这场戏：选事业不赶火车
第 15 章 · 共 18 章 · 5'02"
记者室里，沃尔特拼命要希尔迪留下，说这新闻能让她飞黄腾达；她的男友布鲁斯就在旁边，等着赶九点的火车。有人一句 You've got the brain of a pancake（你这脑子跟张煎饼似的），也有人抱怨 I'm like something in the icebox（像冰箱里搁着的东西）。工作感情拉扯时的损人和抱怨，全在这儿。
❝ 独白 · 12 句 「真心为某人好」英语：best interest at heart
best interest at heart 真心为某人好backed up against the wall 被逼到墙角、走投无路bellyache about 为某事发牢骚
「接受我现在的样子」英语：take me as I am
take me as I am 接受我现在的样子Don't try to change me 别想着改变我suburban bridge player 郊区打桥牌的太太
沃尔特·伯恩斯一心想把希尔迪留在报社：他说这新闻 This isn't just a story. It's a revolution（这不只是一篇报道，这是一场革命），又说 This isn't just a newspaper story. It's a career（这不只是一篇报道，这是一份事业），还把她的未来吹上天，连「希尔迪·约翰逊」牌雪茄都编了出来。可希尔迪的男友布鲁斯在等着她一起赶九点的火车。她一边继续写稿，一边对他说 take me as I am（接受我现在的样子），还说自己 I'm no suburban bridge player. I'm a newspaperman（我不是郊区打桥牌的太太，我是报人），选择留在记者室。这套「为你好」的劝说、以及表明立场时的说法，职场和感情里都用得上。
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。
“This isn't just a story. It's a revolution.”
这不只是一篇报道。这是一场革命。
把一篇稿子拔高成革命，野心和浪漫一句话说尽，煽动性十足。
This isn't just a ... It's a ...
想把小事说成大事、给人打气时用；正式汇报里这样说会显得浮夸。
This isn't just a job. It's a calling. ／ It's not merely a deal. It's a turning point.
中性
isn't just 连读，It's a 弱读，revolution 重音在第三音节。
This isn't just a launch. It's a new start for all of us. 这不只是一次上线。这是我们所有人的新起点。
“If you want me, take me as I am. Don't try to change me.”
你要是想要我，就接受我现在的样子。别想着改变我。
两句祈使把底线说死：要么接受，要么别要，干脆又自尊。
take me as I am
在亲密关系里划底线时用；对同事或长辈这样说会显得冲。
Love me as I am or not at all. ／ Accept me the way I am, don't remake me.
口语
take me as I am 连读成一串，Don't try to 快带过。
Take me as I am, or we should stop pretending. 要么接受我本来的样子，要么我们就别再装了。
“I'm no suburban bridge player. I'm a newspaperman.”
我不是郊区打桥牌的太太。我是报人。
用一个身份否定另一个身份，把职业骄傲说得又倔又好笑。
I'm no ..., I'm a ...
表明自己不愿被归类时用；对刚认识的人这样说会显得好斗。
I'm not some desk clerk, I'm a reporter. ／ Don't file me under housewife, I'm a professional.
中性
I'm no 重读，suburban 三个音节带过，newspaperman 重音在首。
I'm no office drone, I'm a designer. 我不是坐办公室混日子的，我是设计师。
“You've got the brain of a pancake.”
你的脑子跟煎饼一样。
把蠢骂成食物，短促又形象，是气得没话说时最好用的一句。
You've got the brain of a ....
对熟人开玩笑式地骂笨蛋时用；对同事或长辈说会真的翻脸，别用。
You've got the brains of a turnip. ／ He's got the mind of a goldfish.
口语
got 弱读，brain 重读，pancake 拖长带笑。
You've got the memory of a goldfish. 你的记性跟金鱼有一拼。
“I see. I'll keep. I'm like something in the icebox.”
我明白了。我可以等。我就像冰箱里放着的剩菜。
把自己比作冰箱里的东西，用自嘲说尽被冷落的委屈，心酸又好笑。
I see. I'll keep. I'm like something in the icebox.
自嘲被冷落、可以慢慢等时用；对刚拒绝你的人说会显得可怜。
I'll keep. I'm used to waiting. ／ Put me on ice, I'll still be here.
口语
I'll keep 短促，icebox 咬清，句尾带一点自嘲的下沉。
I'll keep. I'm like a leftover nobody wants. 我可以等，我就像没人要的剩饭。
You've taken a city that's been graft-ridden for 40 years... ...and given us a chance to have the same kind of government... ...New York has under La Guardia. If I didn't have your best interest at heart, I wouldn't argue with you. You've done something big. You've stepped up into a new class. We'll make such monkeys of those ward healers nobody'll vote for them. - Expose them? - We'll crucify that mob. We'll keep Williams under cover, until we can break the story... ...then share the glory with the governor. - I get it, I get it. - You'll kick over City Hall. You got the mayor and Hartwell backed up against the wall. This isn't just a newspaper story. It's a career!
你接手了一座贪腐横行四十年的城市…… ……给了我们一个机会，让这里也能有…… ……拉瓜迪亚治下的纽约那样的政府。 要不是真心为你着想，我才懒得跟你争。 你干成了一件大事。你已经上了一个新台阶。 我们要把那帮选区掮客耍得团团转，让谁都不投他们。 ——揭发他们？——我们要把那帮人钉死。 我们先把威廉姆斯藏好，等我们把这条新闻爆出来…… ……再和州长一起分享这份荣光。 ——我懂，我懂。——你会把市政厅掀个底朝天。 你把市长和哈特韦尔都逼到墙角了。 这不只是一篇报纸报道。这是一份事业！
下一章 · 16kid gloves小心伺候这场戏：哄走同行又收噩耗意思是「真心为某人好、为对方的利益着想」。沃尔特说 If I didn't have your best interest at heart, I wouldn't argue with you，就是「要不是真心为你着想，我才懒得跟你争」。
get hold of。这里是喊人 Get hold of Butch O'Connor，就是赶紧联系上布奇·奥康纳。也可以用 get in touch with，意思一样。
icebox 是老式冰箱。东西放进冰箱就是先搁着、不急着处理。所以 I'm like something in the icebox 是「我就像被搁进冰箱的东西」，抱怨自己被人晾着等。
by the seat of the pants。字面是「靠裤子的屁股部分」，本来形容飞行员靠感觉开飞机，后来泛指没有把握、全凭经验和胆量硬来。
human interest，指那种能打动人、有人情味的题材。剧里为了一条公鸡的报道争起来，一句 That's human interest 就是强调它有人情味、不该撤。
