这场戏：被逼搬进豪宅改剧本
第 7 章 · 共 19 章 · 4'11"
过气明星诺玛把乔的行李直接搬进豪宅，逼他住下来改剧本。乔抗议 There's nothing in the deal about my staying here（说好的事里可没说我得住这儿），可他的房租早被付清，一句 It's all taken care of（全都付清了）堵得他没话说。想学怎么赖定一件事、怎么拒绝别人，很顶用。
❝ 独白 · 5 句 改稿的拉锯
五行旁白从贪钱写到窒息，把这份工作的代价一层层说透。
删戏用 threw out（删掉），她当场翻脸
threw out 删掉、舍弃cut directly to 直接切到a little too much of you 你的镜头有点太多
❝ 独白 · 5 句 梦游者的画像
用重复和比喻堆出诺玛的执念，节奏像一首冷酷的小诗。
晚香玉不是他喜欢的味：not by a long shot（差得远呢）
not by a long shot 差得远呢、根本不是sit very close 坐得很近clutch my arm 抓住我的胳膊
过气明星诺玛把乔的行李搬进豪宅，摆明了要他住下改剧本，还替他把欠的三个月房租全付了。乔还嘴硬时，诺玛一句 Suppose you make up your mind（你干脆拿个主意吧），就是要他表态接不接。乔嘴上接了活，心里只想要 the dough（钱），想尽快从那地方脱身。改稿时他删掉一场没她的戏，立刻被要求放回去。晚上放她的默片，她身上的晚香玉香水 not by a long shot（差得远呢）不是他喜欢的味道。想学怎么逼人表态、怎么形容钱和味道，这段又冷又好玩。
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。
“There's nothing in the deal about my staying here!”
咱们说好的事里，可没说我得住在这儿！
一句就把约定的空白点甩出来，弱者也能用的硬话。
There's nothing in the deal about ...
对方临时加码、越界时用；对客户或老板说前先想好后果。
That was never part of the deal. ／ Nobody said anything about this.
中性
nothing in the 连读，about my 弱读，重音落 here。
There's nothing in the contract about weekend work. 合同里可没提周末要上班。
“Suppose you make up your mind. Do you want this job or don't you?”
你干脆拿个主意吧。这活儿你到底接不接？
两个反问把人逼到墙角，正是诺玛谈条件的口气。
Do you want this ... or don't you?
催人表态、逼出明确答复时用；对不熟的人说会显得咄咄逼人。
Are you in or are you out? ／ Make up your mind already.
口语
Suppose you 连读，or don't you 升调收尾。
Do you want the tickets or don't you? 这票你到底要不要？
“I wanted the dough, and I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could.”
我想要那笔钱，也想尽快从那地方脱身。
坦白的贪心配上逃意，旁白一句就写尽小人物的处境。
I wanted X, and I wanted to ...
老实讲自己的动机时用；正式自述里 dough 这类俚语要换掉。
I was in it for the money and a way out. ／ The pay drew me in; the exit kept me going.
口语
wanted the 连读，as quickly as I could 一口气带过。
I wanted the experience, and I wanted to move on fast. 我想要那份经验，也想快点往前走。
“You don't yell at a sleepwalker. He may fall and break his neck.”
你不会冲着梦游的人大喊大叫。他可能会摔下来摔断脖子。
用梦游比喻诺玛的执念，冷幽默里藏着怜悯和算计。
You don't yell at a ... He may ...
解释自己为何不刺激某人时用；当着当事人说像在谈论病人。
You don't wake a sleepwalker. ／ There's no reasoning with someone in that state.
口语
don't yell at a 连成一串，break his neck 重音落 break。
You don't argue with a sleepwalker; you wait it out. 跟梦游的人不能讲道理，只能等他自己醒。
“They were always her pictures. That's all she wanted to see.”
放的永远是她自己的片子。她只想看那些。
两句冷叙述，把自恋、怀旧和与世隔绝一起说完了。
That's all someone wanted to ...
总结某人只肯面对某样东西时用；当面说等于戳破对方。
She only ever watched her own films. ／ Nothing else would do.
中性
always her 连读，That's all 重读，句尾放平。
He only reads his own reviews; that's all he wants to see. 他只看关于自己的评论，别的什么都不看。
I wanted the dough, and I wanted to get out of there as quickly as I could. I thought if I really got going, I could finish it up in a couple of weeks. But it wasn't so simple getting some coherence into those wild hallucinations of hers. And what made it even tougher was that she was around all the time, hovering over me, afraid I'd do injury to that precious brainchild of hers.
我想要那笔钱，也想尽快从那地方脱身。 我原想，只要真干起来，两三周就能把它改完。 可要让她那些天马行空的胡思乱想理出个头绪，远没那么简单。 更麻烦的是，她整天都在旁边转悠， 守着我，生怕我伤了她那个宝贝心血。
She was still sleepwalking along the giddy heights of a lost career. Plain crazy when it came to that one subject, her celluloid self, the great Norma Desmond. How could she breathe in that house so crowded with Norma Desmonds, more Norma Desmonds and still more Norma Desmonds?
她还在昔日事业的云端里梦游，脚下是让人发晕的高处。 一说到那个话题——银幕上的自己，伟大的诺玛·德斯蒙德——她就彻底疯了。 那栋房子里挤满了诺玛·德斯蒙德，她怎么喘得过气， 更多的诺玛·德斯蒙德， 还有更多更多的诺玛·德斯蒙德？
下一章 · 08a matter of life and death生死攸关的大事这场戏：被带去置办一身新衣意思是「差得远呢、根本不是」。台词里说那香味 not by a long shot 不是他喜欢的，就是「远远算不上」，用来强烈否定。
the dough 是俚语「钱」，等于 money。台词里说 I wanted the dough，就是「我想要那笔钱」，口语里很常用。
make up your mind。台词里一句 Suppose you make up your mind，就是「你干脆拿个主意吧」，用来催人别再犹豫。
keep books。book 在这里指账簿，keep books 就是「记账、设账簿」。台词里说 We won't keep books，就是「咱们不记账」，不想把账算细。
deduct something from。deduct 是「扣除」。台词里说 we'll deduct it from my salary，就是「从我的工钱里扣」，发工资、报销都能用。
