這場戲：曬照片被誇有天賦
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飯桌上，瑪麗埃塔翻出給女兒拍的舊照片，利奧一看就說這些照片有 a sense of texture（一種質感），該找畫廊朋友聊聊。她只當是上帝給的一點小天賦，誰知這份天賦讓她的舊信念一路 down the toilet（付諸東流），整個人徹底翻篇。想誇作品或形容某種東西一去不返，這兩句都用得上。
照片好在哪？there's such a sense of texture（一種質感）
a sense of texture 一種質感、肌理感gave me more pleasure 帶給我的快樂更多first thing in the morning 一早起來第一件事
❝ 獨白 · 15 句 舊信念一路 down the toilet（付諸東流），她徹底變了
the genie was out of the bottle 木已成舟、收不回去了down the toilet 一落千丈、付諸東流smitten with 被某人迷住
飯桌上，瑪麗埃塔翻出自己給女兒拍的選美舊照片，利奧一看就認真起來，說這些照片有 a sense of texture（一種質感），還主動提出把她介紹給開畫廊的朋友阿爾。瑪麗埃塔只當這是上帝給的一點小天賦，不肯把話說大。可這份天賦一旦被看見，事情就剎不住了：照片進了畫廊，大家都誇她是 a brilliant primitive（天才的素人藝術家），緊接著她那些根深蒂固的舊信念也一路 down the toilet（付諸東流）。想專業地誇一幅作品，說 a sense of texture；誇那種沒受過訓練卻天賦驚人的創作者，就是 a brilliant primitive；形容信念或計劃徹底泡湯，用 down the toilet。
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。
“These are outstanding. I mean, there's such a sense of texture and composition.”
這些拍得太棒了。我是說，質感和構圖都很有感覺。
把外行的客套換成專業誇獎，一句話讓照片的主人被看見。
there's such a sense of ...
認真誇作品、手藝時用；對隨手拍的照片這樣說會顯得誇大。
There's real depth to these. ／ You can feel the texture in every frame.
中性
such a 輕快，sense of texture 連讀，composition 重音在後。
There's such a sense of texture in her pottery. 她做的陶器特別有質感。
“Aside from Melody's career, there is nothing, nothing in the whole world that gave me more pleasure than taking those snapshots.”
除了梅樂迪的事業，這世上再沒有什麼比拍那些快照更讓我快樂了。
重複的 nothing 把一生的熱愛說得極重，又帶著遲來的委屈。
nothing ... gave me more pleasure than ...
鄭重說出自己真正熱愛的事時用；日常閒聊裡這樣講顯得過重。
Nothing has ever made me happier than this. ／ This is the one thing that truly fulfilled me.
literary
nothing 停頓後重讀，more pleasure than 連讀，snapshots 收降。
Nothing gave me more pleasure than weekends at the lake. 再沒有什麼比在湖邊過週末更讓我開心了。
“Oh, no. You know, I think you're making too much over a little gift the good Lord Jesus gave me.”
哦，不用。我覺得你太把主耶穌給我的這點小天賦當回事了。
被誇時用一句謙虛推託，順帶把功勞推給上帝，很有南方風味。
make too much over something
被誇後謙虛推讓時用；真覺得對方小題大做時也能用它。
You're making more of it than it is. ／ It's nothing, really.
中性
make too much over 一氣呵成，Lord Jesus 輕讀帶過。
Don't make too much over one lucky win. 贏了一次別太當回事。
“Soon all her deep-rooted beliefs went right down the toilet, where they belonged.”
很快，她那些根深蒂固的信念全被衝進了馬桶——它們本就該待在那兒。
俗語加一句補刀，把信仰的崩塌說得像清潔工作，冷酷又痛快。
something goes down the toilet
說某事徹底崩盤、付諸東流時用；正式場合換成 fall apart 更穩。
Everything went down the drain. ／ It all fell apart.
口語
deep-rooted 重讀，down the toilet 連讀，where they belonged 放低。
All that planning went down the toilet in one afternoon. 一下午工夫，那些計劃全泡湯了。
“She experimented with exotic pleasures. A new Marietta was born.”
她嘗試起種種異域情趣。一個新的瑪麗埃塔誕生了。
兩個短句一冷一熱，把一個人的徹底重生說得像新聞標題。
A new ... was born.
半開玩笑地宣告一個人煥然一新時用；正經傳記裡這樣寫太輕飄。
A different person emerged. ／ She was reborn.
literary
exotic 重音在中間，A new 稍頓，was born 收降。
After the move, a new worker was born. 搬過去之後，一個全新的打工人誕生了。
She slept with Leo Brockman, never having been to bed with anyone before but her husband, and suddenly, the genie was out of the bottle! She liked sleeping with Brockman, and she liked sleeping with Brockman's friends, Brockman's acquaintances, Brockman's acquaintances' acquaintances. Brockman took her photos to Morgenstern. He loved them. He decided to show them in his gallery. When he did, everyone thought they were great. A brilliant primitive. Soon Morgenstern would become smitten with her. First she moved in with Brockman. Then she moved in with Morgenstern. Then she moved in with Brockman and Morgenstern. She started dabbling with collages. Small ones at first, but they would become bolder. She started dressing differently. Soon all her deep-rooted beliefs went right down the toilet, where they belonged. She experimented with exotic pleasures. A new Marietta was born. The one thing that remained constant, she hated her son-in-law.
她跟利奧·布羅克曼上了床，此前除了丈夫她沒跟任何人睡過， 突然之間，妖怪出了瓶子！ 她喜歡跟布羅克曼睡，也喜歡跟布羅克曼的朋友睡，跟布羅克曼的熟人睡，跟熟人的熟人睡。 布羅克曼把她的照片拿給摩根斯坦看。他喜歡極了。 他決定在自己的畫廊展出。 一展出，大家都覺得棒極了。一個天才的素人。 很快，摩根斯坦也迷上了她。 她先搬去跟布羅克曼住。然後搬去跟摩根斯坦住。 再後來，她搬去跟布羅克曼和摩根斯坦一起住。 她開始玩拼貼畫。 一開始很小，後來越做越大膽。 她開始換一種穿法。 很快，她那些根深蒂固的信念全被衝進了馬桶——它們本就該待在那兒。 她嘗試起種種異域情趣。一個新的瑪麗埃塔誕生了。 唯一始終不變的，是她討厭自己的女婿。
下一章 · 12out of spite出於賭氣這場戲：撮合追求又當面表白字面是「衝進馬桶」，實際意思是「徹底泡湯、付諸東流」。瑪麗埃塔那些根深蒂固的信念，就是一路 down the toilet，一去不返。
make too much over something，也可以說 make too much of something。瑪麗埃塔覺得利奧把上帝給的小天賦說得太大，就是這個意思。
「一種質感、肌理感」，用來誇照片、畫作、布料等有細膩的手感或層次。利奧誇瑪麗埃塔的舊照片，用的就是這句。
the genie was out of the bottle，字面是「妖怪出了瓶子」，一旦放出來就收不回去。片裡用它形容瑪麗埃塔嘗過新生活後，事情再也回不去了。
藝術圈的叫法，「天才的素人」，指沒受過正規訓練卻天賦驚人的創作者。畫廊的人就用它形容瑪麗埃塔的照片。
她給利奧看自己給女兒拍的選美照片，利奧懂攝影美學，一眼看出這些照片有質感、有構圖，就提出介紹畫廊老闆阿爾給她。她自己只當是上帝給的小天賦。
