這場戲：飯局上撮合又抬槓
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哈利、莎莉帶著瑪麗和傑斯在餐廳約會，聊著聊著就抬槓。哈利拿 good personality（性格好）調侃別人不好看，莎莉嫌他自以為是，直接懟他 get over yourself（別自以為是）。想學怎麼在飯桌上損人又不過界，這段夠用。
❝ 獨白 · 8 句 嘴上說「性格好」，其實是不好看：good personality
good personality 性格好not that attractive 沒那麼好看described as 被說成、被形容為
「別自以為是」英語說 get over yourself
get over yourself 別自以為是、收起那副架子a real impact on 對某人有很大影響in a magazine 在雜誌上讀到的quoted me back 把某人自己的話念回給他
哈利、莎莉把各自的舊愛介紹給彼此，四人約在餐廳吃飯，飯桌很快變成抬槓現場。哈利拿 good personality（性格好）打趣：說一個人「性格好」，多半是在委婉說他不好看；莎莉嫌他自以為是，直接回他 get over yourself（別自以為是）。聊到寫作，莎莉發現自己寫的那篇文章被對方念回給自己聽，感慨 Nobody has ever quoted me back to me before（以前沒人把我自己的話念回給我聽）。她給《紐約》雜誌撰稿，文章對對方 a real impact on（有很大影響）。想學怎麼在飯桌上拌嘴、怎麼半開玩笑地夸人，這些說法都能直接用。
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。
“Nobody has ever quoted me back to me before.”
以前從沒有人把我寫的原話念回給我聽。
把「被引用」這種抽象的滿足，用繞回自己身上的一句話說得特別真切。
Nobody has ever ... me back to me before.
自己被別人複述觀點、意外被認出來時用；正式場合說會顯得自誇。
No one has ever said my words back to me. ／ I've never had my own words quoted to me.
中性
quoted me back to me 三處 me 要輕，before 收尾放低。
My student quoted me back to me in class today. 今天課上學生把我的話原樣說回給我聽。
“He's the reason I became a writer, but that's not important.”
他是我當上作家的原因，不過這並不重要。
先亮出一個很重的原因，又自己把它按下去，語氣一轉特別像真人。
Someone is the reason I became ...
想提一句影響自己很深的人、又不想把氣氛弄重時用；正式自述裡少這麼隨意。
She is the reason I got into teaching. ／ He is why I ended up doing this.
口語
the reason I 連讀，but that's not important 說快一點帶過。
She's the reason I became a teacher, but that's not important. 她是我當老師的原因，不過這並不重要。
“I've never quoted anything from a magazine in my life.”
我這輩子從沒引用過雜誌上的話。
用一句誇張的自我宣告，把「難得認真讀東西」的意外感說得很逗。
I've never ... in my life.
強調自己從來不做某事時用，多半帶誇張語氣；正式場合少用。
I've never done anything like that in my life. ／ That's the first time in my life I've done this.
口語
anything from a 連讀，in my life 重讀收尾。
I've never quoted anything in my life, so this is a first. 我這輩子從沒引用過誰的文，這可是頭一回。
“"She has a good personality," that means she's not attractive.”
「她性格很好」，意思就是她長得不漂亮。
把相親黑話直接翻譯成人話，一句拆穿所有人都在用的委婉語。
If someone says "has a good personality," that means ...
吐槽相親介紹、拆穿客套話時能用；當著一個性格好的人說會很傷人，別用。
"Great personality" is code for not pretty. ／ That's just a nice way of saying unattractive.
口語
引號部分帶笑意，that means 停頓，not attractive 放平。
"A real team player," that means they never say no. 「很有團隊精神」，意思就是他們從不拒絕。
When someone's not that attractive... they're always described as having a good personality. If you had asked me, "What does she look like?" and I said... "She has a good personality," that means she's not attractive. But just because I happened to mention she has a good personality... she could be either. She could be attractive with a good personality... or not attractive with a good personality.
一個人要是沒那麼好看…… 別人就總說他們性格好。 要是你問我：“她長什麼樣？”我回答說…… “她性格好”，那就說明她不好看。 可我只是碰巧提了一句她性格好…… 兩種可能都有。 她可能好看又性格好…… 也可能不好看但性格好。
下一章 · 14call off the dogs別再追了這場戲：給新婚朋友挑禮物意思是「別自以為是、收起那副架子」，是讓人別太把自己當回事的直白懟法。臺詞裡 Get over yourself! 就是「省省吧你」，熟人之間半開玩笑地用。
說 a good personality。哈利調侃說，當別人用 good personality 形容某人，往往是在委婉地說對方不好看，所以這句話常常別有含義。
字面是「叫醒電話」，引申為「警示、敲醒人的提醒」。臺詞裡說這篇文章像給紐約的一記 wake-up call，就是指當頭的提醒。
意思是「特別喜歡、是……的鐵桿」。臺詞裡 I'm not a big fan of Jimmy Breslin，就是「我不太喜歡吉米·佈雷斯林」，否定形式常用來婉轉表達不喜歡。
說 have a real impact on someone。臺詞裡 That piece had a real impact on me，就是「那篇文章對我影響很大」；impact 前面加 real 強調影響真切。
