磨练品格
有人翻旧账，把生日当天上班说成 build character（磨练品格），语气像在记仇地调侃。
'Cause you said working on my birthday would help me build character.Clerks II · 2006 — 第 3 / 16 章 · 2'47" · C1
快餐店里吵变形金刚：more than meets the eye
快餐店里，一个十九岁的人被拿跟母亲吻别说事，句句不留情。有人翻旧账，说对方讲过生日上班能 build character（磨练品格）；又有人用 more than meets the eye（不止表面那样）替《变形金刚》辩护。朋友互相拆台、聊电影接梗时，这几句都能直接用。
发生了什么
快餐店里，有人拿一个十九岁年轻人的年龄、让妈妈接送和跟妈妈吻别开玩笑，句句不留情。另一个人说自己心情好，因为网上说要拍《变形金刚》真人电影，还提到自己的网名是擎天柱。一句 the Transformers sucked（《变形金刚》烂透了）把话题点燃；有人用 more than meets the eye（不止表面那样）回击，有人搬出圣经夏令营的流程图，说《变形金刚》像是 a gift from God（天赐之物），另一个人立刻用 unholy curse（邪恶诅咒）顶回去。朋友互相拆台、聊电影接梗时，这些说法都能直接拿来用。
这场戏看什么
- 留意玩笑怎样一步步升级
- 宗教词和粗口怎样并置
- 看被戳中的人如何转移话题
留意这几个短语
build characterwhy the fuckI wish I didn'tmore than meets the eye
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more than meets the eye
不止表面那样more than is obvious
前面刚有人说《变形金刚》很烂，这句 more than meets the eye（不止表面那样）立刻用主题句回敬，既辩护又玩变形梗。
There's more than meets the eye to her quiet blog—half the posts are detective stories.她那安静的博客不止表面那样，一半文章是侦探故事。
本章还有
- build character
磨练品格
- why the fuck
到底为什么（粗）
- I wish I didn't
真希望我不知道
- beat the pants off
轻松打败
- as it turns out
结果发现
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49 句台词里标了 30 处
让某人开车接送
Why the fuck are you still getting rides from your mother?are you 轻轻带过，重音落在 still
Why the fuck are you still getting rides from your mother?和某人吻别
And even worse, what the fuck are you kissing her good-bye for?搞什么鬼（粗）——强烈不解或发火时用，正式场合别用
And even worse, what the fuck are you kissing her good-bye for?他妈的（加强语气）——熟人爆粗加强语气，正式场合绝不要用
What is she, your fuckin' prom date?心情太好
I'm in too good a mood.冠词 a 常弱化为 /ə/，只留轻轻一声；重音落在 good 和 mood 上，too 也别抢拍。
I'm in too good a mood.slipped you 里 d 和 y 黏连，尾巴别吞
Because your mom slipped you the tongue?舌吻了某人——低俗玩笑，别对不熟的人说
Because your mom slipped you the tongue?真人版电影
No, because I just read online that there's gonna be a live-action Transformers movie.网名；网络昵称
Well... I mean, as you know, my online handle is Optimus Prime.尽可能好的网名
I'm, like, positioned or whatever with the best possible Net handle and e-mail address for when the movie comes out.艳福不浅（粗俗）——男性间粗俗玩笑，公开场合别用
Oh, you're gonna be rolling in the pussy, man.舌吻；法式接吻——熟人调侃，画面粗俗，正式场合别用
Says the guy who was just playing tonsil hockey with his mother.别烦某人；让某人清静会儿
Leave Elias alone, Randal!meets the 自然滑过去，eye 拉长
They were more than meets the eye.被允许看
I thought you weren't even allowed to watch a lot of TV in your house 'cause you're all Christian and shit.被动否定：were not allowed to do 表示‘不被允许做’，even 把语气再推强。
I thought you weren't even allowed to watch a lot of TV in your house 'cause you're all Christian and shit.之类的（粗俗）——熟人随口列举时用，正式场合别用
I thought you weren't even allowed to watch a lot of TV in your house 'cause you're all Christian and shit.结果发现
