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派对上初识德怀特：hit the jackpot

派对角落，两个人从名字聊到衣着、丧偶和职业。一句 Come to life after it gets dark（天一黑就活过来）把名字聊成了调情；一句 might just be an inflated ego（也许只是膨胀的自负）显得轻松，接着又有人感叹 I really have hit the jackpot（交上好运）。想学初次见面的自然寒暄和自嘲，这段正合适。

发生了什么

派对角落，两个人初次搭话，先从名字说起：有人说自己的名字来自母亲喜欢的花，于是有了 Come to life after it gets dark（天一黑就活过来）这样的说法。话题很快转到衣着、丧偶和职业。有人用 I didn't say（我可没那么说）轻轻挡回一句玩笑；有人刚讲起想竞选公职，又承认 might just be an inflated ego（也许只是膨胀的自负）。等到听说对方是室内设计师，一句 I really have hit the jackpot（交上好运）把好感推向邀约。想练初次见面的寒暄、自嘲和顺势夸奖，这些说法都能直接用。

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本章短语

hit the jackpot

交上好运，中头奖get very lucky; strike it rich

有人一听对方是室内设计师就说 I really have hit the jackpot（交上好运），接着解释自己刚买了新房，正需要人帮忙。

We hit the jackpot when our landlord turned out to be a chef.房东竟是厨师，我们真是撞上大运了。

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  • come to life

    活跃起来，有生气

  • I didn't say

    我可没那么说

  • shatter your illusion

    打破美好想象

  • passed away

    去世（委婉说法）

  • diplomatic corps

    外交使团

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58 句台词里标了 28 处

短语 · B1rather be + place/state

宁愿待在别处

I'd rather be someplace else too.
发音I'd rather

I'd 的 d 别拖重，轻轻滑进 rather，整句放松念。

I'd rather be someplace else too.
俚语 · A2someplace

某个地方（口语）——熟人闲聊常用；正式文书里改用 somewhere。

I'd rather be someplace else too.
短语 · B1look that + adjective

看起来那么不自在

Do I look that uncomfortable? Almost.
发音Do I

Do I 快说时黏在一起，别拆成两个重音。

Do I look that uncomfortable? Almost.
短语 · B2an exotic name

带异国风情的名字

Jasmine French, that's a very exotic name.
短语 · B1name someone after someone/something

按…给我取名

Well, my parents named me after my mother's favorite flower.
短语 · B2come to life

活跃起来，有生气

有人把名字解释成夜来香，又补一句 come to life after it gets dark（天一黑就活过来），说的既是花，也像在说对方一到夜里才精神，语气里带点调情。

Come to life after it gets dark.
短语 · B1the best offer I've had

今天收到最好的提议

That's the best offer I've had today.
短语 · B1get to do something

有机会认识你

I saw you in the other room before, I was hoping I'd get to meet you.
语法 · B2I was hoping I'd get to meet you

过去进行表委婉：用 I was hoping 而不是 I hope，让期待听起来更委婉，后面接宾语从句。

I saw you in the other room before, I was hoping I'd get to meet you.
短语 · B2shatter someone's illusion

打破美好想象

有人听对方说早在另一个房间就想认识自己，便自嘲地回一句 hope I don't shatter your illusion（希望别打破你的美好想象），意思是别把我想得太好，语气轻松。

Well, hope I don't shatter your illusion.
短语 · B1work in the [field] industry

在时尚行业工作

Vivier-- Oh, my goodness. Do you work in the fashion industry?
短语 · B1pass away

去世（委婉说法）

话题转到前妻，有人用 passed away（去世）代替直接说 died，选词更委婉，语气也放轻，好让对方顺着接话。

Right. She passed away last year.
短语 · B2nothing as + adjective + as

没…那么光鲜

I'm so-- And what do you do? Nothing as glamorous as fashion.
短语 · C1the diplomatic corps

