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把受伤写进剧本:put our heads together

一集本来最简单的《老友记》,偏偏因为马特跳床摔伤肩膀,剧组索性把吊带写进剧本,结果 ended up taking(结果花了)最长时间才拍完。录制夜现场观众不笑,笑话就是没笑果,一句 didn't land(没笑果),全组立马 put our heads together(一起想办法)改。想聊团队怎么救场,这几句最实用。

发生了什么

重聚特辑里主创聊到最难忘的一集:马特跳床摔伤肩膀,剧组没删戏,反而把吊带写进剧情,一句 ended up taking(结果花了)点出它成了拍摄时间最长的一集。接着聊录制夜:现场观众的笑声就是标准,笑话要是 didn't land(没笑果),大家就 put our heads together(一起想办法)改,笑点不好就当场重写;那种紧绷感,用一句 a one-act play(一出独幕剧)形容最准。想聊剧组协作、临场救场,这段的表达直接能用。

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这场戏看什么

  • 最简单一集反而拍最久
  • 笑话砸了当场改词
  • 录制夜像每周一出戏

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put our heads together

一起动脑筋;凑到一块想办法

一个包袱没逗笑观众,几个人就凑到一起重新想办法改。

If we put our heads together, we can solve this.只要大家一起动脑筋,这事就能解决。

本章还有

  • ended up taking

    结果花了……;最后变成

  • didn't land

    没笑果;没击中观众

  • huddle

    (团队的)围拢打气;赛前凑圈商量

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63 句台词里标了 41 处

短语 · B2write something into something

写进剧里

-And the way -- do you remember how the sling was written into the show?
发音written into the show

written 收尾的 n 顺到 into 上,into 的 to 弱化成轻 /tə/,整串不用断开。

-And the way -- do you remember how the sling was written into the show?
短语 · B1put something into something

把这事写进剧里

-So we had to put that into the show,
短语 · B1wait until ...

一直等到

but we waited until he was okay again to film the ending of "The One Where No One Was Ready."
短语 · B2start out to be

一开始是

-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
短语 · B1end up doing something

结果花了……;最后变成

本来最简单的一集,结果花的时间反而最长。

-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
短语 · B1the longest amount of time

最长的时间

-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
语法 · B2what started out to be

主语从句:what 引导的主语从句当整句主语,后面接 ended up。它把一件事从头到尾的变化压在一个主语里,句式很有张力。

-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
发音started out to be

started 的两个 t 弹成闪音,像轻快的 d;out 的 t 滑向 to,合成 ou-to。

-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.
短语 · B1do something every time

每场都做

-There was one thing that we did every show that we didn't do that night before we started.
短语 · B2our huddle

我们的抱团

-Our huddle. -Mm-hmm.
俚语 · B2Our huddle

抱团;开拍前的聚拢打气——体育和团队场景常用,口语里比喻大家聚拢打气。

-Our huddle. -Mm-hmm.
短语 · B1do the huddle

没做抱团

-We didn't do it that night. -We didn't do the huddle.
短语 · B1the one time

唯一的一次

-That's the one time we didn't do it.
短语 · A2take too long

拖得太久

-That's right, 'cause we were sort of like, "You know what? We're taking too long.
短语 · B1sort of like

有点像;大概是

-That's right, 'cause we were sort of like, "You know what? We're taking too long.
语法 · B1sort of like

口语模糊语:sort of like 是口语里的模糊表达,用来引出一段还没想好怎么说的想法。它能让语气放松,也显得自然真实。

-That's right, 'cause we were sort of like, "You know what? We're taking too long.
短语 · B1early on

早期;一开始

-Really? -Well, it was sort of early on.
短语 · B1fall off someone

从我身上掉下来

-"'Cause I don't want anything else falling off me."
短语 · B1need to do something

得做抱团

Yeah. -We do need to do the huddle.
短语 · B1put on a show

上台演一场

It was exciting. You're putting on a show.
发音putting on a show

putting 与 on 连读,on 与 a 连成 on-a。

It was exciting. You're putting on a show.
短语 · B1a hard working night

非常拼的一晚

but it was a really hard working night for us
短语 · B1listen to someone

听观众反应

and we would listen to the audience.
短语 · B2land

没笑果;没击中观众

演员说哪怕自己很喜欢的包袱,只要观众没笑,就说明还不够好。

And if a joke didn't land, even if we loved that joke,
俚语 · B2didn't land

没笑果;没击中——口语说笑话或观点没打动人;正式场合可改说没引起反响。

And if a joke didn't land, even if we loved that joke,
短语 · A2not good enough

还不够好

they were telling us it's not good enough.
短语 · B2put one's heads together

一起动脑筋;凑到一块想办法

一个包袱没逗笑观众,几个人就凑到一起重新想办法改。

So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.
短语 · B2try to beat something

