这场戏：浴缸边讲童年暗恋
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比利一边给浴缸放水，一边跟莱拉讲自己的暗恋对象 Wendy Balsam（温蒂·巴尔萨姆）：从幼儿园就认识，他天天盯着她看，换来一句 Take a picture, why don't you?（你干脆拍张照好了？）。他讨厌上学，只因不想 wake up（醒来）。想用英语讲童年往事，这几句就是现成模板。
❝ 独白 · 35 句 all the time 是「一直、时时刻刻」
in kindergarten 在上幼儿园wake up 醒来、睡醒staring at 盯着某人看all the time 一直、时时刻刻
汽车旅馆的浴室里，比利一边往浴缸放水，一边跟莱拉讲起自己唯一喜欢过的女孩——温蒂·巴尔萨姆。他说从幼儿园就认识她，两人同班，上学的时间过得飞快；他天天盯着她看，她却只叫他别老盯着，还嘲笑一句 Take a picture, why don't you?（你干脆拍张照好了？）。莱拉问他有没有跟别的女孩交往过 go out with someone（跟某人约会交往），他说没有，只有她。他也讨厌上学，因为每天都不愿 wake up（醒来）；只有在教堂见到她，时间才过得快。最后他提起父亲只准他们 fill up（把……装满）约一英寸深的热水。
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“You never went out with Wendy Balsam, did you?”
你从没跟温蒂·巴尔萨姆约会过，对吧？
反着问反而更逼人，把多年的执念一下揭开。
You never ..., did you?
半信半疑地想套出真话时用；质问陌生人这样问会唐突。
You didn't actually date her, right? ／ So you two never went out?
中性
never 重读，Wendy Balsam 放慢，did you 轻快收尾。
You never tried that dish before, did you? 你没尝过那道菜，对吧？
“My father used to make us fill up the tub...”
我爸以前总让我们放洗澡水……
一件家常小事，把贫困和父亲的规矩都带了出来。
My father used to make us ...
讲小时候家里怎么立规矩时用；不适合拿去开玩笑。
Dad always made us do it that way. ／ My father would have us do it every night.
中性
used to 连读成 yoosta，make us 轻带过。
My mother used to make us turn off the lights by nine. 我妈以前总让我们九点前关灯。
“That's all we were allowed to use.”
我们只准用那么多。
一句话收住整个童年，节制和委屈都在里面。
That's all we were allowed to ...
想说当时只被允许做一点点时用；对亲近的人说会显得抱怨。
That was the only amount we could use. ／ We weren't allowed any more than that.
中性
That's all 连读，allowed to 的 d 吞掉，句尾下沉。
That's all we were allowed to spend on snacks. 我们买零食只准花那么多。
“I just thought about her every day, ...all the time.”
我就是每天想她，时时刻刻。
两句同义重复，把一辈子只爱一个人的执念说尽。
I just ..., ...all the time.
讲自己长期惦记某人或某事时能用；对刚认识的人这样表白会太重。
She was on my mind every single day. ／ I thought about her all the time.
中性
every day 后停顿，all the time 放轻，像自言自语。
I just practiced that song every day, all the time. 我就是每天练那首歌，没停过。
I knew her since I was in kindergarten. She was in my class. I remember... I hated school so much. I just... I didn't like to wake up. The first day I went to school... I just remember I was crying and screaming. My mother... ...she had to drag me there. And then when I got into class... ...that's when I saw her. And I remember just... ...staring at her and I started thinking things. I was very young, but I was imagining kissing her... ...and marrying her. I just thought about her every day, ...all the time. And then school time would go by fast. And sometimes I would see her in church. And I hated church, too. And if I saw her in church... ...it was good because then... ...time went by really fast. Did she know that you liked her? No. She would just... ...she would just tell me to stop staring at her all the time... ...mocking me out. "Take a picture, why don't you?" Did you ever have any other girlfriends? No. Just her. - (WATER RUNS) - I'm gonna fill up the whole tub. My father used to make us fill up the tub... ...with just, like, an inch of hot water.
我从幼儿园就认识她了。 她跟我同班。 我记得…… 我特别讨厌上学。 我就是…… 我不喜欢醒来。 我上学的第一天…… 我只记得我又哭又叫。 我妈…… ……她只能把我拖过去。 然后我进了教室…… ……就是那时候看见她的。 我记得我就…… ……盯着她看，开始胡思乱想。 我那时候很小，却在想象亲她…… ……还想象娶她。 我天天都想着她……一直都想着。 然后上学的时间就过得飞快。 有时候我还会在教堂看见她。 我也讨厌上教堂。 要是我在教堂看见她…… ……那就好了，因为那样…… ……时间就过得特别快。 她知道你喜欢她吗？ 不知道。 她就只是…… ……她就老叫我别再盯着她看…… ……嘲笑我。 「你干脆拍张照好了？」 你有过别的女朋友吗？ 没有。 只有她。 ——（水哗哗地流）——我要把整个浴缸放满。 我爸以前总让我们放洗澡水…… ……就放大概一英寸深的温水。
下一章 · 15how you start故态复萌这场戏：进浴室可以但不许看就是「跟某人约会交往」，指两个人正在谈恋爱。莱拉问比利有没有跟温蒂约会过，问的就是这个。
是 Take a picture, why don't you? 别人一直盯着你看、让你不自在时，可以用这句带点讽刺地回他。
「醒来、睡醒」，从睡梦中醒过来。比利说他不喜欢 wake up，就是每天早上都不愿醒来、不想上学。
fill up 强调把容器整个加满，fill 只表示往里装。比利说父亲只让他们把浴缸放满到一英寸深。
「一直、时时刻刻」，表示频率很高。比利说自己 all the time 都在想温蒂，就是天天想、时时刻刻都在想。
