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星空下追问修墙缘由:better off alone

夜空下,一个指着星星编故事,另一个追问未来;话头转到「咱们的沼泽」,气氛忽然僵住。There's no we(没有「咱们」)和 better off alone(一个人更好)把拒人千里的意思说得很直,还盘算着修墙挡人。想听懂客气话底下的疏远,这几句很够用。

发生了什么

夜空下,一个人问星星能不能预知未来,得到的回答是星星只讲故事。聊到要回沼泽以后做什么,话题很快变成「没有咱们,只有我和我的沼泽」,还冒出修十英尺高墙、把所有人挡在外面的打算。tell the future 是预言未来,keep somebody out 是把某人挡在外面,better off alone 是一个人更好。前两个适合聊计划和边界,最后一个常用来解释为什么宁愿独处;听懂这组表达,就能听出话里那层疏远。

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这场戏看什么

  • 看史莱克从编星座到被问住的转折
  • 留意驴子追问时怎样一步步逼近
  • 注意 wall 从实物变成心理防线

留意这几个短语

tell the futuremore than they appearkeep somebody outNo, do ya think?

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better off alone

一个人更好better on one's own

被反复追问后,他不再绕,直接说 better off alone(一个人更好):与其等着被误解,不如独自待着。

After that noisy week, I'm better off alone tonight.那吵闹的一周过后,我今晚还是一个人待着更好。

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  • tell the future

    预言未来

  • more than they appear

    不止表面那样

  • keep somebody out

    把某人挡在外面

  • No, do ya think?

    这还用问,讽刺

  • getting somewhere

    终于有进展

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短语 · B2the only person to ever do something

唯一一个做过某事的人

And, uh, that one, that's Throwback, the only ogre to ever spit over three wheat fields.
短语 · B1tell someone's future from something

靠某物给人算命

Hey, can you tell my future from these stars?
短语 · B1tell the future

预言未来

驴子望着星空,想借星星 tell the future(预言未来);回答却把算命换成讲故事,说星星只负责讲。

The stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories.
短语 · B1make something up

随口编造 不是动手制作,是现编故事。

- You can guess what he's famous for. - I know you're making this up.
短语 · B1run away from something

从某物旁逃开

No, look. There he is, and there's the group of hunters running away from his stench.
语法 · B2hunters running away from his stench

分词短语:running... 跟在 hunters 后,说明猎人正在做什么,不作谓语。

No, look. There he is, and there's the group of hunters running away from his stench.
短语 · B1nothing but a bunch of something

不过是一堆…

That is nothing but a bunch of little dots.
短语 · B2more than something appears

不止表面那样

满天星被说成“不过一堆小点”,more than they appear(不止表面那样)这句回得不紧不慢,像在替星星,也像在替自己留余地。

Sometimes things are more than they appear.
发音what we gonna

what we 轻轻带过,gonna 压成一团,别逐字咬

Hey, Shrek, what we gonna do when we get our swamp anyway?
俚语 · A2gonna

将要(going to)——口语缩略,聊天可用,正式写作别写

Hey, Shrek, what we gonna do when we get our swamp anyway?
短语 · B2be through doing something

等把某事做完

You know, when we're through rescuing the princess.
发音no we

两个词都重读,中间停半拍,像接连把门关上

We? Donkey, there's no we. There's no our.
语法 · B2The first thing I'm gonna do

定语从句:先行词 The first thing 后省略 that,I'm gonna do 修饰它。

The first thing I'm gonna do is build a ten-foot wall around my land.
短语 · B2cut someone deep

这话很伤人 不是割伤,是话刺到心里。

You cut me deep, Shrek.
短语 · B1keep somebody out

把某人挡在外面

有人把修墙列为回沼泽后的第一件事;对面接上 keep somebody out(把某人挡在外面),把墙从石头转到人身上。

I think this whole wall thing is just a way to keep somebody out.
俚语 · B1ya

你(you)——很随便的口语或方言,别对正式对象用

- No, do ya think? - Are you hiding something?
短语 · B2another one of those ... things

又是那种…的老一套 onion 是塞进“one of those ... things”里的具体名目,重点在“又是那种事”。

Oh, this is another one of those onion things, isn't it?
短语 · B2be getting somewhere

终于有进展

绕了半天,终于有人承认想挡住所有人;getting somewhere(终于有进展)立刻接住,语气像审问摸到线索。

Oh, now we're getting somewhere.
短语 · B1For the love of Pete!

