这场戏：演出后在公寓重聚
第 13 章 · 共 30 章 · 4'41"
茜茜在台上唱那出荤段子歌舞，希拉里带丈夫迈克尔来看，散场后在公寓重聚。茜茜一边炫耀新居，一边自嘲 we're paying through the nose（花冤枉钱），又提当年说过 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street（打死也不肯住十四街以北）。想学久别重逢的寒暄和自嘲，这段很真实。
当年说「打死也不肯」：caught dead
paying through the nose 花冤枉钱、被狠宰worth every single penny 每一分钱都值caught dead 打死也不肯enough about me 别说我了
茜茜在台上演出荤段子歌舞《奥托·蒂茨林》，讲的是一位发明家发明胸罩、成果却被法国专利大盗偷走的故事。希拉里特意带丈夫迈克尔来看，开演前还嘱咐他 be civil（客气点）。散场后两人在茜茜的新公寓重聚，激动地互诉近况。茜茜说这房子离剧院和商店都近，虽然 we're paying through the nose（花冤枉钱），但 worth every single penny（每一分钱都值），还得意地说有 option to buy（优先购买权）。她提起两人当年说 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street（打死也不肯住十四街以北），现在却搬了上来，然后说 enough about me（别说我了），问希拉里觉得演出怎么样。想学重逢寒暄、自嘲和聊房子，这段很典型。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“But enough about me. Let's talk about you.”
别说我了，说说你吧。
嘴上要聊对方，下一秒却又拐回自己，一句自嘲式幽默立住人物。
Enough about me. Over to you.
自嘲只顾谈自己时用；正式汇报或初次见面别这么说。
Let's drop me and talk about you. ／ I've said enough about myself.
口语
enough about me 轻快带过，重音落在 you。
Enough about me; how is your new job going? 别说我了，你新工作怎么样？
“We're leasing, but we have an option to buy.”
我们是租的，但有买下的优先权。
把租和买摆在一起，体面里透出精打细算，一句说明新生活的底气。
have an option to do something
说租房或谈合作时留后手用；对不熟的人别急着报家底。
It's a rental, but we can buy later. ／ We rent it now with a chance to buy.
中性
选项中 but 轻读，option to buy 稍放慢。
We are renting for now, but we have an option to buy next year. 我们眼下租着，不过明年有优先购买权。
“Remember when we said we wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street?”
还记得我们说过，打死也不住到十四街以北吗？
拿当年的狠话反衬如今的选择，自嘲里带一点炫耀。
Remember when we said ...?
提醒朋友今昔对比时用；拿旧话挖苦别人要看场合。
Remember we swore we would never move up here? ／ Didn't we say we would never live here?
口语
caught dead 连读快，重音落在 dead。
Remember when we said we would never buy an SUV? 还记得我们说过绝不买 SUV 吗？
“I couldn't bear that downtown squalor one more second.”
那种下城的破败我是一秒也忍不下去了。
用“一秒都忍不了”把搬去上城的理由说得理直气壮，也悄悄暴露了阶层的转向。
I couldn't bear ___ one more second.
终于受够某处或某事而离开时用；对还住在那里的人说会显得看不起人，要小心。
I couldn't stand that grimy neighbourhood a day longer. ／ One more minute of that noise and I'd lose my mind.
中性
couldn't bear 连读，downtown squalor 稍慢，one more second 逐词强调。
I couldn't bear that tiny flat one more second. 那个小破公寓我是一秒也住不下去了。
下一章 · 14the Spanish Inquisition没完没了的盘问这场戏：餐厅饭局上话里带刺「打死也不肯」，常用 wouldn't be caught dead 表示死活不愿做某事。说 wouldn't be caught dead above 14th Street，就是「死也不肯住十四街以北」。
pay through the nose。鼻子被狠宰一刀的比喻，就是被狠狠要价、花了大价钱。paying through the nose for it 就是「为它掏空了钱包」。
字面是幕布升起，实际意思是「演出要开始了」。剧院里常说 the curtain's going up，提醒大家赶紧入座。
the whole wide world。the whole wide world 就是「整个广阔世界」，your very best friend in the whole wide world 就是「你天底下最好的朋友」。
「优先购买权」，指租房的人可以在约定条件下优先把房子买下来。We're leasing, but we have an option to buy 就是「我们租着住，但有优先购买权」。
