这场戏：重逢后求合写剧本
第 12 章 · 共 19 章 · 3'14"
新年夜乔溜去阿蒂家，被阿蒂一句 Stick 'em up（举起手来）的玩笑吓一跳，又撞见贝蒂。贝蒂一心想写剧本，说 I want to write（我想写东西），拉他一起写，乔却说自己不再 write on spec（写没有下家的稿）。想学圈里人怎么聊本子、怎么体面地推掉合作，这几句很地道。
「你一直躲哪儿去了」：Where have you been keeping yourself（你一直躲哪儿去了）
Stick 'em up 举起手来What's the big idea 你这是搞什么名堂hopped up 被鼓动得很兴奋
❝ 独白 · 5 句 乔回忆诺玛的表演
旧日歌舞被说成一场自娱自乐，怀旧里透出乔的凉意。
乔溜出诺玛的豪宅，去阿蒂家过新年，一进门就被一句 Stick 'em up（举起手来）的玩笑招呼。贝蒂也在，她已经把《暗窗》的故事讲给了谢尔德雷克，还把他 hopped up（鼓动得特别兴奋）。她拉乔一起写，说 a springboard（只是个跳板），又说 I want to write（我想写东西）。乔却回一句 I've given up writing on spec（我不写没有下家的稿了），把她晾在原地。回到诺玛那儿，他嘴上说 having a great time（玩得开心），心里却想着贝蒂。想学圈内人怎么推介项目、怎么推掉合作，几句全是行话。
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。
“You don't know how glad I am to see you!”
你不知道我见到你有多高兴！
一句就交代对方盼了很久，热络里带点撒娇，熟人重逢的话。
You don't know how ... I am ...
久别重逢对朋友说最合适；对刚认识或生意往来的人说会太热。
You have no idea how happy I am to see you. ／ I can't tell you how glad I am.
口语
don't know how 连读，glad I am 重读，句尾上扬。
You don't know how glad I am to see you at this hour. 你不知道这个时候见到你我有多高兴。
“Would you believe me if I told you I stayed with a sick friend?”
要是我说我跟一个生病的朋友待在一起，你信吗？
自己先把借口亮出来，等于承认在编，赖得坦荡又好笑。
Would you believe me if I told you ...?
半开玩笑地承认借口站不住脚时用；真要解释正事别学这招。
Would you buy it if I said I was sick? ／ You're not going to believe my excuse.
口语
Would you 弱读，believe me 重读，句尾挑起。
Would you believe me if I told you the bus simply vanished? 要是我说那趟公交干脆消失了，你信吗？
“I haven't been keeping myself at all. Not lately.”
我根本没在躲，最近都没有。
顺手把对方的含蓄话拆开，答得又快又俏，一来一回全在字缝里。
I haven't been ... at all. Not lately.
朋友打趣你躲起来时用；对上级或正式场合这么顶会显得油。
I've hardly been around. Not recently. ／ Not hiding, just busy. Lately especially.
口语
haven't been 轻读，at all 重读，Not lately 单独一顿。
I haven't been ignoring you at all. Not lately, anyway. 我可没躲着你，至少最近没有。
“- Okay. Where's the cash? - Where's the story?”
——行啊。钱呢？——故事呢？
两句对敲，一句话就把买卖里钱和货的先后摆上桌。
Where's the ...? Where's the ...?
谈合作、追进度时用；对还没谈拢的伙伴这么冲会伤和气。
Fine. Show me the money first. ／ Where's the proof? Where's the payment?
口语
两句 Where's the 都平调，第二句略压低收住。
Okay. Where's the budget? Where's the plan? 行啊。预算呢？方案呢？
“It's not your career, it's mine! I'd kind of hoped to get in on this deal.”
那不是你的事业，是我的！我本来还指望能搭上这单生意。
先抢回所有权，再露出那点小心愿，硬话后面藏着求。
It's not your ..., it's mine!
据理力争归属时用；对朋友嚷这句表坚决，对客户就太冲。
That's not your call, it's mine. ／ This isn't your project, it's ours.
口语
not your 与 mine 对重读，kind of 轻带而过。
It's not your idea, it's mine, and you know it. 那不是你的点子，是我的，你心里清楚。
“I don't want to be a reader all my life. I want to write.”
我不想一辈子只当审稿人。我想写东西。
一否定一肯定，把熬了多年的不甘和野心一次说尽。
I don't want to be ... all my life. I want to ...
表决心、说志向时用；面试里这样讲有力量，闲聊时别反复念。
I'm done being the reader. I want to write. ／ Not a reader forever. A writer, finally.
中性
all my life 拖长，I want to write 三个词都重。
I don't want to be an assistant all my life. I want to lead. 我不想一辈子只当助手。我想带团队。
Whenever she suspected I was getting bored, she would put on a live show for me. The Norma Desmond Follies. Her first number was always the Mac Sennett Bathing Beauty. I can still see myself in the line. Marie Prevost, Mabel Normand. Mabel was always stepping on my feet.
每当她觉出我腻了，就给我来一场现场表演。 《诺玛·德斯蒙德歌舞秀》。 她的第一个节目向来是麦克·塞内特的泳装美人。 我还能看见自己站在那排人里。玛丽·普雷沃斯特、梅布尔·诺曼德。 梅布尔老是踩我的脚。
下一章 · 13give someone the brush把某人打发了这场戏：回派拉蒙见德米尔意思是「写没有下家的稿」，指没有买家先自己写。乔说 I've given up writing on spec，就是「我不再写这种没着落的稿子了」，是编剧圈的行话。
get in on。台词里 I'd kind of hoped to get in on this deal，就是「我本来还指望能搭上这单生意」，很口语。
意思是「被鼓动得很兴奋」。贝蒂说 I got him all hopped up about it，就是「我把他撺掇得特别起劲」，形容把某人说得热血上头。
意思是「把某人坑了、坏了事」。乔说 I'm sorry if I crossed you up，是道歉；贝蒂回 You sure have，就是「你可真把我坑了」。
不是。字面是「举起手来」，是劫匪片里的老台词。这里阿蒂只是拿它开玩笑吓乔一跳，朋友之间闹着玩。