外交使团

有人先说在国务院工作，又补一句 in the diplomatic corps（在外交使团），把职位说得更正式。

In the diplomatic corps.
短语 · B1turn something down

拒绝它 这里不是调低音量，而是拒绝机会。

But I wouldn't turn it down.
短语 · B2ambassador to [country]

驻墨西哥大使

We knew the ambassador to Mexico.
短语 · B2enter politics

进入政界

Lovely. My ambition is to come back after a few years and enter politics.
短语 · B2run for office

竞选公职

有人谈未来计划，说想在加州 run for office（竞选公职），语气认真，还提到自己了解加州、喜欢挑战。

I'd like to run for office in California. Oh, how exciting.
短语 · C1an inflated ego

膨胀的自负

有人刚说完想当议员，马上补一句 it might just be an inflated ego（也许只是膨胀的自负），用自嘲给野心垫一层缓冲，语气轻松。

Yeah, it might just be an inflated ego, but I think I'd make a good congressman.
俚语 · B1out here

这一带，这儿——口语里问对方是否本地；正式问籍贯别用。

You from out here?
短语 · B1start a new life

重新开始生活

I decided to come out here and start a new life for myself.
短语 · B2hit the jackpot

交上好运，中头奖

有人一听对方是室内设计师就说 I really have hit the jackpot（交上好运），接着解释自己刚买了新房，正需要人帮忙。

I really have hit the jackpot.
语法 · B2not only is she charming and elegant and single

not only 倒装：否定词 Not only 放句首，助动词 is 提到主语 she 前；正常语序是 she is not only...

Really? I meet this exotic creature, not only is she charming and elegant and single,
发音not only is she

not 和 only 各顶一下重音，is she 缩成轻快的 /ɪʃi/，整串前重后轻。

Really? I meet this exotic creature, not only is she charming and elegant and single,
语法 · B2One I've been looking at

省略关系代词：One 后省掉 that/which，I've been looking at 是定语从句，说明是哪一栋房子。

One I've been looking at. It's in Marin.
短语 · B2written in the stars

命中注定 不是写在星星上，而是说命中注定。

Written in the stars. You have to look at it.

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发音重点

  • I'd rather — I'd 的 d 别拖重，轻轻滑进 rather，整句放松念。
  • Do I — Do I 快说时黏在一起，别拆成两个重音。
  • not only is she — not 和 only 各顶一下重音，is she 缩成轻快的 /ɪʃi/，整串前重后轻。
I'd rather be someplace else too.

我也宁愿待在别的地方。 一句低声的同感，既承认不适，又向对方递出同盟感。

Come to life after it gets dark.

天黑之后才活过来。 用夜花说人，字面写花，暗里写夜生活与暧昧。

I didn't say it was an offer.

我可没说那是个邀约。 用一句轻巧否认挡住对方顺杆爬，既不留情也不撕破脸。

I remember it as being two weeks of young wine and chocolate cake.

我记得那两周就是喝新酒、吃巧克力蛋糕。 把旅行记忆压成味道和甜点，具体、松弛，带点老派富人的享乐。

I really have hit the jackpot.

我真是交上好运了。 夸张的 jackpot 把遇见合适的人说成中头奖，热情又不至于太郑重。

关于这一章的问题

come to life 是什么意思？

是「活跃起来，有生气」。台词里一句 Come to life after it gets dark，说的是夜来香天一黑就活跃起来，不是真的活过来。

「交上好运」英语怎么说？

可以说 hit the jackpot，字面是中了头奖。台词里 I really have hit the jackpot 用来表示自己运气好到像中奖，不是真的买彩票。

「我可没那么说」英语怎么说？

用 I didn't say（我可没那么说），后面接对方替你加的话。台词里一句 I didn't say it was an offer，就是「我可没说这是个提议」。

passed away 和 died（死）有什么区别？

passed away 是「去世」的委婉说法，语气比 died 柔和。台词里说到前妻去年过世，用的就是 She passed away last year。

run for office 只能指竞选总统吗？

不是，它泛指竞选公职。台词里有人说想在加州 run for office，还提到想当众议员，所以职位可大可小。

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