you're 轻快带过，重音落在 done 上。
When you're done, when you're done.Blue Jasmine · 2013 — 第 9 / 15 章 · 2'29" · B2
诊所里被医生示好：beat around the bush
诊所里聊着工作，医生忽然来一句 Can I make a confession?（我能跟你坦白件事吗），空气立刻变味。接着一句 beat around the bush（拐弯抹角），话就挑明了。想学怎么把越界的夸奖挡回去，I'm flattered, but（先接赞美再划界）这句最实用。
发生了什么
诊所里，一名员工跟医生聊起这份工作：有人下定决心 make it work（让它顺利运转、成功），工作也 fits in perfectly with（与…正好契合）所上的课；聊到电脑课，有人说自己可能是班上最差的学生。气氛本来像普通职场闲聊，直到有人来一句 I like having you around（有某人在身边），接着又来一句 Can I make a confession?（我能跟你坦白件事吗）。有人夸对方迷人，还说不想 beat around the bush（拐弯抹角）；回应用 I'm flattered, but（先接赞美再划界）把话挡回去，最后说不想再 put myself through（让自己忍受）这种荒唐事。遇到这种把夸奖往私人方向推的场面，既要听懂话里的意思，也要会用礼貌的 but 把界限划清。
这场戏看什么
- 留意赞美怎样一步步变成越界
- 注意重复「我不」的防御节奏
- 看拒绝如何从找外套变成永不回来
留意这几个短语
have someone aroundhear a confessionbeat around the bushI'm flattered, but
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beat around the bush
拐弯抹角avoid saying something directly
有人先问“这些话要引到哪里”；对方接过话头，说自己不爱 beat around the bush，紧跟着抛出“你是个迷人的女人”，把越界说成直率坦白。
Let's not beat around the bush: the deadline is too tight.咱们别绕弯子了：截止日期太紧。
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- have someone around
有某人在身边
- hear a confession
听人告解、听人坦白
- I'm flattered, but
先接赞美再划界
- come out of your shell
变得开朗、放得开
- standoffish
冷淡疏远
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让它顺利运转、成功
I hope you're pleased, because I am determined to make it work.与…正好契合
It fits in perfectly with my class. Are you getting better on the computer?慢慢适应并放松下来
I'm glad you're relaxing more into this job.有某人在身边
有人先夸对方工作进入状态，又补一句 I like having you around；have someone around 听着像上司的客气话，其实把关系往私人方向推。
Heh, I must say, I like having you around.做一番坦白或告白 这里不是宗教告解，是借词说“我有话要坦白”
Can I--? Can I make a confession?听人告解、听人坦白
对方刚问能不能 make a confession，有人不接浪漫话头，用 hear a confession 把自己说成不该听告解的人；语气带笑，实则在拉开距离。
I don't know that I should be the one to hear a confession, doctor.某人的穿着方式
The way you dress, I sometimes find very...一点也不
Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.觉得某人有吸引力
Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?条件句套从句：if 从句里再套 tell you that...，用它试探对方是否介意。
Does it upset you if I tell you that I, um, find you attractive?拐弯抹角
有人先问“这些话要引到哪里”；对方接过话头，说自己不爱 beat around the bush，紧跟着抛出“你是个迷人的女人”，把越界说成直率坦白。
Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.定语从句：who 引导定语从句修饰 person，说明说话人不属于爱绕弯的那类人。
Dr. Flicker, where is all this talk leading? Well, I'm not the kind of person who likes to beat around the bush. I find you a very alluring woman.表语从句：why 引导表语从句，说明“不是这个原因”。
I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.对某人有诱惑力
A certain elegance in a woman has always been enticing to me.变得开朗、放得开
对方用 come out of your shell 劝人放开些，得到的回应是 I'm not in a shell；壳的比喻被顶了回去。
Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.慢慢了解某人
Really, I think if you get to know me, you'd come out of your shell more.嗑药后上头——谈毒品或玩笑时用，正式场合别用
Ever gotten high on nitrous oxide? No.消除某人的拘束
It would remove your inhibitions. I don't have inhibitions.摆出冷淡疏远的样子
Stop being standoffish. I'm not standoffish.赢得某人芳心
对方被拒绝后仍说 You've made a conquest，把骚扰改写成她的魅力战绩；她只回 This is so embarrassing，没有接这个框架。
You should be proud. You've made a conquest.让自己受这种荒唐事
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.重音落在 myself 和 nonsense，中间的 through this 压低，have to 只留轻快的 /hæftə/。
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.深呼吸
I gotta take a deep breath.得，必须——口语代替 have got to，写作别用
I gotta take a deep breath.看懂「诊所里被医生示好」
发音重点
- when you're done — you're 轻快带过，重音落在 done 上。
- myself through this nonsense — 重音落在 myself 和 nonsense，中间的 through this 压低，have to 只留轻快的 /hæftə/。
I'm flattered, but I certainly hope that's not why you hired me.我很受宠若惊，但我当然希望这不是你雇我的原因。 礼貌接住赞美，同时把雇佣关系边界挑明，软中带硬。
Really? I don't think I dress in the slightest provocatively.真的吗？我不觉得自己的穿着有丝毫挑逗意味。 in the slightest 把否认压到最满，反问冷静又有力。
I don't have to put myself through this nonsense.我没必要让自己受这种荒唐事。 put myself through 把“忍受”说成主动把自己塞进折磨，拒绝得干脆。
I am never coming back here.我再也不会回这里了。 never 放在 am 后、coming 前，把决绝说满；短句收尾有力。
关于这一章的问题
beat around the bush 是什么意思？
就是「拐弯抹角」，有话不直接说，绕来绕去。台词里有人先问这番话要说到哪儿去，紧接着表示自己不爱 beat around the bush，然后把话挑明。
「先接赞美再划界」英语怎么说？
I'm flattered, but。先承认对方的夸奖，再用 but（但是）说明自己的界限；台词里紧接着就是希望对方不是因为这个才雇用自己。
hear a confession 和 make a confession 差在哪？
hear a confession 是听人告解、听人坦白；make a confession 是自己做一番坦白或告白。台词里先有人问能不能 make a confession，下一句就回应该不该由自己 hear a confession。
standoffish 是冷淡还是害羞？
standoffish 指冷淡疏远、拒人千里，不是单纯害羞。台词里有人被说 Stop being standoffish，马上回 I'm not standoffish，否认自己摆出冷淡样子。
put myself through 在这里怎么理解？
put myself through 是让自己忍受。I don't have to put myself through this nonsense 意思就是「我犯不着让自己受这种荒唐事」，表示不愿再忍下去。
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