这场戏：借苏联垮台谈信仰
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上司考埃里克：苏联帝国为什么垮台？答案只有两个字——Godlessness.（没有信仰）。接着他嫌埃里克像文员，直接甩一句 Now it's time to join the varsity.（该进主力队了）。想学怎么把话说得又大又狠、把格局讲出来，这几句很能派上用场。
「该进主力队了」：Now it's time to join the varsity
made a career 把某事做成终身职业smarter than us 比我们更聪明Godlessness 不信神、无神状态join the varsity 进正式主力队伍
❝ 独白 · 5 句 汉森谈妻子
五句短话从信仰讲到妻子，把硬汉说软了。
埃里克被汉森叫去，先为一张画争执：他想要那幅两个人一条船的画，汉森说那是加塞斯的，画还堆在储藏室里。接着汉森考他苏联帝国为什么垮台，答案是 Godlessness.（没有信仰）——人再聪明、再狡猾，没了信仰也会输。他嫌埃里克 Stop thinking like a clerk.（别用文员的脑子想问题），要他 Now it's time to join the varsity.（该进主力队了）。随后话题转到家庭和信仰，汉森说钱比不上家庭的福分，还说是妻子把他带进了教会。想学怎么用英文谈格局、谈信仰与家庭，这些句子都很适合。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Sir? It's two men on a boat. I want it.”
先生？画上是两个男人坐在船上。我要它。
先点画名再说「我要」，把占有欲说得像一道命令。
It's ... I want it.
对下属直接下指令时用；语气强硬，别对朋友或长辈这样说。
It's two people in a field. I want it. ／ It's a small sketch. I want it.
中性
重音落在 want 和 it，前一句轻快带过。
It's a small sketch by the window. I want it. 窗边那幅小素描，我要它。
“You know why the Soviet Empire collapsed?”
你知道苏联帝国为什么会垮吗？
用提问把大历史拽到桌边，逼对方接话。
You know why ...?
想引出自己的观点、让对方猜时用；语气随意，正式演讲别用。
You know why the market crashed? ／ Any idea why they lost?
中性
You know 弱读，句尾 collapsed 用升调。
You know why the deal fell through? 你知道那笔生意为什么黄了吗？
“They were smarter than us.”
他们比我们聪明。
先认对手更强，才让后面「为何失败」更有力。
They were ... than us.
承认对手在某方面更强时用；后面常接转折，别单独当贬低。
They were faster than us. ／ They were better funded than us.
中性
smarter 重读，than us 轻轻带过。
They were better prepared than us. 他们比我们准备得更充分。
“Now it's time to join the varsity.”
现在该进正式队伍了。
用校队比喻逼人上进，把「别只围观」说得很狠。
It's time to ...
劝人别再观望、该上手时用；半开玩笑半施压，长辈对晚辈常说。
Now it's time to get in the game. ／ Time to play with the big boys.
口语
Now 起句稍重，varsity 重音在前。
Now it's time to join the real team. 现在该加入真正的队伍了。
“What is money compared with the blessings of family?”
跟家庭的福分相比，钱算什么？
用反问压过对方的经济顾虑，把道德抬到高处。
What is X compared with Y?
想用反问否定对方看重的东西时用；语气说教，容易冒犯人。
What is fame compared with health? ／ What is a job compared with your family?
正式
What 重读，句尾用降调收住。
What is a bonus compared with your health? 跟健康相比，奖金算什么？
“It was my wife who first brought me here.”
最早带我来这里的，是我妻子。
强调句把功劳全给了妻子，硬汉忽然柔软。
It was ... who ...
想把功劳或原因归到某人身上时用；语气郑重，适合认真的场合。
It was my father who taught me that. ／ She was the one who started it.
literary
It was 轻，my wife 重读，who 一带而过。
It was my sister who pushed me to try. 是姐姐推着我去尝试的。
My wife was the one... Good to see you, Bob. It was my wife who first brought me here. Bonnie. I was a Lutheran when we met, and not much of one. She saved my life.
我妻子才是那个……见到你真好，鲍勃。 最早带我来这儿的是我妻子。 邦妮。 我们认识时我是路德教徒，而且并不虔诚。 是她救了我。
下一章 · 07work miracles创造奇迹这场戏：当面挑明为何选他本意是校队或正式主力队，这里指真正的高手队伍。Now it's time to join the varsity. 就是催人别只当替补，该进主力阵容、上更高一层了。
Stop thinking like a clerk. clerk 是按规矩办事的小职员。这句话是嫌人格局小、只知照章办事，要对方想大一点。
Godlessness，也可以说 atheism（无神论）。汉森把苏联帝国的垮台归因于 Godlessness.，就是他这套「信仰决定兴亡」的说辞。
他在给埃里克上课：苏联人比美国更聪明、更狡猾，却还是输了，原因是没有信仰。他想借此说明信仰才决定一切，顺带敲打这个年轻人。
是反话。埃里克说自己祖父是执事，汉森回一句 Well, congratulations.，表面恭喜，其实是在挖苦这资历不值一提，接着就叫他进主力队。
