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街头换词写诗:make a deal with

街头有人拦住两人,不提钱,先说 I would like to make a deal with you(想跟你做笔交易)——你给一个词,他写一首诗,喜欢就 pay me whatever you feel like(随便给点)。诗念完,有人觉得写得妙,又有人怀疑只是把词塞进模板。谈条件、定价钱、半信半疑地吐槽,这几句日常都用得上。

发生了什么

街头有人不开价,先提出交换:不给钱,给一个词,他把它写进诗里;要是觉得诗 adds something to your life(为生活增添价值),就随便给点。这是 make a deal with(跟某人做交易)的现场版。等诗的工夫,有人聊起好胜心,说打台球时一股劲 come over me,非得赢不可,也就是 come over someone(某种情绪突然袭来)。诗念完,有人说 That's wonderful(真棒),另一句说他多半只是把那个词 plug in(塞进去);被问 What do you mean(你什么意思),回的是 Nothing. I loved it(没什么,我很喜欢)。

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make a deal withadd something to your lifeplug inNothing. I loved it.

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make a deal with

和某人达成交易reach an agreement with someone

街头诗人开场先把关系定成「交易」,语气礼貌而带一点推销味,为后面「给词换诗」铺路。

Let's make a deal with the neighbor: we water their plants, they feed our cat.跟邻居做个交易:我们浇花,他们喂猫。

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  • add something to your life

    为生活增添价值

  • plug in

    把词塞进去

  • Nothing. I loved it.

    被追问就改口说没事

  • the fact that

    ……这一事实

  • come over someone

    某种情绪突然袭来

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短语 · B1make a deal with someone

和某人达成交易

街头诗人开场先把关系定成「交易」,语气礼貌而带一点推销味,为后面「给词换诗」铺路。

So, I would like to make a deal with you.
短语 · B1instead of just doing something

与其只是做某事

I mean, instead of just asking you for money, I will ask you for a word.
短语 · B1add something to one's life

为生活增添价值

诗人把付钱的理由说成「如果它给你的生活添了什么」,语气真诚又带点哲学味,听的人后来还专门提到这句。

if you feel it adds something to your life in any way,
语法 · B2if you feel it adds something to your life in any way

条件状语从句:if 引导条件,里面又套了 it adds … 的宾语从句,意思是「如果你觉得它给你生活添了什么」。

if you feel it adds something to your life in any way,
发音feel it adds

feel it 常连成一团,t 轻带过直接滑进 adds,别断开。

if you feel it adds something to your life in any way,
发音whatever you

whatever you 快说时 you 只剩轻轻的 jə,重音在 whatever 上。

then you can pay me whatever you feel like.
俚语 · C1rooster prick

粗俗骂人话——朋友间极熟才可能玩笑用,正式场合绝对别说

Milk shake. Oh, good. I was gonna say "rooster prick." But great. Milk shake.
短语 · B1gotta say (that) …

得说一句

Gotta say I like this Viennese variation of a bum.
短语 · B2a variation of something

某种东西的变体

Gotta say I like this Viennese variation of a bum.
俚语 · B2bum

流浪汉、闲汉——口语里常见,带轻蔑或自嘲,当面说容易冒犯

Gotta say I like this Viennese variation of a bum.
短语 · A2a little bit

有一点

Even if we were a little bit, why does everyone think conflict is so bad?
发音conflict is

conflict is 之间 t 常被吞掉,直接滑到 is,听时别找那个 t。

Even if we were a little bit, why does everyone think conflict is so bad?
短语 · B1come out of something

从某事中产生

There's a lot of good things coming out of conflict.
短语 · B2be supposed to be something

本就该是这样

I always think if I could just accept the fact that my life was supposed to be difficult,
短语 · B2the fact that + clause

……这一事实

有人用「接受生活本就艰难这个事实」来解释自己为什么不再那么愤怒,语气像在自我开导。

I always think if I could just accept the fact that my life was supposed to be difficult,
语法 · B2the fact that my life was supposed to be difficult

同位语从句:the fact that 后接完整从句,说明「事实」的具体内容,不是定语从句。

I always think if I could just accept the fact that my life was supposed to be difficult,
俚语 · B2pissed off

气得要命——口语常用,带脏味,正式场合和陌生人前别用

then I might not get so pissed off about it and I'd be glad when something nice happens.
短语 · B2have something to fight against

有股对着干的劲头

Maybe that's why I'm still in school. It's easier to have something to fight against.
短语 · C1be ingrained in someone

被刻进骨子里

Yeah, well, we've all had such competitiveness ingrained in us.
短语 · B2the most nothing thing

最无所事事的事

I can be doing the most nothing thing.
语法 · B2I feel it come over me

感官动词宾补:feel 后接宾语 it 加动词原形 come,表示感觉某动作发生,不加 to。

shooting some pool, and all of a sudden I feel it come over me — I have got to win.
短语 · B2plug something in

把某个词塞进去

He wrote it, but he probably just plugs that word in — whatever — milk shake, you know.

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发音重点

  • feel it adds — feel it 常连成一团,t 轻带过直接滑进 adds,别断开。
  • whatever you — whatever you 快说时 you 只剩轻轻的 jə,重音在 whatever 上。
  • conflict is — conflict is 之间 t 常被吞掉,直接滑到 is,听时别找那个 t。
I mean, instead of just asking you for money, I will ask you for a word.

我是说,与其直接向你要钱,不如向你要一个词。 instead of 一转,把乞讨重新包装成交易,姿态立刻不同。

then you can pay me whatever you feel like.

那你想给多少,就给多少。 把定价权交给对方,既显大方又留余地,是街头交易的经典话术。

I always think if I could just accept the fact that my life was supposed to be difficult,

我总在想,如果我能接受生活本就艰难这个事实, 用 if I could just accept 把自我安慰说成一种假设,语气里带着无奈。

Even if we were a little bit, why does everyone think conflict is so bad?

就算我们刚才真有点吵起来,为什么大家都觉得冲突是坏事? 一句反问把「冲突」从负面词翻成中性词,适合拿来讨论关系。

关于这一章的问题

make a deal with 是什么意思?

和某人谈成一笔交易、讲好一个交换条件。这句里街头诗人用它提出:你给我一个词,我给你写一首诗。

「为生活增添价值」英语怎么说?

add something to your life。台词里问的就是 if you feel it adds something to your life in any way,觉得它给生活添了点什么,就可以付钱。

pay me whatever you feel like 是什么语气?

把价钱交给对方定:台词是 then you can pay me whatever you feel like,写诗的人不直接要钱,给多少由听的人自己决定。

plug in 在这里是插电的意思吗?

不是插电。plug in 在这里指把某个词塞进现成的诗里。台词是 He wrote it, but he probably just plugs that word in — whatever — milk shake。

come over someone 怎么用?

说某种情绪突然袭上某人。台词里是打台球时突然觉得非得赢不可:I feel it come over me — I have got to win。

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