这场戏：半夜溜回家讨三明治
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半夜，洛丽塔从莫娜的派对溜回家，说那场派对 a drag（无聊透顶），只想让亨伯特给她做个三明治。夏洛特却催她上床，母女俩为睡觉和零花钱一句句顶回去。听懂 a drag 和 neither here nor there（无关紧要），闲聊吐槽、被人追问时都能用。
「这是个自由国家」是 This is a free country；一句 no allowance 就是扣零花钱
left over 吃剩的neither here nor there 无关紧要free country 自由国家no allowance 没有零花钱
❝ 独白 · 6 句 「爱记仇的小祸害」英语是 a spiteful little pest
spiteful little pest 记仇的小讨厌鬼gripe against 对……心存怨气
深夜，洛丽塔从莫娜的派对溜回家，说派对 a drag（无聊透顶），亨伯特便给她做了个三明治，剩菜用 left over（吃剩的）来形容。夏洛特嫌她该睡觉还在 stuffing herself（大吃特吃），母女为睡觉、零花钱吵起来，洛丽塔拿 This is a free country 顶嘴，夏洛特直接扣掉零花钱。女儿上楼后，夏洛特向亨伯特数落她 spiteful（爱记仇），又提议开车兜风，被亨伯特以累了为由婉拒。这些说法吐槽日常、抱怨孩子、拒绝邀约时都用得上。
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。
“I don't have to. This is a free country.”
我又不是非去不可。这是个自由国家。
把家规直接抬到宪法高度，少年顶嘴的经典口气，一句话把母亲噎住。
This is a free country.
被管得太细、想半开玩笑地抗议时用；对长辈认真说会显得没礼貌。
It's a free country, isn't it? ／ Last I checked, this was a free country.
口语
have to 连读，free country 两个词都重读。
I don't have to go to bed yet; it's a free country. 我还不用睡，这是个自由国家。
“Which means there will be no allowance this week.”
也就是说，这周没有零花钱了。
不吼不骂，用一句冷冰冰的 which means 把惩罚落到实处，母亲的杀手锏。
Which means + 后果
顺着对方的话推出惩罚或结论时用；谈判里这么说会显得强硬、不给台阶。
Which means you're paying for it yourself. ／ So that means no dessert tonight.
中性
Which means 轻轻带过，重音落在 no allowance。
You missed the deadline, which means no bonus this month. 你没赶上截止日期，也就是说这个月没有奖金。
“Which means I think you stink this week.”
也就是说，我觉得你这周烂透了。
照搬母亲句式反手一击，stink 一词又狠又孩子气，是少年最好的回嘴。
Which means I think you + 评价
熟人之间斗嘴、回敬对方时用；对同事或长辈这样说是撕破脸。
Which means I think you're being unfair. ／ Which means I think you're the problem here.
口语
重读 stink 与 week，句尾微微上扬挑衅。
You never text back, which means I think you're too cool for us. 你从不回消息，也就是说我觉得你嫌我们不够酷。
“Like hell she didn't! She's always been a spiteful little pest.”
她没偷听才怪！她一直就是个爱记仇的小讨厌鬼。
Like hell 一句否掉对方的说法，紧接着贴标签，怒气全在节奏里。
Like hell + 主语 + 动词!
强烈反驳、表示「才不是」时用；粗俗直接，正式场合和陌生人别用。
Like hell he did! ／ The hell she didn't.
口语
Like hell 重读并短促，didn't 重音收尾。
Like hell he forgot! He just didn't want to come. 他忘了才怪！他就是不想来。
She has always had some kind of gripe against me. Now she sees herself as some kind of a starlet. Well, I see her as a sturdy, healthy but decidedly homely child. I mean, is it my fault if I feel young? Why should my child resent it? You don't resent it, do you? Do you think I'm just a foolish, romantic American girl?
她一直对我怀恨在心。 现在她把自己当成什么小明星了。 我倒觉得她是个结实、健康，但长得实在普通的丫头。 我是说，我心态年轻难道有错吗？ 我女儿凭什么看不惯？你不会看不惯吧？ 你是不是觉得我就是个傻乎乎的浪漫美国姑娘？
下一章 · 08a long face拉长脸这场戏：早餐桌上为她念诗它是口语说法，指某件事无聊、扫兴、没劲。洛丽塔说 Mona's party turned out to be sort of a drag，就是嫌那场派对一点意思都没有。
可以说 stuffing herself。夏洛特说女儿 stuffing herself，不是单纯说她在吃，而是带点嫌弃，怪她该睡觉了还一个劲儿往嘴里塞。
它的意思是「无关紧要、不搭界」，常用来把一个话题轻轻带过。洛丽塔说 That's neither here nor there，就是不想顺着母亲追问奎尔蒂的话题往下聊。
可以用 no allowance。夏洛特一句 there will be no allowance this week，就是「这周没有零花钱」，比直接说 I won't give you money 更像家里的日常说法。
它是句老话，争自由、反驳管束时用，带点顶嘴的味道。洛丽塔用它对抗母亲催她睡觉，夏洛特则用扣零花钱回击。
