out of your 快说时挤成一串，of 只留一口气带过
Are you out of your fucking mind?!Clerks II · 2006 — 第 10 / 16 章 · 2'32" · C1
为一句蔑称吵翻：term of endearment
一句「这有什么大不了的」，把快餐店柜台吵成了辩论场。有人把「门廊猴子」直接定性为 racial slur（种族蔑称），也有人不服气地反问 since when did（哪有这规矩）；再搬出奶奶的旧事，又被 term of endearment（昵称、爱称）一句顶回去，说叫法再亲也改不了性质。想学怎么反问、怎么反驳，这些说法都用得上。
发生了什么
柜台前，一句「门廊猴子」被说成没什么大不了，反驳的人却不肯放过：一边指出这是 racial slur（种族蔑称），一边反问 since when did（哪有这规矩）。有人搬出奶奶的旧事当证据，对方接住这点，说就算那是 term of endearment（昵称、爱称），it's still a racial slur（它仍然是种族蔑称）；后面更补一句「它存在的唯一理由就是贬低整个种族」。一来一回，练的是怎么用反问、冷嘲和一句狠话把立场说清楚。
这场戏看什么
- 留意谁一直在讲词源，谁只讲自己的感受
- 听举祖母例子时那种理直气壮的语气
- 注意插话的人如何把火越烧越大
留意这几个短语
shit-cannedout of your fucking mindlisten to youold-timer
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term of endearment
昵称、爱称a nickname showing affection
反驳的一方先把对方最有力的理由接住：你祖母也许真是把它当 term of endearment，也就是昵称、爱称来叫你。语气冷静，像先承认再推翻。
'Little bear' was her father's term of endearment for her.「小熊」是父亲对她的爱称。
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- shit-canned
被炒鱿鱼
- out of your fucking mind
你疯了吧
- listen to you
你听听你自己说的
- old-timer
老派的人
- come to think of it
说到这儿才想起
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有什么大不了的
What?! What's the big deal?打小就如此——熟人之间调侃，正式场合别用
Oh, I don't know... since forever!针对某族群的蔑称
- Why? - Because "porch monkey" is a racial slur against black people.假装某事没发生过
I am going to pretend like this conversation didn't happen.差一步就被…
Elias, go pick up that fucking mess, and you are this close to getting shit-canned!一塌糊涂的烂摊子——气头上骂人，任何正式场合都别出口
Elias, go pick up that fucking mess, and you are this close to getting shit-canned!丢了饭碗
Are you trying to get fired?成了种族蔑称
Since when did "porch monkey" suddenly become a racial slur?胡说八道——平辈吵架时用，正式场合绝对别出口
Oh, bullshit.过去常常这样叫我
My grandmother used to call me a porch monkey all the time when I was a kid, because I'd sit on the porch and stare at my neighbors.would表过去习惯：would 这里不是「将会」，是回忆小时候常做的事，等于 used to。
My grandmother used to call me a porch monkey all the time when I was a kid, because I'd sit on the porch and stare at my neighbors.让步从句：用「尽管」先把对方的理由整块接住，主句再用 still 翻盘。
Despite the fact that your grandmother might have used it as a term of endearment for you,重音压在 still 上，it's 和 a 轻轻带过，对比才出来
it's still a racial slur.一把年纪的老派人——背后形容长辈，别当面叫，显老失礼
She was just an old-timer.强调助动词：肯定句里加 did 是强调「她确实这么说过」，不是疑问也不是否定。
But my grandmother did refer to a broken beer bottle once as a nigger knife.应该被看作…
Well, I still don't think "porch monkey" should be considered a racial term.拿这个词去形容谁
I mean, I've always used it to describe lazy people, not lazy black people.真下功夫的话就能…
I think if we really tried, we could reclaim "porch monkey" and save it.它之所以存在的最初理由 这里指这个词最初被造出来的目的，不是「首先」
The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race.同位语插入：主语后插进一个同义成分补充，真正的谓语 is 被推到后面。
The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race.purpose for its 连成一口气，别在 for 后面停
The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race.就因为我的肤色
Telling me I can't do something because of the color of my skin?给某人拿某物；点单时问要什么
What can I get for you, you little porch monkey?问句里 can 常弱到几乎听不见，重音落在 what 和 get
What can I get for you, you little porch monkey?把这个词收回来自己用 不是「收回说过的话」，而是把蔑称据为己有、重新定义
It's cool. I'm taking it back.看懂「为一句蔑称吵翻」
发音重点
- out of your — out of your 快说时挤成一串，of 只留一口气带过
- it's still a — 重音压在 still 上，it's 和 a 轻轻带过，对比才出来
- purpose for its — purpose for its 连成一口气，别在 for 后面停
- What can I — 问句里 can 常弱到几乎听不见，重音落在 what 和 get
The sole purpose for its creation, the only reason it exists in the first place, is to disparage an entire race.它被造出来只有一个目的，它之所以存在，从头到尾就是为了贬低一整个种族。 两次同位重复把话说死：问题不在谁在用，而在造词动机。
I think if we really tried, we could reclaim "porch monkey" and save it.我觉得要是我们真下功夫，完全能把这个词收回来、救活它。 reclaim a word 是文化论战的关键动作，一句把理想主义说得有点天真。
And even if it could be saved, you can't save it, because you're not black!就算这词真能被救回来，也轮不到你救——你又不是黑人！ 先让一步再抽走资格，辩论里最狠的一刀是「你没这个身份」。
I am going to pretend like this conversation didn't happen.我就当这场对话没发生过。 最体面的撤退句，用假装把烂摊子一刀切掉，冷面喜感。
That's the way people talked back then.那年头的人就那么说话。 人人都用过的开脱，把责任推给时代，短而典型。
关于这一章的问题
racial slur 是什么意思？
指针对某个族群的蔑称、侮辱性叫法。戏里有人把「门廊猴子」直接定性成 a racial slur against black people，就是「针对黑人的种族蔑称」。
「差一步就被炒鱿鱼」英语怎么说？
用 this close to getting shit-canned，this close 是「就差这么一点」，shit-canned 是被开除的口语说法，比 get fired 更冲，适合熟人之间抱怨或警告。
since when did 是什么语气？
是反问，意思是「哪有这规矩」，带不认同和挑衅。戏里有人用它质问「门廊猴子」什么时候成了蔑称，等于先不承认对方的说法。
listen to you 是让人「听你说话」吗？
不是。它是「你听听你自己说的」，带讥讽，是把对方的话顶回去。前一句刚说「因为你不是黑人，所以救不了」，这句就反问对方凭什么按肤色定资格。
「说到这儿才想起」英语怎么说？
come to think of it，用在忽然想到一件事、补充前面话题的时候。戏里有人用它把话头一转，接着想起奶奶的旧事。
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