这场戏：太太聚会聊牢狱
第 11 章 · 共 28 章 · 4'17"
亨利夜不归宿，凯伦被家里人轮番数落，一句 What kind of person are you?（你算什么人？）说得很重。到了太太聚会，女人们甩出一句 We weren't married to nine to five guys（我们嫁的可不是朝九晚五的男人），不信就回一句 Give me a break（得了吧）。想学吵架回嘴，这段够用。
「朝九晚五的工作」叫 nine to five
What kind of person 还有哪种人会这样nine to five 朝九晚五的工作hostess party 太太们凑的聚会
❝ 独白 · 5 句 「得了吧、少来」说 give me a break
Give me a break 得了吧、少来make them out to be 把某人说成某种人God forbid 但愿别、可别the can 监狱、号子
亨利半夜不回家，凯伦被家人围着数落：What kind of person are you?（你算什么人？）连她爸都嫌他不像话。后来凯伦去米基办的太太聚会，才算见识这圈子：女人聊的是谁家男人进了 the can（监狱、号子），有人差点让维尼去收拾人。回家后她担心亨利万一真进去怎么办，亨利反倒笑她，甩出一句 Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to（没人会进监狱，除非他自己想进）。凯伦后来说，过了一阵子，这一切都变得平常了。想学吵架、群聊、吹牛的口语，这段全有。
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“Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to.”
我跟你说，没人会进监狱，除非他自己想进。
把黑帮的冷酷逻辑说成一句家常劝告，笃定得让人发笑，也让人发凉。
Nobody does X unless they want to.
点破对方活该、劝人别自找麻烦时用；对倒霉的人说会显得刻薄。
Nobody ends up like that by accident. ／ No one gets caught unless they slip up.
口语
Nobody 重读，unless 轻带，句尾 want to 收得干脆。
Nobody stays tired unless they want to. 人不会一直累着，除非自己愿意。
“We were worried to death. A married man does not stay out like this.”
我们都担心死了。结了婚的男人不该这样在外面待着。
先把牵挂说到顶，再补一句规矩，母亲的失望和不满全压在里面。
We were worried to death.
对晚归不报备的人表达担心带责备时用；对长辈别用这种质问口气。
We were worried sick. ／ We were out of our minds with worry.
中性
worried to death 连读，does not 弱读成 doesn't。
We were worried to death when you didn't answer. 你不接电话，我们担心死了。
“We weren't married to nine to five guys.”
我们嫁的可不是朝九晚五上班的男人。
一句话把两种人生摆在一起，自豪里带着对规矩生活的不屑。
We weren't married to ... guys.
替自己或同伴的生活方式辩护时用；自嘲场合比正式争论更合适。
We didn't marry office guys. ／ Our men were never nine-to-five types.
口语
weren't 吞音，nine to five 三个词连成一串。
She wasn't married to a nine to five guy either. 她嫁的也不是个朝九晚五的男人。
“What kind of person are you? What is the matter with you?”
你算什么人？你到底怎么回事？
两句追问连发，把桌边那种又气又护短的道德审判原样端出来。
What kind of person are you?
质问熟人做事没底线时能用；对上司或陌生人别用，太冲，会当场结怨。
What kind of person does that? ／ What is wrong with you?
口语
kind of 连读，person 和 are 之间轻滑过去。
You lied to her face. What kind of person are you? 你当着她面撒谎。你算什么人？
They had bad skin and wore too much makeup. They didn't look very good. They looked beat up. And the stuff they wore... was thrown together and cheap. A lot of pantsuits and double knits. She spends her life in a nightgown.
她们皮肤差，妆又化得太浓，看着并不怎么体面。 她们看着像被揍过。还有她们穿的那些东西…… 都是胡乱拼凑的便宜货。 一大堆裤套装和双面针织衫。 她一辈子都穿着睡袍过日子。
下一章 · 12cut corners走捷径这场戏：讲犯罪如何变常态口语里常用来表示「得了吧、少来」，不信对方说的话。戏里有人说珍妮只是喝醉不是抑郁，另一人一句 Give me a break 就是「少来这套」。
keep out of it。别人吵架你被劝别掺和，就可以说 Keep out of it，等于「这事你别管」。
the can 是监狱、号子的俚语说法。go to the can 就是进监狱，戏里问珍妮的丈夫为什么进 the can，问的就是为什么进号子。
nine to five，指规规矩矩的上班生活。戏里太太们说 We weren't married to nine to five guys，意思是自己嫁的不是那种按时上下班的男人。
指「把某人说成某种人」。戏里说你 make them out to be saints，就是讽刺对方总把惹事的人说成圣人。
