这场戏：讲犯罪如何变常态
第 12 章 · 共 28 章 · 3'28"
凯伦讲这些太太的丈夫都不是脑外科医生，干的是蓝领的活，想多挣点钱只能出去 cut corners（走捷径）。警察拿着搜查令上门翻东西，她也见怪不怪，还问要不要咖啡，说 We'll just go about our business（我们照常办自己的事）。想学怎么把大事说得轻描淡写，这段最典型。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 「坐副驾驶」英语叫 riding shotgun
waiting for handouts 干等着别人接济blue collar 干体力活的、蓝领riding shotgun 坐副驾驶split up the loot 把赃物分了
「拿命去冒险」就是 risk his neck
in the same crowd 在同一个圈子里risk his neck 拿命去冒险the little extras 额外的小享受
凯伦讲这群太太的日子：丈夫都不是脑外科医生，只是 blue collar（干体力活的、蓝领）的男人，想多赚点钱，唯一的办法就是出去 cut corners（走捷径、钻空子），抢了东西回老窝 split up the loot（分赃）。警察偶尔拿着 search warrant（搜查令）上门，她也习惯了，干脆问要不要咖啡——因为多数时候他们只是想要点好处；她的做法是客客气气，把律师叫来。大家干什么都在一起，没有外人，日子久了，连犯罪也成了常态。最后亨利忙得没空陪她，塞点钱、要个亲亲就出门，凯伦也认了。想学怎么讲「习以为常」和应付搜查，这段很实用。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“The only way they could make real extra money was to go out and cut corners.”
他们想额外挣点真钱，唯一的办法就是出去钻空子。
用一句冷静的话把一整层人的生存逻辑讲透，不喊冤也不辩解。
The only way to do X was to ...
解释某人为何只能走偏门时用；替违法找借口时容易显得强词夺理。
The only way out was to bend the rules. ／ The only route left was to cut a corner.
中性
The only 轻读，way to 连读，was to 收得平。
The only way to get in was to lie a little. 想进这行，唯一的办法就是稍微说点谎。
“Our husbands weren't brain surgeons, they were blue collar guys.”
我们这些人的丈夫不是什么脑外科医生，都是干体力活的。
先用脑外科医生把门槛抬高，再一句干体力活落地，自嘲里带着护短。
Our ... weren't ..., they were ...
替一群被看轻的人说话、先自嘲再正名时用；正式场合少用这种对比。
They weren't scholars, they were working men. ／ Not doctors, just men who worked with their hands.
口语
weren't 吞音，brain surgeons 重读，后半句放低。
My parents weren't professors, they were farmers. 我父母不是教授，是种地的。
“Being together all the time made everything seem all the more normal.”
天天腻在一起，反倒让这一切显得更平常了。
把习惯成自然说得不动声色，越是平淡，越显出这种生活的可怕。
Being ... made everything seem all the more ...
说明环境如何让人麻木时用；安慰受惊的人时别这么说。
Constantly being together made it all feel usual. ／ Doing it together made it seem normal.
literary
Being 轻起，all the more 重读，句尾降下来。
Being around it daily made the noise seem normal. 天天听着，这噪音都显得正常了。
“No outsiders ever. It got to be normal.”
从来没有外人。后来就变成常态了。
两句话把封闭小圈子和麻木的起点都说了，所谓正常其实是被泡出来的。
No outsiders ever. It got to be normal
讲一群人抱团久了不觉得异常时能用；对刚进团队的新人别这么说，会像排外。
No strangers, and after a while nothing felt strange ／ We kept to ourselves until it all felt ordinary
中性
outsiders 重音在第二音节，got to 连读成 gotta。
No new faces for a year, and the long hours started to feel normal. 一年没新面孔，加班到深夜竟也开始觉得正常。
and that he and the guys made bucks hustling while other guys... were sitting on their asses waiting for handouts. Our husbands weren't brain surgeons, they were blue collar guys. The only way they could make real extra money was to go out and cut corners.
说他和兄弟们靠倒腾赚钱，而别人…… 只会干坐着等别人施舍。 我们这些人的丈夫不是什么脑外科医生，都是干体力活的。 他们想额外挣点真钱，唯一的办法就是出去钻空子。
下一章 · 13out of order越界失礼这场戏：派对里翻起擦鞋旧账本义是偷工减料、走捷径，为了省事省略步骤、不守规矩。戏里说丈夫们想多赚钱只能出去 cut corners，就是指干些游走在灰色地带的勾当。
riding shotgun，口语里指坐副驾驶位。戏里去抢劫的路上，有人说 I'm riding shotgun，就是「我来坐副驾」。
指干体力活的蓝领阶层，跟坐办公室的白领相对。戏里太太说 Our husbands weren't brain surgeons, they were blue collar guys，就是说丈夫都是普通劳动者。
go about our business，指不受打扰、继续做手头的事。警察上门搜查，凯伦说 We'll just go about our business，就是「我们照常过自己的」。
risk one's neck，指冒很大风险、拿命去拼。戏里说丈夫 risk his neck just to get us the little extras，就是为家里多添点享受而拼命。
