这场戏：现编犹太传说哄小孩
第 11 章 · 共 18 章 · 5'04"
艾莎给乔乔编犹太人的来历：起初住在洞穴、会读心、爱亮晶晶的东西。乔乔边听边拆台，最后一句 Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate（德国人脑袋太厚）。另一边，脑子里的声音警告他 Do not let your German brain be bossed around（别让你的德国脑子被人使唤）。想学一本正经胡扯和警告的英语，这段很妙。
❝ 独白 · 7 句 「别让你的德国脑子被人使唤」：boss around（呼来喝去）
brain prison 脑子里的牢笼show it to the world 把某物拿给全世界看
艾莎给乔乔讲起犹太人的「来历」：起初他们住在地心洞穴，会魔法咒语，有的留在洞穴藏在动物身体里，还倒挂在天花板上睡觉，能读彼此的心思，爱亮晶晶的东西。乔乔一边拆台一边做笔记，说 Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate（德国人脑袋太厚），读不透他们。后来脑子里的声音登场，教训他 Do not let your German brain be bossed around（别让你的德国脑子被人使唤），还催他把书写完拿给世界看。结尾一句 I would love to have seen her grow into a woman（我真想看着她长大成人），温柔得让人心酸。想学一本正经地胡说、警告和温柔告白的英语，这段都有。
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。
“Do not let her put you in a brain prison.”
别让她把你关进脑子的牢笼。
把洗脑说成一个具体牢笼，一句警告就有了画面和分量。
Do not let someone put you in ...
提醒别人别被带偏时能用；对陌生人说教容易招人反感。
Don't let anyone box in your mind. ／ Never let them cage your thinking.
口语
brain prison 两个词都重读，句尾下沉。
Don't let the algorithm put you in a brain prison. 别让算法把你关进脑子的牢笼。
“Do not let your German brain be bossed around!”
别让你的德国脑子被人使唤！
用被动句把「脑子」说成被人呼来喝去的下属，荒诞又押韵般好记。
Do not let X be bossed around.
半开玩笑地提醒别人别被指挥时能用；正式讨论里语气太冲。
Don't let anyone boss your mind around. ／ Never let them push your thinking around.
口语
bossed around 连读，句尾语调往上顶。
Don't let your schedule be bossed around by every request. 别让你的日程被每个请求随意使唤。
“I would love to have seen her grow into a woman.”
我真想看看她长大成人的样子。
用完成不定式说一个永远无法实现的愿望，温柔里全是失去。
I would love to have seen ...
怀念已经来不及的人和事时能用；日常闲聊会显得太重。
I wish I could have seen it. ／ I would have loved to be there.
literary
would love to have seen 连读，grow into 放慢。
I would love to have seen my grandmother at that age. 我真想看看奶奶那个年纪的样子。
“Their heads are too thick for us to penetrate.”
他们的脑袋太厚，我们钻不进去。
把读心失败归咎于头骨厚，一本正经地胡说最有喜感。
X is too ADJ for us to do.
开玩笑地解释自己为什么做不到时能用；认真场合别用。
Their skulls are too thick to read. ／ Too dense for us to get through.
口语
too thick 重读，for us to 连读带过。
The discussion was too long for us to follow. 这场讨论太长了，我们根本跟不上。
“You suggested it in the first place.”
一开始可是你提的。
一句就把提议的源头推回给对方，反驳简短却致命。
You did it in the first place.
对方翻脸不认自己提过的事时能用；对上级说会显得顶撞。
It was your idea to begin with. ／ You were the one who started it.
口语
first 重读，place 轻轻收尾。
Don't blame me; you booked the tickets in the first place. 别怪我，票一开始就是你订的。
“'Cause that's what real friends do.”
因为真朋友就是这么做的。
把暖被窝这种小事说成友情标准，温柔得让人鼻子发酸。
That's what real friends do.
替朋友做了点小事、想轻轻带过时能用；认真表白场合会显得随意。
That's what friends are for. ／ That is what good friends do.
口语
real friends 重读，do 收得干脆。
I'll help you move; that's what real friends do. 我来帮你搬家，真朋友就该这样。
Now, listen, Jojo. Can I give you some really good advice? When you see what's in her mind and where she's trying to make you go in your mind, in your mind, you must go the other way. Get what I'm saying? Do not let her put you in a brain prison. That, dear Jojo, is one thing that cannot and must not ever, ever happen to a German! Do not let your German brain be bossed around!
听着，乔乔。我能给你点真正的好建议吗？ 当你看见她脑子里的东西，看懂她想把你的脑子引向哪里时， 你在心里，就得往反方向走。 明白我的意思吗？ 别让她把你关进脑子的牢笼。 亲爱的乔乔，有件事对德国人来说，绝不能、也绝不允许发生！ 别让你的德国脑子被人使唤！
下一章 · 12all hands on deck全员上阵这场戏：要勋章反被派去收金属指「当初、一开始」，强调事情最初的状态。有人说 You suggested it in the first place，就是「最开始可是你先提的」，用来把责任推回去。
getting on well，指合得来、处得来。You two seem to be getting on well 就是「你们俩好像处得不错」，形容家人朋友相处融洽时常用。
不是骂人，是「对某人呼来喝去、随便支使」。Do not let your German brain be bossed around 就是「别让你的德国脑子被人使唤」，带点命令口气。
接被吸引的对象，人或物都行。台词里说 we're also attracted to shiny things，就是「我们还容易被亮晶晶的东西吸引」，也可说 attracted to someone。
学校本该教真东西，可这里说「犹太人爱丑东西」是「在学校学到的」，越一本正经越好笑，是在讽刺那套洗脑教育。
