这场戏：逼问母亲到底签没签字
第 15 章 · 共 27 章 · 2'31"
凯瑟琳逼问母亲有没有签送她去狮景的文件，格蕾丝一边说 the way Aunt Vi put it, there was no choice at all（按维奥姑妈的说法根本没得选），一边劝她 In no time, after the little operation（做完那个小手术）就好了。可凯瑟琳当场揭穿：那是 lobotomy（脑白质切除术）。想学逼问、哄骗和恐惧的英文，这段最扎心。
❝ 独白 · 4 句 This 100 grand is important to us（这十万块对我们很重要）
the point of 某事的目的、用意important to us 对我们很重要all sorts of 各种各样的nest egg 积蓄、养老本
❝ 独白 · 6 句 It's called a lobotomy（叫脑白质切除术），她当场揭穿
commit me to 把某人送进（精神病院）little operation 小手术lobotomy 脑白质切除术
《夏日痴魂》这段在狮景的病房里：凯瑟琳逼问母亲 Mother, you didn't sign those papers?（妈妈，你没签那些文件吧？），格蕾丝承认 Not yet（还没），却说自己没办法。她解释维奥姑妈给了 100 grand（十万块），对家里很重要，能带给乔治各种好处。然后她安慰凯瑟琳：In no time, after the little operation（用不了多久，做完那个小手术）就好了。凯瑟琳冷笑反问 What little operation（什么小手术），随即揭穿：There's only one little operation they perform here... It's called a lobotomy（他们在这儿只做一种小手术，叫脑白质切除术）。想学逼问、哄骗和恐惧的英文，这段最揪心。
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“It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy.”
是在脑子上的。叫脑白质切除术。
把开颅说得像报菜单，越平静越让人发冷。
It's called ...
冷静说明某个吓人的事实时用；安慰人时这么说会显得冷血。
It has a name: a lobotomy. ／ They call it a lobotomy.
中性
on the brain 连读，called a 连读，lobotomy 重读放慢。
It has a name, and it's called a buyout. 这事有个名字，叫买断。
“What you said gave her a real turn.”
你说的那些让她很不舒服。
不说吓到也不说生气，只说 gave her a real turn，把震动藏在客气的说法里。
Something gave someone a real turn.
说某件事让人心里一沉、受了惊时用；正式书面里可以换成 a shock。
It gave her quite a shock. ／ What you said really rattled her.
口语
gave her a 连读，real turn 重读，句尾放平。
The news gave my mother a real turn. 这消息让我妈心里一沉。
“This 100 grand is important to us.”
这十万块对我们很重要。
把亲情谈判最后压成一句关于钱的实话，坦白得几乎让人同情。
This ... is important to us.
要说明某样东西对自家至关重要时用；谈感情时这样直说会显得功利。
This money matters more than you know. ／ We can't afford to lose this.
口语
100 grand 连读，important to us 一气流过。
This contract is important to us, so we need it clear. 这份合同对我们很重要，所以条款得说清。
“- She doesn't trust me with the money? - 50 grand is chickenfeed to Aunt Vi.”
五万块在维奥莱特姑妈眼里就是点鸡食。
用“鸡食”这个俚语把巨款说成一粒米，一句话立住贫富差距。
___ is chickenfeed to ___.
形容某笔钱对某人不算钱时用；对不富裕的人说会显得刻薄，注意对象。
Fifty grand is pocket change to Aunt Vi. ／ That kind of money is nothing to her.
口语
50 grand 连读，chickenfeed 重读，to Aunt Vi 放慢降调。
A thousand dollars is chickenfeed to him. 一千块对他来说就是点鸡食。
You've gotta understand... This 100 grand is important to us. It means George will have all sorts of advantages now. Things we couldn't give him, since 1929 killed your father and our nest egg.
你得明白…… 这十万块对我们很重要。 这意味着乔治以后能有各种各样的好处。 那些我们给不了他的东西，自从1929年毁了你爸和我们的积蓄。
There's only one little operation they perform here. It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy. You may have heard of it or read about it. I have. It's that nice young doctor's specialty. In cases of hopeless lunacy... ...he bores holes into the skull and operates on the brain!
他们在这儿只做一种小手术。 是在脑子上的。叫脑白质切除术。 你可能听说过，或者读到过。我读到过。 那是那位和气年轻医生的专长。 碰上没救的疯病…… ……他就往头骨上钻孔，在脑子上动刀！
下一章 · 16all of a sudden突然一下子这场戏：追问医生从哪里下刀这是俚语，意思是「发疯、犯病」，比 go crazy 更俏皮也更口语。台词 When you went off your rocker 就是「你发疯那回」。
chickenfeed。原意是「喂鸡的饲料」，引申为「小钱、零头」。台词 50 grand is chickenfeed to Aunt Vi 就是「五万块对维奥姑妈来说就是点零头」。
指「脑白质切除术」，旧时用来治疗严重精神疾病的一种脑部手术。台词 It's on the brain. It's called a lobotomy 就是「是在脑子上的，叫脑白质切除术」。
意思是「积蓄、养老本」，常指攒下来应急或养老的钱。台词 since 1929 killed your father and our nest egg 就是「自从 1929 年毁了你爸和我们的积蓄」。
意思是「不是什么大不了的事、天塌不下来」，用来安慰或轻描淡写。台词 Stop. It's not the end of the world! 就是「别说了，又不是世界末日！」。
