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Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 12 / 15 章 · 2'42" · C1

看孩子时讲往事：swept me off my feet

茉莉一边照看两个男孩，一边把自己的半生讲成一段独白：哈尔当年 swept me off my feet（把我迷得神魂颠倒），可他的成功又 too good to be true（好得不像真的）。想聊爱情开场、聊一个人怎么从风光到崩溃，这里全是能直接搬走的说法。

发生了什么

茉莉照看两个男孩，从妈妈今晚有约会聊到看孩子挣外快，话题很快转到她自己的过去。她讲到哈尔时用了 swept me off my feet（把我迷得神魂颠倒），也说自己不想只当 mindless consumer（没头没脑的消费者）。后来她说到焦虑、精神崩溃和 Edison's Medicine（电击疗法的黑色别称），最后一句 I'm a new person（我已经脱胎换骨了）把过去一把收住。想学怎么用英语讲经历、讲钱、讲崩溃，这一大段很值得跟。

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这场戏看什么

  • 留意孩子直问与姨妈绕答的落差
  • 听她如何把破产说成命运
  • 看她讲到哈尔时笑声如何变硬

留意这几个短语

make extra moneyswept me off my feetI won't say I dislikeEdison's Medicine

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swept me off my feet

把我迷得神魂颠倒charmed me completely

她向孩子讲哈尔时，用 swept me off my feet 把婚姻的开头缩成一首歌和一次心动，像在给自己找回一点体面；语气软下来，也像提前替后面的事找台阶。

The way he remembered every tiny detail totally swept me off my feet.他记得每个小细节，彻底把我迷住了。

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  • make extra money

    挣外快

  • I won't say I dislike

    我不会说我不喜欢（其实喜欢）

  • Edison's Medicine

    电击疗法的黑色别称

  • aboveboard

    正当的；不藏猫腻

  • too good to be true

    好得不像真的

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40 句台词里标了 26 处

短语 · A2Where do you think + 主语 + 动词?

你觉得……在哪里

Where do you think Mom is tonight?
短语 · A2get a date

有约会

Oh, she's got a date tonight.
短语 · B1wonder + wh-从句

想知道……到底

Oh, that's cool. I wonder where she is.
发音gonna babysit you

gonna 轻快带过，重音放到 babysit，you 收得短

I'm gonna babysit you. I'm a good babysitter.
短语 · B1make extra money

挣外快

她劝孩子也该去替人看孩子，把 make extra money 说成零花钱的正路，语气像在传授人生经验，还带一点阔太太下凡的口吻。

It's how you make extra money.
短语 · C1sweep someone off their feet

把我迷得神魂颠倒

她向孩子讲哈尔时，用 swept me off my feet 把婚姻的开头缩成一首歌和一次心动，像在给自己找回一点体面；语气软下来，也像提前替后面的事找台阶。

And Hal, my husband, he swept me off my feet.
短语 · B1do something with one's life

让人生有所作为

Yeah, but I always wanted to do something with my life.
短语 · B2go to a matinee

看下午场演出或电影

I didn't just shop and lunch and go to matinees.
短语 · B2run a charity

经营慈善机构

You know, I ran charities for poor people and, you know, raised some money for museums and schools.
短语 · B1raise money for something

为……筹了一笔钱

You know, I ran charities for poor people and, you know, raised some money for museums and schools.
短语 · B2with X comes Y

有了X就带来Y

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
语法 · B2with wealth comes responsibilities

完全倒装：正常语序是 responsibilities come with wealth；倒装后像格言，强调条件。

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
发音with wealth comes

重音落在 wealth 和 responsibilities，comes 别抢拍

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.
短语 · B2so-called + 名词

所谓的朋友

I wasn't just some mindless consumer like so many of my so-called friends.
短语 · B2count on something

靠小费过日子

Tip big, because you get good service and they count on tips.
短语 · C1come into wealth

获得大笔财富

You know, someday when you come into great wealth, you must remember to be generous.
俚语 · B1got crazy

精神失常；疯了——熟人转述旧事时用，别当面说病人

Mom said you used to be okay, but you got crazy.
短语 · C1take to the streets

跑到街上；上街发泄 这里更像是崩溃后跑到街上，不是有组织抗议

Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.
语法 · C1only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets

until 从句：only so many X 先给出上限，until 从句说明越过上限那一刻会怎样。

Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.
短语 · C1get someone thinking straight

让你脑子清醒过来

Because they use electricity to get you thinking straight.
短语 · B2have a nervous breakdown

精神崩溃

You know, I had nightmares and a nervous breakdown.
短语 · C1100-percent aboveboard

完全正当、没有猫腻 字面像‘在桌面上’，这里指账目和交易干净

Of course, you know, I probably did suspect that not everything Hal did was always 100-percent aboveboard.
短语 · B2too good to be true

好得不像真的

她笑着承认哈尔的成功 too good to be true，顺到不可能没鬼；这句自嘲其实在替自己开脱，也把早该怀疑的责任推给常识。

Christ, I mean, you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true. Heh, heh, heh.
语法 · C1you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true

反讽条件句：反着说：不这么想就是傻瓜，怀疑成了常识。

Christ, I mean, you'd have to be an idiot not to think his phenomenal success was too good to be true. Heh, heh, heh.
发音flipped out

flipped 尾音滑进 out，两个词连成一口气

And when he had other women, I just flipped out.
短语 · B2one thing led to another

事情一件接一件地发展

You know, and one thing led to another and...

看懂「看孩子时讲往事」

发音重点

  • gonna babysit you — gonna 轻快带过，重音放到 babysit，you 收得短
  • with wealth comes — 重音落在 wealth 和 responsibilities，comes 别抢拍
  • flipped out — flipped 尾音滑进 out，两个词连成一口气
Well, there's only so many traumas a person can withstand until they take to the streets and start screaming.

一个人能承受的创伤有限，忍到头就会上街尖叫。 把崩溃写成有额度的物理过程，冷静又骇人。

But a cheat is a cheat.

但骗子就是骗子。 六个词像判词，把浪漫和借口一刀切掉。

You know, with wealth comes responsibilities.

要知道，财富也带来责任。 倒装成格言，既像家教又像自我辩护。

I wasn't just some mindless consumer like so many of my so-called friends.

我可不是那种盲目消费的人，不像我那么多所谓的朋友。 把炫富改写成道德优越感，so-called 一词最扎。

I met someone. I'm a new person.

我遇到了一个人。我脱胎换骨了。 两句短句像重启人生，也像急着盖住旧账。

关于这一章的问题

swept me off my feet 是什么意思？

意思是「把我迷得神魂颠倒」，形容被对方彻底吸引、心动到不行。台词里用来说哈尔当年怎样让她一下子沦陷。

「好得不像真的」英语怎么说？

可以说 too good to be true。台词里用来说一个人的成功顺得反常，让人怀疑背后有问题；不是单纯的夸奖。

Edison's Medicine 指的是什么？

是台词里对电击疗法的一种黑色别称：用电流让人脑子清醒（get you thinking straight）。字面像「爱迪生的药」，实际说的是精神治疗。

I won't say I dislike buying pretty clothes 是什么语气？

是一种留余地的承认：嘴上不肯直说喜欢，实际承认自己爱买漂亮衣服。比直接说 I like it（我喜欢）更绕，也更像自我辩解。

aboveboard 在这里是什么意思？

意思是「正当的；不藏猫腻」。台词里怀疑哈尔做的事并非件件都 100-percent aboveboard（完全正当）。

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