这场戏：花园里谈捕蝇草和手术
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维奥莱特带医生逛亡子的花园，说它 Not unlike a well-groomed jungle（像一座打理得整整齐齐的丛林），还让他看捕蝇草怎么把苍蝇引进去：They plunge into her chalice. And they never come out（它们一头扎进她的花萼，再也出不来）。转头她竟问起 Lobotomy（额叶切除术）。想学阴森又优雅的上流英语，看这一分钟。
「不能说完全不像、有点像」英语是 not unlike
not unlike 不能说完全不像、有点像well-groomed 打理得整齐的dies of hunger 饿死plunge into 一头扎进
❝ 独白 · 4 句 「人生即职业、活成了作品」英语是 his life was his occupation
aside from 除了……之外a small coterie of friends 一小圈密友vice versa 反过来也一样Right as rain 好得很（此处带着自嘲）
❝ 独白 · 5 句 诗即人生的绕圈话
用重复和倒装把自己绕进去，越解释越像在说服自己。
故事发生在维奥莱特的花园：她带库克罗维茨医生逛亡子塞巴斯蒂安留下的园子，说它 Not unlike a well-groomed jungle（像一座打理得整整齐齐的丛林）。她领他看捕蝇草，说苍蝇 They plunge into her chalice. And they never come out（扎进花萼，再也出不来），又忽然问起 Lobotomy（额叶切除术），让医生心里一沉。她指认 The Venus flytrap（捕蝇草），说它 aptly named for the goddess of love（以爱神命名，再贴切不过）。谈到儿子，她只说 His life was his occupation（他的人生就是他的职业），还说 Sebastian was a poet（塞巴斯蒂安是个诗人）。想学上流社会的优雅、暗喻和试探，这些台词很耐听。
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。
“Not unlike a well-groomed jungle and, frankly, a little terrifying.”
像一座打理得整整齐齐的丛林，说实话，还有点吓人。
用一句轻描淡写把花园变成威胁，优雅和恐怖只隔一个 frankly。
not unlike + 名词
形容某物像什么又不太像时用；正式场合别硬套 frankly 的轻松口气。
Not unlike a museum, really. ／ Somewhat like a jungle, and not a friendly one.
literary
not unlike 连读，frankly 前后各顿一下。
The office was not unlike a library, and just as quiet. 那间办公室有点像图书馆，也一样安静。
“- Your son was a poet? - His life was his occupation.”
——您儿子是诗人？——他的人生就是他的职业。
把诗人说得没有上下班，一句话解释了他为什么活得像一场创作。
His life was his occupation.
谈那种把全部生活投进去的人时用；对普通上班族说容易显得矫情。
Work was his whole life. ／ He never separated the man from the artist.
正式
重音落在 life 和 occupation，his 轻读。
For her, cooking was not a job but an occupation of the soul. 对她来说，做饭不是差事，而是灵魂的营生。
“...aptly named for the goddess of love.”
……以爱神命名，再贴切不过。
把一株吃虫子的草和爱的女神并排，优雅的残忍立刻有了画面。
aptly named for X
夸名字取得妙时用；拿爱神比吃人的东西要分清玩笑场合。
Well named after the goddess of love. ／ A name that fits the goddess herself.
literary
aptly named 连读，goddess of love 放慢强调。
A guard dog aptly named for a thunderstorm. 一条叫「雷暴」的看门狗，名字起得真贴切。
“Because the work of a poet is the life of a poet. And vice versa.”
因为诗人的作品就是诗人的生命，反过来也一样。
用一句像绕口令的等式，把艺术与人生不可分割说到底，短而隽永。
The work of a poet is the life of a poet, and vice versa.
谈论创作与生活不可分割时用；日常闲聊里说会显得掉书袋，适合文艺场合。
For an artist, life and work are the same thing. ／ His work was his life, and his life his work.
literary
the work of a poet 平铺，and vice versa 放慢、降调收束。
For her, the job is the life, and the life is the job. 对她来说，工作就是生活，生活也是工作。
As many times as I've had to answer that question... ...it still shocks me a little to realize... ...that Sebastian Venable the poet was quite unknown... ...outside of a small coterie of friends, including his mother.
这个问题我回答过不知多少遍…… ……可每次回过神来还是有点震动…… ……诗人塞巴斯蒂安·维纳布尔的名气，竟小得…… ……只限于一小圈朋友，其中还包括他母亲。
That's what I meant when I said his life was his work. Because the work of a poet is the life of a poet. And vice versa. I mean, you can't separate them. I mean... ...a poet's life is his work. And his work is his life, in a special sense.
我说他的人生就是他的作品，就是这个意思。 因为诗人的作品，就是诗人的一生。反过来也一样。 我是说，这两者分不开。我是说…… ……诗人的一生就是他的作品。 而他的作品就是他的生命，在某种特别的意义上。
下一章 · 04mad as a hatter疯得离谱这场戏：看工作室谈疯侄女这是双重否定，等于「有点像、不能说完全不像」，语气比 like 更委婉、更文雅，常用来含蓄地做比喻。
insectivorous plant。insectivorous 是「吃昆虫的」，所以食虫植物就是它；台词里医生第一次见到捕蝇草，就用了这个词。
his life was his occupation。occupation 是「职业」，这句是说塞巴斯蒂安把整个人生活成了作品，工作与人生不分。
意思是「反过来也一样」。台词 And vice versa 承接上一句：诗人的作品就是诗人的一生，反过来，他的一生也就是他的作品。
字面是「像雨一样好」，实际是「好得很、完全没事」。这里维奥莱特还加一句 however right that is，带着自嘲，言外之意是自己也没那么完好。