有人被质疑基督徒家庭不许看电视，用 as it turns out（结果发现）转到解释，语气像在认真讲道理。
Well, as it turns out, cars and trucks that turn into...变成另一种机器
because my pastor says that machines can turn into other machines, and it's not a sleight against God.宾语从句：says that... 中 that 从句作 says 的宾语，说明牧师的具体说法。
because my pastor says that machines can turn into other machines, and it's not a sleight against God.正式原因连词：inasmuch as 引出原因，等于‘因为/就…而言’，后文接完整解释。
Transformers were a total sleight against God, inasmuch as报答；报复
有人把上帝送子受难说成人类要 pay someone back（报答；报复），再讽刺人类拿烂动画回报，语气夸张又冒犯。
and all we did to pay him back was make terrible fucking cartoons like the Transformers.all 强调结构：all we did was do... 把‘我们只做了…’拎出来，was 后接动词原形。
and all we did to pay him back was make terrible fucking cartoons like the Transformers.天赐之物
...the Transformers are like a gift from God, Randal.邪门的东西；邪恶诅咒
They are an unholy curse from the beast we call the Desolate One.堕落者之首
The first of the fallen, the spoiler of virgins, the master of abortions!黑暗力量
You know I don't like to talk about dark forces, Randal.看懂「快餐店里吵变形金刚」
发音重点
- are you still — are you 轻轻带过，重音落在 still
- too good a — 冠词 a 常弱化为 /ə/，只留轻轻一声；重音落在 good 和 mood 上，too 也别抢拍。
- slipped you — slipped you 里 d 和 y 黏连，尾巴别吞
- meets the eye — meets the 自然滑过去，eye 拉长
'Cause you said working on my birthday would help me build character.因为你说过生日那天上班能帮我磨练品格。 把‘磨练品格’这种正经话塞进翻旧账，荒诞又记仇。
Says the guy who was just playing tonsil hockey with his mother.这话出自一个刚跟妈妈舌吻的人之口。 用‘Says the guy who…’反手把指责打回去，画面越恶心越有效。
They were more than meets the eye.它们可不只是表面看上去那样。 借《变形金刚》主题句回敬‘很烂’，字面和玩梗同时成立。
They are an unholy curse from the beast we call the Desolate One.它们是来自我们称为‘荒寂者’的野兽的邪恶诅咒。 把动画片升级成恶魔学控诉，一本正经的夸张制造笑点。
关于这一章的问题
more than meets the eye 是什么意思？
意思是「不止表面那样」，用来反驳《变形金刚》很烂的说法，表示它们不只表面看起来那么简单。
「磨练品格」英语怎么说？
说 build character。台词里有人翻旧账，说对方讲过生日上班能帮自己 build character（磨练品格）。
「轻松打败」英语怎么说？
用 beat the pants off。台词里说《变形金刚》能 beat the pants off（轻松打败）《危险游侠》。
unholy curse 是什么意思？
意思是「邪恶诅咒」，台词里有人用它骂《变形金刚》，说它们是野兽降下的诅咒。
pay someone back 在这里是报答还是报复？
这里是「报答」那一面：前面说上帝派独生子救赎人类，这句说人类拿烂动画来 pay him back（报答），语气是反讽。
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下一章 · 第 4 章sow your wild oats为迎老板吵翻
第 1 章take issue with网上对喷把名人搞混
第 2 章hit the jackpot婚房还是佛州公寓
正在看 · 第 3 章more than meets the eye快餐店里吵变形金刚
第 4 章sow your wild oats为迎老板吵翻
第 5 章Say what you will about快餐店为三部曲吵翻
第 6 章give someone the time of day打烊前争论婚姻
第 7 章piece together逼问出枕头裤怪谈
第 8 章bet dollars to donuts老同学探班翻旧账
第 9 章blow off some steam薯条没炸好，骂出种族脏话
第 10 章term of endearment为一句蔑称吵翻
第 11 章tie your life to someone准新郎怕婚礼跳舞
第 12 章You and what army?备餐台前坦白怀孕
第 13 章at its finest送别派对变人兽秀
第 14 章smooth things over牢房里翻旧账
第 15 章take a bullet for someone为搬走翻脸的老友
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