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街头看手相被吐槽:resign yourself to

街头有人指着看手相的说 Look at this palm reader(你看那个看手相的),其中一人不小心和手相师对上了眼,她就走了过来。一句 resign yourself to(无奈接受)生活里的别扭,末了还说 Everything we know is stardust(我们所知的一切都是星尘)。想用英文聊命运和现实,这几句都用得上。

发生了什么

两人在维也纳街头看见一个手相师,一句 Look at this palm reader(你看那个看手相的)刚出口,其中一人就和手相师对上了眼。手相师开价五十,先说对方是旅行者、a stranger to this place(对这里陌生),又劝人 resign yourself to(无奈接受)生活里的别扭,最后留下 Everything we know is stardust(我们所知的一切都是星尘)。听的人不买账,觉得这就像日报上的 horoscope(星座运势),还嫌那句话太 condescending(居高临下);也有人把看手相这行的人说成 opportunist(投机分子),或说这是花钱买 feel good about yourself(自我感觉良好)。想用英文聊命运、旅行和现实,这些说法都能直接搬走。

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本章短语

resign yourself to

无奈接受accept something you cannot change

预言转到生活里的尴尬时,用 resign yourself to 让人认下那些别扭,不再挣扎。

You can't change the traffic, so resign yourself to a slow ride.堵车改不了,就认命慢慢开吧。

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  • condescending

    居高临下的

  • opportunist

    投机分子

  • seedy

    乌七八糟的

  • very nice and all

    听着不错,但是…

  • bullshit

    胡说八道

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短语 · B1palm reader

看手相的人 reader 不是普通读者,指替人看手相的人

Look at this palm reader. She's interesting-looking, no?
短语 · B1make eye contact

对上眼神

- I just made eye contact. - She's not coming over?
俚语 · A2shit

糟糕;糟了——受惊或麻烦时脱口而出,正式场合别用

- Yeah, she is. - Oh, shit.
短语 · B1be on a journey

在旅途中

So you have been on a journey and you are a stranger to this place.
短语 · B1a stranger to a place

对这里陌生

So you have been on a journey and you are a stranger to this place.
短语 · C1resign yourself to something

无奈接受

预言转到生活里的尴尬时,用 resign yourself to 让人认下那些别扭,不再挣扎。

But you need to resign yourself to the awkwardness of life.
短语 · B2find peace within oneself

找到内心平静

Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.
短语 · B2connection with others

与他人的真正联结

Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.
语法 · C1Only if you find peace within yourself will you

only 倒装:Only if 置首,主句助动词 will 提到主语 you 前,强调唯一条件。

Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.
发音Only if you

重音落在 Only if,will you 前稍停,别平均用力。

Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.
发音You're both

you're 快说时很轻,重心挪到 both 和 stars 上。

You're both stars.
语法 · B2everything that is this world

定语从句:that is this world 修饰 everything,等于‘构成这个世界的一切’。

When the stars exploded billions of years ago, they formed everything that is this world.
短语 · B1take something seriously

把这话当真

But I hope you don't take that any more seriously than some horoscope in a daily syndicated newspaper.
语法 · B2any more seriously than

比较结构:not... any more seriously than 表示‘并不比…更当真’,把预言和星座栏并列。

But I hope you don't take that any more seriously than some horoscope in a daily syndicated newspaper.
发音take that any

take that any 快说时挤在一起,that 的 t 轻点一下。

But I hope you don't take that any more seriously than some horoscope in a daily syndicated newspaper.
俚语 · B2bullshit

胡说八道——熟人吐槽用,正式场合和长辈面前别用

But what was that "I am learning" bullshit?
短语 · B2way + adjective

太居高临下 way 不是路,是口语加强词

That's way condescending, you know?
短语 · B2put someone out of business

让生意垮掉

有人设想,如果算命师真把残酷真相说出口,put someone out of business 就会落到这行人头上——让他们全没生意。

it would put their asses out of business.
俚语 · B2asses

人;屁股——粗俗说法,这里指那些人,正式场合别用

it would put their asses out of business.
短语 · B1save up money

攒下她的钱

Just once I'd love to see some little old lady save up all her money
短语 · B1be all excited about something

满心期待

to go to the fortune-teller, she'd get there all excited about hearing her future and the woman would say, "Uh-huh... Tomorrow and all your remaining days will be exactly like today,
短语 · B1feel good about oneself

自我感觉良好

有人总结算命为什么有效:你付钱,就听到一些让你 feel good about yourself 的话,把这件事说成一笔交易。

You pay your money, you hear something that makes you feel good about yourself.
短语 · B2a seedy section of a city

鱼龙混杂的地段 seedy 不是多籽,指破旧混乱

If you want, there's a seedy section of Vienna we can buy a hit of crack.

看懂「街头看手相被吐槽」

发音重点

  • Only if you — 重音落在 Only if,will you 前稍停,别平均用力。
  • You're both — you're 快说时很轻,重心挪到 both 和 stars 上。
  • take that any — take that any 快说时挤在一起,that 的 t 轻点一下。
Only if you find peace within yourself will you find true connection with others.

只有找到内心的平静,你才能与他人建立真正的联结。 把条件倒装成一句命运箴言,within yourself 与 with others 对举。

Everything we know is stardust.

我们所知的一切都是星尘。 把宏大宇宙压缩成一句短判断,简单词却有画面和抚慰感。

But I hope you don't take that any more seriously than some horoscope in a daily syndicated newspaper.

但我希望你别太当真,对这话的认真程度,别超过对报纸星座栏的认真程度。 用报纸星座栏作比较,礼貌外衣里全是拆台,酸得很准。

And when you die, you'll be completely forgotten."

等你死了,你会被彻底遗忘。 把预言反写成冷冰冰的终局,短句一刀落下,带黑色幽默。

关于这一章的问题

Everything we know is stardust 是什么意思?

意思是「我们所知的一切都是星尘」。台词里说,几十亿年前星星爆炸形成了这世上的一切,所以一切都是星尘,最后还提醒两人别忘了这一点。

「无奈接受」英语怎么说?

可以说 resign yourself to。台词里说 resign yourself to the awkwardness of life,意思是生活里那些别扭改不了,只能认下。

为什么把看手相比作 horoscope(星座运势)?

台词里说,别把这一套看得比 daily syndicated newspaper 上天天登的 horoscope 更认真。随后有人反问:她知道我在度假、我们互不认识,还知道我会成为了不起的女人。

「投机分子」英语怎么说?

是 opportunist。台词里说 if opportunists like that ever had to tell the real truth,意思是那种投机取巧的人真要讲真话,这行就做不下去了。

You pay your money 这句在说什么?

台词是 You pay your money, you hear something that makes you feel good about yourself,意思是你花钱,就听到让你自我感觉良好的话,把算命说成一笔买卖。

a stranger to this place 是什么意思?

意思是「对这里陌生」。台词里说 you have been on a journey and you are a stranger to this place,就是对方一直在旅行、不是本地人;后面还接了 adventurer(冒险家)。

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