这场戏：车里争论公路真假
第 8 章 · 共 22 章 · 2'17"
尼尔边开车边犯嘀咕：地图上根本没有这条路，前面的镇子大概也不存在。同车的人反问，电话都有不公开的，So, why can't there be unlisted highways and towns?（那为什么不能有不公开的公路和镇子？）尼尔回他 I don't buy it（我不信这套），对方干脆给出六个解释，连「你已经死了」都有。想学「不信这套」记这句。
「限制出入」的高速叫 limited access
limited access 限制出入（的高速）officially exist 正式存在、官方承认buy it 信这套、买账
「接了份工作」说 took a job
how about 要不…怎么样in a coma 昏迷不醒took a job 接了份工作、揽了活
❝ 独白 · 5 句 来世的推演
从加速躲避卡车推到来世与契约，逻辑一环扣一环。
尼尔在 60 号公路上开着车，越想越不对劲：州际公路本该是双向分隔、限制出入的，可这条地图上没有，前面的镇子大概也不存在。同车的人不慌，说电话都有不公开的，So, why can't there be unlisted highways and towns?（那为什么不能有不公开的公路和镇子？）。尼尔回他 I don't buy it（我不信这套），要更好的解释。对方一口气给了六个：平行宇宙、做梦、跟你的愿望有关、被桶砸后昏迷，甚至你已经死了；还提醒他：You took a job, and now you got to do it.（你接了这份活儿，现在就得去做）。这些说法适合质疑一个说法，或者形容「规则在这里不算数」。
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。
“You, you took a job, and now you got to do it.”
你，你接了这份活儿，现在就得去做。
重复的 you 像敲桌子，一句话把赖账的路堵死。
you took a job, and now you got to do it
催人认账、别找借口时能用；对朋友开玩笑可以，对客户别说。
You took the job, so now you follow through. ／ You signed up for this, so do it.
口语
You, you 之间停顿，took a 连读，got to 缩成 gotta。
You took the dare, and now you got to do it. 你接了挑战，现在就得去做。
“I see life as art appreciation.”
我把生活当成一场艺术鉴赏。
把生活比作看画，一句话就把整段独白的姿态立住。
see something as ...
表达自己对某事的看法时能用；正式论文里更常用 regard as。
I treat life as a kind of art. ／ I look at life the way I look at art.
literary
see life as 连读，art appreciation 重音在 ap，句尾轻收。
I see failure as a lesson, not a verdict. 我把失败看作一课，而不是判决。
“Me, I'm one of my own biggest fans.”
我嘛，我是我自己最忠实的粉丝之一。
把自恋说得坦坦荡荡，还带点可爱，难怪被记住。
one of one's own biggest fans
自嘲式夸自己时能用；面试或正式场合别这么说。
I'm my own biggest supporter. ／ I happen to like my own work.
口语
Me 后停顿，one of my own 连读，biggest fans 重音在 big。
I'll admit it, I'm one of my own biggest fans. 我承认，我挺欣赏自己的。
“So, why can't there be unlisted highways and towns?”
那为什么不能有不上册的公路和城镇呢？
把电话不登记的常识顺手一推，听起来荒唐却又无法反驳。
There are unlisted X, so why can't there be unlisted Y?
反将一军、为离奇说法辩护时能用；对着较真的人别用，会被当成抬杠。
If numbers can be unlisted, why not roads? ／ There are hidden numbers, so hidden places can exist too.
中性
unlisted 两个音节清楚，highways and towns 连成一串。
There are secret menus, so why can't there be secret rooms? 既然有隐藏菜单，那有隐藏房间也不奇怪吧？
But that's why you accelerate and way of the big semi to come at us, which should be in about 25 seconds, I figure. Come to this, now, if you are dead. Then, this is the after life, and you made a deal with a guy, sealed in blood, who knew everything about you, even what you are going to say, before you said it. Now who do you think, that guy might be? And do you think it is a good idea to piss him of?
可正因如此你才会加速，避开那辆朝我们冲过来的大卡车——我估摸着还有二十五秒左右。 那现在，如果你已经死了，就想想这个。 那么这就是来世，而你跟一个用血签下契约的家伙做了交易，他对你的一切了如指掌，连你要说什么都能提前知道。 那你觉得，这家伙会是谁？ 你觉得惹毛他，是个好主意吗？
下一章 · 09long shots冷门下注这场戏：餐馆里的吃汉堡赌局口语里 I don't buy it 常指「我不信这套、我不买账」，不是说买东西。戏里尼尔用 I don't buy it 表示不接受对方那套解释。
说 the rules don't apply，意思是规则在这件事上不算数。戏里说一条公路要是并不正式存在，那些规矩就不适用。
意思是「受不了、看不下去」，后面直接接人或事。戏里 some artists can't stand the sight of their work 就是「有艺术家受不了看自己的作品」。
接名词，表示「把自己看作……」，比如 I consider myself an artist 就是「我把自己当艺术家」，也可以说 consider myself lucky。
是粗话，意思是「惹毛他、把他惹火」，正式场合别用。戏里对方半开玩笑地问他：惹毛那种人是不是好主意。
