这场戏：蜘蛛网和透明泳衣
第 24 章 · 共 27 章 · 2'23"
维奥莱特谈起儿子的天职，as fine and thin as a spider's web（像蜘蛛网一样纤细），是它让诗人 holds him out of destruction（免于毁灭），可她没能 I wasn't able to keep the web from breaking（保住那张网不破）。等凯瑟琳讲起海滩，她又急着打断：Little statements like that give her away（这种小话就露馅了）。想学比喻和拆台的说法，这段精彩。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 一张蜘蛛网撑起诗人的 vocation（天职、使命）
rests on 依靠、取决于vocation 天职、使命holds him out of 让某人远离某事
一句小话 give her away（露出马脚、出卖）
give her away 露出马脚、出卖charged admission 收门票one-piece 连体的（泳衣）made it transparent 使某物变透明
《夏日痴魂》这段在维奥莱特家中：她用一个比喻讲儿子的天职——诗人的天职 as fine and thin as a spider's web（像蜘蛛网一样纤细），是它让他 hold him out of destruction（免于毁灭），可她自己 I wasn't able to keep the web from breaking（没能保住那张网不破）。凯瑟琳接着回忆起卡贝萨德洛沃的下午，讲到那件 one-piece bathing suit（连体泳衣）和 the water made it transparent（一沾水就变透明）。维奥莱特急得插话，说 Little statements like that give her away（这种小话就露馅了），医生却让她 Go on（接着说）。想学打比方、追问和冷静拆台的说法，这段都有。
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。
“I saw it breaking, I couldn't save it.”
我眼看着它裂开，却救不了它。
两个短句并排放着，看见却救不了，是最无力的痛。
I saw it ..., I couldn't ...
想讲自己眼睁睁看着某事变坏却无力挽回时能用；对当事人说会像在撇清责任。
I watched it fall apart and couldn't stop it. ／ I saw it coming and still did nothing.
literary
saw it 连读，breaking 后稍停，couldn't save it 放轻。
I saw it breaking, I couldn't fix it in time. 我眼看着它崩掉，却没能及时补救。
“A poet's vocation rests on something...”
诗人的天职靠的是某种东西……
把写诗说成一种天职，后面那个「某种东西」吊着人往下听。
X's vocation rests on something ...
想郑重地谈一个人的使命靠什么支撑时能用；日常闲聊里这样说会显得端着。
A calling like his rests on something very fragile. ／ Everything he did rested on one thin thread.
literary
poet's 轻轻带过，vocation 重音靠后，句尾放慢。
A craft like hers rests on something money cannot buy. 她这样的手艺，靠的是钱买不来的东西。
“Little statements like that give her away.”
这种小小的话就露馅了。
一句旁白点出破绽：越不起眼的细节，越会出卖一个人。
Little ... like that give someone away.
想指出对方话里的小破绽时能用；当面说会像在指控。
Small slips like that always give people away. ／ It is the little things that betray you.
中性
statements like that 连读，give her away 一气呵成。
Little slips like that give a liar away. 这种小失误会出卖说谎的人。
“Great help is needed. I did give it. She didn't.”
需要有人大力扶持。我给了。她没有。
三个短句像三记锤子，把奉献和亏欠的对比砸得清清楚楚。
Great help is needed. I did give it. She didn't.
在争执中对比谁付出过、谁没有时用；对当事人或家属说会显得刻薄，慎用。
He needed real support. I gave it; she didn't. ／ The work needed care. I provided it. She didn't.
中性
Great help is needed 降调，I did give it 重读 did，She didn't 停顿收尾。
Real help was needed. I gave it. She didn't. 需要有人真正帮忙。我出了力，她没有。
And after that, blank pages, blank pages. Nothing but nothing. A poet's vocation rests on something... ...as fine and thin as a spider's web. It's all that holds him out of destruction. Very few are able to do it alone.
那之后就是空白页，空白页。什么都没有，一片空白。 诗人的天职靠的是某种东西…… ……像蜘蛛网一样纤细的东西。 正是它让他免于毁灭。 很少有人能独自做到。
下一章 · 25procure替人招揽这场戏：替表哥招揽海滩青年意思是「露出马脚、出卖某人」。维奥莱特说 Little statements like that give her away，就是「这种小小的话就露馅了」，用来指一句无心的话把真相漏了出去。
charge admission。台词 the beach that we went to that charged admission 就是「我们去的那个要买票的海滩」，和 the free beach（免费海滩）正好相对。
意思是「依靠、取决于」。台词 A poet's vocation rests on something as fine and thin as a spider's web 就是「诗人的天职靠的是某种像蜘蛛网一样纤细的东西」，说某事系于某物。
就是「透明的」。台词 But the water made it transparent 就是「可一沾水就变透明了」，说的是那件白泳衣一入水就透出身体。
意思是「过分讲究、挑剔」。维奥莱特用它形容儿子的洁癖，好反驳「他怎么会去港口旁的脏海滩」，是一个很正式的词。
