这场戏：死囚的最后一餐
第 12 章 · 共 17 章 · 2'18"
行刑前夜，三个死囚吃「最后一餐」：看守不给刀叉。有人猜饭里下了药，会 groggy（昏昏沉沉）；有人盯着墙上一只蟑螂说，以后跟我老婆孩子打照面的机会比我还多。达克斯说会 see us through（帮他们渡过难关），神父却来传话：得 prepare for the worst（做好最坏的打算）。想学这几句，这段最沉。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 帕里的蟑螂独白
用一只虫子反照自己的死，荒诞又冷静，越说越让人心寒。
「做好最坏的打算」说 prepare yourselves for the worst
prepare yourselves for the worst 做好最坏的打算in authority 当权的、有权拍板的人bad news 坏消息
行刑前夜，三个死囚在牢里吃司令 compliments of（敬赠）的最后一餐。看守不给刀叉，只能用手抓；有人猜饭里下了药，好让他们 groggy（昏昏沉沉）。一个死囚指着墙上的蟑螂说：明天我们死了它还活着，以后跟我老婆孩子打照面的机会比我还多——这就是被判死刑的人最后的算计。达克斯说会 see us through（帮他们渡过难关）、保证能救他们，可神父随后带来坏消息：达克斯联系不上有权的人，让三人 prepare for the worst（做好最坏的打算）。想问「做好最坏的打算」「帮人渡过难关」怎么说，这段最贴。
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。
“Is this supposed to be our last meal or something?”
这该不会就是我们的最后一餐吧？
用最轻的口气问最重的事，一句黑色幽默把死刑说成一顿饭。
Is this supposed to be ... or something?
半开玩笑地试探一件很糟的事时用；对长辈或正式场合别这么轻飘。
Is this meant to be our last meal? ／ This isn't our last meal, is it?
口语
supposed to 缩读，or something 轻快带过。
Is this supposed to be the final warning or something? 这该不会就是最后通牒吧？
“It isn't "supposed to be" our last meal. It is our last meal.”
这不是「算是」最后一餐，它就是我们的最后一餐。
咬住对方一个虚词不放，用重复把玩笑钉成事实。
It isn't 'supposed to be' ... It is ...
要当场戳穿别人含糊的说法时用；语气很硬，朋友间用容易翻脸。
Don't say 'sort of'; it is what it is. ／ It's not 'kind of'; it's certain.
口语
supposed to be 放慢带引号语气，It is 重读截断。
It isn't 'probably' late. It is late, and we have to go. 别说什么「可能」晚了，就是晚了，我们得走。
“Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive.”
明天早上，我们就死了，它却还活着。
拿一只蟑螂做参照，生死被压成一句工整的对仗。
we'll be ... and it'll be ...
用对比说自己渺小时不轻不重地开口；太悲伤的场合慎用。
By tomorrow we'll be gone and it will still be here. ／ It lives on; we don't.
中性
dead 重读，it'll be 轻快，两句节奏对齐。
Next week we'll be gone and the machine will still run. 下周我们就走了，机器还照样转。
“It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will.”
它跟我老婆孩子打照面的机会，都会比我多。
不喊冤，只算一笔荒诞的账：一只虫子比他更亲近家人。
A will have more contact with B than I will.
用具体对比说自己的缺席时用；这种自嘲适合熟人，不适合正式汇报。
It will see my family more often than I will. ／ That bug will know my kids better than I do.
口语
more contact with 连读，than I will 收得低。
The delivery man will see my daughter more than I will. 快递员见到我女儿的次数都会比我多。
“You must prepare yourselves for the worst. Colonel Dax asked me to tell you so.”
你们得做好最坏的打算。是达克斯上校让我来告诉你们的。
前半句给判决，后半句把责任推回上校，一句里全是无力的体面。
You must prepare yourselves for the worst.
要郑重通知坏消息、让人有心理准备时用；日常也可劝人别太乐观。
Brace yourselves for the worst. ／ You should be ready for bad news.
正式
must 重读，the worst 放慢，第二句降调收尾。
Prepare yourselves for the worst; the results come out tonight. 做好最坏的打算吧，结果今晚就出。
“Maybe you're not, but I am. I'll guarantee you of that.”
也许你们出不去，但我能。这一点我向你保证。
别人都在认命，他偏要把自己单独拎出来，一句顶回去。
Maybe you're not, but I am.
被人一起看衰、想单独表态时用；语气很冲，正式场合少用。
You may give up, but I won't. ／ Some of you may quit, but not me.
口语
but I am 重读，guarantee you 连读，尾句压低。
Maybe they think it's over, but I don't. 也许他们觉得完了，可我不这么想。
You see that cockroach? Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive. It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will. - I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive. Now you got the edge on 'im.
看见那只蟑螂了吗？ 明天早上，我们就死了，它却还活着。 它跟我老婆孩子打照面的机会，都会比我多。 ——我会什么都不剩，而它还活着。 这么一说，你还占了它的上风。
下一章 · 13harden your heart让心肠变硬这场戏：行刑前夜死囚告解指「做好最坏的打算」。戏里神父带来坏消息，让大家 prepare yourselves for the worst，就是准备接受最坏的结果。
说 compliments of，常见于礼物、餐点：compliments of General Mireau 就是「米罗将军敬赠」。
指「昏昏沉沉、发晕」，像刚睡醒或被下了药。戏里死囚猜饭里被放了东西，好让他们 groggy。
指「帮我们渡过难关、撑过去」。戏里说 Dax will see us through，就是相信他会把这关扛过去。
不是。last meal 特指「临刑前的最后一餐」。戏里死囚一听不给刀叉，就明白这是最后一餐了。
