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病榻前跟女婿和解:had in mind

维奥莱特病重卧床,女婿汤姆守在床边。她坦言汤姆并非家族当年为西比尔 had in mind(心里设想的人选)的女婿,如今大家都已 got past it(释怀)。她最后说 I am happy to have known you(认识你我很高兴),把旧账轻轻翻篇。想用英文温和地原谅人、体面道别,这几句最实用。

发生了什么

维奥莱特病重期间,女婿汤姆前来探望,两人聊起往事:当年他娶西比尔时并不是家族为她想好的人选,但维奥莱特终于说,they got past it(大家都释怀了)。她打趣他一句 You're such a bad liar(你撒谎可真差劲),又感叹 I am happy to have known you(认识你我很高兴)。她也说起那幅小画像的来历。had in mind 是「心里设想的人选」,常用来说早已想好的人选;all over for me 意思是「对我来说已经结束」,用来平静地承认某件事再不可能;get past it 是「迈过这道坎、释怀」。想用英文体面地原谅一个人、为一段关系收尾,就用这几句。

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留意这几个短语

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本章短语

had in mind

心里设想的人选

老人向汤姆坦白,他当年并不是家里为西比尔设想的那个人选。

We had someone else in mind for the role.这个角色我们原本另有考虑。

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  • all over for me

    对某人来说已经结束

  • Never mind

    没关系;算了

  • go on

    发生(尤指不光彩的事)

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36 句台词里标了 30 处

短语 · B1go on between someone

在两人之间发生过

I suppose they think something improper went on between us.
短语 · B1be a bad liar

不擅长撒谎

You're such a bad liar, Tom.
短语 · B2get anywhere

有所成就;混出名堂

I'd never have got anywhere if I were as rotten a liar as you.
语法 · B2if I were as rotten a liar as you

虚拟条件句:条件从句用 were 表示与事实相反的假设,主句相应使用过去将来完成形式。这里把撒谎这件事设定成不成立的前提,用虚拟语气把一句损人的话变成了夸奖。

I'd never have got anywhere if I were as rotten a liar as you.
短语 · B1try and do something

设法聚会;想办法见面

We're going to try and meet at the villa every year.
发音try and meet

and 常弱化为 /ən/,try 的 /aɪ/ 直接接上,/traɪənmiːt/ 三拍到位。

We're going to try and meet at the villa every year.
短语 · B1come and find out

来看看就知道了

We hope you'll come and find out. Oh, no.
短语 · B2be all over for someone

对某人来说已经结束

家人邀请老人每年夏天去别墅团聚,老人说那对自己来说已经结束了。

No. That's-That's all over for me.
短语 · A2never mind

没关系;算了

汤姆为某件事表示惋惜,老人用这句话表示不必在意。

Never mind.
短语 · B2be happy to have known someone

认识你很高兴

I am happy to have known you, Tom.
发音happy to have known you

have 的 v 搭上 known 的 /n/,/hævnoʊn/ 一滑而过,known 的 n 再顺进 you。

I am happy to have known you, Tom.
短语 · B1get on with someone

相处得来

I think we got on pretty well in the end, don't you?
短语 · B2have someone in mind for something

心里设想的人选

老人向汤姆坦白,他当年并不是家里为西比尔设想的那个人选。

You weren't quite what we had in mind for Sybil, but we got past it.
短语 · B2get past something

释怀;迈过这道坎

You weren't quite what we had in mind for Sybil, but we got past it.
语法 · B2what we had in mind for Sybil

what 引导的名词性从句:what 引导的从句在这里作表语,整体指当年心里设想的那个人选。用它比直接说某个人更含蓄,也把评价从具体的人转到了标准本身。

You weren't quite what we had in mind for Sybil, but we got past it.
短语 · B1and that's life

生活就是这样

And that's life, isn't it?
短语 · B1get past something

跨过;走出来

Getting past the unexpected.
短语 · B2the unexpected

意料之外的事

Getting past the unexpected.
语法 · C1which I think we can say we've done

which 引导非限定定语从句:which 指代前面学到的那些东西,不限定先行词,而是顺接补充一句自我评价。插入的 I think 又降低了语气,显出老人的谨慎。

