这场戏：冒名打电话仿造旧信
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李在公寓里一张张仿造多萝西·帕克的信，宿醉被她写成 I have a hangover that is a real museum piece（我宿醉得堪称老古董），结尾还不忘来一句 can you ever forgive me（你能原谅我吗）。想学怎么把普通状态夸张成笑话、又怎么幽默收尾，这几句最好用。
leave word for someone（留话、捎口信），找人不在时用
leave word 留个口信a good time 现在方便吗hear from you 收到某人的消息right now 现在、此刻
❝ 独白 · 6 句 a real museum piece（老古董、稀罕物），一句自嘲夸到顶
a real museum piece 老古董、稀罕物can you ever forgive me 半开玩笑地求原谅write and apologize 写信道歉in the future 以后、将来
李一边冒充名人打电话套话，一边在公寓里仿写多萝西·帕克的信：她写自己宿醉得堪称博物馆藏品，说要是能省去道歉的辛苦，就干脆印一张小纸条，上面只写你能原谅我吗，署名多萝西。她还借格特鲁德·斯坦的名句开玩笑，说加州的好要亲口告诉对方。信里那句 I have a hangover that is a real museum piece（我宿醉得堪称老古董）夸张得妙，can you ever forgive me（你能原谅我吗）用来半开玩笑地道歉最合适；想学怎么留口信，leave word for someone（托人传话）也派得上用场。
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。
“I have a hangover that is a real museum piece.”
我宿醉得厉害，简直堪称博物馆级的藏品。
把一场宿醉说成稀世藏品，自嘲里全是帕克式的机锋。
have a ... that is a real museum piece
跟熟人自嘲糗事时用；对不熟的人或正式场合别说，显得轻浮。
I've got a cold that's a real museum piece. ／ This mess is a museum piece of bad planning.
literary
hangover 重读，that is 轻快带过，museum piece 放慢加重。
I have a headache that is a real museum piece today. 我今天头疼得厉害，堪称博物馆级。
“But until I do that, can you ever forgive me? Dorothy.”
但在那之前，你能原谅我吗？多萝西。
一句正经的忏悔被放进玩笑里，越郑重越好笑，正是帕克的签名。
can you ever forgive me?
对熟人为小事夸张道歉时用；真犯了大错还这么说会显得不认真。
Could you ever forgive me for this? ／ You'll have to forgive me eventually.
literary
ever 稍重，forgive me 降调，署名 Dorothy 干脆收住。
I missed your party again, can you ever forgive me? 我又错过了你的聚会，你能原谅我吗？
“Well, I'm here to tell you there is.”
而我要告诉你，那儿确实有。
短短一句就把斯坦的俏皮名言顶了回去，收得干净有力。
I'm here to tell you ...
要当面纠正一个流行说法时用；对长辈或正式文书里少用这种口气。
I'm here to tell you it does. ／ Let me tell you, there is.
中性
here to tell 连读，there is 重读并降调收尾。
People say the shop closed, but I'm here to tell you it's open. 都说那家店关了，可我要告诉你它还开着。
“Is that one word or two?”
那算一个词还是两个词？
抓着骂人话挑字眼，用冷静把脏话变成笑点。
Is that one + 名词 + or two?
被骂时用幽默化解、跟熟人斗嘴能用；对不熟的人别接这种玩笑。
Is that hyphenated? ／ Do I spell that as one word?
口语
one word or two 节奏平均，or 轻连，句尾微扬。
Is that one complaint or two? 那算一条抱怨还是两条？
“A tragic loss, but she had been dying for decades.”
是个沉痛的损失，不过她已经病恹恹好几十年了。
先装哀悼再补刀，黑色幽默全在后半句。
A tragic loss, but + 从句
黑色幽默挖苦故人时能用；真实丧事场合绝对不要说。
A great loss, though he'd been gone for years. ／ Terrible news, if it were news.
literary
tragic loss 放低，but 停顿，dying for decades 轻轻带过。
A real shame, though he was retiring anyway. 真可惜，不过他本来也要退休了。
Dear Joshua, Alan told me to write and apologize. I have a hangover that is a real museum piece. I'm sure I must have said something terrible. To save me this kind of exertion in the future, I am thinking of having little letters run off, saying "Can you ever forgive me? Dorothy." But until I do that, can you ever forgive me? Dorothy.
亲爱的乔舒亚，艾伦让我写信向你道歉。 我宿醉得厉害，简直堪称博物馆级的藏品。 我肯定说了什么很难听的话。 为了以后省去我这份辛苦， 我正打算印一批小字条，上面写着“你能原谅我吗？多萝西。” 但在那之前，你能原谅我吗？多萝西。
下一章 · 07the real thing真货这场戏：酒吧里被劝写自己字面是「一件真正的博物馆藏品」，用来夸张某样东西稀有、老派又好笑，比如把宿醉说成博物馆藏品。
can you ever forgive me。ever 让语气更重、更像半开玩笑的求原谅，写在信尾落款前很俏皮。
came out well。come out 指做出来的结果，加上 well 就是成品效果不错，做手工、写信、拍照都能用。
意思是「给某人留个话、捎口信」。打电话找人不在，就可以请对方 leave word for her that I called，转告她我来过电话。
不是「全湿了」，而是老派口语里的「完全搞错了」。说某人 all wet about something，就是他在这件事上看走了眼。
