这场戏：替表哥招揽海滩青年
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凯瑟琳平静地说出一句惊人的话：I was procuring for him（我在替他拉人）。她把免费海滩翻过栅栏的 hungry young people（饥饿的年轻人）引给塞巴斯蒂安，又散小费打发他们。后来他身体越来越差，穿一身白、不停吃药，只会说 Let's go north（我们往北走吧）。想学冷静讲出共谋往事的英文，看这一分钟。
❝ 独白 · 6 句 写作词「替人招揽、拉人」：procure
procuring for him 替某人招揽climbed over 翻过、爬过pass out tips 分发小费keep up 坚持做、保持
「白得刺眼的一天」英语是 a blazing white day
a blazing white day 白得刺眼的一天white as the weather 白得像某物一样having a bad time 过得很糟、很不顺Let's go north 我们往北走吧
故事发生在维奥莱特的宅邸：凯瑟琳继续交代。她承认 I was procuring for him（我在替他拉人），因为 Sebastian was lonely（塞巴斯蒂安很孤独）。那些从免费海滩 climb over（翻过）栅栏、从水里绕过来的 hungry young people（饥饿的年轻人）跟在他身后，他 pass out tips（散小费）打发他们。天气转凉、海滩不再 crowded（拥挤）后，他就不再需要她做这事，让她穿一件像样的深色泳衣，自己写明信片、keep up（接着写）第三人称日记。到那个 blazing white day（白得刺眼的日子），他一身白、不停吃药，having a bad time（过得很不顺）。想学冷静交代共谋与衰败的英文，这些台词很耐读。
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“I was procuring for him.”
我在替他拉人。
四个词就把最羞耻的角色说出口，没有辩解也没有躲。
I was ... for him.
想坦白自己为某人做过不体面的事时能用；对不熟的人说会显得交浅言深。
I was finding people for him. ／ That was the job he gave me.
literary
was procuring 重音在中间，for him 轻轻收住。
I was covering for him all year. 那一年我一直在替他遮掩。
“He had on a white silk suit, a white tie, a white Panama.”
他穿着一身白丝绸西装，系白领带，戴一顶白色巴拿马帽。
三个 white 叠在一起，把所有体面都堆成一种不祥的白。
He had on a ..., a ..., a ...
想用重复的颜色或物品写出气氛时能用；写人物外形时最出效果。
He wore a white suit, white shoes, a white hat. ／ Everything on him was white that day.
literary
had on a 连读，三个 white 均匀砸下，Panama 重音在首。
She had on a black coat, a black bag, black gloves. 她穿着一身黑大衣，黑包，黑手套。
“The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it.”
免费海滩那边的人翻过栅栏，或者从水里绕过来。
不评判只描述，把一墙之隔的贫富写成一个翻越的动作。
The ones from ... climbed over ... or swam around it.
想对比两个群体、又不直接下判断时能用；报道和写作里都合适。
The crowd from the free beach came over the fence or around it. ／ They crossed the fence however they could.
中性
climbed over 连读，or swam around it 放平收尾。
The kids from the next block climbed over the wall or slipped through the gate. 隔壁街区的孩子翻墙或者从大门溜进来。
“Sebastian was white as the weather.”
塞巴斯蒂安白得跟那天的天气一个颜色。
把人白得像烈日沙滩一句带过，病态和不安全在这对比里。
He was white as the weather.
形容一个人脸色惨白、与环境融为一体时用；日常关心人别说成文绉绉，看语境。
He was as white as the blazing sand. ／ He had gone pale as the sky.
literary
Sebastian was 连读，white as the weather 逐词放慢、句尾轻收。
He was white as the weather, barely holding on. 他白得跟天色一样，快撑不住了。
The ones from the free beach climbed over the fence or swam around it. So now he let me wear a decent dark suit. I'd go to a faraway end of the beach and write post cards... ...and letters and keep up my third person journal... ...until it was time to meet him outside the bathhouses on the street. He would come out... followed.
免费海滩那边的人翻过栅栏，或者从水里绕过来。 所以现在他让我穿一件像样的深色泳衣。 我会走到海滩远远的一头，写明信片…… ……写信，还接着记我的第三人称日记…… ……直到该去街上更衣室外跟他碰头的时候。 他会走出来……后面跟着人。
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climb over。climb 是「爬」，climb over the fence 就是「翻过栅栏」，画面感很强，常用来写翻墙、翻越。
pass out。它可指分发东西，pass out tips 就是「散小费」。注意 pass out 口语里还可指「昏过去」，要看语境。
have a bad time。它指一段时间过得很糟、很受罪。台词说他 having a bad time with his heart，就是心脏很不好、很难受。
指「蓝松鸦」，是塞巴斯蒂安笔记本上的图案。凯瑟琳说那本空空的蓝松鸦笔记本越来越大，用它比喻他写不出诗的空虚。
