
As my mother always said, if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. ／ My mother had a saying for every pipe dream.
口語
引語部分稍慢，trolley car 連讀、尾音上揚。
Like my mother used to say, wishing does not change the past. 就像我母親常說的，光盼著改變不了過去。
Why would you want to hear my story? Do we know each other? Do we like each other? Let me tell you right off, okay? I'm not a likeable guy. Charm has never been a priority with me. And just so you know, this is not the feel-good movie of the year. So if you're one of those idiots who needs to feel good, go get yourself a foot massage. - Mom, that man's talking to himself! - Come away, Justin. What the hell does it all mean anyhow? Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nothing comes to anything, and yet there's no shortage of idiots to babble. Not me. I have a vision. I'm discussing you. Your friends, your co-workers, your newspapers, the TV. Everybody's happy to talk, full of misinformation. Morality, science, religion, politics, sports, love. Your portfolio, your children, health. Christ. If I have to eat nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day to live, I don't want to live. I hate goddamn fruits and vegetables. And your omega-3's and the treadmill and the cardiogram and the mammogram and the pelvic sonogram and, oh, my God, the colonoscopy! And with it all, the day still comes when they put you in a box and it's on to the next generation of idiots who'll also tell you all about life and define for you what's appropriate. My father committed suicide because the morning newspapers depressed him. And could you blame him? With the horror and corruption and ignorance and poverty and genocide and AIDS and global warming and terrorism and the family-value morons and the gun morons! "The horror," Kurtz said at the end of Heart of Darkness. "The horror." Lucky Kurtz didn't have the Times delivered in the jungle, then he'd see some horror. But what do you do? You read about some massacre in Darfur or some school bus gets blown up, and you go, "Oh, my God, the horror!" And then you turn the page and finish your eggs from free-range chickens. Because what can you do? It's overwhelming. I tried to commit suicide myself. Obviously, it didn't work out. But why do you even want to hear about all this? Christ, you got your own problems. I'm sure you're all obsessed with any number of sad little hopes and dreams. Your predictably unsatisfying love lives. Your failed business ventures. "Oh, if only I'd bought that stock!" "If only I had purchased that house years ago!" "If only I had made a move on that woman." If this, if that. You know what? Give me a break with your "could haves" and "should haves." Like my mother used to say, "If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a trolley car."
你們幹嗎想聽我的故事？ 我們認識嗎？我們互相喜歡嗎？ 我就直說了吧，行嗎？ 我這人不討人喜歡。討喜從來不是我的首要目標。 另外告訴你們一聲，這可不是今年那部讓人看著舒心的電影。 所以你要是那種非找點舒服不可的蠢貨，就去做個足底按摩吧。 ——媽媽，那人在自言自語！——走吧，賈斯汀。 這一切到底他媽有什麼意義？沒有。零。屁都沒有。 什麼都成不了什麼，可從來不缺胡咧咧的蠢貨。 我不是。我有我的眼光。我說的是你們。 你們的朋友、你們的同事、你們的報紙、電視。 人人都樂呵呵地開口，滿嘴都是錯的東西。 道德、科學、宗教、政治、體育、愛情。 你的投資組合、你的孩子、健康。老天。 要是為了活下去，我每天得吃九份蔬果， 那我就不想活了。我討厭他媽的水果蔬菜。 還有你的歐米伽3、跑步機、心電圖、乳房X光、盆腔超聲，還有，我的天，腸鏡！ 折騰了這一切，那天照樣會來：他們把你裝進一個盒子，接著就輪到下一代蠢貨，他們照樣會跟你大談人生，替你規定什麼才得體。 我父親自殺了，因為早報讓他太壓抑。 你能怪他嗎？ 看看這些恐怖、腐敗、愚昧、貧困、種族屠殺、愛滋病、全球變暖、恐怖主義，還有那些滿嘴家庭價值觀的蠢貨，那些玩槍的蠢貨！ 「太可怕了，」庫爾茲在《黑暗的心》結尾說，「太可怕了。」 幸好庫爾茲在叢林裡收不到《泰晤士報》，不然他才知道什麼叫可怕。 可你又能怎麼辦？ 你讀到達爾富爾又發生一場屠殺， 或者哪輛校車被炸了，你就說：「哦，我的天，太可怕了！」 然後你翻過這一頁，繼續吃完你那來自散養雞的雞蛋。 因為你能怎麼辦？這一切讓人招架不住。 我自己也試過自殺。 顯然，沒成。 可你們幹嗎要聽這些？老天，你們自己就有一堆麻煩。 我敢說你們都念念不忘那些可悲的小希望和小夢想。 你們那一準不痛快的愛情生活。你們失敗的生意。 「唉，當初要是買了那隻股票就好了！」 「要是幾年前把那房子買下來就好了！」 「要是當初對那個女人出手就好了。」 要是這個，要是那個。知道嗎？ 少跟我來你那套「本來可以」和「早該如此」。 就像我母親常說的：「要是我奶奶有輪子，她就是輛有軌電車了。」
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下一章 · 02eke out a living勉強餬口這場戲：半夜鬧死亡又鬧離婚意思是「管用就行」，指不糾結對錯、只看有沒有效的生活態度。片名和鮑里斯的口頭禪都出自這句話。
a fatal flaw。fatal 指致命、要命的，flaw 是缺陷，常用來形容一個致命弱點足以毀掉整件事。
意思是「自大妄想、自以為了不起」，指把自己看得遠高於實際。片裡別人就用它吐槽鮑里斯自以為有觀眾在聽。
指「賺錢的勾當、油水生意」，帶貶義。片裡說 the God racket，就是諷刺利用宗教大把撈錢。
意思是「療愈、讓人舒心的電影」，指看完讓人心情變好、輕鬆愉快的片子。片裡鮑里斯反著用它來提醒觀眾。
