这场戏：满屋电视的怪人闲谈
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访客进门，屋主一句 Oh, better than a sharp stick in the eye（总比眼睛挨一棍子强），满屋子开着老电视。他大谈 televised image 的 psychic powers（通灵力量），说 I can't press rewind（我没法倒回去看）那场街上的持刀伤人有多种细节。想听这种冷门怪人侃侃而谈，这段是宝。
❝ 独白 · 18 句 「我没法倒回去看」：press rewind
capitalize on 利用、把握住（机会）psychic powers 通灵的能力、超自然力量actual event 真实发生的事press rewind 按倒回键、倒回去重看
访客进屋，屋主正守着满屋开着的老电视，说自己跟它们 working up（慢慢培养出）一种和谐、一种 equilibrium。他不想当电视的奴隶，要 capitalize on（利用）电视画面的 psychic powers（通灵力量），让 it work for us（为我们所用）。他举了个例子：以前在街上看见有人冲出来、背上插着刀，可那场 actual event（真事）让他没法 press rewind（倒回去重看）、没法按暂停，连 blood 的色调都不对。最后他拿出 via some contacts（通过一些关系）弄到的带子，讲一个 grad student（研究生）劫持论文委员会、被 SWAT offed（干掉）的事。
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。
“Oh, better than a sharp stick in the eye, I always say.”
哦，我总说，这总比眼睛挨一棍子强。
用一句土味俏皮话回答问候，把窘迫轻轻带过。
better than a sharp stick in the eye
熟人问近况、你又不想说实话时能用；正式场合会显得不正经。
Not bad, all things considered. ／ Could be worse, I always say.
口语
sharp stick in 连读，the eye 稍慢，句尾带笑意。
How's the new job? Better than a sharp stick in the eye, I guess. 新工作怎么样？我看总比挨一棍子强吧。
“I was seeing it for real, but it just wasn't right.”
我看到的是真事，可它就是不对劲。
一句矛盾的话，点出真实反而不如屏幕里可信。
I was seeing it for real, but ...
讲那种亲眼所见却觉得失真的一刻时用；认真的事别这么说。
It was happening in front of me, but it did not feel real. ／ I watched it live, yet it still felt wrong.
中性
for real 连读，wasn't right 的 t 轻吞。
I was seeing the concert for real, but it just wasn't right. 我是亲眼看那场演唱会，可就是觉得不对劲。
“Did you hear about him? He took his whole thesis committee hostage.”
你听说他的事了吗？他把整个论文答辩委员会都劫持了。
把最荒诞的校园新闻说得像闲聊，钩子十足。
Did you hear about him? He ...
想开口讲一条惊人的八卦时用；对当事人或严肃场合别说。
Did you hear what he did? He locked up his whole committee. ／ Guess what he did? He held his committee hostage.
口语
hear about him 连读，hostage 重音在首音节。
Did you hear about her? She quit on the first day. 你听说她的事了吗？她第一天就辞职了。
“I can't press rewind. I can't put it on pause.”
我不能倒带。我不能按暂停。
把真事和录像的差别，用两个遥控器动作说得又准又好笑。
I can't press rewind. I can't put it on pause.
感慨真实经历无法回看时能用，对朋友聊感受；正式举例时别这么口语。
There's no rewind on real life. ／ You can't pause a moment like that.
口语
I can't press rewind 连读，pause 重读后停顿。
I can't press rewind on that day, no matter how much I want to. 那一天我按不了倒带，再想也回不去。
Well, we all know the psychic powers of the televised image... But we need to capitalize on it... and make it work for us instead of us working for it. - Like how? - Well, like, to me, my thing is... a video image is much more powerful and useful... than an actual event. Like back when I used to go out, when I was last out... I was walking down the street and... this guy came barrelling out of a bar... fell right in front of me and he had a knife right in his back... landed right on the ground. And - I have no reference to it now. I can't refer back to it. I can't press rewind. I can't put it on pause. I can't put it on slo-mo and see all the little details. And the blood, it was all wrong. It didn't look like blood. The hue was off and I couldn't adjust the hue. I was seeing it for real, but it just wasn't right. And I didn't even see the knife impact on the body. I missed that part.
嗯，我们都知道电视画面的通灵力量…… 但我们得把它利用起来…… 让它为我们干活，而不是我们为它干活。 ——怎么利用？——嗯，对我来说，我这一套是…… 一段录像画面要比…… 真实发生的事更有力、更有用。 就像我以前还出门的时候，上一次出门的时候…… 我走在街上，然后…… 这家伙从酒吧里冲出来…… 正好摔在我面前，背上插着一把刀…… 就那么摔在地上。 而且——我现在没法回看它。我没法回去参照。 我没法按倒回。我没法按暂停。 我没法放慢镜头去看清每个小细节。 还有那血，全都不对。那看着根本不像血。 色调偏了，而我没法调色调。 我看到的是真事，可它就是不对劲。 我甚至没看到刀扎进身体那一下。我错过了那一段。
下一章 · 18blaze of glory轰轰烈烈地谢幕这场戏：路边抽迂回策略卡用 a sharp stick in the eye，字面是「总比眼睛挨一棍子强」，自嘲地表示勉强还行、聊胜于无。片里用它回答「最近怎么样」。
指利用、把握住某个机会或优势。片里说要把电视画面的力量 capitalize on 起来，为人们所用。
指按倒回键、把画面倒回去重看。片里说真实发生的事没法 press rewind，也没法按暂停。
是，意思是干掉、杀掉，语气比 kill 随意也冷漠。片里说那名研究生被特警队 offed。
可以说 work up，指慢慢培养出某种关系或情绪。片里屋主说自己跟电视 working up 一种和谐、一种平衡。
一样，grad student 是口语缩写，都指研究生。片里那盘带子就是历史系一个 grad student 拍的。