哎呀,真是的

Oh! For the love of Pete!
短语 · B2have something against someone

对…心怀不满

What's your problem? What you got against the whole world?
短语 · B2the one with the problem

有问题的那一方

I'm not the one with the problem, okay?
短语 · B1have a problem with someone

看我不顺眼

被追问“你跟全世界有什么仇”,have a problem with me(看我不顺眼)把矛头掉转:不是我有问题,是世界先对我有意见。

It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.
语法 · B2It's the world that seems to have a problem with me

强调句:It's ... that ... 把 the world 拎出来强调:有问题的是世界,不是我。

It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.
短语 · B2take one look at someone

只消看我一眼

他学路人见到自己的反应:take one look at me(只消看我一眼),不用交谈,一眼就够,接着就是尖叫和逃跑。

People take one look at me and go, Aah! Help! Run!
发音look at me

look at me 快说时 at 很轻,顺着一口气滑到 me

People take one look at me and go, Aah! Help! Run!
短语 · B2be better off alone

一个人更好

被反复追问后,他不再绕,直接说 better off alone(一个人更好):与其等着被误解,不如独自待着。

That's why I'm better off alone.

看懂「星空下追问修墙缘由」

发音重点

  • what we gonna — what we 轻轻带过,gonna 压成一团,别逐字咬
  • no we — 两个词都重读,中间停半拍,像接连把门关上
  • look at me — look at me 快说时 at 很轻,顺着一口气滑到 me
The stars don't tell the future, Donkey. They tell stories.

星星不会预言未来,驴子。它们讲的是故事。 把“算命”轻轻换成“讲故事”,既纠正对方,又保住星空浪漫。

Sometimes things are more than they appear.

有时候,事物不止表面看上去那样。 一句短格言,替星星、故事和史莱克本人都留了第二层。

We? Donkey, there's no we. There's no our.

我们?驴子,没有什么“我们”,也没有什么“我们的”。 重复否定 we/our,短促拆掉共同未来的幻觉。

They judge me before they even know me.

他们还没了解我,就已经给我定了性。 before 把时间差压出来:判决先于认识,委屈很准。

That's why I'm better off alone.

所以我才宁愿一个人。 把被排斥的伤收进一句自我选择,短而认命。

关于这一章的问题

“better off alone”是什么意思?

意思是「一个人更好」,指独自一人反而更自在。台词先来一句 They judge me before they even know me(他们还没认识我就先看扁我),随后落到 That's why I'm better off alone(所以我一个人更好)。

「把某人挡在外面」英语怎么说?

可以说 keep somebody out。台词里有人把墙说成 a way to keep somebody out(一种把某人挡在外面的办法),后来有人追问 Who you trying to keep out?(你想把谁挡在外面?),回答是 Everyone! Okay?(所有人!行了吧?),可见挡的是所有人。

「这还用问」怎么用英语带点讽刺地说?

用 No, do ya think? 就行。它字面像在问「你觉得呢」,实际是反讽对方明知故问,意思就是「这还用问」。

“getting somewhere”在这里指什么?

指谈话终于有进展,不是真的去了哪里。前面追问 Why are you blocking?(你为什么要回避?),后面接 Oh, now we're getting somewhere.(哦,现在总算有进展了。),表示终于问到关键。

「看我不顺眼」英语怎么说?

说 have a problem with me。台词里一句 It's the world that seems to have a problem with me.(是这个世界好像看我不顺眼。),把矛头从自己转开,意思就是觉得世界对自己有意见。

“take one look at me”是什么意思?

意思是「只消看我一眼」。台词接着说 Aah! Help! Run!(啊!救命!快跑!),说明别人往往只看一眼就立刻被吓到,根本还没认识他。

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