这场戏：草地上坦白信上帝
第 2 章 · 共 18 章 · 2'10"
威尔伯福斯躺在湿草地上，向仆人理查德坦白自己信了上帝，还反问他 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is（你知道这有多不方便吗）。他嘴上讲着光鲜的前途，心里却 in my heart（打心底里）想要蜘蛛网。想聊信仰、聊内心挣扎、说点自嘲，这些句子都很地道。
「把人拒之门外」说 turn away
turn him away 把人挡在门外打发走None of my business 与我无关、不归我管
威尔伯福斯整夜躺在湿草地上，向仆人理查德坦白自己信了上帝。他本只想研究蒲公英，可一想到那光鲜的政治前途就头疼，反问理查德 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is（你知道这有多不方便吗）；他承认，嘴上说要事业，in my heart（打心底里）想要的却是蜘蛛网。理查德没有多问，只轻描淡写地回了一句——他十五岁差点 ran away with the circus（跟着马戏团一走了之），人家还说他能当杂技演员。想学怎么坦白心事、怎么自嘲、怎么接话，这对主仆的对话很值得看。
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“I think he found me.”
我想，是他找到了我。
把『我找到上帝』轻轻翻过来，一句就把主动权交了出去。
I think it found me.
说一件你没主动去找、却找上门来的事时用，语气要轻，别在正式场合卖弄。
it came to me first ／ I didn't go looking for it
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he found 连读，me 收得轻，整句别用力。
I never chased this job; I think it found me. 这工作不是我求来的，是它自己找上门的。
“I've a political career glittering ahead of me and in my heart I want spiders' webs.”
我前面是一条闪闪发光的政治前程，可我心里想要的却是蜘蛛网。
把万丈前程和一张蜘蛛网并排，落差本身就是一句坦白。
I've X ahead of me, but in my heart I want Y.
跟信得过的人说自己表面风光、内心另有所求时用，正式场合别轻易说。
I have everything ahead of me and want none of it ／ the career is there; the heart is elsewhere
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career、glittering 重读，spiders' webs 放慢收尾。
I've a promotion ahead of me, but in my heart I want the farm. 升职就在眼前，可我心里想要的是那座农场。
“They said I could have been an acrobat.”
他们说我本来能当个杂技演员。
一句轻描淡写的旧事，把没走成的那条人生轻轻放到桌上。
They said I could have been a ...
熟人聊天讲起没实现的旧梦想时用，语气带笑，别在面试场合说。
I could have gone the other way ／ everyone thought I'd be a ...
口语
could have been 连成 coul-da-been，acrobat 重音在首音节。
They said I could have been a pianist. 他们说我本来能当钢琴家。
“I have 10,000 engagements of state today, but I would prefer to spend the day getting a wet arse, studying dandelions and marvelling at bloody spiders' webs.”
我今天有一万件国事要办，可我宁愿湿着屁股过一天，研究蒲公英，对着该死的蜘蛛网惊叹。
把一万件国事和湿屁股、蒲公英并列，一句话就把雄心与厌世的反差抖了出来。
I have X today, but I would prefer to spend the day Y.
吐槽自己被正事困住、只想干点没用的事时用；对上级或客户说显得不敬业，别用。
I have a mountain of work, but I'd rather be doing nothing. ／ Duty says one thing, my heart says another.
口语
10,000 engagements 放慢强调，getting a wet arse 一带而过，bloody spiders' webs 加重收尾。
I have ten meetings today, but I would prefer to spend the day watching clouds. 我今天有十个会，可我宁愿看一整天云。
下一章 · 03where your heart lies心到底在哪边这场戏：劝老友重返政坛字面是「跟着……跑掉」，常指跟某人私奔，或跟着某个行当一走了之。理查德说 almost ran away with the circus，就是「差点跟马戏团跑了」。
Do you have any idea how...。后面接形容词或句子，比如 Do you have any idea how inconvenient that is，就是「你知道这有多不方便吗」。
它更常表示「打心底里、说真心话」，强调真实感受。I want spiders' webs in my heart 就是「我心底想要的其实是蜘蛛网」。
指把人拒之门外、打发走。仆人说 I would turn him away，就是「我本想把他打发走」，对象通常是人。
find God。有意思的是威尔伯福斯没说自己找到上帝，而说 I think he found me（我看是他找到我了），主客一颠倒，意思深了一层。
意思是「比平常更……」。I've been more strange than usual 就是「我最近比平时更古怪」，用来描述程度超出常态。
