这场戏：列一串值得活的东西
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两人闲聊，艾萨克坦白 I think I really missed a good bet（我想我错过了一个大好机会），说自己一直和特蕾西保持距离。话题转到「生活为什么值得过」，他列出一串：格劳乔·马克斯、《朱庇特交响曲》、瑞典电影，最后一句是 Tracy's face（特蕾西的脸）。想学又丧又温柔的英文，这段是名场面。
「我真的错过了一个好机会」a good bet（划算的选择、好机会）
a good bet 划算的选择at a distance 跟人保持距离left a message 留言returned her call 回电话
❝ 独白 · 11 句 「生活为什么值得过下去？」worth living（值得过下去）
worth living 值得过下去make it worthwhile 让它变得值得to name one thing 随便举一个
艾萨克对耶鲁承认，放走特蕾西是他 missed a good bet（错过的好机会），因为他一直跟她 at a distance（保持距离），连她留言让他看《大幻影》的电话都没 returned her call（回电话）。两人聊到 marriage（婚姻）要妥协、不能 look the other way（睁一只眼闭一只眼）。最后被问「生活为什么值得过」，他 start naming（随便列举）一串喜欢的东西，收尾是 Tracy's face（特蕾西的脸），还带点自嘲的味道。
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。
“Well, all right, why is life worth living? That's a very good question.”
好吧，那你说，生活为什么值得过下去？这问题问得好。
把最大的问题轻描淡写地抛出来，又立刻自己接住，举重若轻。
Why is ... worth living?
跟朋友聊到人生意义时用；面试或正式发言里别这么随口。
What makes all this worth it? ／ What keeps you going, honestly?
中性
worth living 连读，问句上扬，后半句放平。
Why is this job worth staying for? That's a good question. 这份工作为什么值得留下？这问题问得好。
“I think I really missed a good bet when I let Tracy go.”
我想我放走特蕾西，真是错过了一个大好机会。
用赌注比喻一段感情，把后悔说得像算错了一笔账，特别伍迪。
I missed a good bet when I ...
后悔错过某个机会或人时用；正式场合说 missed an opportunity 更稳妥。
I passed up a great chance and I know it. ／ Letting her go was the worst call I ever made.
口语
missed a good 连读，Tracy go 之间稍顿。
I missed a good bet when I turned down that offer. 我拒绝那份邀约的时候，错过了一个大好机会。
“I kept her at a distance and I would never give her a chance.”
我一直跟她保持距离，从来不肯给她机会。
两个分句把责任全揽到自己身上，不辩解，只说事实，格外诚实。
I kept someone at a distance and never gave them a chance.
检讨自己为什么把关系弄丢时用；对当事人说时要先想清楚后果。
I held her off and never let her in. ／ I pushed her away without ever meaning to.
中性
kept her at a 连读，never give her 轻轻带过。
I kept him at a distance and never gave him a chance. 我一直跟他保持距离，从来不肯给他机会。
“I think I had the most relaxed times and, you know, the nicest times with her.”
我想，跟她在一起是我最放松、也最开心的时光。
用最平淡的比较说出最深的后悔，比任何表白都戳人。
I had the most relaxed times with her.
追忆错过的人、承认某段关系最好时用；对新伴侣或现任说会伤人，慎用。
Those were the easiest, happiest times I had with anyone. ／ I was most at ease with her.
中性
I think 轻，had the most relaxed times 稍快，the nicest times 放慢、降调。
I had the most relaxed times with her, honestly. 老实说，跟她在一起我最放松。
OK... for me... Ooh, I would say Groucho Marx, to name one thing. And Willie Mays. And... the second movement of the Jupiter Symphony. And... Louis Armstrong's recording of Potato Head Blues. Swedish movies, naturally. Sentimental Education by Flaubert. Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra. Those incredible apples and pears by C?anne. The crabs at Sam Wo's. Tracy's face.
好……对我来说…… 嗯，我先说一个：格劳乔·马克斯。 还有威利·梅斯。 还有……《朱庇特交响曲》的第二乐章。 还有……路易斯·阿姆斯特朗录的《土豆头蓝调》。 当然还有瑞典电影。 福楼拜的《情感教育》。 马龙·白兰度、弗兰克·辛纳屈。 塞尚画的那令人惊叹的苹果和梨。 三和楼的螃蟹。 特蕾西的脸。
指「划算的选择、值得押注的好机会」。片里说 missed a good bet，就是「放走了一个本来很好的选择」。
字面是「看另一边」，实际指对错误的事装没看见、睁一只眼闭一只眼。片里说对婚姻里的事 look the other way 迟早要付代价。
指给对方错觉、让人误以为有机会，其实并不认真。片里说他不想 lead her on，就是不想吊着特蕾西。
是口语里「很生气、很不爽」的意思，比 angry 更随意也更强，粗话升级版是 pissed。片里说有点生对方的气。
说 live in the past。片里艾萨克说自己 I'm living in the past，就是承认自己总回头看过去。
