这场戏：路边抽迂回策略卡
第 18 章 · 共 22 章 · 3'13"
街头有人一边推销自己翻录的录像带，一边说 95% of the brain is unused（大脑有百分之九十五没被用到）这种谎话只会 frustrate man（让人沮丧）。转头有人请路人抽 oblique strategies（迂回策略）卡，一张写着 Withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy（厌恶地抽身而退，和冷漠不是一回事）。
❝ 独白 · 8 句 「轰轰烈烈地谢幕」：blaze of glory
dormant potential 沉睡的、未被开发的潜力tap into 开发、挖掘（潜力、资源）positive action 积极的、往前的行动blaze of glory 轰轰烈烈地谢幕、最后辉煌一把
街头有人放自己翻录的录像带，一边断言 Each individual has this absurd notion（每个人都抱着这么个荒唐的念头），迷信 dormant potential（沉睡的潜力）这种谎话。他讲到片子里主角打烂摄像机那段，还夸 Every action is a positive action（每一个行动都是积极的行动），感慨 What could be better than a short, uncomplicated life（还有什么比一段短暂、简单的人生更好呢）。另一边，有人摊开 oblique strategies（迂回策略）卡，说 No two cards are alike（没有两张卡是一样的），抽到的可能是 Withdrawing in disgust is not the same thing as apathy（厌恶地抽身而退，和冷漠不是一回事），也可能是 It's not building a wall, but making a brick（这不是在砌一堵墙，而是在做一块砖）。
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。
“Every action is a positive action.”
每一个行动都是积极的行动。
一句格言式断言，把暴力也说成积极，冷得让人发笑。
Every X is a Y.
想用一句断言压住争论时能用；认真讨论责任时别这么说。
Any move forward is still a move. ／ There is no such thing as a wasted action.
中性
action 重读两遍，句尾干脆下沉。
Every rehearsal is a positive action, even the bad ones. 每次排练都是积极的行动，哪怕排得糟。
“What could be better than a short, uncomplicated life?”
还有什么比一段短暂、简单的人生更好呢？
用反问把早逝说成理想，句子轻，分量却重。
What could be better than ...?
真心赞美某种活法时能用；在悲伤的场合会显得轻率。
Nothing beats a simple, short life. ／ Who would want anything more than that?
中性
could be better 连读，than 轻读，句尾上扬。
What could be better than a long walk and no plans? 还有什么比散个长步、毫无安排更好呢？
“No two cards are alike. Think about whatever you want and take a card.”
没有两张卡是一样的。
一句平常的说明，却把整副牌的神秘感立了起来。
No two ... are alike.
介绍一组各不相同的东西时能用；正式说明文里更常说 identical。
Each card is different from every other. ／ You will never draw the same one twice.
中性
No two 连读，alike 重音在第二音节。
No two of her paintings are alike. 她的画没有两幅是一样的。
“"It's not building a wall, but making a brick."”
不是要砌一堵墙，而是先做好一块砖。
把大工程拆成一块砖，焦虑就被压回能下手的那一步。
It's not building a wall, but making a brick.
鼓励别人别被大目标吓住时能用；对方正赶工期时别讲，像风凉话。
Don't build the wall, just make one brick. ／ One brick at a time, not the whole wall.
中性
It's not 连读，building a wall 重读，but making a brick 放慢收尾。
You don't have to write the whole book, just make a brick today. 你不必写完整本书，今天先做好一块砖就行。
He has this-this unending potential, this dormant potential... this stupid idea that 95% of the brain is unused... and that if we could tap into that we would just have... we would have Superman or something absurd like that. All it does is frustrate man. All it does is remind him of his limitations and frustrate him. It's just a concoction of lies... a dynamic that drives man to do things.
他有这种——这种无穷无尽的潜力，这种沉睡的潜力…… 这种愚蠢的说法，说大脑有百分之九十五没被用到…… 说如果我们能开发那部分，我们就能拥有…… 我们就能有超人，或者什么同样荒唐的东西。 它所做的只是让人沮丧。 它所做的只是让他想起自己的局限，然后让他沮丧。 这不过是一堆编造出来的谎言…… 一种驱使人们去干事的动力。
下一章 · 19safety in numbers人多才安全这场戏：从混乱聊到卡通价值观指轰轰烈烈地谢幕、最后辉煌一把。原句 goes out in a blaze of glory，就是「在荣耀的烈焰中结束」，用来形容壮烈的收场。
指摸到门道、发现了不起的东西。原句 He must've been onto something，就是「他肯定是悟到点什么了」。
指快进、跳到后面。原句 Let me fast-forward to the part where...，就是「让我快进到……那一段」，讲事情时很常用。
指经期前后身体的水潴留、水肿。原句 Pink ones are for water weight days，就是「粉的是水肿那几天用的」。
dormant potential。原句 this dormant potential，就是「这种沉睡的潜力」，形容还没被开发的才能。
a dub of my copy。原句 this is a dub of my copy，就是「这是从我那份翻录出来的副本」，dub 指翻录、复制。
