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加油站里解释诅咒:not what it used to be

加油站里,曼提柯尔答应赶去帮两个孩子,却忍不住感叹自己 not what it used to be(大不如前);前面买糖时还随手对店员说 Keep the change(零钱不用找了)。想学怎么感叹「自己不如当年」、结账时怎么客气一句,这两个说法都特别自然。

发生了什么

加油站和便利店这趟补给,把兄弟俩一路的狼狈全照出来:有人插队还嘴硬,被人一句 got a lot of nerve(胆子真大)怼回去;曼提柯尔答应赶来帮忙,却感叹自己 not what it used to be(大不如前),翅膀老了飞不动;临出发长辈还要叮嘱一句 stay out of trouble(别惹麻烦)。三个表达都很生活化:not what it used to be 是「大不如前」,形容人或东西不如从前;got a lot of nerve 是「胆子真大、脸皮够厚」,当面指责时用;stay out of trouble 是「别惹麻烦、安分点」,出门前长辈常挂嘴边。日常吐槽、吵架、叮嘱都能用。

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  • 看冲突如何被玩笑化解

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Keep the changenot what it used to begot a lot of nervestay out of trouble

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not what it used to be

大不如前、不像从前那样了no longer as good as it was in the past

科里本想带大家飞去救两个男孩,却说自己这对老翅膀不中用了;not what it used to be 就是他对力不从心的自嘲。

This street is not what it used to be.这条街已经不是从前那样了。

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  • Keep the change

    零钱不用找了

  • got a lot of nerve

    胆子真大、脸皮够厚(当面指责)

  • stay out of trouble

    别惹麻烦、安分点

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短语 · B1look any adjective

看起来更大一点

Do I look any bigger yet?
短语 · B1bump into someone

撞到、碰到

Hey! Did you just bump into me?
短语 · B1be terribly sorry

非常抱歉

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't see you there.
短语 · B1not see someone there

没看见你在那儿

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't see you there.
短语 · B1keep the change

零钱不用找了

巴利在加油站买特酸糖,把整钞递过去,甩下一句 Keep the change 就催哥哥快走,一副大款的架势。

Give me a bag of extra sours. Keep the change. Outta the way, beanstalk.
短语 · B2out of the way

让开、借过

Give me a bag of extra sours. Keep the change. Outta the way, beanstalk.
短语 · B1Can it wait?

能等会儿再说吗

Can it wait?
短语 · A2get out of somewhere

离开这儿

Okay, be quick. I want to get out of here.
短语 · B1watch it

小心点、当心

Hey, watch it.
短语 · B1have a problem

有意见吗

You got a problem, Shades?
短语 · B2where someone's head is at

他脑子里在想什么

I'm sorry. I don't really know where his head's at right now.
短语 · B1get any worse

变得更糟

How could this night get any worse?
短语 · B2not what it used to be

大不如前、不像从前那样了

科里本想带大家飞去救两个男孩,却说自己这对老翅膀不中用了;not what it used to be 就是他对力不从心的自嘲。

You know, I would fly us to help your boys, but the old wings aren't what they used to be.
短语 · B1be one's own fault

是我自己的错

It's my own fault.
短语 · B2you know how that goes

你也知道这事有多难坚持

I should be doing my wing exercises every morning, but you know how that goes.
短语 · B2assume the form of something

变成……的形态

and assume the form of a mighty beast and battle your sons to the...
短语 · B2let someone have it

把我狠狠骂了一顿

No, no, the little guy. Ooh, he really let me have it.
短语 · B1have something on you

把那东西带在身上

Well, okay, but you don't seem to have that on you.
短语 · B1a few years back

几年前

Got in a little tax trouble a few years back.
短语 · B1be on one's way

在路上、马上到

I am on my way, boys.
短语 · B1stay out of trouble

别惹麻烦、安分点

莫提克决定亲自去救兄弟俩,临出发叮嘱科尔特看好自己、别惹事,一句 stay out of trouble 是长辈式的不放心。

Just try to stay out of trouble.
短语 · B2have a lot of nerve

胆子真大、脸皮够厚(当面指责)

巴利在加油站对着精灵店员口无遮拦,对方回一句 You ve got a lot of nerve;这是两人冲突升级前的一句当面指责。

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You've got a lot of nerve. I'm just saying.
短语 · A2take care of someone

照顾你

Barley, I'm trying to take care of you and Dad, and you're not making it any easier.
短语 · B2not make it any easier

让事情好办一点

Barley, I'm trying to take care of you and Dad, and you're not making it any easier.

看懂「加油站里解释诅咒」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 bump into 表达撞到或偶遇
  • 听懂 Outta the way 的挑衅语气
  • 掌握 let me have it 的狠话含义
  • 会用 stay out of trouble 劝人别惹麻烦
  • 听懂关键短语在本场的真实语气
You know, I would fly us to help your boys, but the old wings aren't what they used to be.

你知道的,我本想带你们飞过去帮你儿子,可这双老翅膀不如从前了。 把「力不从心」说得温柔:不是不肯帮,是身体先认了输。用 not what they used to be 谈衰老,比直接说老更体面。

Every curse has a core.

每个诅咒都有一个核心。 把「麻烦」结构化成可拆解的东西:再难的问题也有承重的那一点,找到它就能解决。

Not great. One of them is afraid of everything, and the other isn't afraid of anything.

不太好。一个什么都怕,另一个什么都不怕。 一对兄弟用一句对仗就写完了:胆小与莽撞各占一半,缺的正是对方。

And only one weapon, forged of the rarest metals, can destroy it:

只有一件用最稀有金属锻造的武器才能毁掉它。 把「唯一的办法」说成一句传说式的宣告,仪式感和紧迫感同时到位。

关于这一章的问题

Not what it used to be 是什么意思?

意思是「大不如前、不像从前那样了」,形容人、东西或状况退步了。说某某 isn't what it used to be,就是指它再也回不到当年的水准。

「零钱不用找了」英语怎么说?

就是 Keep the change。付钱时对店员说,意思是剩下的零钱当小费、不用找给我,非常日常。

Got a lot of nerve 是什么语气?

是「胆子真大、脸皮够厚」,当面指责对方越界、太过分时用,语气很不客气,等于中文的「你可真敢」。

「别惹麻烦」英语怎么说?

就是 stay out of trouble。出门前长辈叮嘱、或提醒朋友在外小心时用,等于「安分点、别搞事」。

Keep the change 只能用在付钱时吗?

基本是。它是结账场景的固定说法,指不用找零。想给人小费又不想麻烦,说一句 Keep the change 最简单。

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