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午饭上聊单身分手:touch a nerve

两个朋友在午饭上聊分开:一个说像 It's like pulling a bad tooth(就像拔掉一颗坏牙),婚姻里的失望和旧怨「一拽全干净,你就自由了」;另一个补一句 The clock ticks faster for a woman(对女人来说,时钟走得更快),所以得趁 a much better shot(胜算大得多)的时候重新开始。想学聊分手与再婚,这段很顺。

发生了什么

两个朋友吃午饭,话题绕不开刚发生的分手。有人说分开像 It's like pulling a bad tooth(就像拔掉一颗坏牙),婚姻里那些 festering wounds(溃烂未愈的伤口)被 one clean yank(一下拽干净),人就自由了。另一个提醒 The clock ticks faster for a woman(对女人来说时钟走得更快),得趁还有魅力时行动;她还想通了当初自己为什么生气,说那一定是 touched a nerve(戳到痛处)。最后她提议把办公室的迈克尔·盖茨介绍给对方。

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本章短语

touch a nerve

戳到痛处、说到对方敏感的地方to bring up something someone feels sensitive about

午餐桌上莎莉说自己喜欢单身,朱迪不以为然;莎莉事后回想,觉得那天自己大概戳中了朱迪心里说不出口的地方。

My joke about salaries obviously touched a nerve.我那个关于工资的玩笑显然戳到痛处了。

本章还有

  • a much better shot at

    做成某事的胜算大得多

  • anticipatory anxiety

    预期性焦虑,事情发生前就先紧张害怕

  • festering wounds

    溃烂未愈的伤口(积压难消的旧怨)

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42 句台词里标了 18 处

短语 · B2have the opposite impression

印象正好相反

You do? I had the opposite impression.
短语 · C1anticipatory anxiety

预期性焦虑,事情发生前就先紧张害怕

莎莉对朱迪说自己很喜欢单身,朱迪不相信;莎莉解释,朱迪那种反感只是提前产生的焦虑,等冷静下来会发现没那么糟。谁对谁说:莎莉对老友朱迪说。

Well, that's all anticipatory anxiety.
短语 · A2calm down

冷静下来

When you calm down, you realize it's not as bad as you fantasized.
短语 · B2not as bad as one imagined

没有想象的那么糟

When you calm down, you realize it's not as bad as you fantasized.
短语 · B2be like pulling a bad tooth

像拔掉一颗坏牙(长痛不如短痛)

It's like pulling a bad tooth.
短语 · C1in one clean yank

一下子干净利落地拽掉

All the festering wounds of your marriage, the disappointments, the resentments, they're gone in one clean yank, and you're free.
短语 · B2swallow one's anger

把怒火往肚里咽

After years of accumulating problems and swallowing one's anger, to have the chance to begin again.
短语 · C1have some allure left

还剩几分魅力

You have to do it while you still have some allure left.
短语 · B2have a better shot at something

做成某事的胜算大得多

午餐桌上朱迪劝莎莉别把单身看成绝路,说如果遇到合适的人,把日子过好的机会要大得多;她给的不是保证,而是一个理性的盼头。

I have a much better shot at making things work out... if I meet someone.
短语 · B2no question

毫无疑问

we'd have a better relationship, no question.
短语 · B2What a question!

这叫什么问题(表示问题离谱)

God, what a question!
短语 · B2out of fear

出于害怕、因为恐惧

You can't stay together out of fear, because then you know what you become?
短语 · B2touch a nerve

戳到痛处、说到对方敏感的地方

午餐桌上莎莉说自己喜欢单身,朱迪不以为然;莎莉事后回想,觉得那天自己大概戳中了朱迪心里说不出口的地方。

I thought about it later. I realized we must have touched a nerve.
短语 · C1overdramatize something

太夸张、把事说得过于戏剧化

No, you're overdramatizing.
短语 · B2nobody has it perfect

没有谁的日子是十全十美的

Gabe and I are okay. Nobody has it perfect.
短语 · B1nothing's better

好的时候什么也比不上

Listen, when it's good, nothing's better. Hmm.
短语 · B2have a possibility for someone

有个人选可以介绍给你

Listen, so I think maybe I have a possibility for you.
短语 · B2What more could you want?

你还想要什么(表示已经够好了)

The timing's perfect. What more could you want?

看懂「午饭上聊单身分手」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“anticipatory anxiety”在本场的具体语气
  • 分清“pulling a bad tooth”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话
The clock ticks faster for a woman.

对女人来说,时钟走得更快。 把社会对女性年龄的压力说成一只走得更快的钟。没有抱怨,只有一个冷静到残酷的事实。

You have to do it while you still have some allure left.

得趁自己还有几分魅力的时候动手。 把重新开始说成一场限时交易:魅力是会过期的筹码。这句的坦白里带着自嘲和清醒。

Gabe and I are okay. Nobody has it perfect.

盖布和我挺好的。谁的日子都不可能十全十美。 用一句人人都懂的话替一段有裂缝的婚姻圆场。它不是安慰,是很多人用来活下去的借口。

All the festering wounds of your marriage, the disappointments, the resentments, they're gone in one clean yank, and you're free.

婚姻里那些化脓的伤口、失望、怨恨,一下子全拽干净了,你就自由了。 把离婚写成拔牙:痛、脓、一次拽净、然后自由。整段用身体感受讲抽象的痛苦,画面极强。

关于这一章的问题

touch a nerve 是什么意思?

字面是碰到神经,实际指戳到对方的痛处、说中了敏感的旧伤。片里解释某人为什么会突然发火,用的就是这句。

「就像拔掉一颗坏牙」英语怎么说?

说 It's like pulling a bad tooth。用来比喻长痛不如短痛:虽然疼,但一下解决掉,之后反而轻松。片里用它形容分手。

anticipatory anxiety 是什么意思?

指事情还没发生,人先紧张害怕起来。片里说那些担心都是 anticipatory anxiety,就是提醒对方:真到那一步,往往没你想象的那么糟。

a much better shot at 怎么用?

shot 在口语里可以指「机会、把握」,a much better shot at 就是「做成某件事的胜算大得多」。后面接动名词,如 a better shot at making it work。

festering wounds 是什么意思?

字面是化脓、烂着的伤口,用来比喻积压很久、一直没处理的怨气和伤害。片里把婚姻里的失望、怨恨都说成 festering wounds。

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