这场戏：酒吧里被劝写自己
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酒吧里，李一边卖着几封旧信，一边被问 You sure these are the real thing?（你确定这是真货吗）。信其实是她伪造的，她只能含糊过去。最值得学的两个说法：the real thing（真货、正品），买二手、辨真假一句话搞定；give it a read（读一读），把稿子递给人时最自然。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 她说 who cares（谁在乎呢），只求有人喂猫
live on 长存、延续下去happens to 碰巧、恰好who cares 谁在乎呢
咖啡馆里，李把几封旧信拿给对面的人看，对方半信半疑，问 You sure these are the real thing?（你确定这是真货吗）——信其实是她伪造的。后来她和安娜喝酒，有人举杯祝她这位「碰巧还活着的出色作家」，安娜还问她 Have you ever written about yourself?（有没有写过自己），劝她别等别人来写传记。李递给安娜一篇小说，安娜说 I'll give it a read（我会读一读）。值得学的三个说法：the real thing 是问真假、验正品；give something a read 是随口说「我看看」；go easy on someone 是求人手下留情。聊作品、买卖旧物、朋友互相打气，都用得上。
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“Have you ever written about yourself?”
你写过关于你自己的东西吗？
一句轻轻的追问，把莉藏了多年的写作梦捅了出来。
Have you ever ...?
想探问对方有没有某种经历时用；追问隐私前先看场合，别显得盘问。
Did you ever write about yourself? ／ Have you ever put your own life on paper?
中性
ever 稍重，about yourself 连读，句尾轻扬。
Have you ever written about your hometown? 你写过关于你家乡的东西吗？
“I just want somebody to feed my cat.”
我只想有个人帮我喂猫。
把身后事缩成喂猫这一件小事，越轻描淡写越让人心酸。
I just want somebody to ...
半自嘲地说自己要求不高时用；对刚失去亲人的人别这么轻飘。
All I want is someone to water my plants. ／ I just need somebody to check on the place.
中性
just 轻读，somebody to 连读，feed my cat 放慢收尾。
I just want somebody to water my plants while I'm away. 我只想有个人在我出门时帮我浇浇花。
“Can't kick a old dog out on the street, right?”
总不能把一条老狗踢到大街上，对吧？
自比老狗求一口饭吃，赖皮里带着一点自知的可怜。
Can't ... , right?
半开玩笑地替自己求情时用；真要请人帮忙，这种口气容易显得赖皮。
You can't throw an old dog out, right? ／ Can't leave an old friend stranded, right?
口语
Can't 重读，out on the street 连成一片，right 上扬。
Can't leave an old friend out in the rain, right? 总不能把老朋友晾在雨里，对吧？
“Nah, most people will believe anything you tell them anyway.”
得了吧，反正大多数人对你说什么都信。
一句冷眼看穿人心，把骗局说得像常识。
most people will + 动词 + anything
吐槽轻信、解释骗局为何得手时能用；对当事人别当面说。
People believe what they want to believe. ／ Most folks never check anyway.
口语
Nah 轻吐，most people 连读，anything 重读，anyway 收平。
Most buyers never read the fine print anyway. 大多数买家反正从不看细则。
“This way, you still kind of exist.”
这样一来，你还算以某种方式存在着。
把被记住说成「还算存在」，轻巧地说中人对消失的恐惧。
this way + 主语 + still + 动词
聊名声、遗物和被人记住时能用；对伤心的人别这么冷静。
This way, a part of you stays. ／ That's how you stick around.
literary
this way 轻连，still 重读，kind of exist 一带而过。
Old photos are how my grandmother still sticks around. 老照片就是外婆还留在身边的方式。
Wouldn't it be incredible if, after you passed on... people were selling your letters? Why on earth would I want that? Well, because. Most of us mortals just disappear. This way, you still kind of exist.
要是等你走了以后……岂不是太妙了？ 有人开始卖你的信？ 我到底为什么会想要那个？ 呃，因为嘛。 我们大多数凡人就这么消失了。 这样一来，你还算某种程度地存在着。
下一章 · 08street smarts街头智慧这场戏：收留挨打的杰克意思是真货、正品。有人问 You sure these are the real thing?，就是在问「你确定这是真迹吗」。买二手、收古董时特别常用。
可以用 go easy on someone，比如 tell your son to go easy on me，就是让你儿子对我手下留情，求人通融时很自然。
形容一个人嘴很厉害、说话尖。戏里说 She had quite the mouth，意思是她那张嘴可真不饶人，多是带点佩服地调侃。
意思是长存、延续下去。举杯时说 May their brilliance live on，就是愿他们的才华长存，多用在纪念和致敬的场合。
口语说 give something a read，也可以说 give it a read。把稿子递给别人时来一句 I'll give it a read，就是「我拿来看看」，比 read it 更随口客气。
