这场戏：假装吵架却越聊越真
第 7 章 · 共 18 章 · 3'41"
桑顿家的饭桌上，为了气一气撮合他们的人，威尔伯福斯和芭芭拉决定 let's pretend to argue（假装吵一架）；结果假吵架一路变成真聊天，从拿破仑聊到废奴，还聊到一只 died of kindness（被好意养死）的宠物兔。想学怎么把冷场聊热、怎么用自嘲拉近距离，照着说就行。
「为了气气他们，咱们假装吵一架」：pretend to argue
pretend to argue 假装吵架、装作争执used to have 过去曾有、过去常常died of kindness 被好意害死、溺爱而死
「戴着镣铐」英语说 in chains
opened my eyes 让人看清、大开眼界in chains 戴着镣铐、被奴役as cargo 当货物一样运送
桑顿家的饭桌上，威尔伯福斯和芭芭拉被安排坐在一起。为了气气撮合他们的人，两人 let's pretend to argue（假装吵一架），可话题从拿破仑、学校一路滑到废奴，假吵架变成了真谈心。芭芭拉说自己签过上百次请愿，还讲起轰动一时的埃奎亚诺，也说克拉克森让她 opened my eyes（看清了真相）；她讲起年年落空的法案，最后说 ships full of human souls in chains（满载戴镣铐活人的船）照样像货物一样绕着世界跑，一句话把玩笑说成了心事。想学怎么破冰、怎么把话题聊深、怎么在轻松里说重话，这段对话值得反复听。
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“To irritate them, let's pretend to argue.”
为了惹恼他们，我们来假装吵架。
把社交表演一句话说破，两人默契和全场戏都点了。
To irritate them, let's pretend to ...
朋友聚会里想联手恶作剧时能用，别对不熟的人说。
Let's stage a fight, just to annoy them. ／ To wind them up, let's act like we disagree.
口语
重音在 irritate 和 pretend，let's 一带而过。
To annoy my cousins, let's pretend to argue about the bill. 为了气我表亲，咱们假装为账单吵起来。
“I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness.”
我以前养过一只野兔，它是被好心害死的。
用死于善意这种反转，把荒诞藏在平静叙述里。
I used to have X, but it died of ...
自嘲被过度照顾或溺爱时能用，熟人之间才自然。
I had one, but I loved it to death. ／ It didn't die of neglect, that's for sure.
口语
used to 含混，重音落 kindness，句尾下沉。
I used to have a fern, but it died of kindness. 我以前养过一盆蕨，它是被我照顾死的。
“And still, after all the badges, the petitions, all the speeches and the bills, ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo!”
可即便如此，徽章、请愿、演说、议案都做过之后，装满戴着镣铐的活人的船，仍像货物一样在海上往来。
用 still 和排比把多年努力压成一句控诉，落在 cargo 上。
And still, after all ..., ...
多年努力却毫无进展时能用，语气愤慨，不在闲聊用。
And still nothing changed. ／ After all that, the trade went on exactly as before.
literary
排比每项略提，重音在 still 与 cargo。
And still, after all the letters and meetings, the trees came down. 写了那么多信、开了那么多会，树还是被砍了。
“It seemed that every spring the daffodils came out, every summer the cherries ripened and every autumn William Wilberforce would present his bill to the House.”
好像每年春天水仙开花，夏天樱桃成熟，到了秋天，威廉·威尔伯福斯就向下议院提交他的法案。
把年复一年失败的法案写进四季轮回，越平静越让人听出绝望。
Every spring X, every summer Y and every autumn Z.
讲一件年年重演、总也不成的事时用，带点无奈的自嘲；轻松聚会里说会显得扫兴。
Every year the same ritual came around. ／ Like clockwork, it came back again.
literary
三个 every 节奏一致，daffodils、cherries 轻快，最后 bill 放慢收束。
Every spring we set goals and every autumn they quietly disappear. 每年春天定目标，到了秋天又悄悄不见了。
下一章 · 08with a heavy heart心情沉重地这场戏：下议院激辩奴隶贸易意思是「假装吵架、装作争执」。电影里两人说 let's pretend to argue，就是想装作吵起来，好气一气撮合他们的人。
died of kindness。字面是「死于善意」，指被过度照顾、溺爱反而害了。I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness 就是「我以前养过一只野兔，被照顾得太好，死了」。
指只有自己人之间才懂的玩笑，外人听了一头雾水。电影里说 It's a private joke，就是「这是我们自己人才懂的梗」。
字面是「把我的眼睛打开」，实际指让人看清真相、大开眼界。He opened my eyes 就是「他让我看清了很多事」。
不一定。in chains 常引申为「戴着镣铐、被奴役」的状态。台词里 ships full of human souls in chains 就是指被锁链锁住、当货物运的活人。
pretend to do something，比如 pretend to argue（假装吵架）、pretend to sleep（装睡）。也可以用 pretend that 加句子。