And perhaps learning from it, which I think we can say we've done.
短语 · B1be a good friend to someone

是某人的好朋友

You've been a good friend to me through the years, Violet.
短语 · B1through the years

这些年来

You've been a good friend to me through the years, Violet.
发音good friend to me

friend 的 d 轻触 to,to 常弱化为 /tə/,/frendtəmi/ 连成一段,重音压在 good 与 friend。

You've been a good friend to me through the years, Violet.
短语 · B1be back in the family

重新回到这个家

Maud's back in the family, and everyone's happy.
短语 · B2sit for a portrait

坐着让人画像

Did you sit for it?
短语 · A2go for a walk

去散步

No, we... we went for a walk in the town one day, and there was a shop where a man was taking photographs.
语法 · B1a shop where a man was taking photographs

where 引导的从句:where 在这里指代前面的地点,后面描述那里正在发生的事。它把回忆的坐标固定在镇上那家小店,让一段往事有了具体的场景。

No, we... we went for a walk in the town one day, and there was a shop where a man was taking photographs.
短语 · B1copy something from something

照着……临摹

They must have copied it from that.
短语 · A2send something to someone

把它寄给我

Montmirail sent it to me in London with a silly scribbled letter.
短语 · B2should have done something

本该把它烧掉

Of course, I should have burned it.
短语 · B1leave someone to rest

不打扰某人休息

We'll leave you to rest.

看懂「病榻前跟女婿和解」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“get on”在本场的具体语气
  • 分清“have in mind”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话

发音重点

  • try and meet — and 常弱化为 /ən/,try 的 /aɪ/ 直接接上,/traɪənmiːt/ 三拍到位。
  • happy to have known you — have 的 v 搭上 known 的 /n/,/hævnoʊn/ 一滑而过,known 的 n 再顺进 you。
  • good friend to me — friend 的 d 轻触 to,to 常弱化为 /tə/,/frendtəmi/ 连成一段,重音压在 good 与 friend。
You weren't quite what we had in mind for Sybil, but we got past it.

你不完全是我们给西比尔心目中的人选,但我们后来释怀了。 先坦白当年的偏见,再用 but we got past it 收尾,把半生的接纳写进两个分句,是老人式的体面。

I am happy to have known you, Tom.

能认识你,我很高兴,汤姆。 用完成时的不定式 to have known you,把认识这件事放进一生的尺度里,克制而深情。

I'd never have got anywhere if I were as rotten a liar as you.

要是我撒谎跟你一样烂,我这辈子什么也成不了。 用虚拟语气把对方的诚实反过来夸了一遍,看似损人,实为恭维,是英式嘴仗的分寸。

You're such a bad liar, Tom.

你撒谎可真差劲,汤姆。 用 such a bad liar 把对方的诚实说成一种笨拙,表面挑刺,实为亲昵。

And that's life, isn't it?

而这就是生活,不是吗? And that's life 把一生的波折压成一句轻描淡写,isn't it 又把话递回去求共鸣,豁达里带无奈。

关于这一章的问题

had in mind 是什么意思?

意思是「心里设想的人选」或「心里想好的」。维奥莱特用它说,汤姆并不是家族当年为西比尔设想的结婚对象。

「对我来说已经结束」英语怎么说?

说 all over for me。维奥莱特婉拒再去法国时用了这句,意思是那些事对她而言已经过去了,语气平静而没有抱怨。

Never mind 在这里是什么语气?

Never mind 是「没关系;算了」,用来让对方别在意、别往心里去。这里是一句轻轻的安慰,把话头带过去,不是生气。

got past it 用在什么场合?

意思是「迈过这道坎、释怀」。适合两个人把旧矛盾说开之后:承认一件事曾经让人别扭,但现在已经放下了。

You're such a bad liar 是骂人吗?

不是。字面是「你撒谎可真差劲」,语气更像熟人间打趣:一眼就看穿你,但关系够近才会这么说。

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