这场戏：空乘递来一本怪书
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夜航的飞机上，空乘问 Would you like something to read?（要读点什么吗），乘客只想要 anything light（轻松点的），结果递来一本《犹太体育名人录》——这本小册子本身就是冷笑话。想用英文找一份不费脑的读物，这个说法和这场戏一样好记。
anything light（轻松点的）
anything light 轻松点的（读物）How about 要不……怎么样shouldn't have come 本不该来talk to you 跟你谈谈
the seediest dive（最下等的破酒吧）
used to be 从前是、过去是hang out 常泡在、常待着the seediest dive 最下等的破酒吧use your fists 会动拳头、能打架
飞机正在夜航，空乘挨个问 Would you like something to read?（要读点什么吗）。有位乘客只说想要 anything light（轻松点的），于是被推荐了一本小册子《犹太体育名人录》——一本几乎不存在的书，荒诞感就来自这里。泰德找到当空乘的伊莱恩，想说 I've got to talk to you（我必须跟你谈谈），却被一句 You shouldn't have come（你不该来的）挡了回去；她没空，他只好讲起战争年代常去的那家酒吧：hang out（常泡在）指常去、常待，形容一家又乱又脏的酒馆则用 the seediest dive（最下等的破酒吧）。想学搭话、被拒、聊往事的英文，这几个说法都能用上。
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“You shouldn't have come. I don't have time now.”
你本就不该来。我现在没空。
拒绝来得干脆，先否定来意再断掉时间，一句堵死两头。
You shouldn't have come.
对不请自来的熟人说时用；对长辈或客户说太重，容易结怨。
You really didn't need to come. ／ This wasn't the time to show up.
口语
shouldn't 重读，don't have time 连读，句尾降调。
You shouldn't have come all this way; I'm about to leave. 你不该跑这么远过来，我正要出门。
“You wouldn't walk in there unless you knew how to use your fists.”
除非你会打架，否则根本不敢走进去。
用一句条件句把整间酒吧的凶险说尽，不必形容一个字。
You wouldn't ... unless you knew how to ...
对朋友形容某个地方很乱时用；对不熟的人说会显得在逞凶。
Nobody goes in there unless they can handle trouble. ／ You'd only survive that place if you could fight.
口语
wouldn't 和 unless 各重读，use your fists 连读收尾。
You wouldn't play there unless you knew how to take a hard foul. 除非你受得了狠犯规，否则没人去那儿打球。
“Things used to be different.”
从前不是这样的。
五个词就把一段关系的前后变化全都叹出来。
Things used to be ...
对老同学、旧友感叹今昔时用；对刚认识的人说会显得沉重。
It didn't use to be like this. ／ Things were different back then.
中性
used to 连读成 /juːstə/，different 轻收。
Things used to be simpler before the kids came. 有孩子之前，日子比现在简单多了。
“It's a shame you two don't get along.”
你们俩处不来，真可惜。
旁人不带立场的一句惋惜，却把两人的尴尬当场点破。
It's a shame you two don't ...
对闹别扭的两人打圆场时用；对着当事人当面说会火上浇油。
It's too bad you two can't get along. ／ Shame the two of you don't click.
中性
shame 稍重，you two 连读，句尾 don't 降调。
It's a shame you two don't get along, since you work so well apart. 你们俩处不来真是可惜，分开干活反而都挺好。
下一章 · 04have someone confused with认错人了这场戏：驾驶舱里球星被拆穿指「轻松点的读物」，light 在这里是「不费脑、好读」。空乘问要读点什么，乘客答 anything light，就是想找本轻松好读的东西。
说 hang out。I used to hang out at the Magumba Bar，就是「我常泡在马贡巴酒吧」，hang out 后面接地点，指常去、常待。
「难怪、怪不得」，表示事情不出所料。No wonder you're upset，就是「难怪你心烦」，语气比 so that's why 更口语。
说 get along。It's a shame you two don't get along，就是「可惜你们俩处不来」，评价两个人关系时最常用。
它是一本几乎不可能存在的书，空乘却当成「轻松读物」一本正经地推荐，冷幽默就来自这种完全不合拍的推荐。