想办法改得更好

So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.
语法 · B2put our heads together

习语:put our heads together 是固定说法,意思是大家一起出主意。这里说他们凑在一起想怎么把没笑果的包袱改好,画面感很强。

So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.
发音put our heads together

put 的 t 与 our 粘成 pu-tour,heads 结尾的 z 顺势滑进 together。

So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.
短语 · A2eat it all

全吃光

-It's in trouble, like I'm gonna go eat it all.
短语 · B1win something back

把钱全赢回来

-How about "Here's where I win all my money back"?
短语 · A2a lot of changes

很多改动

-Kevin, there's a lot of changes coming.
俚语 · B2Good shit

真他妈棒——粗口表达赞许,只适合非常熟的同伴之间;正式场合禁止使用。

-Good shit. -You guys ready?
短语 · B1the energy of something

观众的能量

-I really enjoyed the energy of the audience, though.
短语 · B2a one-act play

一出独幕剧

-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.
发音a one-act play

one-act 当成一个词,n 直接搭上 act;play 的重音落下后果断收尾。

-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.
短语 · B1find oneself doing something

发现自己

-I found myself, like, when they would laugh at something,
短语 · C1get a load of something

好好听听/看看

when till you get a load of this next line."
短语 · B2challenge someone to do something

激我去试

They would challenge me to try even -- I felt this rewarding feeling.

看懂「把受伤写进剧本」

发音重点

  • written into the show — written 收尾的 n 顺到 into 上,into 的 to 弱化成轻 /tə/,整串不用断开。
  • started out to be — started 的两个 t 弹成闪音,像轻快的 d;out 的 t 滑向 to,合成 ou-to。
  • putting on a show — putting 与 on 连读,on 与 a 连成 on-a。
  • put our heads together — put 的 t 与 our 粘成 pu-tour,heads 结尾的 z 顺势滑进 together。
-So what started out to be the simplest "Friends" episode ended up taking the longest amount of time to shoot.

本来最简单的一集《老友记》,结果成了拍摄时间最长的一集。 最简单与最长并置,一句话道尽计划失控。

-It's like doing a one-act play every week with all of us.

就像我们六个人每周演一出独幕剧。 用舞台术语概括周播剧,新鲜又精确。

I felt like I was gonna die if they didn't laugh.

我觉得他们要是不笑,我就要死了。 夸张到极致的条件句,写出演员对笑声的依赖。

So we would put our heads together and try to beat it.

于是我们凑到一块,想办法把它改得更好。 两个动作写出复盘:先抱团,再改到赢。

-See, Joe, that's why your parents told you not to jump on the bed.

看见没,乔,这就是你爸妈不让你在床上蹦的原因。 用一句家常数落,把受伤的糗事收成一个笑话。

It was exciting. You're putting on a show.

那很兴奋。你就是在台上演一场秀。 把录制夜的紧张,总结成一句台上的定义。

关于这一章的问题

didn't land 是什么意思?

意思是「没笑果、没击中观众」,land 在这里指笑话「落地、收到效果」。戏里说 if a joke didn't land,就是观众没笑。段子、广告、提议没被接受都能用 didn't land。

「一起想办法」英语怎么说?

可以说 put our heads together,字面是「把头凑到一起」,就是大家一起出主意。戏里笑话不好笑,说 So we would put our heads together and try to beat it,就是全组凑一块把段子改得更好。

huddle 在这里指什么?

huddle 原指球员赛前围成一圈,这里指六个人每集开拍前围拢打气、抱成一团。戏里说 didn't do the huddle 那次忘了做,结果那一集就拍了最久,他们后来一直保持这个习惯。

ended up taking 和 start out 怎么对照理解?

start out 是「一开始是」,ended up 是「结果是」。戏里一句 started out to be the simplest 对 ended up taking the longest,就是本来以为最简单,结果拍了最久,正好拿来讲「计划赶不上变化」。

他们为什么说像每周演「独幕剧」?

因为《老友记》是现场带观众录制的,六个人像舞台演员一样一镜到底地演,还要随时听观众反应改台词,所以说 It's like doing a one-act play every week,也就是每周演一出独幕剧。

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