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见家长后听她摊情史:cleaned up my act

盖布到雷恩父母家做客,被介绍给两位长辈。雷恩把他拉到一边,从头讲自己的情史:同时交往几个年长男人,连心理分析师也爱上了她,她只好 cleaned up my act(改邪归正)收了心。盖布听完只说:这素材够你写小说、续集和一部歌剧。想学怎么讲狗血情史又不失体面,这些是范本。

发生了什么

盖布来到雷恩父母家做客。进门是客套:这是我妈妈、这位是盖布·罗斯教授,父母连说荣幸,他们还是他的读者,希望他还写那些又好笑又伤感的故事。之后父母离开,雷恩把盖布拉到一边,决定 start from the beginning(从头说起):父亲的生意合伙人常来家里,有一天说爱上了她;后来朋友的父亲杰里也 mad crush over me(对她迷得不行),她一度同时和两个年长男人来往,却只觉得痛苦。她还说,后来遇见卡尔才 came to my senses(清醒过来),cleaned up my act(收心),可到头来觉得自己只是 lost youth(青春不再)的象征。盖布感叹这够写小说和歌剧了,父母又回来,请他去雷恩的生日派对。

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  • 留意盖布用歌剧打趣
  • 看家长怎么硬留他庆生

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to say the leasttook it badlylet alonecleaned up my act

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cleaned up my act

改邪归正、端正自己的行为to start behaving in a more respectable way

蕾恩讲完自己周旋于几个年长男人之间的荒唐往事,说自己终于清醒过来,决定跟同龄的卡尔好好交往,也就是彻底收拾了自己的行为。谁对谁说:蕾恩对父母和盖布。

After years of partying, he finally cleaned up his act.玩了那么多年,他终于收心规矩起来。

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  • to say the least

    至少可以这么说(其实还不止)

  • took it badly

    (对某个消息)反应很糟、难以接受

  • let alone

    更别提、更何况(用于否定后追加更极端的例子)

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62 句台词里标了 24 处

短语 · B1It's an honor.

是种荣幸

- It is an honor, sir. - How do you do?
短语 · B1What can I get you?

给你来点什么(招待用语)

- Now, what can we get you? - Me? Nothing. I'm just... I'm fine.
短语 · B2that character

楼下那号人(带轻蔑或好奇)

Who was that character downstairs?
短语 · B1tell someone about something later

回头再跟你说

- I'll tell you about it later. - Oh, it's just you...
短语 · B1be a fan of someone

是某人的超级粉丝

- It got so sunny all of a sudden. - We're tremendous fans of yours.
短语 · B2wish someone would do something

真希望你还写(某种东西)

We wish you'd still write those funny, short... funny, sad stories you wrote.
短语 · B1start from the beginning

从头说起

Oh, God. I better start from the beginning then, if I'm going to tell you.
短语 · B2lead up to something

一步步铺垫到某处

- It leads up to him. - Mm-hmm.
短语 · B1come by

顺路来家里坐坐

He'd come by the house fairly often, right?
短语 · B2to say the least

至少可以这么说(其实还不止)

雷恩在客厅向盖布交代自己的情史:合伙人、朋友的爸爸接连爱上她,她说自己当时被捧得受宠若惊,用 to say the least 收尾。

And I was very flattered, to say the least.
短语 · B2have a crush on someone

对某人迷得不行

And her father Jerry developed this mad crush over me, right?
短语 · B2get one's feelings straight

理清自己的感情

And I couldn'tget my feelings straight.
短语 · B1work things out

把事情理顺、解决

And... I tried for a few months to work things out.
短语 · B2be taken with someone

被某人吸引、着迷

I was taken with him.
短语 · B2break off from someone

跟某人断绝来往

And I did. I broke off from the other two.
短语 · C1let alone something

更别提当个好分析师了

But something inside me told me that he couldn't be a very stable person, I mean, let alone a good analyst.
短语 · B2come on to someone

主动追求、向某人示好

Um, then one night I met Carl, and he was very sweet and he really came on with me.
短语 · B2come to one's senses

清醒过来、回过神

And I came to my senses, and I said to myself, "What am I doing with these older men, "you know?
短语 · B2clean up one's act

改邪归正、端正自己的行为

蕾恩讲完自己周旋于几个年长男人之间的荒唐往事,说自己终于清醒过来,决定跟同龄的卡尔好好交往,也就是彻底收拾了自己的行为。谁对谁说:蕾恩对父母和盖布。

So I, I cleaned up my act.
短语 · A2have been dating someone

一直在跟某人约会

And I've been dating Carl.
短语 · B2take something badly

(对某个消息)反应很糟、难以接受

雷恩向盖布交代旧情:她和那个会计师断得干干净净,对方对此反应非常激烈。她一句带过,却透出当年抽身有多难。

He really took it badly.
短语 · B2What the hell am I doing ...?

我到底在图什么(自问自责)

And what the hell am I doing with the mid-life crisis set?
短语 · B2unfulfilled dreams

未能实现的梦想

But, in the end, I just felt like I was some kind of symbol of lost youth or unfulfilled dreams.
短语 · B2be a wonderful influence on someone

对某人产生了很好的影响

You know, I think you've been a wonderful influence on Rain... almost inspirational.

看懂「见家长后听她摊情史」

这一章能学到

  • 理解“mid-life crisis set”在本场的具体语气
  • 分清“what the hell”的字面和实际作用
  • 听出说话者如何推进这次对话
But, in the end, I just felt like I was some kind of symbol of lost youth or unfulfilled dreams.

可到头来,我只觉得自己成了某种青春不再、或梦想落空的象征。 她终于说出那些男人爱的不是她,而是她身上代表的东西。被当成符号,比被拒绝更孤独。

And what the hell am I doing with the mid-life crisis set?

可我跟这帮中年危机男混在一起到底图什么? 把一群追求者概括成一个刺眼的标签,自嘲里带着清醒。这句是她对自己荒唐的当面清算。

My God. You've got material for your first novel, and the sequel and, and an opera by Puccini here.

我的天。你这材料够写处女作、续集,再加一部普契尼歌剧了。 用一连串夸张的比喻说明她的生活有多离谱:小说、续集、歌剧全凑齐了。听的人越惊叹,她的处境越荒唐。

But something inside me told me that he couldn't be a very stable person, I mean, let alone a good analyst.

可我心里有个声音说,他这人肯定不太稳,更别提当个好分析师了。 用 let alone 把结论推进一层:连做人都成问题,更别说当治疗师。自嘲里带着对人的判断力。

关于这一章的问题

cleaned up my act 是什么意思?

指「改邪归正、收心」,停止以前不靠谱的行为。原句说雷恩决定 clean up her act,就是不再同时纠缠几个男人,好好过日子。

「至少可以这么说」英语怎么说?

to say the least。原句 I was very flattered, to say the least,意思是「至少可以这么说」,暗示实际情况比说的还夸张。

「反应很糟」用英语怎么讲?

took it badly。take 在这里是「接受、对待」,原句 He really took it badly,就是「他那件事反应特别激烈、很难接受」。

「更别提」英语怎么说?

let alone。用于否定句后面追加一个更极端的例子,原句说她觉得他不稳,let alone a good analyst,就是「更别提当个好分析师了」。

「从头说起」用英语怎么讲?

start from the beginning。原句 I better start from the beginning,就是「我最好从头讲起」,讲故事或解释来龙去脉时常用。

「我到底在图什么」英语怎么表达?

what the hell am I doing with...。原句 what the hell am I doing with the mid-life crisis set,就是「我跟这帮中年危机男混在一起到底图什么」。

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