這場戲：收留街頭求助的姑娘
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梅樂迪在街頭攔住鮑里斯討吃的，說自己 I haven't had anything to eat all day（一整天什麼都沒吃），快暈過去了。鮑里斯嘴上刻薄，說她 won't last three days in New York（在紐約撐不過三天），卻還是帶她回家；她只想 get on my feet（站穩腳跟）。想學怎麼求助、怎麼嘴硬心軟地收留人，這些說法很實用。
「看穿、識破（套路）」：wise to
wise to 看穿、識破（套路）Come up 上樓來、上來get something to eat 弄點吃的
❝ 獨白 · 4 句 「接客賣淫（黑話）」：turning tricks
last three days 撐過（一段時間）make a new life 開始新生活turning tricks 接客賣淫（黑話）
梅樂迪從密西西比跑到紐約，餓到在街頭攔住鮑里斯討吃的：她說 I haven't had anything to eat all day（我一整天什麼都沒吃），快暈過去了。鮑里斯一開始以為她是騙子，說自己 wise to that scam（看穿了這套騙術），但看她臉色太差，還是讓她上樓吃罐沙丁魚。他嘴上一點不留情，說她是個沒腦子的丫頭，won't last three days in New York（在紐約撐不過三天），要不是他心軟她早就餓死了；還說在這座城市裡她只能算三分。梅樂迪不回家，只想 get on my feet（站穩腳跟），求他讓自己住幾晚。想學怎麼求助、怎麼嘴硬心軟，這些說法都很地道。
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 don't know you have to sing Happy Birthday twice to get the germs off?”
你難道不知道，要唱兩遍生日歌才能把細菌趕走嗎？
把唱生日歌和除菌扯在一起，一本正經地胡說八道。
You don't know you have to ...?
用誇張的常識反問逗人時用；對不熟的人會顯得沒禮貌。
Didn't you know you have to ...? ／ You mean you don't know ...?
口語
don't know you 連讀，twice 重讀，句尾上揚。
You don't know you have to knock twice to be let in? 你難道不知道要敲兩下才有人開門嗎？
“No, I haven't. Not even the people who live there have heard of it.”
沒聽過。連住在那兒的人都沒聽說過它。
自嘲家鄉小到無人知曉，一句話就把小鎮說絕了。
Not even the people who ... have ...
自嘲某地、某物存在感極低時用；正式介紹裡別這麼損自己。
Even the locals have never heard of it. ／ It is so small no one knows it exists.
口語
Not even 重讀，who live there 輕快帶過。
Not even the people who live there have heard of my village. 連住在那兒的人都沒聽說過我們村。
“You'd be dead now of starvation if I hadn't a heart as big as all outdoors.”
要不是我心腸寬得能裝下整個天地，你現在早就餓死了。
罵人救命兩不誤，前半句狠後半句自誇，很有畫面。
You'd be ... if I hadn't ...
半開玩笑地強調自己幫了對方大忙時用；對陌生人別這麼自誇。
You would have starved without me. ／ If not for me, you'd be long gone.
口語
You'd be 連讀，as big as all outdoors 放慢帶笑。
You'd be lost now if I hadn't written it down for you. 要不是我給你寫下來，你現在早就蒙了。
“You're 21 like I play for the Yankees. Twenty-one!”
你說你二十一，就跟說我在洋基隊打球一樣。二十一！
拿自己瘸腿和洋基隊比，一句話戳穿對方撒謊。
You're X like I ...
用荒謬類比拆穿吹牛時用；對長輩或客戶別這麼衝。
You're a doctor like I'm a ballerina. ／ Sure you are, and I'm the queen.
口語
Yankees 重讀，Twenty-one 重複時降調收尾。
You speak French like I cook like a chef. 你說你會法語，就跟說我是大廚一樣。
“I just need a place to stay for a few nights, till I get on my feet.”
我只是需要一個地方住幾晚，等我站穩腳跟。
把求助說得輕描淡寫，也給自己的未來留了臺階。
I just need ..., till I get on my feet.
向人開口求助、又想保住面子時用；對房東談條件時也能說。
I only need a bed for a few nights. ／ Just a place to stay until I land a job.
口語
just need 輕讀，for a few nights 連讀，feet 收住。
I just need a room for a few nights, till I find work. 我只需要住幾晚，等我找到工作就行。
Stupid beyond all comprehension, but you'll never survive here. You got nothing going for you. Zero. Zilch. You know, you may be beauty contest material in the Deep South, but this is the big time. Here, you're a three. A five maybe after you bathe.
蠢得讓人無法理解，可你在這兒根本活不下去。你什麼都沒有。零。什麼都沒有。 你知道，在南方腹地你也許算選美材料，可這裡是大城市。 在這兒，你只能算三分。 洗完澡也許能到五分。
下一章 · 04spare me the details細節就免了吧這場戲：離家女孩坦白情史字面是「站到腳上」，實際意思是「站穩腳跟、自立起來」，多指經濟上重新獨立、度過難關。
be wise to。wise to that scam 就是「看穿了那套騙術」，表示不吃這一套。
意思是「大舞臺、最高級別的圈子」，指競爭激烈的大城市或大行業。鮑里斯用它說紐約不是南方小地方。
指「接客賣淫」，是委婉的說法。片裡鮑里斯用它嚇唬梅樂迪，說她最後會流落街頭靠這個活命。
意思是「假正經、老好人」，略帶貶義和嘲諷，形容那種規矩到讓人煩的人。
